Personal Projects....from the Summer/Fall.

So, I know it's like 6 months later.....but here are some of the personal projects that I did this Summer/Fall.

Here is a set of paintings that I did for my dining room. They are currently at my parents house, bc my dining room was turned into my living room, due to letting a friend stay with me.

It is just acrylic on canvas......(I can't wait til I take Painting class and can learn some techniques)

My dad built me a recycling center for my recycling bins. I hand painted the letters on them. I think it makes them look much more authentic.

I also made another name logo. This one is for my photography. While I love my orchid signature, I needed something a little more simple and classy. I made this in Illustrator combining two script fonts.

This is a picture that my Dad took. He wants to blow it up and put it in the guest bedroom. Again, he was the photographer (he is where I get my skills from)....I just edited it for him using Photoshop. Here is a Before and After.

Also, I helped my brother with his signature (Aaron Wade Murdock). This was completely HIS IDEA. I just put it together in Illustrator and showed him how to. He eventually did the exact same. I am in NO WAY taking credit for this. Just showing it as something I did/can do.

I didn't do too many personal projects this semester, simply due to my time constraint. I hope that with the more I learn....the more work I will make sure I have the time to do.

-jleigh

2D Design Project: Promotion Poster

My second 2d Design project was to make a poster promoting something. I feel as though I am somewhat of an environmentalist, since I like to recycle and eat organic and all that jazz. And, as cliche as it was, decided upon a 'Go Green' design. We did have one stipulation though, we could only use a triadic color scheme plus B & W. Meaning:

If you were to draw an equilateral triangle on the color wheel, the color at the points would be a triadic color scheme. 

So, choosing to do a 'Go Green' poster, I obviously had to have green. So, my other colors had to be purple and orange.

So, I used green, to make the letters, different shades of orange for the sun rays, and you can't really tell by the picture, but dark purple outlines the Unites States. Also, in every project we do, we have to make our colors from the basic colors: Red, Blue, Yellow, White, and Black. This can sometimes take a long time. Especially when you run out of paint and have to mix again and match the previous color exactly!

This is by far my most favorite design I have ever done! I was extremely proud of myself. I was surprised at how well I drew the US, take it that it was the first time I had really drawn anything in years.

I actually took some pictures of it during the process

 

(drawn on canvas, green painted)

   

(White added)

            

              (finished-ish. Gotta make my lines stronger)          

                    

                                                                                          

(in class)

                                                                                          

          (hanging up for critiques)

                     

-jl