GD2: Exercise 1

If I just update this thing regularly I wouldn't have to keep posting things out of order. Oh well, I would rather post my work, than not. This was the first exercise we had for GD2, where we had to create a book cover for a student in the class. The student I got paired with was Andrew Passwaters. His favorite band was Blink 182, and he wears mainly Famous Stars and Straps shirts, so I thought it was fitting to title the book "This is Growing Up." If you are unfamiliar with that title, it is a lyric in the chorus of "Dammit" by Blink 182. 

Dangerous Shoes

This is my most recent Illustration 2 project in which we had to create an editorial illustration for "Dangerous Shoes" that would be featured in Skirt magazine. 

Illustration 1: Problem 4

This is definitely an older project, but I really like it. This was our last project in Illustration 1, which I took last fall. The objective was to select a statistic from different statistic websites and illustrate it. The one I chose was "A bad case of laryngitis forced Abe Lincoln to lip-sync the Gettysburg address. Supposedly the speech was actually delivered by an aide hidden beneath the stage."

Junior Review

For exercise 4 of GD2 we were to create posters for Junior Review. All of our posters are put up for display in the Art Building, and the faculty choose the winning poster in which we will sign up. Junior Review is a two day event in which we, the juniors, sign up for a 15 minute time slot in order to meet with a panel of faculty who critique and comment on our work. Through this review we will find out whether we will enter the BA program, BFA program, or fail at life altogether. My poster is in the style of those old boxing posters. 

I signed up for 11:30 on thursday.

Is it hot?

For exercise 3 in GD2 we were to design a visual response to the phrase "Is it hot?" There were no guidelines whatsoever, and it was completely up to our interpretation. I decided to do a gig poster for a concert at the House of Blues featuring The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, and The Fiery Furnaces. Now if you ask me, that would be one "HOT" show. It is also kind of funny, because when I was designing this poster I read on pitchfork that Wayne Coyne from Flaming Lips was talking smack about Win from Arcade Fire. So maybe they wouldn't want to play my imaginary show...

Inequality Matters

For our 2nd exercise in GD2 we had to create a poster for the inequality matters project from AIGA. All of the guidelines were at the AIGA site. It turned out alriiiight, but not my favorite piece. 

Papermoons

I haven't posted anything in a while, so that means I'm pretty much going to dump some of my recent projects up here. This is a flyer I made for an Annabel, Papermoons, and Tin Armor show at the Musica in Akron. The show was on April 4th, and turned out to be spectacular. All of the bands were awesome, and there was a great turn out.