T-Shirt Final Design Blog Post

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Finished Design:

TAG Critique:

T) I like the way the text looks in relation to the other parts of this work.

A) Why did you do this particular design?

G) I think that next time, you could provide more meaning behind the work (inside the work?).

Artist Statement:

My Artwork is a cartoon of a burning boat with the quote “Burn your boats” as a part of the design. There really is no subject matter for this project because the prompt is just to create a design for a T-shirt. I can’t think of a good name for this design besides “The Burning Boat”. There aren’t any special elements or principles in this artwork because I wanted to keep this one simple.

I made my logo in Adobe Illustrator with the pen tool and the brush tool. I haven’t used the surface’s pen the whole year until now and it helped a lot with this design.

My artwork was inspired by something my teammate said to our lacrosse team at the end of the last practice which was the day before the state championship. He said that when the Spaniards were on a mission to capture treasure from the Aztec empire they arrived at shore and their leader ordered them to burn the boats behind them. Burning the boats behind you represents a point of no return, commitment, and that there is no turning back. Realizing that they had no option of turning back, the Spaniards rallied behind their leader better than ever before and conquered the Aztec Empire.

My goal for this artwork is to demonstrate the burning boat metaphor with a picture and I think I succeeded in doing that. My goals as an artist though are to impress myself more and more with every art piece of art I make and actually this time I wasn’t too blown away.

I didn’t really learn anything from making this artwork because I only used the knowledge I already have to make this. The final piece is what I imagined it to be because I wanted it to be simple and just a cartoon of a burning boat so I think that this logo is a success.

 

Low-poly Geometric Design Blog Post

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Finished Product:

TAG Critique: Chase Shavey

T) I like how you did the right glove in comparison to the left one.

A) Why were your triangles so small?

G) Next time I think you should make larger triangles so it looks more like a low poly than a drawing.

Artist Statement:

My artwork is a recreation of my lacrosse gloves in low poly form. I’m titling this piece “Mercer Island Lacrosse Gloves Low Poly” because I can’t think of anything better to name it. The obvious element or principle in my work is the low poly style.

The media I used to make this art work with is Adobe Illustrator. This project was originally supposed to be done in Photoshop but I didn’t like how you can’t manipulate each layer of color you put in. Also the hotkeys were not working for Photoshop so I switched back over to Illustrator. In Illustrator I used the pen tool.

My artwork was inspired by my lacrosse gloves just because they look cool. I also chose to low poly my gloves because I noticed a lot of triangles in the glove’s padding and it didn’t seem like it would be too hard to make. Turns out that it actually was pretty hard to make because of the shading and small details. My work doesn’t express any emotions but I just made it because it looks pretty cool.

My goal as an artist is just to impress myself a little bit more every time and this time I was quite impressed with what I was able to do.

From creating this artwork I learned how to low poly in Photoshop and in Illustrator. The final piece is better than I thought it would be because the low poly looks exactly like the picture and I can’t even find any flaws. Because of this project I might consider using low poly for another project in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logo Design Project (Step 3)

Artist Statement: My artwork is a logo of a spider web and a monkey with cool hair combined to represent a made up brand called “Spider Monkey Farber”. The subject of this artwork is to learn how to make a logo in certain steps.

I created my logos on paper first then I used Adobe Illustrator to make it look more professional. Some techniques I used in Illustrator were making shapes with the pen tool, which was most of the work, and reflecting.

The big idea behind my artwork was to create a logo that can take my nickname, spider monkey, out of words and put it into a picture. The logo was completely inspired by my nickname and was designed to give no specific kind of emotion.

My goal as an artist is to keep getting better at using Illustrator and I definitely got better with using the pen tool while I was making this project. My goal for this art piece was to make the best possible logo for my nickname and I think my logo turned out great so I’d call this a success.

In this project I learned how to plan out a design properly and what to think about before going into Illustrator. The final piece is pretty close to what I imagined in my head so I’m very happy about that. This project will help me in the future to plan out a design, logo, or project correctly and use the 8 steps.

