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Monday, April 25, 2011

Potshot Book Covers

Still working on those Robert B. Parker book covers, but this and two other covers still under construction are for Illustration Concepts instead of Typography. I'm playing with texture and filters, and am a little torn which version of Potshot I should turn in. I could really use some opinions since this is due on Thursday.

Potshot no filter v.1

Potshot no filter v.2

Potshot color burn

Potshot hue

Potshot multiply

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Book Covers

Here are the finalized front covers of my Typography class's book cover assignment. I'll post pictures of them printed out and bounded onto the books by next week.

Illustrator and InDesign
6.25" x 9.25"

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Book Covers

So for Typography, we have to do a series of three book covers and, of course, I had to pick my favorite book series, The Spenser series, by Robert B. Parker. In my opinion, his books are amazing and quite intelligent mystery novels, but 95% of his covers are horribly ugly. (Seriously, look up the cover for Stardust, it's disgusting).

I have the same assignment for my Illustration Concepts II class, so I'll be doing six different covers. Good thing I've been wanting to do this project for a while!

Here is the first completed book cover:
6.25" x 9.25"
Illustrator, InDesign

The cover probably needs a little explanation. The book is about this actress named Jill Joyce who hires Spenser as a body guard and find out who is sending her threatening messages. For the first third of the book, the threats are just word of mouth, until Jill goes to her dressing room to find a doll of her hung by the neck over the door frame, which is really important to the story.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Movie Posters

So I had to do a couple different variations of a movie poster of our choosing for my Typography I class and I decided to pick "When in Rome." The movie was so-so, but it was really awesome how they switched back and forth from Rome and the Guggenheim museum in NYC. Their lack luster movie poster is inexcusable for a movie that was filmed in two of the most beautiful places in the world, so I had to remedy this. I wanted to introduce Italian architecture into my piece, so I did a little research and created the graphic fountain based on some of my findings. The fountain is really important to the story, so it's a good fit. I played around with some color schemes, but I think I really like my first piece (the asymmetrical one) best.

Also, props to my friend Sophia for modeling for me and letting me take a zillion pictures of you!

"When in Rome" movie posters
11"x17"
Illustrator, InDesign, photography

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

You Know You Love Converse- It's in Your Programing

At least that is the preface of this advertisement. In my Illustration Concepts I class, we were to make an advertisement for Converse Shoes, World Wildlife Fund, Absolut Vodka, or Toyota Prius. The concept for my piece is Converse Shoes has been around for over 100 years and is still popular that Converse has become part of us, the consumers. If you look closely enough, you can see the stick figures' heads resemble fingerprints to represent the individual consumer. Each figure is different and Converse Shoes come in a variety of styles, colors, what-have-you that they can suit anyone's individual taste.

Perhaps the overall concept is a little out there, but I like how this piece came out. I might try and see how the piece would look without the double helix and just focus on the shoes and have a spiderweb effect with the laces when I get the opportunity to go back to it. Any opinions?

"Double Helix" Converse Shoes Advertisement

Illustrator

Fall 2010