Filed under: *in Class*
having problems with my computer again..it lags like a turtle walking when i did the illustrator project..sometimes when i got frustrated with it i really wanna smash it….HOWEVER..when i think of how much money i need to get a new one…i would just forgive it for a while…
i’d been having a hard time with illustrator..this was my first time using it….there was always little small things that i missed and caused a big big problem…plus my lagging laptop really took away my confidence and patience when working..however..i did learn a lot technical things during illustrator..i guess i have to use it more often to figure out how to manage paths….@@…(maybe i am really not an organized person in some ways…= =)….
but thank got i got some help from my boyfriend in the end..=)….i couldn’t have done it without his patience with me and my poster…=)…(even the USB is his..= =…)
i was quite surprised that people actually thought my poster is strong… I know environmental problem is always crucial…(maybe that’s y i did science before…), but so does everyone else…it took me a while to decide how to present something which people already know about and familiar with, and highlight it…
the swirl tree was originally inspired by a website image, however, i could not edit that image so i had to create my own little tree….as well as the falling tree, an as well as the trunk…(does it worth more when everything is handmade??…@@)
I came up with several slogans, and i tired to make sentences not wordy but catchy enough for people to remember auotomatically…and i guess that worked well nicely…=)…
i’d been thinking if i should use color or black and white..but i decided to do the latter one …since it is about recycling and environmental damage free, i did not want to make the issue lighthearted by using color…it is an deadly issue…and also i remember Suzi said that every element in the poster counts to convey the message, so i tried to save ink by using black and white colors to make the poster stand out more and tell people more that even every drop of ink on the paper damages our environment…
i know the logo would not work that well…originally it was supposed to be a sheet of paper going into recycling process, which is indicated by the swirl, and the blue color represents recycling too….but i was having a hard time with the swirl drawing at that time before Suzi taught me to use warp tool…later on i did not have the time to change the swirl…so it did not turn out that well…
again, i thank all the people who gave opinions to my project and all the people who helped my decision making and technical problems…the project couldn’t have been done without you..=)
