[me], Putting other graphic designers everywhere out of business
February 5th, 2010 | filed under: Personal | tags: my art | So, today a project in graphic design was due. The project was to make a symbol in Illustrator with only black and white that was a metaphor for something else. I didn’t immediately have any great ideas, but yesterday I came up with something that I thought was decent enough.I started my project last night, then finished it from about 6am to 7:30am ish. I thought it was pretty good, until we went through everyone else’s submissions. Let’s just say mine wasn’t the… best. I thought I had a good idea and decent a decent piece, but everyone else’s symbols were good. Sad day.
[don't laugh, and don't take this as sacrilegious--I'm just that bad]
The idea came from an idea originally published by C.S. Lewis that I heard in Bible class that you have to see Jesus as either the Lord (He is who He says), a Liar (He just made things up), or a Lunatic (who else would die for a lie?). So there you have it. ;)
And now you know…that I’m kind of a big deal in the graphic design scene. Such work can be found nowhere else.
~ Jon
If it makes you feel better they were doing the same project in Advanced Design 2 so ya. Everybody had a tough time with this project because icon design is a really hard thing to do. Ya people’s finished designs look good but that’s because there is normally a team working on the icons, they have a lot more time, they also have art directors to help them, and most of the time you don’t only have to only use black and white. Another thing is that with most icons there is type used. The icon would be pared with an article, the company name, or a description. Until a icon becomes reconizable youre not just going to stick it up somewhere. Think of the Target icon. Ya it looks like a target but you would have no idea that what it was for if the company wasn’t huge. The only signs that don’t need explanations are the road signs and we still even learn those in drivers ed and from parents. Even when you look at the logos in the packet she gave us, you can’t tell what they are for. The main thing is don’t sweat it, she’s just trying to push us as far as she can so we can use these skills later and it won’t be as difficult for us in the real world.
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