Friday, October 8, 2010

Emotions

 EMOTION: Confusion
To make this i used five rectangles and used the ripples effect to fill it. After i did that i just changed the colors and added some too.

 EMOTION: Hope
To make this i used a rectangle with the elipse fill and made the colors sky blue, yellow, and white. After that i moved the effect up to where it looked like a halo and it reminded me of hope.
 EMOTION: Horror/Fear
To make this i made a rectangle with the wave fill and made it look like a sound wave so it looked like screams.

EMOTION: Relaxed/Serene
To make this i used the elipse and gave it an elipse fill with blues and pink. then i gave it a gaussian blur which made it look how it dose

EMOTION: Happy
To make this i used a whole bunch of elipses and gave them a ripples fill with bright colors, which made it look happy and bubbly.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Design Principles

Balance:
Symmetry: A good example of horizontal, diagonal, and vertical symmetry would be this picture.
You can fold it in half diagonaly, verticaly, and horizontaly, and it would all be even.
Asymmetrical: Is when you cut sumething i half but its not even, in better words "irregular in shape or outline."
Radial Symmetry: This is when something is symmetrical around an axis, like a circle.

Lines:
Lines are used in many ways, they can be used to show symmetry or they can be used to make things stand out more. By using straight lines or rounded lines objects can pop out more in a three dimentional way like this picture.


 Color Definitions:
Hue- Another word for color.
Chroma- The Purity of a color.
Tint- A color diluted with white.
Tone- A color with gray.
Shade- A color with black.
Contrast- Opposite colors.
Analogous- Colors with like properties.
Complementary Colors- Colors that look good together.

You can use colors to enhance the design and make things pop.
Good graphic design is being able to use all the things above without making things look obnoxious.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Name Plates

 This is my first name plate where I used the rounded rectangle and put a outer bevel on it set to ripple. On my name i also used the same outer bevel and ripple effect.


This is my second name plate where I used the elipse tool and i gave it a toothpaste border and I gave my name a outer bevel.



This is my 3rd name plate and I used a rectangle with a cross hatch background and a glow outline. on my name I put another outer bevel and made it black.