Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Today, before I took my poster to be printed, I did the final proofread and decided to add accent marks at the appropriate spots on 2 of the missions. I also changed the letter spacing in the phrase "Please Help Now." I changed the font of the exclamation mark in the same phrase as well. Finally, I trimmed out my poster and gathered my typed summary sentence of my poster for tomorrow's critique. I have enjoyed this project.
Fri/Sat/Sun, April 1/2/3, 2011
Over the weekend, I refined my computer layouts, mission drawings, and type for the poster. I also changed the organization of my poster slightly, several different times, until I felt it was completely successful. I am happy with the result of my poster and will definitely include it in my portfolio.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Today in class I worked on selecting images, certain perspectives, and certain cropping ideas of the images (of missions) for my poster. Unfortunately, I had to leave class a little early to attend the DSVC conference/ studio tours in Dallas at the convention center. Seeing the examples of work that the companies had laying out actually helped me brainstorm on my poster project.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Today I brainstormed possible ideas to give my poster an extra "weird" edge, suggested by Alan. Possibilities are termites, graffiti, melting, burning, ice, and my favorite -- foreclosure of the missions.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Today was our meeting with the visiting designer, Alan. I got some good input on how to slightly twist my direction to make my poster more interesting and have a greater chance of grabbing someone's attention. Suggestion from Alan: termites invade missions and they will be destroyed on X date.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Today I refined my design ideas and created some mock ups of my favorite poster concepts.
Saturday and Sunday, March 26-27, 2011
Over the weekend, I did more sketches for the meeting with Alan and began drawing different versions and styles of the missions to include on my poster. I also developed my concept.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I got some good input from the class today. One of the points that was made that helped me to plan my design was how much of an impact I wanted the religious side of the missions to have on my audience. I will take this into consideration when creating my poster.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Today I wrote the copy for my poster. There will be a short description of the poster's purpose, the headline: "Make it your mission," a call to action (website) and an address and phone number. The four missions will also be listed on the poster, in order that they are shown.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Today, I discussed my progress with Prof.Galyean. We discussed my research and design ideas and what I could work on further.
Monday, March 21, 2011
I worked some on organizing my information gathered so far. I put the relevant information in my sketchbook and wrote a short summary of my progress and the most important research/notes I have taken to this point.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
I am continuing to create more thumbnails, and develop more and different concepts.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Today, I began working on thumbnails for my San Antonio mission trail poster.
Friday, March 18, 2011
I then printed out larger, better quality images of the photographs that I was more seriously considering using as a source.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
After going through all of the photographs and imagery that I have gathered, I selected possible relevant photographs for my poster.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Today I focused on the style of poster I am considering executing. I studied some works online that I found helpful. I gathered a lot more examples similar to the style I am pursuing. (See my sketchbook for examples.)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
I am now working on researching for imagery and photographs for my topic. I found many photographs of the different missions that will help in creating my design for my poster(s).
Monday, March 14, 2011
Today I read the information that I gathered yesterday on my subject. I made notes on the relevant facts and topics and highlighted what might be useful in headlines and designing.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Since I have now chosen my topic, I decided to do some more specific research. I completed additional research online for the mission trail of San Antonio. I found multiple websites that helped me learn more.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
I have narrowed down my choices for the poster. I have decided on choice #3- a freestyle poster. My topic will be one specific to San Antonio, a poster on the San Antonio missions trail. There are 4 missions that I can create a poster on. My purpose will either be to advertise the mission trail or to promote tourism.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Today, I progressed on my project by reading through my printed research. I have narrowed my topic down to several different options. I ended up eliminating some of my sources because they did not provide relevant information or further my progress; however, I did find some valuable information in other materials/sources.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
I researched both on the Internet and in the library on various events and locations and organizations in San Antonio. I want to choose a subject that I am interested in and I am from San Antonio. I then printed out some of the resources that I found.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Unfortunately, I have been out of town and am just now getting to fill in for the days that I was away from the Internet. I kept a written log of my progress on the days that I am imputing now. My first step in completing the project was reviewing my several pages of in-class notes that relate to the projects. I also found two beneficial websites that relate to posters and creative briefs. The links are below:
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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