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Blog # 5: Swatchy Schemey

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 Introduction To prepare for our last project, this blog post allows us to gain comprehension of how to create a color scheme in InDesign. This will allow us, as students, to explore color schemes for our brochures. My brochure will be about the extinction of Red Pandas.  For this post, we had to photograph something that gave us inspiration for our color scheme.  I decided to take pictures of the study area about Starbucks in Cottrell. This area gave me many different color options to choose from.  The Color Scheme   I made a color scheme from this picture using the three main colors I saw.  These three colors came from the seats within the study area. The dark blue color came from the pillows, the yellow color coming from the pattern on the chair, and the orangish red color coming from the chair in the back.  The Headers From this scheme, I chose three combinations of the colors to create headers or name tags for my personal brand. 
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Blog #3: Me(me)

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Creating the Concept  For this project, I wanted to combine two of my favorite memes from two of my favorite movies. The first meme is the confused Troy Bolton meme from High School Musical 2. The second meme is the "Where the hell have you been, Loca?" from Twilight. Creating the Rough Draft I knew that for this meme, I wanted to have Jacob Black fading into the background, similar to 80s pictures of people and their cats (an example can be seen below). For this effect, I chose to use the gradient blur on the smart object of Jacob Black. I also created the layers within the image to put both Jacob and Troy on the same layer.  I had trouble using the gradient blur and blending it well, however, this will come with practice and will get better for the final product. Rough Draft This was the final rough draft and my layers panel when I was finished.
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Blog #2: Business Card

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 Introduction For this blog post, we were assigned to create a business card using the InDesign software. This small assignment allowed me to learn how to set up an InDesign project on my own and navigate the software outside of class.  The Process I started out the process by creating the document. I changed the picas into inches and adjusted my dimensions according to the business card format provided by Vistaprint. I also created a 0.12 inch bleed and created a 0.25 inch margin. After creating the document, I placed my two images, the picture of myself and the logo. Then, I created 3 text boxes for my name, my title, and my contact information.  After all of that was done, I clicked on the "W" key to preview my card before I saved it.  The End Product
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Blog #1: Working the Shot

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 Describing My Theme For the photo card assignment, I decided to do the theme of "butterflies." "Working The Shot" This picture represents the element of composition that is known as symmetry. The center of the butterfly falls in the center of the shot, creating a line coming from the butterflies' body.  This separates the two halves of the picture into even parts, creating the symmetrical effect.  This picture represents the element of composition known as layering.  These butterflies are layered on top of one another giving a depth to the subject. This photo represents two elements of composition; negative space and rule of thirds. The butterfly is surrounded by grass, not taking up the whole shot. This causes negative space. The body of the butterfly also falls within the cross section of the top third and the left third, creating the rule of thirds effect. Photo Cards Assignment These are the photos I will be using for the photo card assignment. 
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