InDesign Final Portfolio

Overall, I think that my final project came out well. InDesign was a pretty easy program for me to use. Especially because the HTML project was so hard for me, I really enjoyed using InDesign. The printing process was also pretty simple. Kinkos printed it correctly the first time, and I had no problems with them. My favorite project was the photo insertion because I put myself in New York City, , which is one of my favorite places. I put a sky line photo on New York City on the front and back cover because as I had already mentioned, I love New York, and I thought the picture represented me well.

Animation

I chose to make an advertisement different from my original logo. I have always liked animals and wanted to make my advertisement something to do with wild animals. I decided to make a rescue company that puts wild animals back in their natural habitats. I thought of the idea of having a kangaroo jump out of a "Danger Wild Animals" sign. I wanted to make sure that it was clear that the kangaroo was being brought back to Australia, and not being captured. I decided to put a funny picture at the end for some comic relief. In all, this project was not as difficult as I thought. At first I was nervous about starting it, but it ended up being a really fun project.

Collage Environment

I decided to make my collage look like a jungle in outer space. I had originally wanted to do a jungle scene, and thought it would look more surreal if I placed it in outer space. My goal was to make the scene look very mystical. I placed the car flying over the planet because I wanted it to look like a safari in space, and the safari was looking over the tigers. I then made the birds bigger than the tigers to make it look surreal. I also thought the birds looked majestic because they were so bold and colorful and really wanted to demonstrate that in the picture. On the bottom I placed flowers with a butterfly on them. I then placed a small tiger pouncing on the butterfly because I thought it looked cool that the tiger and butterfly were about the same size, which usually does not happen. In all I was pleased with how my collage came out because I had a goal of making it look mystical and surreal, and I think that I achieved that.

Magazine Cover

I decided to make my magazine cover on Vogue. I wanted to use Jennifer Lawrence on the cover because she is my favorite actress. I used a picture of myself in the corner because I did not want my picture to be the main focus of the cover. I also wanted to add some Thanksgiving recipes because I don't think that is something you would usually see in Vogue, so I wanted to make it a little different. I looked at a lot of pictures of magazines to get an idea of what I wanted to do, but ultimately went in a completely different direction with the style because I really wanted to use a landscape photo of Jennifer Lawrence because I thought it was a really captivating image. I also put fashion into my magazine because that is something that I am interested in. I also used a picture of Harry Styles too add to the pop culture portion of the magazine. In all, I tried to incorporate ideas that I would like to see in a magazine and bring that to life in my own magazine cover.

Photo Extract

I decided to make my image a picture of my friend and I in New York city. My favorite place is New York City, especially during the holidays. The hardest part of this project was making our legs look like they were in the water. It was hard to blend the colors to make it look realistic. The images on the bottom are the original images, and the top is the image that I created.

HTML Project

For my project I decided to recreate the Monsters Inc. symbol. I was really satisfied with how the "M" turned out and the eyeball inside of it. Creating the outside circle was really difficult for me. I thought the eye was a really cool shape to do and I was actually really surprised with how well it came out. I was going to put a character from the movie in front of the M, but it looked very odd when I did it, so I decided not to. This was definitely the hardest project so far for me, but it was really cool to learn how to do.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

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context.lineTo(425, 150);
context.lineTo(550, 150);
context.lineTo(602, 352);
context.lineTo(175, 352);
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context.fillStyle = 'blue';
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context.lineTo(315, 275);
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context.fillStyle = 'black';
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context.moveTo(410, 260);
context.quadraticCurveTo(390, 275, 375, 260);
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.stroke();
context.fillStyle = 'black';
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context.stroke();
    
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context.lineTo(450, 50);
context.stroke();
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};

</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

Vector Illustration

I chose to draw a picture of my dog, Rex. I liked this picture because I really liked the texture of his fur and wanted to try to draw it. I chose to make the background different from the actual picture because the background in the real photo was so complex that it was taking away from the rest of the photo. I didn't want the background to be the main focus of the picture, so I wanted to change it a little bit. I started by drawing the dog. For the most part I really liked drawing the textured fur, and it was not as hard as I thought it would be. The eyes were difficult for me. It was hard because his eyes were very lively and I wanted them to look as real as possible. The rest of the picture I wanted to look a little more cartoonish, but I was really focused on making the eyes look life-like. 

