Steve's Design Blog: May 2013

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

M04 Book Cover Design Final

Found these classical guys called "The Piano Guys" on YouTube.com. Pretty neat how they transform current and past songs into their own classical remedy. I enjoyed listening and watching some of the videos on YouTube.com that they have put together. I choose the black background because when I envision a piano I always think of the gloss jet black that some come in that contrasts well with the ivory keys.

Their website link is below along with their Youtube Channel if interested:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys
http://thepianoguys.com

Here are a few images that I used for the book cover:

http://www.squeegi.com/images/thumbnails/93eb9bac-86d7-11e2-b45e-00259002621a.jpg

http://natsnoggin.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-evening-with-piano-guys.html

http://www.womanaroundtown.com/sections/playing-around/bachs-cello-suites-march-26-at-the-library-of-congress

http://www.hdofwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/piano-black-background-wallpaper.jpg

Friday, May 10, 2013

M03 CP - Awareness Poster (Part 2)

Working on this heart awareness poster for the American Heart Association was interesting in that I was able to play around with a few different font preferences before I finally chose the final outcome. I chose my fonts Rockwell and Blackadder ITC, based on the chart on "Complementary Typeface Pairs" from Typography Crash Course with Denise Bosler's article(pg.73) I chose a picture of my son on the beach for a background and incorporation both the American Heart Association Logo as well as an interesting eye I found with two hands forming a heart in the reflection of the iris. I used the eye dropper tool to pick the color green for the thought text from my son's shirt and used the black for the factual information to bring attention back to reality after reading the thought process. Here is what I came up with:

Image References:

http://www.glamquotes.com/life-flashes-before-eyes-quote/

http://life.familyeducation.com/slideshow/self-esteem/64305.html

http://99galleries.com/category/Eyes/

http://www.heart.org

Bosler, Denise. Typography Crash Course Howdesign.com Online. June 12,2012 http://www.howdesign.com/design-creativity/fonts-typography/typography-crash-course/

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

M03 CP - Awareness Poster (Part 1)

My awareness poster is going to be focused on heart health and how it affects everyone. This would be a poster for the American Heart Association. I am planning on using a heart and eye possibly for the background. I am also planning on integrating the faces of all sorts of people with happy emotion. The text would include a dramatic saying to catch the viewers eye. The main theme would be in regard to how life is short do not wait until your life flashes before your eyes to get checked. Here are a few of the images that I may use.