Description of Company: my business name is “Spider Monkey Farber” and it is a graphic design business that makes logos for small/new companies. The 3 different logos display a spider web and a monkey to keep those words in the customers head and I used the name Farber or the letter F to help them remember the brands actual name. There is no slogan for my made up company yet.

All About Me

 

TAG Critique: Chase Shavey

T) I am honored that you used me as the left brain, and I like how you tried to describe the different personalities of each side of the brain using images.

A) Why did you not use illustrator?

G) Next time I think that you should us

Project #6: Final Project

Artist Statement:

My artwork is a collage of my best pieces of work from first semester graphic design. The subject matter of this piece is to make a promotional card of my best pieces of work and display them in the best way I can. The title of my artwork is just “Graphic design 2018 wrapped up” because I can’t think of what to call this type of collage.

I made this collage in Adobe Illustrator and I used the pen tool and key frames to make my heading/title. All I had to do to make this was slap on some of my favorite art pieces and make a cool title. I didn’t use any special techniques or processes to make this collage but I did use the pen tool to make the headline.

My collage was inspired by one of the promotional postcards that you put on schoology for the class. This collage doesn’t display any emotion or address anything it is just to show off what I made first semester.

My goal for the collage was to try to make it not so boring which is why I made the headline look cool. I didn’t really accomplish anything from making this because I didn’t use any new skills.

I didn’t learn anything new creating this and it turned out exactly how I thought it would. I also don’t think this will influence any of my art in the future because its so simple and not really much of an art piece.

 

TAG Critique:

1) I like the placement of each piece, it makes the collage go together really well.

2) Why did you choose these pieces?

3) I think next time, you could make the colors collaborate better.

 

Project #5 Silhouette

Reference Photo: T-posing yoga

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Artist Statement:

For this typography project I decided to make a “meme-tography” piece. My artwork includes some of the most relevant dank memes including the outline of me T-posing. The element I used for this project is typography (obviously).

My artwork is made from Adobe Illustrator’s pen tool and typing tool. I created my artwork by taking a picture of my shadow while I was T-posing, outlining it in illustrator, then putting a bunch of words inside of the outline.

My artwork was inspired by a lot of different memes I see on Instagram every day and things my friends say quite often. My artwork doesn’t address any issues and the main point of it is just to be funny.

My goal as an artist, more specifically as a graphic designer, is to keep getting better at using these Adobe applications and I think I got better at using Illustrator during this project so this project is definitely a success.

I learned how to manipulate the text in different ways while doing this project. The final piece is exactly what I imagined because all I had to do was put a bunch of text inside of a picture of my shadow. This piece will influence my future artwork because I will start using text manipulations more.

 

TAG Critique:

Tell: I like the way you warped your text.

Ask: Why did you not take out the reference line?

Give: You should finish the silhouette next time (fill in its entirety).

Project # 4: Typography Objects

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TAG Critique:

1) Tell: I like how you used a Christmas theme; seeing as it is Christmas season

2) Ask: Why the buck teeth?

3) Give: I think that you should use all the colors of Christmas (Red, Green, White).

Artist Statement:

My artwork is a rein deer cartoon character that spells out my last name Farber with the different shapes on it such as the antlers being an R and F and the head being a B. The subject of this art piece is typography which is creating an object out of just letters. I would like to title this masterpiece as “Rudolf the Red Nose Bruh”.

I used Adobe Illustrator to make this typography object. I wrote out my name and then used “Create outlines” to put points all along the letters so I could reform the letters. I found a picture of a cool reindeer on google and remade it using the letters in my name.

My artwork is inspired by the holiday season because Christmas is this month and I wanted to make something that has to do with the holidays. I tried to express Christmas spirit in this art piece.

My goals were to make the letters in my name fit the cartoon as best as possible and learn how to manipulate text properly. I think I met my goals because my reindeer looks pretty cool and I did a good job making my name look like something.

