Architecture Illustration

Our final project in Illustrator was to create an architecture illustration. The building I chose is called the Stanwell Park House. It is designed by Casey Brown Architecture. Their team is made up of eight members who all work together to create contemporary and organic architectural structures. The ideas for their buildings are inspired by climate, topography, and lifestyle. This particular building is in influenced by its topography and the modern Australian beach side lifestyle. It is located south of Sydney and provides both north and east views over Stanwell Park Beach and the Pacific Ocean. It consists of three pavilions made of local stone, timber, and copper and follows an overall open plan. The materials are chosen to withstand the beach side location and to visually recede into the landscape. The many levels of the building are a response to the steep site and although the plan is fairly open, it still provides privacy. The Stanwell Park House is designed for both entertaining and family holidays. I chose the Stanwell Park House because I really like the style of the building and it has several different architectural elements that make it interesting to look at. I like how this turned out. I spent a lot of time working on it, especially modifying all the landscape so it would look more like the ones in the photograph and I also had to create all the stones for the stone walls so they looked authentic. I took colors from the original image and used gradients to create shadows and different lighting effects.

Type Portraits

For this project in Illustrator, we had to create three different portraits using typography. I chose one photo and then created the different portraits from that. The first image is my original photo, a picture of me, and the next one is the shape portrait, then the line portrait, and lastly the value portrait. The space portrait was made from different characters, altering their size and style and distorting them so they create the look of my face while still maintaining their character. For the line portrait, I used lyrics from a song to create the basic outlines and features of my face, once again changing the font and size, as well as kerning. For the value portrait, I used the lyrics of a song again to create the features of my face, this time by creating different values. I created the shape of the area I was working on by using the pen tool and then filled the area with text. I altered the text to try and create depth and texture.

Logo

Our first project in Illustrator was to create a logo design for the company Barefoot Biscuit Co LLC. For my color scheme, I went with green and brown because I wanted to keep the colors more earthy and natural since the company is about using natural ingredients in their dog food. I kept the design based around the company name and played off the "B" that is in both "Barefoot" and "Biscuit." I wanted to incorporate the paw print within the name so I made it one of the "o's" in "Barefoot." I wanted to keep the font professional and went with Gloucester MT Extra Condensed.

Website Interface

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Our last project in Photoshop was to redesign the Cherokee Jewelry wesbite. My design was based around the jewelry featured on the website. My color scheme consisted of the blue from the jewelry and a brown from the feather texture I put in the background. I wanted the focus to really be about the jewelry though. My font choice was joehand 2; I liked this because I thought it seemed artistic yet professional and it suited the Cherokee Jewelry name. I placed one of the jewelry pieces next to the nameplate and had it overlapping so it stood out more. Initially my links weren't that defined as buttons so I changed that so they were clearly shown as buttons you could click on.

Dreamscape

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Our next project on Photoshop was to create a dreamscape. I thought this was a fun project to do. One of my first ideas was to incorporate some kind of image inside a bubble because I thought that seemed rather surreal and dreamlike. My dreamscape is a collaboration of some of my favorite things. I used the beach as the primary background and then created a world of both real and fantasy. The girl blowing bubbles represents a sense of childhood and a favorite pastime of mine. The bubbles lead into a larger bubble that shows a memory of my boyfriend and me making faces. There are shadows of my friend and me on the sand that exhibit a sense of fun. I placed a mermaid on top of the ocean to bring fantasy into real world. The sky is composed of the sunset from the original picture as well as a rollercoaster, once again creating a fun, surrealistic feel. I also added the blue sky color to create more of a dream feel. I have the Disney castle on the horizon because I like castles and I like Disney movies and I felt this too created a surrealistic idea. I like to have fun and act like a kid so the images I used are symbolic of that. Life can be a thrill and it can be fun and your imagination can take you anywhere and that’s what this dreamscape represents.

Magazine Cover

Our first project was to create a magazine cover using Photoshop. I decided to use my cat for the cover and created the magazine "Meow Madness." I wanted the font to reflect the name so I went with Jokerman. The color scheme was based off of the colors within the image. I used the green from the necklace around my cat's neck as the color for the main headline and the other colors were pulled from her fur.