Project 2 step 1 Stamp Archive

final design for project one two views grayscale and color

Project one

In project one we were given the directions to create a visually appealing designing using six words; emphasis, balance, contrast, repetition, alignment and flow. Out of these six words we had to give priority to emphasis, balance and contrast, so that the eye to flow from one to the other in that order. To achieve this I had to learn a completely new technology that is Photoshop. I will admit I am still in the process of learning this technology, especially when it comes to the differences between Mac and windows. Now in order to create the order in which the eye travels I played around with the scale and texture of emphasis and balance. With each I placed them in a forty-five degree angle with emphasis from the upper left hand corner to the bottom right hand corner. Balance is placed in the bottom right hand corner pointing towards the upper left hand corner till it meets contrast. Contrast itself is actually made up of the repetition of repetition which was typed along rendered paths. Which is in turn is placed at another forty-five degree angle but this time moving from the bottom left to the upper right to carry the flow. Flow which has been distorted, flip and reversed to direct the eye from the upper right corner to the bottom left corner where alignment was placed. Alignment is vertically typed and is aligned with the E in emphasis. With A from alignment pointing to the E in emphasis to bring the eye back to the main focus of the design. To accomplish this I tried to use the rule of thirds along with implied lines in order to create this design.

                The problems in which I came across when working upon this project was getting my head around using Photoshop to create the design from the original hand rendered sketches that were produced throughout the design process. The second issue I had was learning how to use the tools with in Photoshop, which I owe thanks to Josh for his tutelage on how the tools in Photoshop work. Thanks to his help and that of the professor I was able to create design that has potential to more as I further play and learn what Photoshop is able to do.

final design part B