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Sharp – Gift Bag

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Meghan Sharp

For my gift bag project, I decided to focus on Global Climate change and how it is effected the Polar Ice Caps. The change in temperature has been drastically melting the Polar Ice Caps away, Polar bears and other wildlife are losing their homes. According to the U.S. Geological Survey they are predicting that two thirds of polar bears will disappear by 2050. So for this project I though it would be a great idea to focus on the Polar Bears.

For my design approach in the beginning, I really wanted to create a hand drawn cartoon like picture of a happy polar bear and a sad polar bear. After playing around with my design for weeks I realize that the design was not going to work out, and I needed to step away from it and try something new. I decided to use a full color image of a single polar bear, standing on ice that was melting away. I thought it was best to have the image wrapped around the entire bag  because you are able to see how much of the ice caps are melting. I then decided to make the type really large and bold on the other side of the polar bear, to really grab the client’s attention and wanting to help people want to start making a change.

The typeface I used was: Helvetica Neue Condensed Black.

I thought this was the best typeface to really grab the attention and to make a stand against global climate change.

Sharp – Postcard

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Meghan Sharp

For this project, I learned what 1 color, 2 color and 4 color models are and how to use them throughout photoshop and indesign. A 1 color model and a 2 color model (a duotone) start off as grayscale image. Both 1 color model and duotone, we have to make grayscale picture to make them. Where as a 4 color model, we use CMYK, cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.I also learned about Pantone which I used in my duotones.

For my Design approach the  photo I chose one of my first dog, and I from 1995. The word I chose was memory. Throughout the first set of postcards 1color, I did a lot of grayscale images to drawn in on how old the image was and how it is a memory. On another 1 color postcard I used a Blue which represents loyalty. For my 2 color I used pantones throughout the project, I used browns to again show how old the image is and more blues to show the loyalty between my dog and I. For 4 color I really enjoyed it more because it showed the brightness and fun that is happening in the photo. I really enjoyed being able to use photoshop more and really getting to understand the color models.

The typefaces I used were – Baskerville, and Minion Pro

Sharp – Invitiation

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Meghan Sharp

For my design approach, I decided I wanted to use a simple gate fold and split on image in half for the front cover. I wanted to do this because I thought it would really drawn in the reader to want to open the invitation to  see what it was all about. Then after opening the invitation I wanted to keep it balanced so I put two images on both ends and the in the middle the information for the event. I really thought this was clean, balanced and well organized idea.

For the paper, I wanted the images to look crisp and bright, so I wanted a nice white. After looking through the samples in class I decided if I was able to, I would use Pearl White 64lb – #90 – Crane’s Signature Collection. I thought that this would really give me a nice crisp image and make my invitation nice an strong.

From this project I learned a lot about document size in Indeisgn and a lot more about folds. I also learned a lot about how to create and doubled sided image on one piece of paper. I also learned a lot more about digital printing, especially with having to deal with Staples.

The typeface I used for this project was Gill Sans