ideas on top of ideas

Brainstorming and preparation are key components to a successful outcome, in my case it will lead to two very successful ads. It is getting a little frustrating trying to come up with the right idea and putting it together. I am thinking about running with my first idea, which is the outline of a persons head surrounded by a circle emblem and the theme being the face of South Carolina correctional department. Within the outlined face I was thinking about using some of South Carolina's key elements to emphasis the state as a whole. Hopefully, it will translate to the screen and I am sure it will.

NEw Projects

We have a few new projects people...both of them are ads...but one is actually for a pot. The pot is $500 man....$500 dollars MAAANNNN!!!!!! It's not a lot of money but when your in college surviving of nickles and dimes it's like hitting the lottery man. It's funny because I was talking to Kara(Grooves) the other day and I said If the competition is for money I am going to win. Then she asked how much do we get and I said probably $500 and true to my word Prof. comes before the class and talks to us about the contest and tells us the 1st place prize is $500. I was so pumped after that. I felt like the man on the moon. But then I came back to Earth when I found out that we probably won't be getting the money for a couple of years,lol. what a joke but hey, it's money in the bank baby. Now it's time to start brainstorming for ideas so I can present the best logo possible.

Bye-Bye MR.Sparkle

That's right...bye-bye Mr.Sparkle...I finally finished it and I'm so proud..so so proud...I feel my logo turned out very well..and I am confident in the potential it could bring to Mr.Sparkle. I decided to go a different direction with my logo and here it is:file:///Volumes/USB%20Disk/jonathan-carrington-mr.sparkle.ai =
Now the funny thing is that we have 2 more logo projects that were just assigned today, and are due in the next couple weeks. The good thing about these is that we still get to be creative and use just about any idea we want.

One of the projects is for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), and the other:
South Carolina Correctional Enforcement

I've never worked on anything like this so it should be a nice challenge for me.

Arrrgghhhh

It's getting a little hectic this week with the last week of football workouts and meeting this deadline for the Mr. Sparkle ad. I am trying not to think about the pressure of getting it done, because I want to hand in the best project possible. Hopefully I can some how finish it before Prof collects it. On a lighter note, the project is actually turning out very well and I think the real MR. Sparkle will like my version of Mr.Sparkle. I kind of had an Arnold Schwarzenegger influence with this one kind of mixed in with a Ford truck commercial. Lol, my slogan is, "Built tuff for the ruff stuff". You know the Ford slogan, "Built Ford Tuff" but anyway, I am happy thus far with the results.

Last Day of a Soggy tutorial

Live from 1189 Soggy Cheeks...I am ready to blog about my soggy week. Finally!!! I finished the power point tutorial babaaaeee!!!!!lol, I learned today that power point has a slight element of animation a.k.a after effects..kind of. I was very surprised to find this out... a surprise but a pleasant surprise. It's funny because I told myself that power point is pointless(no pun intended) but now I have a legitimate reason to use it besides the teacher telling me I have to or I'll FAIL!!!
Progress on the Mr.Sparkle ad is coming along well, I just get into this habit of wanting to put a lot of detail into the piece and it takes me a little longer to finish. If I have an Achilles heel then that's it.

Graphic Design entry#9

Another day...another soggy week...and another boring tutorial....today we started a new tutorial on power point...there isn't a whole lot of excitement involved with the tutorials by any stretch, but you do benefit to from the educational experience. I am learning how to change themes and alter text color. Come to think of it...it's hard to believe it, but there is a fun element to the whole shannanagan. Hopefully, next class I will be completely done with this crap...Soggy Week signing out...Babaganush.

Graphic Design entry #8

Today in graphic design we started a new project...a little funny...and a little weird at the same time...We are doing a glass restoration ad for a company called MR.Sparkle's glass restoration. The bright side of this project is the freedom and creativity we are able to have and use. I am extra excited because I finally get to use some of my drawing skills to translate them to the computer screen. I love this aspect of the class. "We at times" are able to let our creativity take over and other times we have to stick to the boring curriculum but hey that's life man. In spite of it all I am enjoying graphic design.

Graphic Design entry #7

This week we start a new project in the form of a tutorial in Art218. The project involves microsoft excel, word, and powerpoint. It falls in the class of busy work but it is very helpful to know how to use these programs for future reference. It isn't interesting by any stretch but I still have my color replication project to finish before the week is over. It is coming along very well now. The gradients are meshing well together and my lights and darks are putting the extra emphasis needed to help my car stand out.

Graphic Design entry #6

Today in class Prof. Speyers had the opportunity to show us some new technology. Apple is making a new gadget called the Ipad. I heard about this product prior to, with some research on yahoo. But it wasn't that interesting. Prof also is starting a game day after school to play Unreal Tournament. This should be pretty fun and a little weird, because I would have never in my wildest dreams thought that a teacher would approve of anything besides studying and homework. I guess the world isn't so bad after all.

Graphic Design entry #5

Today I continued my color replication project, and for the first time I got to look at some of my classmates work as well. It was good to have a chance to compare and see how you measure up against your peers. It also served as motivation to continue to make this piece great. I enjoy using illustrator a lot. From all the possibilities that you have..kind of reminiscent of Campbell soup,lol.

Graphic Design entry #4

The start of another project...A breath of fresh air to some...and a sense of never ending to others but, all in all I am going to enjoy this. The new project that we are working on is a color replication of basically anything that we choose...but with me being a car connoisseur I couldn't help but to take a stab at a Audi R8(one of the most appealing automobiles on the market). Having an opportunity to check out Prof's version of a color replicated BMW 645 really set the bar for the class and I must say I am up to the challenge.

Graphic Design entry #3

Finally...Finally...Finally...I completed my first project for Art218...now for Art 216, we start a brochure project using Microsoft Word. It's interesting with the possibilities we can use to create a travel ad. I am choosing to use San Diego, California, which is one of my favorite locations. The idea of tag lines for a brochure generally, flirt along the lines of corny...so I rode the corny train with this one...with tag lines such as, "So Cal...So Wow".

Graphic Design entry #2

Today I continued to work on our replication project for Art218. It is actually very fun and despite the constant process of zoom in, zoom out, and the pen tool(once again) this is something I am growing to enjoy more and more each day. As I grow to learn more and more about Graphic Design I consider the possibilities of the field. Until the day that I have to make that decision on my future, I will continue to soak up as much as I can.