The One that was 'abstract' enough

Not really a fan of this, but whatever

The one that looks cool but wasn't 'abstract' enough

yeah

I'm uploading this one

because its cool

Oh no they let me use photoshop

Actually a mistake

There's quite a few things going on here, but that is fine. I think. This project was for making a face with several other faces (er, pieces of faces). The "face" part of this project changed when it become obvious everyone was creating completely unholy monsters that can be barely considered human, let alone a face.

The "new[er] project" assigned was to make something with filters, so I slapped some filters on this piece, because why not? So the background has a simple grainy filter, just because, and the actual monstrosity has copy on top of it with a "cutout" filter, which I learned was Photoshop's butchered version of "image trace" on Illustrator (AI has much more capibilities, photoshop only can use so much colors).

Layers

I wasn't sure if I was going to label the layers, but I assumed I would be scolded for having a bunch of randomly numbered layers. This is definitely not that much layers, or at least what I am used to.

Computer Version that looks better yes it does

1. The emphasis would be the word "Recluse", as it is one of the brightest values in the piece, and it follows against the leg of the spider.

2. The landscape goes completely around the bag, and the spider not only connects perfectly in the back, but wind around half the bag.

3. The dashed lines on the top of the design were pretty unique, I suppose, as no one else did that. The lines was to help make the piece move around the bag, as well as giving it an 'old' look to it. Everyone knows old things were always recluse and closed off.

4. My word, recluse, means to be shut off from the word, it can be either a way of living or a way of viewing. Also recluse spiders. When I heard of recluse, I thought about lake houses on a small lake up in Maine or something (totally not thinking of the lake houses described in Stephen King's novels). The brown helps give it that sullen and old look.

Bag Project (The Real Deal)

Front

Back

Side

Type Designs

"Loud"

1. Size- the letters are large, making it seem big and 'loud'
2. Shape- each letter is a different font
3. Color- the colors are clashing with each other
4. Texture- the letters have a multicolored mesh to it
5. Background- the background is a sharp red and yellow, and the traced cat lines are doubled up, almost putting strain on your eyes

"Quiet"

1. Size- the words are small
2. Shape- the 'quiet's in the circle formation
3. Color- the colors are soft and easy to look at
4. Location- the word is sitting in the exact center, and well as the 'quiet's in the circle
5. Background- just like the color, the background has soft and muted colors

"Stable"

1. Size- the word is tall and the letters are thick, giving it that 'stable' and sturdy look
2. Shape- the word is underlined, giving it that extra sturdy look on the word
3. Color- the colors are greyscale, which gives it a simple, yet structural look
4. Style- the font has little ticks on each point, which makes it look like there are little things holding the letters up. Also there is a horse in there because horses live in stables and I like to think I'm funny
5. Background- the background has an even grid on it

"Active"

1. Shape- the font is round and 'fun-looking'
2. Color- The letters are pink with a white glow, and the background is a bright green; the pink and green being contrasting colors
3. Orientation- the words repeat themselves and go in a swirled pattern, making it look like it's moving
4. Location- the words are swirled everywhere
5. Background- the background are varying shades of green that are the opposite (negative) to the pink words

"Implied"

1. Size- the word is as big as it can be, implying 'implied'
2. Color- black on white, making it simple to see the difference
3. Style- the word is reacting to the background, so it looks like there is no background or foreground
4. Texture- there is a grid, as well as a gradient that goes through the word and the background (which was hard to do, I had like, 10 clipping layers in this piece)
5. Background- the background is, as stated previously, reacting with the word and the white bars crossing through

"Camouflage"

1. Size- the word is small and hidden
2. Shape- the word is warped into one of the cats in the background
3. Color- everything is a different shade of blue, making it look like the classic camo style
4. Style- the word is warped, making it harder to read, and more camouflaged into the background
5. Background- the background is cats. I was going for the whole "camo" style pattern, but with cats, because I like cats

"White on Black"

1. Size- the words are big, but not necessarily easy to see
2. Shape- the letters are bold and close together
3. Style- the white cross-hatching goes over the "BLACK" lettering
4. Location- each word is on one side of the piece, following the gradient going on
5. Texture- Crosshatching white and black  to make a gradient

"Hand-Written"

1. Size- the letter is big, so you can see every texture and mistake
2. Color- the color is that of a pencil, which is a tool to write with your hand
3. Style- the letter is based off a already made font, BlackJack
4. Texture- the vine charcoal made it look more textured than regular charcoal or pencil would
5. Background- it is simple paper

Finished Book

Front

Inside