Hooray! It’s done and on time!! So happy!!! Here she is in all her completed glory!

I’m quite pleased by how this turned out!

 

Just sent it off so it can be produced into a number of things! Very exciting and very fulfilling. Suloni was a HUGE help and I felt so bad for bugging her constantly, haha. But it’s done and the client is very happy with how it turned out 🙂

Today I continued working on the History Department Graphic. I messed around with colors, PhotoShop brushes, format, and whatnot. Here are some different versions with mixed typeface and colors:

 

These are the various versions with different combinations of fonts and formats.

 

I also started on the paint effect of the graphic since the drafts above used a copyrighted image. I did this through PhotoShop using the “Kyle’s Paintbox- Supreme Spatter and Texture” brush and smudging it. Here’s the result!

 

Here’s my version of the draft, free of copyright materials!

 

I think I’m gonna add a little more texture to the paint effect, add some more bright/bold/opaque colors, and make it look less like a butterfly. It’s too symmetrical for my taste currently, so I’m gonna fill the foreground with various colors to make it look more “organic”.

Today I continued working on the History Department project. The client chose the “Splash” version, but the image used for that version is copyrighted and was only used to draft a design direction. So my current goal at the moment is to emulate something similar in style and color. I also made 3 different versions of “Splash”, each with different fonts. The client wanted something with sans serif, serif, and Garamond.

Top: “Splash” the font “Garamond”

Middle: “Splash” the font “Shree Devanagari 714”

Bottom: “Splash” the font “Charter”

 

I will be doing a lot of painting on Photoshop tomorrow in an attempt to make something similar to what the client would like, while preserving the aesthetic and colors.

I also was working on the Russian test illustration! Below is my progress:

 

Top: Initial First Sketch

Middle: Initial Line Art

Bottom: Initial Line Art + Flat Colors

 

I’m hoping that this should be okay! I didn’t get to do the cell-shading that I wanted to because of other COLA projects, but hopefully this is okay. I really like the colors I chose 🙂

Today I worked on drafts for the History department anniversary project. These are the drafts that I narrowed down to!

 

These are the drafts I sent off for approval.

 

I will refine the chosen draft on Monday!

I worked on more mockups for the Department of History’s 130th anniversary.

 

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Some of the mockups from today’s shift.

 

Gonna come up with a few more next shift and try to finalize things with our client!

I was assigned a project to create an image based on the blueprints of Garrison Hall for the Department of History’s celebration. The specifications were to make it have a “fresh” and “modern” feel.

Suloni and I brainstormed some ideas on how to approach this. We were trying to come up with ways that the client would want this.

 

This is the original blueprint of Garrison Hall.

 

I wanted to try to preserve the “sketchiness” of the blueprints without the ever-imposing aging quality that blueprint inevitably bring. I sat around trying to come up with mock ups and think of things that our client might have envisioned.

 

Top: This is the isolated image from the blueprint.

Middle: This is an idea I had. Not sure if i’m liking the black.

Bottom: This is the one Suloni and I worked on together.

 

I’ll be working on more mock-ups next shift. Hopefully, I have more ideas!