Week 08 Type Based Illustration Presentation & Project 3 Selection

Type Based Illustration Presentation

Well, I finally presented my type based illustration.  I think it came out well.  The use of color was definitely a good decision for my particular illustration.  Check out my case study if you want to see more information.  Most of the students complimented my finished project so I guess that’s a good sign.  Like always, I got a few more ideas and inspiration from seeing the other students projects.  There is definitely some serious talent at the Art Institute of Seattle.  It was definitely a good decision to pick this school.

My final type based illustration

On a side note, I decided to use Adobe InDesign to build my presentation this time.  I figured out how to do some cool stuff.  To be honest this is the second time I have used InDesign in my entire life.  One of the other students used it to build their presentation last time to make the exported pdf interactive.  I thought this was cool so I decided to try and figure it out.  Now that I’ve finished I can say with confidence I know how to make clickable buttons in InDesign and even import video (swf) into a pdf.  Cool stuff.  I am sure I will use those capabilities in future presentations.

Project 3 Selection

After our presentations we were given some time to start our final project, the photo realistic illustration.  Originally I was going to do a photo realistic illustration of a flower, but I noticed a couple of other students were doing flowers so I decided to switch my image.  That whole desire to be an individual thing came up.  Anyway here is a photo I took of my Harley 883 right after I bought it.

My Harley

Ultimately, I feel much happier with this image selection over the flower.  This one feels more like me.  If I can pull it off I think it will be an amazing addition to my graduation portfolio.  Plenty of nice structural segments and colors to illustrate.  To be honest I don’t see myself using type based illustrations in the future as part of my personal style, but I definitely learned a lot about Adobe Illustrator during the process which is what it’s all about at this point.  I was looking up some examples of photo realistic illustrations in class today and I came across this one.  Simply amazing.  If I can get to this level I won’t have any regrets.

This is the goal!