20140329 Final project - the original idea

(The first idea for digital media)

For the digital media project, originally I have the other idea for design.

I took some time to do it and this is the other version of design.

I thought that it was quite good and clear and simple graphic. 

However, this version of design has certain problems. 

1. Mostly when people saw this graph they always said this more like the Windows iconic symbol.

2. This kind of design have no strong style.

3. To some degree it is quite colorful. The spectators would be confused about the topic.

Although my first design had created some difficulties to me, it still help me building the initial skills on illustrator. (i.e. I can well-use the function of layout)

Further, this design also helps me came out the little orange man design because it let me know I should focus on certain color and emphasize my topic or the main topic I want to address.

20140326 Digital Media Project Brief

1. Project: Series of design for 2014 MFM Final Year Degree Show

2. Main Theme: Iconic little orange man

(The prototype of little man)

3. Slogan: We make the world different

4. Inspiration:
    -Otto Neurath: Isotype design. Otto Neurath use remarkable graphic in writing sentence to help readers to understand the meaning.
    -Nike/Adidas advertisements: Use the remarkable slogan to promote their product and create kinds of 'sporty' atmosphere.

5. Design focus:
    - The project mainly focus on the slogan I created.
    - Moreover, using little orange man to represent the student who studies in media is different and can make the world in different look.
    - In order to emphasise the importance of the orange man. I use black man to represent other people so that the orange man will be distinctive.
    - The colour for whole series of design will be black.
    - Basically the fonts will be quite straight rather than cartoon style. (P.S this is tutor's advise, this can have some comparison between words and graphic)

6. Software I am going to use:
   - Illustrator
   - Photoshop

7. Technical support:
   - Monday workshop
   - Tutor
   - Chinese reference book : 1. The 229 skills for illustrator 2. Using photoshop and illustrator to play design

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20140324 Idea Collection - Isotype

From my previous post, my design mainly focus on the symbol of 'little man'.

Tutor advised me to take a look at Otto Neurath's "Isotype" design.

This video presented a lot of different symbols to show how this type of design work.

I think is quite useful because I may need some changes on my 'little man' to have different pose.

I may follow how they present the symbol to help me establish the series of action of little man would do.

20140310 Idea Collection - Toyota Prius Projects: "Signature Series" with Joshua Davis | Toyota Pri...

This video showed on the class few weeks ago.
I think this one is quite inspirational because Joshua Davis use elements from nature to build up different visual effect for people.
Although his style of work not really feat my idea of project, the work he did still give me great thought of my project.
I should be adventurous in putting things together and also on my design.

20130306 Technique Support - Video: How To Get Started With Adobe Illustrator CC - 10 Things Beginners Want ...

Because my computer only can use illustrator CC version so that I took a
look at some video wich talks about how to use CC version.

20140303 Idea Collection - Video: Color Vision 1( Color Basics)

To do the graphic design,

I took a look at the online video which talk about color basics to get the basic knowledge.

From this video, I think I may use more different kinds of complementary colors to create the great visial impact but still follow the rules of using complementary colors in 70% (background color), 25&(main color) and 5%(accent color).

Moreover, this can create the vivid atmosphere for the whole graphic work.