Typography

Type: Script
Found: In class
I do believe it is appropriate because it catches the viewers attention and makes the cover more appealing

 Type: Slab Serif
Found: On a classmates shirt
Using Slab Serif makes the words pop more because of the thick legs.

Type: Sans Serif
Found: On a classmates shirt
Is simple and clean and makes the words look clean

Type: Old style
Found: Inside my wallet
 The letters are clean and easy to read

Type: Decorative
Found: In my house
I do not like the typography used because it is difficult to read what it is. Another typography should have been used.

Type: Modern
Found: Inside my house
The "oil treatment" is written in modern because the legs are words are thin. This is good typography to use because it is easy to read and see.

Elite Dance Team

Question(s) asked:
- What is the goal of the club?
- What are 5 words associated with your club?
- What are the successes that you have encountered in your club?
- What are some of the hardships you have faced?
- Are there benefits to being in this club?
-  Is there a color that represents the club?
- Do you guys work together?

The overall purpose of Elite dance team is to gather people who share and interest and love for dance; its purpose is to also help those who want to dance but do not really get the chance to do so because of multiple factors. Elite dance team focuses on helping those who want to dance and coming together as a family. Some of the words that are directed associated with this club are: love, fun, hard work, dedication and family. As a team, the club has faced many challenges as well as success. As a club they sometimes experience challenges such as communicating due to the fact that the club includes a lot of people and everyone wants to share their ideas. Despite the fact that they face many challenges the club always manages to push through as a family. The club as done many shows in which they were capable of performing for large numbers of people in order to express the love they possess for dance.

Good Logos

A logo that I own and enjoy is the Jordan logo. I believe this is well design logo because it is simple and it is very well known. Due to the fact that it is simple it is appealing for the viewer; making it easy to follow since it uses a single color, which is black. The Jordan logo features a man holding onto a basketball and jumping almost as though he reaching to put the basketball inside a hoop. I like this logo because it is very popular and i see many people wearing it, and because of this I am influence to wear it. Plus this logo is simple and appealing to the view.








I really like this logo because it is appealing to the viewer because of the variety of colors. Although the logo is very simple because it incorporates a variety of dots that use different colors makes the logo more complex. The logo does not appear to follow any particular pattern for how the colors are arranged. Even though it does not follow a pattern this results in the logo having a variety of color dots in different positions, allowing your eyes to explore the logo with your eyes. Since some of the dots are larger than others, the larger ones draw more attention since they pop out more. I think this a good idea because it draws our eyes to the large dots and eventually allows us to look around at the other dots.


 

Potrait Transformation

Before

AFTER 

In my opinion in this project was very successful. I was able to take an ordinary image and transform it into something very creative and unexpected. At the beginning of the process I was very confuse because I was unsure of what to do. I had many ideas and images but not all the images were good and the ideas did not work well together. After a while I was able to finally settle on an image and transform it into something very unexpected. I like all the different changes I applied to the image because it is very different to that of the original. The original image is very simple and cute but the transformation of it is some what evil yet cute and angelic.

Shape to symbol GIF

Reflection 

The hardest thing that I came across while working on this project had to be translating the ideas that I had and turning it into a symbol. I had good ideas but its really easy to think of them but actually producing them becomes harder. My idea was really complicated and would have involve a lot of layers and would be hard to create. Originally I wanted to do a face and a body but it would involve so much work so instead I decided to focus on a face. Creating a body and face will not only involve more work but it would also not be simple because a lot of detail will go into creating it.

The tools I feel the most comfortable using is the eraser, paint bucket and paint brush tool. Throughout my project I was constantly using these tools and I was sort of force to learn how to use them. I did come around a lot of problem while using these tools especially the paint bucket tool, since sometimes my whole image was colored because I didn't create a closed shape. I wish I would have had more time to use the pencil tool because it would have probably made the hair easier to make and I would have been able to add more detail to it.

I actually plan to do another gif for one of my classes. In my English class I plan to create an image to express the emotion of one of the characters. By using photoshop I would be able to clearly show how the character changes emotions throughout the text.

