Man come on....for real?

Up to this point in the semester I've enjoyed my college life. Work load has been alright, I've only been slightly stressed a few times. I've enjoyed my major classes, such as Visual Comm and Design Tech. I liked every project we've worked on so far, and the end results were amazing. So you can only guess how delighted I was to discover, we have 750-1000 word paper on "How a Computer Works" due on the 1st(this Saturday). It's a "graphical essay" which means it has to include something visually appealing, such as pictures or some sort of typography. So from today until next friday I'll be: studying for finals, writing essays and working on projects. Sounds fun don't it? *checks watch....Well, looks like grind time. SICKS OUT!

Bloo Monster

About a week ago we were assigned the Monster project.
Basically we were suppose to loosely follow a tutorial and create our own cartoon-like monster in illustrator.
My Monster

My monster kind of resembles a cartoon monster I've seen before..but anyway The first thing I created was the eyes which basically just circle gradients, I chose blue because it's my favorite color. The next thing I did was create the shape for the body, which includes the arms. I strayed away from the tutorial a lil bit when I made the mouth. I used a clipping mask for the tongue and teeth but I chose a different method for the teeth.
The last thing I did was the hair or fur. The first thing I did was create the hair the same color as the body and then I came back over it with the highlighted hair. I did small touche up on the hair and added the background and shadow.
I had fun working on this, it was pretty simple an it came out well.
sicks out

Monster Love

About two weeks ago we were assigned a Basic Shapes illustrator project.
The briefs of the project are:

Now that you have learned many of the basic tools for manipulating shapes in Illustrator, it is time to test your creative skills by working without them.

For this project you will be assigned a BasicShapes.ai file. You can use any of the created shapes in this file to make any kind of image you want.

You can resize the shape, you can change the appearance by using extra strokes and you can rotate them the shapes and of course, change their color. However you may not distort the shapes, bend them, add anchor points. You may not add any special effects (other then a drop shadow or gradient) and you can not shrink the basic shapes so small so that you’re make new shapes with their groups. You can crop the basic shapes by using a mask over the edge of your artwork. You are also free to overlap the shapes as you see fit.

My Project

The first thing I did was make the green(male) monster. Next I made the purple(female) monster. The theme of my scene was 'Monster Love'. So I added flowers and fires and other love type stuff to make the scene seem more romantic. Even though I like the how it turned out, I wish it would've turned out how I envisioned it, I originally wanted the monsters to be giving gifts to each other, basically it was suppose to look more romantic.

All in all I enjoyed working on this project, it really stretched my creativity.

sicks out

I heart art

I've always had an appreciation for art, in all of its forms. So last saturday I visited Art Central in Summerville, SC for my art appreciation project. First of all let me say, downtown Summerville is an interesting place, quaint, lots of business, good places to eat, and the most important, good prices.
But back to my visit.
As I entered the small art gallery the lady behind the counter greeted me"oh are you here to do your art appre project?" WHOA?! Is this the matrix? "Students have been coming in all day looking for artwork for their projects" oh ok. So I looked around at all the different artist; up to this point it was what I expected: still life, landscapes, animals, portraits..until I came across Yvonne Rousseau (related to Henri Rousseau? maybe) Her work was so versatile: landscapes, abstracts, mixed media. Her work was such a departure from the work of the rest of the artist in the gallery. Who knew that such talent could be found in such a small town? Rousseau is now one of my favorite artists; along side Luke Chueh and Craola. Pics of her work after the drop

Bridge Logo

Here's another logo I forgot to post, even though I mentioned it in the last post. But anyway, Prof told us the Bridge Program was looking for a new logo, because the old logo was basically a picture of a bridge. So I used my genius, talent and creativity to create the masterpiece you see above. I look on the internet to spark some inspiration, I used a couple of designs, too bad i don't have pics, but there were basically simple traces of the cooper river bridge, nothing special or creative. We were asked to use the cooper river bridge in the logo, but i decided to go against the grain and use a sort of abstract cooper river bridge. I must admit, my version looks a lot better as a logo. It's pretty straightforward, the symbolism is clear, and there's even text to aid you. If you readin' critique meeeee! Sicks out

April fool

The end of the semester is drawing near. Only a few weeks left and I have 9 blogs left...well 8 after this one. So i'll be posting more often, that is if i want to pass art 218(I'm serious this time). Along with posting more often, I'll be posting about more than just art, not solely to have more blog post but because i will be maintaining SicksPointOh blog from here on out. I'll be posting about my day to day happening and what goes on inside my mind. LOL it's kind of funny though, because with Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot, Xbox Live and Playstation Network, it seems as though my whole life is on the internet! Don't worry I don't really get to personal with my posts ;). But be sure to follow, because there a big things ahead, trust. Sicks out!

Low Go pt. 5 million

I can honestly say I've worked on logos more than anything up to this point. I've done logos for SACS, The Bridge Program, and Mr. Sparkle. So I wasn't surprised when we were assigned another logo design project. What could possibly be different this time? We get the chance to redesign popular logos such as Google, Yahoo, Adidas etc etc.

Logo project #3:Yahoo & GreenPeace

I chose to redesign the logos for Yahoo! and Greenpeace. I chose these because the original logos were quite boring and needed to be redesigned. For Yahoo! I chose to go for simplicity. I put the Y! in a talk bubble as if it were being said or yelled. For the greenpeace log I chose to go for the simple look also. The original greenpeace logo was stupid(#kanyeshrug) to be honest. So I chose to use what else? A green peace sign.

I'm not a professional by far, but i truly feel my redesigns are better than the originals.

more to come!