These are the original drawings for my logo. I decided to go with the company name based on feed back from the class. The concept I was going for was something that clearly told the consumer that the company sold popcorn, but I wanted it to have a little bit of celebrity glamour since the theme is paparazzi. 

This project was my favorite of the semester, not just because it means class is over. I loved doing the layout and creating the backgrounds and other personal touches that make it represent me. I chose bright colors, and quotes that I feel represent who I am as a person. Overall I learned a lot in this course and plan on using my new skills to create more digital art.

I chose to make a short clip for my company "Pop-O-Razzi". I used photoshop and a generic image to create the background and Illustrator to create the popcorn using the pen tool mostly. All the pieces were put together in Photoshop. I added camera flashes by using the elliptical tool to create circles and then dulled down the opacity. I cut the camera sounds from Lady Gaga's song "Paparazzi". Additionally, I added the logo that I created earlier in the semester.

The Woods

I used gradients, filter effects and the masking tool to create this collage. I cut out all the trees and layered them using different effects to create a spooky feel. I created the moon using the ellipsis tool, blue and emboss effect.

Fitness Magazine

Photoshop practice: Kyle goes to the desert

I used the lasso tool, quick mask, and curves to cut out and blend my dog into a desert background. Additionally, I selected a boarder around him and added s slight Gaussian blur around him to not make the cut out so harsh. Lastly, I painted in small shadows around his paws. 

Anna and Thor

Jerome

Popcorn Logo

Musical Calligram

Sometimes in life music is the only thing that can breakdown our walls.

The Good and the Bad of Logos

The Huston Texans football team is a great example of a good logo in my opinion. Its simple with its colors and design, and it uses implied lines to connect the two shapes. The logo is also very appropriate for the location of the team and speaks to its fan base well.

 This logo is simple, but has just enough texture so that it doesn’t look flat. I like that the orange could be used by its self, without the wording, and still be easily recognizable. The use of the complimentary colors, purple and yellow/orange make the logo easy on the viewer’s eyes. Its also a cute idea how they turned the orange into a pencil tip, incorporating the branding of the company and demonstrating its creativity.

 This logo is just painful for me to look at. I understand the concept but personally it’s too much for my eyes to handle. This logo could also be very difficult to print on small surfaces or other colors, making the labeling difficult for the company.

 This logo has identity confusion. It says nothing about what this company is. Is it a pilot’s origination that plays baseball on a flying sailboat? The wings could make sense for some for of pilot or flying company or organization, but wheel and baseball make no sense. As the viewer, I cant tell what this logo is for or how all the elements are supposed to work together.

 The London 2012 Olympic logo is an example of a bad logo. I’m not sure what its supposed to represent. It honestly took me a few minutes to figure out that the shapes are supposed to be the year 2012. The problem is the letters are too geometric that they lost their intended shape. Also the colors used don’t make sense. They don’t represent the Olympic colors or the colors of the British flag. I think the designer went too modern and abstract on this. The It was a good idea to modernize something classic but this failed.

5 Product/Company Logo Ideas

1.     Pig-in-out BBQ – Barbeque food truck run by a retired police officer where the logo is a play on pigs in a blanket, done tastefully. Possibly a pig wearing a police uniform.

2.     The Roots of life – Yoga/Organic living company. The logo will be script words acting as the tree roots leading up into a colorful tree silhouette.

3.     Pop-O-Ratzi – Popcorn/candy Company with a theme of glitz and glamour. The logo could be a glamorous looking popcorn bucket with camera flashes reflecting off of it.

4.     Your-in-Business – Port-o-potty company. The logo could be a urinal cake wearing a suit and holding a brief case.

5.     3 Drunk Dogs -  Hot dog stand that serves late nigh munchies, specializing in hot dogs with strange toppings. The logo will resemble the Three Stooges but with caricature of drunk hot dogs.

Everyone needs a MVP

My name is Melissa Paradise and I am a dysfunctional veteran just trying to make it back in the real world. I am currently not working, just focusing on my education at an accelerated pace, and rediscovering who I am and what I love. There's nothing more important to me than surrounding myself with good people to have great times with. I spent a long time being told exactly what to do and how to do it and I'm looking forwards to having some creative freedom. I have some experience in Photoshop, Illustrator, and DreamWeaver, but am excited to get my creative juices flowing again and see what new tricks and skills I can learn. Life is just an adventure waiting to happen, and I don't intend to miss out.