Growing up

Concept Board

Alexey Brodovitch
I really liked this artist because I really liked the idea of using a woman and representing her shape through text. Although it makes the text hard to hard it is still a unique and visually interesting.
Important facts 

• He is known for his work on the American fashion-magazine Harper’s Bazzar
• He was a photographer, designer, and teacher
• Brodovitch was born in Russia in 1898 to a wealthy family
• In 1920 he fled to Paris after being an exile from the October Revolution
• Brodovitch for the very first time had to work for money
• Being surrounded by a community of Russian artist, he was influence to become a painter.
• He got a job as a painter of stage sets, which inspired him to work in commercial arts
• He entered a poster competition and won first prize
• Soon his work was demand
• He became one of the most respectful designers in Paris, but this changed over time.
• Brodovitch was offer to organize design classes at Philadelphia College of Art
• He taught classes by using examples of European graphic design
• “we learn by making mistakes. We must be critical of ourselves and have the courage to start all over again after each failure. Only then do we really absorb, really start to know “
• He put himself at the same level as his students
• He worked on magazines for over 15 years but then his health began to decline
• He helped direct a short-lived American art and design titled Portfolio
• He also created a book titled Ballet which included photographs that were controversial because of the use motion blur
• His works were almost all success and left a lasting impression on many
• Brodovitch models remain as graphic inspiration shaping graphic design
  
  
  Concept Board: 
  

Links:
http://www.designishistory.com/1940/alexey-brodovitch/
http://www.iconofgraphics.com/alexey-brodovitch

Graphic Design

The perfume that says "someday" I believe is an example of good graphic design. It is appealing to the viewers because of the colors, and the design of the bottle. Plus the purpose is enhanced with the colors, and bottle design because it makes the viewer want to own one, which is the purpose.

 Found: Duane Reade 

Letter Project Reflection

1. I choose the letter Y, because it is the first letter of my name and it is unique. I started envisioning different things that may represent a "Y." I did many thumbnails sketches to see what worked best but nothing seemed to please me. I then choose to make a "Y" out of flowers but this wasn't satisfying me. I then finally settle down on the idea of creating a "Y" out of two snakes. The whole process of creating maybe different drafts, helped me to really decide what I wanted to do as well as see what worked the best.
2. I arrived at my concept by trying to determine what animal would involve an interest concept that would create a "Y." Snakes are one of my favorite animals, because they relate to my personality very much. I represented this concept by joining two snakes to form the "Y" with their mouth open almost as though they are going to attack each other. This describes my personality of being powerful and being dangerous in some way.
3. The most challenging aspect of this project was choosing what would be worked the best to represent a "Y." This was difficult because there are a numerous of things that can form a "Y" but some work better than others.
4. I am satisfied with my project because I love the concept I settle down for. As well as I really enjoy looking at it, because it is appealing to the eyes due to it's concept.
5. If I would change anything about my design, it would be to play around more with color in order to provide a more realistic aspect to it. As well as creating a more 3D look to the snakes which would make my concept more complex, and realistic. 
Sketches:

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My Motivation In life

There are a lot of things that inspired me in life. From my grades, family, and even myself. Although the greatest influence in my life has to be my family. I love my family dearly, and I feel grateful to have. I have always wanted to be something in life, and without motivation that can not be achieved. My family is the driving force for the success I want to achieve one day. I want to be able to provide for them, just like they did for me when I was younger. I want to have the opportunity to give them a better life, where they can live a happier life than the one they have. Being raised in the Dominican Republic, I know that life is a lot harder over there. There is no government systems that help those in need, like the systems set up in the United States. I want to ensure that my family never suffers, and I want to give them a brighter future.

This is my beautiful niece, Zoe who is only one. She is one of my biggest motivation. I want to provide her a more successful life and she motivates me everyday to be better.

These are my beautiful sisters who I adore dearly. These beautiful woman pushed me everyday to be better.

About Me

My name is Yessenia Vargas. I was born in the Dominican Republic and came to the United States when I was eight. At the age of eight I did not know any English and was unable to communicate with anybody. I was able to speak English after two years, with hard dedication and till this day I'm still improving my English.