Photoshop assignment 1

For this assignment I took a picture of me from last Halloween (dressed as Lt. Dangle from Reno 911!) and placed it in a picture of the Greek riots. The picture of me had no feet, so I had to make sure it was placed in an area where my feet would normally be concealed.

Illustrator Project

This is my final illustrator project. It's John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, except with a Deadmau5 head. I'm not too sure where I came up with this idea, which is why I really like it. First I made the Mau5head, which took a lot longer then expected. There was a large amount of shading on the head and ears, and it turned out pretty good. Next I opened a new file, and began working on the Pulp Fiction body. The hardest part was by far the hand, it took me about an hour to finally get the layering and grip on the gun right. Once I finished both, I transferred the Mau5head onto the body and it was complete. This is probably one of my favorite projects, and once I become more skilled in Illustrator I'm definitely going back and touching this up. The only thing I don't like is how the right ear got cut off a little.

Company Logo

Here's the final logo. I ended up taking Jeff's idea and using the "devil horns" as the I in pit. The hardest part was deciding how to draw the hand, I tried about 4 different ways before deciding upon a more simple design. I personally felt that making the hand more complex looking took away from the whole feel in a way. The font was actually my second choice, at first I wanted to use an Iron Maiden type font, but had trouble downloading it. I think it was for the better, since this font gives off a metal/punk vibe.

Logo Critiques

 

The first logo I'm critiquing is the clothing brand Supreme. the logo itself is extremely simple, however it's instantly recognizable among people who are even the tiniest bit involved in the world of street-wear. The red box makes the white "Supreme" pop out, which helps when it's placed on a darker colored shirt. When stickers of this logo sell anywhere from $5-$30 each, depending on the model, you know it's a great logo.

 

 The second logo is of the thrash metal band Anthrax. This is one of their most recent logos, as for years they've used simply their name as the logo. Although I love the band, this logo never really made sense to me. It's based off of an inverted pentagram, a symbol synonymous with satanism and is used by metal bands that cover that topic. However, Anthrax is not known to cover satanism. In fact, I believe there's only one or two songs that talk about Satan or anything of that sorts, so I was always confused as to why they went with this logo.

 

The  third logo is of the Onion, a satire news company. One of the things I love about this logo is the fact that it looks like an actual news company logo, which leads many people to believe it's true. Normally a company wouldn't want to misinform their customers. However, the Onion purposely does this as part of their humor style. When you're walking through a city and you see the green onion on the side of a free newspaper box, you know that it's an Onion paper.

Logo four is of the infamous club CBGB's. The club was intended to be for country and blue grass bands, however it became synonymous with the punk movement. Everyone from the Ramones to Blondie to Agnostic front to Beastie Boys have played here. While the logo itself was made during the country years, they decided to keep it the same. This could have been a huge issue for a tourist who has never heard of the club, walking in expecting some country music and instead seeing people going nuts to whatever hardcore band was playing that night. Nowadays, you can ask almost anyone about what this logo means and nine times out of ten they will tell you that it's a club venue.

The final logo I chose is of the clothing company Mishka. Like Supreme, they are a street-wear company, except a majority of their clothes have a darker, punk and metal influenced style. If you aren't already familiar with the brand and don't understand Russian, it would be hard to tell what the company is. The Mishka bear is almost as recognizable among street-wear enthusiasts as the Supreme logo, however I personally like this one better.

Caligramme

This is my caligramme, which is a picture made out of words. It is a Nike SB Dunk low, made out of all the names of SB's throughout the years. I am an avid sneaker collector, so this was the first idea that popped into my head when this project was assigned. A large portion of these shoes were inspired by pop culture, including movies (Hulks, Ferris Buellers, Boba Fetts, Oompa Loompas), rock bands (Appetite for Destructions/November Rains, Dinosaur Jr's, Dr. Feelgoods), household products (Band Aids, Shoe Goos, Bruts, Bics), and TV shows (Mork & Mindys, Twin Peaks, Shimuzus). Every design and colorway has some sort of meaning or inspiration, which is what makes Nike SB's different from the generic Nike Outlet shoe.