Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Shmeat

ASSIGNMENT:
"SHMEAT"

The assignment was to create a container, a logo, and an ad for the Lab created meat called "Shmeat".


Let me introduce you to Professor Shmeat. He was inspired by the teacher in the movie "The Wall". I've been told that he looks a little creepy, but honestly....lab created meat is a little creepy!


My next obstacle was to create a logo.....this is what I came up with. The cow is embracing the professor because his life is being spared, the professor, hes just happy that he can continue his work without being badgered by PETA and the end result....EVERYONE loves Shmeat! The mmm.....that's because Shmeat is sooooo delicious!
Now.....how do we package it so people will buy it???



This is the front and back of my Shmeat container.



The finished product! A real life "Pop -up" Shmeat container starring....Professor Shmeat!!



This is the almost finished ad....it was just missing the container. From the start of the project I really wanted to use the Pink Floyd inspired " If you don't eat your shmeat, you cant have any pudding." Personally, I think that you would have to be bribed to eat the Shmeat and that's some good looking pudding!












Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Presidential Poster

PRESIDENTIAL POSTER ASSIGNMENT:
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

For the Presidential poster assignment, the goal was to design a poster that higlighted some of the President's accomplishments but design it so that it represented the period in which the president served his term or in Ike's case....terms








My process work......



These are the prelimenary thumbnail sketches. I was having a hard time coming up with a design that showed who Eisenhower was visually so I wouldn't have to use as much text.









After I chose the sketch that I thought said "Commander and Chief" the best, I decided to illustrate "Ike" by doing a graphite drawing.



I scanned the drawing into photoshop, and added a few details that I felt would capture the period in which he served. I chose to use red, white and blue for the obvious reasons, but I wanted the colors washed out so that the poster would look aged and also because color was kind of a new concept in the 1950's. I chose a text font that was similar to the text used in the "I like Ike" campaign to complete the dated look.
Overall, I am happy with the fnished poster. I feel like I represented President Eisenhower well and I also feel like I captured the period of his term sufficiently.