photoshop compositions

in class we've been working on putting compositions together via photoshop. we took our reception drawings and composed them together into a composition for today. here is my progress:

 first, i edited all of my images and started playing with how i could arrange them together

 then i experimented with adding background images

next i added text and a more appealing background image. i think this one is my favorite.

i played around a little more and this is my final composition! i made the background image lighter so that it wouldn't distract from the foreground images. i wish i could have kept more BLUE in it though, because that was the concept.

composition precedents

this poster is successful because it's balanced. there aren't any empty spaces, really.

this poster is interesting because it's not one single image-it's many that make up an image

http://graphicdesignjunction.com/2010/12/35-best-movie-posters-of-2010-and-2011-movies-poster-showcase/

http://www.lifeclever.com/supercool-typographic-posters-of-supercool-cities/

photo studies

 for class today we were told to observe different types of reflections around different spaces.



floor reflections:

vertical surface reflections

shadow from daylight:

shadow from artificial light:

two point perspective exercise

for this assignment we were told to make abstract shapes that represented our concepts. mine was a bluebird feather. i'm not happy with the outcome-i think it turned out to look like floating french fries but i was trying to convey the movement of a falling feather.

reception space compositions

bringing the HISTORY to the history museum

IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES.


just kidding. but it was the revolutionary war. i'm talking about the battle at the guilford county courthouse in 1781.

after two years of cornwallis (british army) hot on his trail, nathaniel greene (us) stopped and gave him a battle at the courthouse. basically the americans attacked the oncoming british, the british fought back, many lives were lost. although greene was the one to retreat, the british lost 300 more men than the americans. this left his army tired and weak when they made their way up to virginia and their final battle where cornwallis eventually surrendered and the americans won their independence from britain.


and they all lived happily ever after.
just kidding again.



i think that it's a pretty important piece of history for greensboro and it can definitely be incorporated into the museum somehow. i'll be doing more research as to how to go about that.

source:http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-guilford.htm

tumblr

i'm in love with it. well, mine. and i don't even care if that's lame.

it's amazing how many photos are out there and how seriously inspiring they can be. my page is clean and classy but also cozy and simple. its what i turn to when i'm stuck on a project, need some inspiration, or am in a bad mood. inspiration can really pick a girl up. well, probably because most of it is clothes and interiors. but they're inspiring!

blog assignment 003

so when we had the two presentations from the speaking center i was a little skeptical. i'm taking a 100-level communications course to complete my gen ed this semester and i related it to that class. which was weird...because i was sitting in the gatewood building. anyways, besides the fact that both presentations started at 9am i think they were successful attempts by the speaking center. i liked the first lady better because she was more exciting and, let's be honest, that's needed for that type of presentation. the packet from the second presentation was helpful when outlining my speech, though.

as far as my speech i think i did pretty well. i covered the points i wanted to cover and i wasn't really nervous. i think that i'm comfortable enough with the group that i really have no problem giving a speech or speaking publicly. after watching a few uncomfortable presentations (no offense to anyone) i made sure i tried to be as comfortable up there as possible and make it more like i was just sharing thoughts rather than giving a formal speech. my powerpoint slide wasn't the greatest but it got the point across. i actually revised it and made it better here in a former blog post.

overall d.c. was amazing and i'm glad i got to share some thoughts on it with my classmates. and i'm glad we got the formal speaking-intensive part out of the way.

ghm meeting #2

today we presented four conceptual boards to the folks at the ghm. alex and i presented the TAILORED SUIT board which featured her desk idea and my kiosk idea. i think that it went pretty well. we got a lot of good feedback from the tables. the majority if not everyone liked the floating wall idea alex brought in behind her desk. it not only covers the gaping open space that no one really wants to look at but it also provides versatility in regards to the information presented on it. the majority also liked my kiosk idea in that it brought people into the left side of the space and connected the shop to the exhibits. i decided that the kiosk, if chosen as our final one, should be made round to keep with the space. we also discussed making the back half straight and the front curved so that it could still be pushed up against the wall for events and such.


as far as the way we collected our information i think it was fairly successful. splitting up designers/architects and committee members was an excellent idea. i do wonder how it would be if the architects could have worked off of each others ideas to help but then the ideas wouldn't be evenly distributed. i feel like the smaller the groups, the more feedback we're able to get because no one has to fight to get their two cents in.

i think the blog will be a huge help in keeping them all clued in and up-to-date. we still have a LOT of work ahead of us.

museum precedents

we're beginning to talk about color schemes and materials in our group [greensboro historical museum renovation]. what better time to check out some precedents? here are a few museums that i think have a successful identity and look to them.

queens museum of art

information is posted and there is a central focus...not to mention tons of light.

denver art museum

 

denver art museum

because the space is so light, the dark stairs stand out as a form of wayfinding, leading visitors to what lies beyond the lobby space. the white walls, as in the queens museum, let the artwork and the wayfinding do the talking.

seattle art museum

 

the vaulted ceiling guides visitors up the stairs and beyond. like the others, the space is white with tons of natural light coming in.


so basically what i want to bring to this space is the open, airy, museum-like feeling these have. i think if we strip away the "80s green" as patrick calls it the space will instantly open up. by using well thought-out methods of wayfinding and guiding people through the space it will have more flow to it. more ideas to come!