Overall I think that my typography project was a success because my reindeer turned out exactly how I wanted it to.

 

 

Project 3: Tonal Vector Landscape

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Artist Statement:

My artwork is a mountain landscape in the color pink but the farther back the mountains are the lighter the color gets. The subject of this is to show that when something is closer it should be more defined. In this art piece that is displayed by the closer mountains being darker than the mountains behind.

I created my artwork using adobe illustrator pen tools and a picture of a landscape in Italy. I started from the bottom, went over the mountains with the pen tool, then copied all of the points and pasted it into a new layer so the mountains wouldn’t overlap.

My artwork isn’t inspired by anyone and there really isn’t a big idea but there is a point to doing this piece and it is to keep getting better with the pen tool in Adobe illustrator.

My goal for this artwork was to be able to make separate layers that didn’t overlap but rested on the exact same line and I accomplished that by learning how to copy and paste the points into new layers then make them intersect to avoid overlap.

I think my artwork was a success because I know how to use the pen tool in very complex ways now which can help me make cooler artwork down the road.

 

Peer Review/Critique

1 .  I like the way you used the opacity, the spacing of it looks even.

2.  Why the Adidas logo.

3.  I would suggest doing something harder than the Adidas logo next time, such as the nike logo.

 

 

Crystal Design Blog Post

Jacob Farber

Artist Statement:

My artwork is a turtle made of crystal fragments with crystals sticking out of it. The globs that are surrounding the turtle are random but I think it looks like smoke coming off the turtle. The subject matter of this project is crystals so I did a lot with crystals in my art piece. This majestic work of art will go by the name of “Icy Turtle”.

I made my Icy Turtle in Adobe Illustrator with the pen tool primarily. I took a picture of a turtle from Google and started outlining it with sharp edges and out of nowhere thought it would be cool to crystalize the turtle. I chose to color the crystals with a gradient so the crystals would look more 3D.

My artwork was inspired by our Crystal Design assignment and a cool picture I saw of a crystalized polar bear. There isn’t really a lot of inspiration or emotion behind my artwork but it is supposed to be very majestic and artsy.

My goal as an artist is to learn how to get better at using Adobe applications so I can be better at graphic design and this project really helped me learn how to use the pen tool which is something I wasn’t very good at using before this project.

The final piece of my artwork isn’t actually what I imagined it would be because I thought that I’d make the whole turtle but I still think my project looks pretty cool. Because of this project I made over the last two weeks I will be using the pen tool a lot more and I will be able to make way cooler things with it.

 

Peer Critique: #25, Chase Shavey

1. I like the background and how it points to the center of the piece.
2. Why did you do only the head of the turtle?
3. I think that you should make more of the turtle.

 

 

Pizza Logo Design Blog Post

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Jacob Farber

Graphic design – 5

Artist Statement

For my Pizza logo project I made the Lil Thanos Pizza. This purple pizza contains some real yummy toppings on it. The fan favorite, Thanos cheese, is making a return to all pizzas replacing the mozzarella. The toppings are, uncut pineapple, pepperoni, and Thanos cheese of course.

The media I used for my artwork is Adobe illustrator. I used a lot of layers to make sure I can get the look I want even if things get messy. For the pineapple I took a picture from online and drew over it which pretty much made the same image.

The main inspiration behind my artwork is Thanos memes. My favorite of all of Thanos memes has to be Thanos car which is the most badass car on the whole planet. The big idea behind this artwork is just to be funny. I like memes so I chose to make a pizza based on a meme.

My goal as an artist is just to be able to put down what’s in my head onto whatever I’m working on whether it’s paper or an adobe document. I think I accomplished that in my art piece because I like what I made and I think it’s funny which was the goal.

Peer critique

Critic: Chase Shavey

I think you should add a third dimension to it and I like the faded Obama is gone in the background. Why did you name it “Thanos pizza” instead of “Lean pizza”?