HELP.

...and the business card dilemma continues, so some input is needed! Just pick the one you like best or give some feedback!

Grow, Blog, Grow!

I'm trying quite hard to get this baby of a blog to grow! I want this blog to be so loaded with images and designs that scrolling through every single one takes days (okay that's a bit extensive but you get the point).
In the past few weeks I've been trying to "get my shit together" if you will. I finished my signage project (you can see the final here), got some more pictures/test ads done for my advertising photography class, and GOT AN INTERNSHIP.  Brandgarten is a branding firm located in Madison, WI, and I'm so thrilled to have the opportunity to work for them!
Anyway- back to the photography pictures. My ad is on Easy Cheese (kind of difficult, but I'm well on my way) so I've been working on rough drafts and test shots... these are 2 out of the 3 total that I need to have. Much work needs to be done, especially on my Easy Cheese hand-sqeezed letters...

 

I only have another week or so to perfect these shots/ads as well as come up with another shot. After this we hit the ground running on our next set of ads so I need to start thinking about another product. 

Also finished up another screen print. The theme was "2012", and the prints turned out amazingly well, expect to see photos soon!!

Well Hello Blog...It's Been a While

Disregard my last post. It's definitely NOT spring, in fact we had a snow storm last night.
I've been so busy the last couple weeks and couldn't seem to catch a break and today I've managed to find some time to post. Lately I've been working on my portfolio for AIGA's portfolio-one-on-one. I'm very anxious for that and can't wait for some useful, professional, feedback.

I've also been dabbling with lighting in the studio to better prepare myself for my advertising photography class. I have a lot of fun (and useless, which makes them all the better) photos to show for it!

 

 

The ad I'm shooting for my Advertising Photography class is Easy Cheese and it's on it's pretty well on it's way. Easy Cheese is definitely NOT the easiest at making it look appetizing it pictures. 

Also been working my butt off (along with my 3 other group members) on re-designing the look of the signs in the Applied Arts building! It's been quite the roller coaster but I'm happy to say we are almost done, and I've gotten pretty excited about these signs. Take a closer look!

 

P.S. Since you are already here you should probably check out my photography website as well.

Welcome Spring!

It's been a while since my last post so I have lots to show/tell. Got my first screen printing project done, and I had a blast doing it! The first project was more about experimenting with the printmaking process. We had to find random objects, scan them, and make a composition of them. This is what I came up with...

I have also managed to get my resume done! YAY!!!

AND, I've been outside to enjoy the wonderful Wisconsin weather we've been having. Of course a winter in Menomonie isn't complete without a visit to the Devil's Punchbowl.

 

Today I had my meeting for Scotland. It's hard to believe how quickly that's coming up. I've even had dreams about this trip! Unfortunately I have too much work to do to get too worked up about it. Work, work, work.

First Assignments of the Year = Done

Finished with my sign proposal. Minimal changes were made since the last time; got rid of the "grunge" font on the window clings, and made the "A" in the logo for Bad Cat look different in each word.

 

I also finished my first screen print in my screen printing class (pictures to come soon). 

In the mean time, it's back to thinking about my Easy Cheese ads I have to do for advertising photography and getting my portfolio all spiffed up to send to people.

More Concepts

Had to add another element to my sign proposal for Bad Cat Bicycles. A window cling for the shop phone number, rentals, and MAMBA (Menomonie Area Mountain Bike Association) would be added to each window panel...because what bike shop doesn't have signs on their windows? I never even knew that they had rental bikes. I think that's some extremely useful information.

And could it possibly be that I'm already fixing my "finished" personal logo?? Yup. Go figure. Here's the new and, what I think is, improved logo solution.

The round logo was getting hard to work with (I'm busting my butt trying to design a resume as well here), and the simplicity of this satisfies me.

Wait...? Satisfied? As in done?   I give it a week....

And We're Off....

So far this semester has already been pretty hectic. After only one full week into the semester I feel like I have so much to do. My main concern is getting my resume and business card back on track. The logo above is the final (or so I say now anyway). I think it's almost hardest to please yourself sometimes; knowing that I can always go back and edit something is the worst. So while my resume design remains under some serious re-construction, I believe my business card is done! As stated before, this will probably get a whole new look in a matter of a few years, but for now I just need it to represent me on my quest for an internship. 

I've also hit the ground running in my Signage & Exhibition class. Our first project was to take pictures of signs and then choose one to re-vamp. Mine ended up being more about branding, and so because it wasn't supposed to go that way, I tried to focus more on the way the sign is presented rather than it's a logo. This is the proposition for Bad Cat Bicycles here in Menomonie, WI. Anyone who's ever seen this sign knows there is nothing "bad" about it. Still some tweaking to do for Thursday, as well as adding a few more signs to the windows.

CURRENT

MY PROPOSAL

For Advertising Photography we began thinking about our first ad campaign. I wanted to choose something that wasn't advertised enough, preferably a food...Easy Cheese anyone?! We'll see how this one goes (I think I have some fun ideas).
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