Blogger Makeover

A Better Blog...

Recently in class we took a look at our blogs. We realized that there were several aspects that could be improved, so we started to remake and design our blogs again.

CARP

This is a very essential part of graphic design, so of course I needed to apply it to my blog.

C- This stands for Contrast. In my blog I added contrast by varying fonts, text sizes, and styles. To break up long chunks of text I added headings and subheadings to group things into their needed place.

A- This stands for Alignment. To make things look nice and even, everything needs to be aligned. To improve my blog, I went through and fixed my pictures and text to flow nicely.

R- This stands for Repetition. Repetition is used to establish a pattern and make things look nice and consistent.

P- This stands for Proximity. To use Proximity in my blog, I had to consider the placement of things.

Before And After:

Before I redid my blog, it was ok, but not great. It had a few issues with CARP through it.

Now, after I have remade my blog, it looks so much better. It now displays CARP better than before. I am now more organized, with the Pages and Labels that I added. 

Movie Poster Remake

Man Of Steel

Process:

The movie range we had to select from was from the past 5 years. I had pick a movie and remake a poster for it. We also looked to Saul Bass for an inspiration for our posters.

Things Learned:

I learned how to manipulate text and create outlines for them. I also learned how to create a geometric look on pictures.

Complications:

It took me a long time to decide what movie to create. I originally was going to use the movie Now You See Me, but after many creative tries I just was not liking my results. I then switched to the movie Man of Steel. Then, a friend of mine recommended a tutorial to me and I really liked the way it looked, so I finally had my idea. However, the last obstacle I faced was being gone from class to work on this. 

Favorite Part:

My favorite part of this project was finally finding something that I enjoyed to create. It was fun to try out different ideas and tutorials to find the one I liked the best.

Boundaries:

The creative boundaries set in place for this project helped me to create my poster. The inspiration we used for our posters is Saul Bass. He had a certain style of posters that we used to work off of.

Working with Type

For this project we had to learn about manipulating text. While in Illustrator, we messed with the kerning and tracking. This helped me to create my own custom graphic. This process is a very beneficial thing to know, especially for my Movie Poster Remake which I am currently working on.