VCAR 332 Photorealistic Product Illustration

 This assignment was by far the most difficult in the course. In the end, however, it increased my skills as a graphic designer, especially in the area of advertisment design. The leaves on the orange were especially challenging. I used several textures to give the glossy gradient mesh a more a "natural" look. The original photo was of a Lipton Tea box I bought from Kroger.

VCAR 332 Final Project

As a History Major and a Graphic Design Minor, I felt that a composition rooted in Art History was fitting for my final project. With approval from my instructor, I chose to do a propaganda poster reminiscient of the Cold War. The compostion has a dual premise: (1) To remind the viewer of the struggle Americans went through during the Cold War and (2) to invite to viewer to consider how socialism is affecting our nation today, over 20 years after the Berlin Wall fell.

My major issue in this composition was finding a font that looked "Soviet", but was also recognizable to American/English speaking viewers. After an exhastive brainstorming session I devised my own font to express the "Red Scare" essence of the piece.

VCAR 332 Basic Shapes Large

For this assignment I decided to expand upon my earlier idea of using basic shapes to create prehistoric animals. The above is a horseshoe crab.

VCAR 332 Basic Shapes Small

For this assignment we were required to use basic shapes to create natural objects or found objects. My solution was to use to basic shapes to make various prehistoric creatures from the Sulian Period.