Project: "Tipsy Jazz"

Magazine Spread Assignment

The title of the this article is "tipsy jazz" and it's about interior design, more specifically "jazz inspired bar design". Yeah, so totally unlike me to pick something like this to do, right? Well, I didn't pick it, nor did I approve of the title. It was more like it was imposed by my partner and I shrugged and went with it. You might call that being a door mat, but I call it being a good partner. I know how to compromise.
(Though I sorely regret not going solo so I could make the magazine about horror movies or a hair magazine featuring Yu Gi Oh characters...)

Honestly, I'm freaking out about this project. Even though I'm done and can put it behind me, I have a really nagging feeling of impending failure. For one, it got super stressful the day - or really, last couple 'o hours - before the presentation due to issues that kept cropping up while I was finishing up the project. I think that's all I'll mention now, because the story is a long one. But part of it does include my partner. That's all I'll say.

Unfortunately, I don't think I should show my partner's page, because it's technically not mine's. I know it's a lame excuse, but I got a better one: I don't have a picture of it either.

Ugh. I hate this assignment, and I'm not proud of what I submitted.


Made in inDesign.

Astrum: Demolition Technology

Logo

I guess this is a follow up to a previous post where I had all my draft logos. I'm going to fast forward through previous drafts and just go directly to the final products. We decided to go with the red star in the ring, just cause.
Another big aspects of this project was the design of the business card and letter head. Personally, I think our card is pretty sweet.

Business card front

Business card back

 The checkered part of the star represents a hole I manually cut out before I handed it in.

Letterhead

Yes, I was this close to having to go back, replacing the logo with an older draft, and then reprinting everything during the day it was due (and admits the rush of all the other people who planned to print last minute)  all because my prof told me the logo was too generic and how she preferred the older one. If it was anyone else, I wouldn't shrugged and been like, "Meh, it's too late. Already got it printed." But this is the prof we're talking about. She even urged me to do it, saying it was worth the extra effort.
In the end, my TA convinced me otherwise. I bit the bullet, and I spent my night scheming up bullshit to relate our logo to explosives and not so much film and photography. Good thing my partner's particularly good at that.

P.S. Did anyone notice that our company is Russian?


Made in Illustrator and Photoshop (even though it should've all been Illustrator)

Would you like some logos?

I think out of all the courses I'm taking so far this semester, graphics is probably my favourite. I like my prof, the concepts are easy to understand, what I learn is useful, and I like our assignments. Well, no surprise being interested in the arts, right? Good thing I decided to put it in my schedule. I wanted to give myself an easy course to ease my way into uni, you know?

Anyways, our first assignment is to make a logo for a fake company. Keyword: fake. Whereas other people were doing things such as book stores and bubble tea shops, my partner came up with a bomb shop. And that was that.

We were only supposed to have three drafts max - and for both of us - but I went out of my way to double that number.

It's supposed to be a grenade with a turtle shell pattern on it.

Originally, it was going to be a bomb with it casting a shadow of a skull on the other side. Later on, I started liking the clean lines of just a rounded shape, as opposed to adding a fuse on top so I left it as is. I thought the star would just be cool to add in.

There's a (lame) Yu Gi Oh 5Ds reference in the name.

One of my favourite designs. It'll look nice paired with the bottom one.

This could be like on a t-shirt or something.

And now playing around with something a lot more simplistic.

Which one of these speak "bomb shop" to you?


Made in openCanvas.

The Awesome is too Awesome to ignore

I can't believe I didn't upload this! This is too awesome to ignore!

Behold, my Photoshopping skillz:

Don't you like Pokemon? I love Pokemon. I even made a tribute to pikachu and ash here!
The size is awkward because it's intended to be used as an avatar in CR. Quick, someone use this so they can make a statement against "serious", anime, brush-spammed, colour-rape avatars other people have!

To be honest, I think PSing is fun every once in a while. I can't do any cool graphics because, god, I can't do anything that requires precision, but I can manip adequately. Yup, nothing better than trying to crop out real people and make them look alright to amp up my OCD.


Made in Photoshop.

Alright, bye. I sadly have work to do.