Project updates ....

 Event Poster

So far I'm really liking the feel of my event poster. I need to redraw the ribbons and the artists' names and add a couple of things to the lower part of the poster. The mac I'm using right now is being awkward.
It won't let me save this file as a png so you get a jpeg instead. Also some of the fonts have reverted back to default because the mac I'm using doesn't have the font. One of the things that's been annoying me is that the fish logo isn't a png and so I can't get rid of the white. When I tried to get rid of it the fish disappears.

This isn't my final poster, but it's the general layout and concept.

Book Cover

I want to make a book cover for the book Kill Me. I love suspense and action and this one definitely has a lot of that. The cover is really plain; it's just the title in big white letters with a bullet passing through it which is a real shame because it is a really interesting book.
My first concept is to lay out the main character's personal items. I think that this would be an easy way to give the reader an idea of who the main character is and show that he is preparing for something big. You never find out his name so I guess I want to give the reader a quick way to connect with the main character. The way the book is arranged, the main character is telling his psychiatrist his story and why his live for today attitude has gotten him into trouble. So this story is basically his last will and testament. Another idea would be to incorporate the fact that the main character lives a double life. He frequently flies to different cities to talk with his psychiatrist and the "Death Angels" and then flies back home so that he can be around his family. My third idea is showing the character's growth throughout the book. At the beginning he leads a pretty carefree and reckless life. However, after his friend's accident he's shaken up and a lot more aware of the inevitability of death. After he signs the contract with the Death Angels he's very paranoid and alert at all times because he knows that they're coming after him and because he has a son, daughter, and wife whom he now realizes need him.

Final concept design

The concept that I will use for my event poster is day and night coming together as a microphone with stars and rays coming out from the center. This signifies that Celebrate Freedom Atlanta is an all day event and that it includes many concerts throughout the day. It's another simple concept, but I have to start somewhere. All that's left to do is fix the arrangement and size of the composition, add more variety to the color scheme, and find the right typefaces for the text.

Event Poster Concept Ideas

For our third project I intend on creating an event poster for Celebrate Freedom Atlanta. This event is hosted by 104.7 the fish and it is all day event. The day begins with a 5k/10k run and ends with fireworks! Other fun activities planned for the day include: concerts, a bmx bike show, and activities for the children. Since I'm not the best illustrator, I was thinking about working on typographical elements as well as color. My first idea is a poster that shows the schedule of activities for the day in a maze. There will be an arrow that says start here and one that says end here. In between the arrows, will be the name and time of each activity. The bottom will have sponsors and who it's hosted by.  Another idea would be a combination of a city and patriotic themed poster. "Celebrate Freedom" would be in all caps and the letters would be filled with patriotic symbols. Atlanta would be in white at the bottom and a silhouette of the city of Atlanta with fireworks would be in the background. The last idea I have involves words again. It would say "Celebrate fun, Celebrate family, Celebrate Freedom Atlanta!"

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Saw this at Ponce on the way to GSU

My first reaction to this ad was great another ad about buying gold, especially because of the large gold sandwich wrapper that reminded me of a gold bar. However, when I got closer, I noticed that the billboard was actually advertising Chipotle Mexican Grill. The restaurant was trying to call attention to its Food With Integrity mission and 18th anniversary.  I didn't really like the text, but I like the concept. Here is a link to the website  Chipotle Goes For The Gold.

Adidas final ads

My biggest enemy was time. As usual, time put a huge strain on my work. That being said, I really like the concept that I came up with and if I had more time I believe I would love how the designs turned out as well. In their present state I think they meet the project requirements, but they need tweaking. My favorite ad was the 3x10 ad of the graffiti artist. It was the easiest to make, but I really regret not being able to add the dripping paint to it. Although this project was shorter, I liked it a lot more than the logo project. It's harder to make a design that represents yourself.

Well, two projects down three more to go!

Athlete

Musician

Graffiti artist

Adidas Ad Concept

I've been really slow about getting ideas for the project because Adidas targets all consumers and offers a large variety of products. After collecting a ton of pictures I have two ideas. One idea is to have each ad target a different type of people. The subject of the ads will be a musician, an athlete, and an artist. Another concept would be to hint at the global impact that Adidas has as well as their diversity. Instead of using a picture of the world, there would be a huge sneaker in the middle of the ad and different people would be placed around the shoe displaying their passion and love for the shoe.

Concepts:
- 3 different lifestyles  represented
    Tagline: My style .....
                  My passion ....
                  My gameface ....  etc
               
                  My adidas / Adidas ....  Where all three unite

- Adidas globally united
Sorry no taglines yet

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