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Final Project

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Christina Coleman

For my final project, I chose to create an 8 page brochure. My topic for this was the company I work for, Starbright Floral Design. Even though my job has many creative aspects, I chose to stick to showing the business side of it in my brochure. This meant sticking to the same format on all of my spreads, only varying the type on the page and the photo displayed. I used Baskerville as my typeface throughout, mostly because I feel its a very versatile font.

One thing that was difficult for me during this project, which was also a learning experience, was properly placing my text around my photo. It was extremely tedious to make sure it was placed in the same location on every page. This project has made me more open to observing all the little details in every aspect of a design.

Illustrated Quote Analysis

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Christina Coleman

This project was definitely enjoyable and challenging. I had to think “outside the box” to create variations on my quote and photo. My quote was “a flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms,” and my photo was a single stemmed lotus. It was challenging to change up my ideas so it was not just a variation on a theme. This called for me moving my type and placing my image on different sides of the page as well as flipping my image. It was enjoyable to experiment with different fonts and colors to put emphasis on my quote as well as my image. I also had to make sure they were connected and did not look like text placed on top of an image. Overall, this project has helped me see how strong a simple text/image can make a message come across if it is placed together properly.

Hand-Writing Analysis

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Christina Coleman

For this project, I chose Baskerville as my typeface. This is because of the adjective I received, “charming;” I felt the detail in the type had an almost royal kind of feel to it, which aided to the adjective. I honestly wasn’t thinking this would be too hard, to draw freehand and then trace. However, I was proved wrong when it took days to complete, rather than hours. Another difficult issue I had to overcome was the use of pencils. It seemed like I was constantly trying to erase my smudges rather than trace letters.

The hand-writing analysis definitely made me more aware of detail. I know my finished product does not 100% replicate the typeface, but it made me train myself to notice where the curves in the brackets were and how large each letter should be. This project also made me realize that my drawings will not be perfect the first time. It will take me many drafts to achieve the look I want, and even then it may not turn out the way I imagined it to be prior to starting.

Coleman : what is graphic design?

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Prior to reading this article, I thought graphic design was strictly software. I was unaware as to what is considered to be graphic design and how expansive that list is. It’s amazing to see that in my own average day, I’m surrounded by things that are graphicly designed. The author of the article speaks about the graphics on posters to environmental graphics (which I didn’t even realize is a form of graphics) to apps on my phone. The article expanded my knowledge of not only what is considered to be graphic design, but a more in depth understanding of what graphic design is. Knowing that graphic design is also known as communication design actually helps me understand what can be included in the branches of graphics.

If I could pose a question to the author, I would want to know is every piece of graphic design unique? I think it’s almost a hard question to answer. Maybe everything is unique or maybe it has been used in another graphic we have not seen.   The answer to the question may be yes. Each graphic is unique in its own way, whether it be a different curvature in a letter or different colors used in the visualization. But then again, the answer could be no. Maybe there are too many graphics already created that it is almost too difficult to create something new.