Graphic Design

Safety Pin impression in Wax

Week 1: 4 Safety Pins have the potential of the world! Or so I thought. The first week was a lot more tough than I though it would be. I search and pondered for new angles and ideas for which my safety pins could be of serve yet I was mostly disappointed at my photos. I did however find one that made an “impression,” I know that was pretty cheesy but I couldn’t resist.

Under a steam infested pot top

Week 2: With ideas planted from the help of others in the class I was ready to get to work. I had better ideas and better results. It was actually difficult to pick a favorite out of these 10 I actually had 3 or 4. This was a combination of my passion for art meeting another passion in life, hunger. I was cooking and set the pot top down as saw how interesting things looked under it and *poof,* week 2 winner was chosen.

requirements: 4 safety pins, camera, photoshop.

Week 3: Photoshop brought new light into the subject with the ability to be a bit more creative. I had a few other photos from the week that posed a threat to claim the victory but photoshop Safety pins won by  a hair. It reminded me of a simple and clear music album cover for a relaxing indy band.

The Alphabet Assignment was given to us as the first of many for the semester. The purpose being to find the alphabet in everyday living without using actual letters. Whether is was from things outside that can naturally make the shapes of letters or through our own creative minds we could we could take natural things and make the alphabet.

Made with Salt and shaped with an x-acto knife.

As I began to contemplate the concept I wanted to go for I was in the middle of watching an episode of Law & Order. There was a cocaine addict in the episode and because I don’t have the funds for actual cocaine I thought of using a similar substance. I took the Salt and formed a 2.5″ x 2.5″ square and flattened it with a book. The letter forms are original and hand formed to bring unity throughout the alphabet. The salt gave each letter a unique texture to give variety as well.

Learning Summary

After the long detailed process I finished and enjoyed very much this project. Before using salt I tried powdered sugar but it was a disaster and was not workable so salt came to the rescue. The alphabet project was creative and help open my eyes to see that design is everywhere and can me beautiful.