Museum Book

Define:

While doing this assignment my teacher had us pick three different topics and the one we were most excited about was our topic. I picked coffee around the world because I just recently just got back from Spain and I was exposed to so many different types of coffee drinks.

Discover:

During the discover phase I had to try to figure out how I was going to do this design wise. I have never done a book before so this was an entirely new experience for me.

Design:

I had to research a bunch of layouts to try to figure out my design. It took me a couple of tries but in the end I decided to try to bring the flavor of the countries. After that was done I had to come up with a ticket, poster, t-shirt, and wildcard idea for my museum.

     

Refine:

When I was refining this I met with my teacher and we went over a bunch of different design elements that would help make my overall presentation look better. And the cover, back cover, and inner covers were scans from the actual passport.

Deliver:

After all the layout was done I had my book printed about three different times until I got it right. Once it was printed then I had to bound it. I sewed all the inter pages the same way my passport was. And I had my front cover printed on heavier paper so that it had the texture of an actually passport.

I am so very happy with how it turned out!

DCAD Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

Work in Progress: week fifteen

This is my senior wall layout. I plan on mounting all my pieces on foam board and making tiny frames for the back to raise them off the wall. I also am adding dots to connect each text box with the project it is representing.

Work In Progress: week fourteen

My poster and my ticket that goes along with my book:

        

My tee shirt design:

My wild card:

Work In Progress: week fourteen

My Book is bound and glued! I am so happy with how it turned out. Okay, okay let me take it back a notch. So my book is a big passport. I studied the bindings of my actual passport and tried to replicate it as well as possible.

So I bound the inside pages all together using ten holes and white hemp. I threaded it through the pages and then interlocked it in the front and the back.

Once the inside pages were done i had to do the cover. The cover pages were printed on thicker paper so I had to hot glue gun it to the middle section once I had folded it.

And now everything is done! I’m so glad. Everything is totally done and together.

Work In Progress: week thirteen

Take a trip with me!! My book is about different coffee around the world.

Here are the spreads for each country:

I’ve been thinking about the ticket and the t-shirt and the poster but I’ve been drawing a blank.

Here is the ticket and the poster so far:

   

To be continued….

Color and Food: a photography assignment

   

I visited a latino market the other day with some friends and decided to bring the camera there and do my assignment for class. I started out playing with some selective focus, playing with different compositions. I think the color turned out very beautifully in these photographs.

I plan on continuing to take photographs throughout the summer.

Work In Progress: week twelve

Here is a sneak peak of what I’ve been working one almost everyday this week. We are creating a exhibition book on something that interests us.

Can you guess what I did mine on?

These are just the beginning!!

Decisive Moments: a photography assignment

  

  

For this assignment I wanted to try and capture decisive moments and while I was shooting I found myself drawn to the people who were walking alone. The day was rainy and windy and a lot of people were hurrying to where they needed to be. So the four pictures I choose were lonely people trying to go where they needed to be on a crappy day.

Work In Progress: week eleven

I made some progress with my illustrations for the Great Gatsby. I’ve finally gotten comfortable with a sort of sketchy medium and I really like how it’s turning out. Working with the charcoal gives a lot of texture and also helps bring the essence of the time into my work.

Now all I have to do is work with the margins and figure out which senses I want to illustrate. Hopefully I’ll be able to put that together by next week. I’m going to need more than one cup of coffee that’s for sure.