Tuesday, May 8, 2012

#20 research and inspiration


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It has a good color blend for proportion/scale, unity/variety, and contrast/balance.



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It has good emphasis, figure/ground, contrast/balance, proportion/scale, and unity/variety.

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey is an American contemporary graphic designer and illustrator who was born on February 15, 1970.  He is also considered to be one of today's best known and most influential street artists.  He graduated from Idyllwild Arts Academy and in 1988 and Rhode Island School of Design in 1992 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration.  He is known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker campaign and his Barack Obama "Hope" poster.



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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

#19 research and inspiration

For assignment #19, I researched business card images on the Internet to see how I should make my business card.  I was inspired to use red and magenta colors because they seemed to go with the overall theme of the business.



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This business card uses good emphasis and has good placement of additional information.