My Logo

I’ve been developing an online portfolio to showcase my work for internship applications, so I knew this logo project would be an excellent opportunity for my website and me. I added the logo to the navigation bar to serve as a link back to the home screen and to use as the website’s favicon. My hope for this logo is that it demonstrates my skills to potential hiring managers.

I’m not very good with graphic design software so for this assignment, I used Canva, which I don’t know if that’s classified as a graphic design software, but I wanted to show that I at least have an eye for aesthetics. Typically, I prefer bright colors and bubble letters, as those better reflect my personality. However, this logo is different because I want to convey a sense of professionalism and class. I incorporated my initials and intersected it with my first and last name, so that viewers can easily identify who I am. Adding my role title was a difficult decision because I didn’t want to limit myself. However, I realized that I currently manage social media to market events, and the internships I’m applying for are in social media marketing. So, I figured if the shoe fits, wear it. I’m pleased with how this design came out because I think it is versatile and I will be able to use it for years to come.

Bethany’s Barbie Dream House

I decided to further characterize Bethany (and indulge myself) by looking for a house for her on Zillow. Since she is based in Chicago, that’s where I opted to search. She really doesn’t need a lot of space, especially since its just her. I could see her eventually getting a pet, so a pet-friendly establishment was a plus. While Bethany is only a receptionist for a funeral home, she does have the extra cash flow from Smithy, so the price wasn’t anything I was too worried about.

I found this stunning apartment that I know Bethany would LOVE. Located in downtown Chicago, the one-bed/one-bath setup is just enough for her. The brick and hardwood fixtures are breathtaking, and the balcony would be perfect for her morning reading. There is enough space in the living area for a small office, which Bethany will use for all of her after hours work.

While the bedroom is a pretty stark white, Bethany would fill the room with life through a huge rug and lots of wall art. There is still some personality in this room, though! A wooden beam runs through the ceiling, bringing some much needed warmth to this part of the house.

I Lost My Wallet

As one of the assignments for this week, I created two ID cards for my course character, Bethany Smith.

For this card, I used an ID making website and then saved the PDF. It was a little hard to use as the website was quite laggy, but I think it turned out nice!

Bethany’s ID Card for her job at the funeral home.

For the library card, I just searched for the Chicago Public Library card and erased the example name and signature on Photoshop. After that, I added back in Bethany’s name and signature using the text and paint tools, respectivley.

Her library card, because of course she’s a reader!

Getting creative with the Daily Create

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Wednesday’s Daily Create was an exemplary challenge. As I understood it, it said “I don’t know what to do with this thing. Make something and figure it out.” It would be cool if you could generate an Anti-Tag Cloud from any text you submit, but that doesn’t seem to be an option. What was cool was that people took very different approaches, creating stories, visuals and typographic designs. It doesn’t look like anyone tried to make audio out of it, so…

I told it to make a sea shanty out of the anti-Moby Dick words. I guess sea shanties weren’t part of its training.

Daily Create: January 30, 2025

“Do you prefer a ham and mustard sandwich, or would you rather eat free range chicken between slices of sourdough? Apparently some sandwich fillings are more ‘woke’ than others. Share your choice of sandwich with us and give it a score between10 (so woke my eyes are permanently wide open) to 0 (I spend my whole life snoozing).”

My all time favorite is a Wawa turkey hoagie, must have lettuce, tomato, onions, salt, pepper, oregano, oil, and vinegar. Pair it with your favorite chips and a yellow Gatorade.

Reflection

https://petapixel.com/2023/11/16/one-in-a-million-iphone-photo-shows-two-versions-of-the-same-woman

Cyberpunk: how to master the futuristic style

What is a blade runner? Unpacking Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk aesthetics

2001: A Space Odyssey – The Dawn of Man

A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design by Iconic Designer Chip Kidd – The Marginalian

I’m going to level with you what in the world was that space odyssey mess-

Anyways learned more about what makes cyberpunk design cyberpunk the use of digitally modified typography mixed with the unique layouts made it stand out. Bold exaggerated colors pushed together used to make it stand out. Cyberpunk takes inspiration from multiple genres and have influences them as well. Combing gothic and film noir style influencing fashion and games. They mention that software like Linearity Curve is well suited to make cyberpunk art.

Aka pretty colors that make your brain go boom and ooo it’s like creating fireworks without the explosion and then putting it into art. Colo wise I mean.

I was most interested in the title sequence design because honestly you always see them, yet I have never once questioned the created thought process for them. Each one has its only spark and flare. Naturally I prefer the videos over articles despite the fact that I use text to speech lol. Anyways if this topic interested me more, I wouldn’t mind indulging myself in a bit of a closer read, but I really only enjoy Typography stuff lighting stuff just goes over head blue tone what- black and white imagery huh …yellow background????? Bruh I am totally lost.

I’m happy they seem happy though.

Week 3 Weekly summary

This week was pretty easy regarding the daily creates. Only thing that gave me some trouble was the photoblitz challenge, some of the photo prompts were not common and I had to put extra thought into it to fulfill what the prompt is asking.

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The weekly assignments were pretty easy to create, and I enjoyed creating them.

Week 3 assignment

This tattoo inspired by The Dark Knight Rises represents how batman fights for the right thing from the shadows and no matter how many times he fails he gets up and try’s and try’s until he succeeds and overcomes whatever he is fighting for. It also serves as a constant reminder that no matter how far deep you think you are to get up and overcomes any and all obstacles thrown at you