Exquisite Corpse

I chose to make my exquisite corpse a radio. I wanted to have him dancing, but he would be making the music. The nose is meant to be the "play" button. And the buttons on his tie would be "stop", "fast forward", "rewind". His stomach is meant to show movement and what kind of music he is playing, which is fun dance music. I wanted his legs to be a different color than the rest of his body to show that his legs are moving a lot.

Logo Project

Logo Project:

I decided to make my logo for my Dad's company, Quality Painting. He always says his current logo is boring, so I wanted to make it more fun and lively. I decided to add a lot of color and splashing paint. I showed it to him and he really liked to idea. Overall, this project was really fun because the paint was a really cool technique.

Caligramme

I made my caligramme Mickey Mouse. Overall, this was a pretty simple project. I really wanted to do Mickey because Disney World is one of my favorite places, and I thought it would be cool to put Disney Quotes inside of a Mickey Mouse head. Overall, I was very pleased with the project. 

Logo Analysis

The Apple logo has always stood out to me.  I like that it is so simple and yet everyone knows the company and it is so successful. I also like how there is no color. That makes me think that the logo is timeless because sometimes bright colors can be a little much for a logo. Apple has so many consumers that it is trying to reach that I think it would be hard to have a complex logo. I think that having a simple logo really works in their favor.

I also have always thought the amazon.com company logo was really interesting. It is similar to the apple logo in that it is really simple and everyone still knows the symbol. I think it can be really hard to make a simple, yet stand out logo and amazon has managed to do that. It is also timeless so I don't think they will have to change their logo anytime soon. Because they have such a broad audience, amazon needs a logo that fits everyone, which is why I think the logo suits the company well.


The Fanta Orange soda drink is also really interesting to me. This one is a lot different than amazon and apple because there is a lot of color. It also looks really fun because of the cool writing. I think that works for a soda drink because I personally only drink soda occasionally at family parties, or other events which I think are fun. I think the logo matches what the drink is meant for, which is fun events. The majority of people I know don't drink this on a daily basis so the fun color and wording words really well for Fanta.

My next logo is the Twitter logo. I think this logo is interesting as well because there is not much detail and it is really simple. I like how it relates to the company because tweets are meant to be short and to the point, with not too much detail. That is exactly how the logo is. I think the logo sets up the meaning of Twitter really well.

Last is the Dunkin Donuts Logo. I like how this logo uses bright colors, but still isn't obnoxious. It's also interesting that the majority of the logo is pink because that seems like a very girly color to me but the target audience is not just women. I like how the company has been so successful yet the logo does not fit a lot of other logo standards (ex. apple and amazon have very simple, black & white logos).

Logo Ideas

My five ideas for logos are:


1) Quality Painting- This is my dad's company. He is always saying that he wants a new logo because his is boring (a tipped over paint can). I was thinking to make it more fun I would have a paint can splashing on a background.


2) Utopia- I made this company up. This company would plan your dream vacation/honeymoon/ etc. I was thinking I could make it incorporate a lot of things, like tropical palm trees, mountains, or the desert.


3) Lake Realty- This is also my dad's company. It is a company that him and his friend started where they buy houses, renovate them, and then sell them. Since they do a lot of houses near lakes I was thinking of making the logo look woodsy with a log cabin.


4) School House Icecream- This is a new old fashioned ice cream shop that just opened in my town. I wanted to make the logo look very old fashioned, like in the 50's time period because that is what the inside looks like.


5) Candy Crane- This is also a company I made up. It is a company that plans candy themed events like birthday parties or weddings. I thought this one would be fun because I could make it very colorful and put lots of detail into it.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Meghan Girouard. I am a junior here at UT. I am majoring in marketing and minoring in public relations. I am also in the Delta Zeta sorority. I am from Massachusetts and have a Bernese Mountain Dog named Rex. I also like to spend time at the lake with my family over the summer.
 I'm really excited to take this class because I've never taken an art class that works with computers before. I took a lot of photography classes in high school, which I think could help a lot in this class.