Pop art Project!

Made in Illustrator, by me

Hello people of the internet!

So since i last posted, we have started on a new project, which we almost have completed. 

The project is about the different kinds of art, like pop art, avant garde, and modernism. 

Our task is to make a poster for the design museum in Copenhagen. Which has to be inspired by a subject that could be in the museum. 

I choose to make my poster inspired by POP ART! And my subject is the Kodak camera from

the 60's. And since the actual camera isn't pop art, my teacher thought that i should make a poster

about the process from the camera to pop art. 

Because it's the outcome from the camera that one can make into pop art, just the the Marylin  Monroe 

painting. 

We had to write an 8 pages long report about our subject as well, which i had a really hard time doing.

I actually just sent my report to my teacher a few hours ago. I felt like it was super hard to write about 

pop art and it's history. Because i don't really like writing that much.

I know, strange right? Since i have 2 blogs and all. I think it's because i only like to write if i get to decide when i'm doing it, how i'm doing it and for how long i'm doing it. Basically i don't really like being forced into doing things i don't like. haha... But that doesn't really work in the real world, so i had to suck it up

and just write those pages. 

Anyways, at least i finished in time...

"Night is for dreaming, day is for achieving" 

//Maria

Potato stamping!!

Hello people of the internet!

So for the last 2 days we have been potato stamping! Which was really fun, and
i'm definitely trying it again...
We started by making the whole alphabet which you can see in the picture on the left.
Then we had to think of a quote to stamp on our posters. I chose the quote "Night is for dreaming, day is for achieving", which i made myself. I even carved a moon, a star and small stars for my poster (picture in the middle).
I made a ombre effect on the background to represent the day and night.
To my surprise making potato stamps is actually hard, since you have to make sure everything you carve is reversed!
But it was super fun! And it was nice to get away from the computer.

We have a 5 day break today - wednesday next week. YAY!

"Night is for dreaming, day is for achieving"
Go and make your dreams come true!!

//Aria

Back to school!

Made by ME in Illustrator

Hello people of the internet!

So we all went back to school today, after a much needed spring break. I think

we all got pretty exhausted  after our magazine project. Speaking about our

magazine project, we are all still anxiously waiting for our grade... Hope we get

our grades soon... 

Today was a pretty chill day, we did some theory about colors, specifically contrasts.

And we also got some seat works about the different types of contrasts ( Contrast of saturation, light and dark, proportion, complements, hue, warm and cool, and simultaneous contrast ). Which was very interesting, to my surprise. I mean, i have always loved 

colors, but never have i ever thought of them in the ways i did today.

Above, you can see a seat work i did today, about the contrasts. 

We also got some pretty cool news. We are all invited to come to the DR1 studios next 

Monday! I don't know that much about it, since i don't watch that much danish tv, but i 

know they are a TV channel and that a lot of people know about them. I am mostly 

excited to see the big cameras. We were told that we are going to see them film

for 1 hour. Which i feel is like a mini dream come true. I have never been in a real filming

studio. I am so excited, I don't think i will be able to take photos there, but i will try and then

post them here.

"The night is for dreaming, and the day is for achieving"

// Maria

Done with interactive magazine!

Made this on quebles.com

Hello people of the internet!

So last week our class just finished making our interactive magazine! It

was so exciting to see the finished product. 

We made our interactive magazine in InDesign, which didn't use to be

a program i liked. But after this project i have grown to like it, a lot!

We added some Easter details to our magazine, which was fun. But i had

to remove one of my favorite designs, the jumping bunny... I added

a bunny who was jumping non stop on the Index page, but it wasn't

serious enough for our fashionable magazine. 

I have learned a lot about the "killing my darlings" method on this project.

Meaning i have had to remove some designs that i loved, but didn't fit

in with our magazine. 

Next week we are focusing on finishing our printed version of our magazine, which

is almost done. We just need to make some more commercials and print it out!

Even though i think our group did an amazing job on our magazine, i'm still nervous

on what grade we will get. I hope we get a 12 (equivalent to an A+), but who

knows...

I researched a lot on interactive magazines before starting on our project since

i didn't know much about them.

If you are making an project like ours or want to check out some awesome

interactive magazines, take a look at this website!

http://www.ceros.com/examples 

Until next time... DREAM BIG!

// Maria

p.s. Happy early Easter!

Trip to Aller!

Goodies from Aller
Taken by: Me
Edited on Picmonkey.com

hello people of the internet!

So today was a very fun day at school. We went on a little field trip to this place that prints magazines, the place is called "Aller". Aller is one of the biggest printing  places ( in Denmark ) and they print all kinds of magazines, from fashion to kids magazines.

When we went inside the first thing i noticed was how modern everything looked. The sofa looked so expensive, and i didn't expect it to look very nice in a printing bounding ( since ink is very sticky and hard to get off furniture ). 

A very nice man guided us around the whole building showing us the different printers they use and we even got to meet some of the people working there. The coolest part for me was seeing the whole process of making of magazines. I had no idea it was that complicated.

I tried my best to enjoy this moment since it was my first time seeing what some Graphic designers end up becoming. The only bad thing was it stunk like fish and ink in some of the areas, phew...

I don't think i will end up as a "printing person" ( sorry i have no clue what you call the people who print out the magazines ), since i like being in front of the computer more than the ink. But it was very nice to see what happens after the graphic designers have made the magazines in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.

We all got 3 magazines as our goodies. But they are not just any magazines, those have not even come out yet! That's right, we all have exclusive magazines that first come out tomorrow! 

*feeling special*

Thanks for reading!

Until next time... Dream BIG!

Winter Break!

Taken by: Me
Edited in: Picmonkey.com

Hello people of the internet!

It's finally vacation time! We have no school this whole week, which means more time for the internet!

Last week we started a new project in school, a magazine project. We have about 5 weeks to finish a 20 page magazine ( in groups ). We have to write our own articles, make our own commercials and pick our own pictures. My group have to make a continuation of a magazine called "Cover Kids". I am so excited to see the finished product.
I have been researching a lot, even though it's our break. =) I even went to the library, which is very rare for me. And i found to magazines that were similar to "Cover Kids". I have a list of possible commercials and articles to use.
I also found tons of pictures that we could use.

We are going to be working in InDesign and Photoshop a lot in the next few weeks, and i can' wait!

But my vacation is not going to be consisting of ONLY school work, i am going to enjoy my free time (on the internet!).


Until next time...Dream BIG!

// Maria

PicMonkey site (online editing program for those who don't own Photoshop, like moi!):  http://www.picmonkey.com/

Illustrator mania!

 Hello people of the internet!

The whole last week we had Illustrator lessons, which i enjoyed a lot!
Illustrator is a program a lot of graphic designers use to make logos, posters, and more!
I learned about so many things like how to trace images and make them into vector. 

Here's some of the things i made last week...

until next time..Dream big!