BEHOLDER

Yes. I am a nerd. Thank you for the reminder. Second Dungeons and Dragons creature I've made for this class. Yes I do have a life, Yes I am a nerd. Thank you. WHAT IS A BEHOLDER?! A beholder is a mystical one eyed creature with many little eyes held in tentacles. These creatures are pretty gnarly and will almost literally tear you a new one. Why did i choose the beholder and what for? The create a fuzzy monster project! what better creature to make fuzzy than a beholder? Going from scaly to furry i made a beholder that looks almost plush! yay! I tried to make the hairs subtle so as not to make him look weak, but still keep a strong demeanor. You can tell the hairs are there, and that he is fuzzy, but also hes not a cuddly fuzzy, he is about as fuzzy as an enraged grizzly bear defending her cubs. brutal. absolutely brutal. check it out. he's purple too =D

God Bless (and watch out for mythical beasts),
Mike

C'THULU PWNS YOU

Yes. C'thulu, pronounce -kuh-thoo-loo- is a creation made by HP Lovecraft. C'thulu is a mythical beast from another dimension. Commonly used in fantasy like subjects such as Dungeons and Dragons (made by Gary Gygax). When the average human sees C'thulu they begin to run away stricken with fear throwing up their innards. pretty much awesome right? what does this have to do with Graphic Design? EVERYTHING. I took the basic shapes given to us for the project and i drew C'thulu standing on a rock with waves crashing around him. The sky I chose is very doom-like just to add the effect to evil.
AMAZING.

C'thulu Rocks,
Mike

A final project

For the love of GOD this can't be real. Our last project is an ESSAY. YAY. ESSAYS ARE FUN ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE 750 To 1200 WORDS ON HOW A COMPUTERS STARTS. Can you feel my sarcasm? Can you feel the absolute loathing I have for this project. My disdain will be heard. WHY. WHY.WHY.WHY?!!?!?!? On a more serious note..... this project won't be easy, but i'm sure it won't be too hard. The most interesting part would be creating the weathered tile, and getting some cool pictures. I hope to God that I can make it through this alive.

Finished Weathered Text

Here is the finished product of the weathered text project. I took the previously used Factor Five logo and i created a background that looked like a knife had scratched the ever living being out of it. It was overall a fun project to do, and took a LOT of layering and effects to give the spiderweb/knife effect. It has somewhat of an aesthetic but brutal feel to it. Let me explain this; the aesthetics comes from the background, being a soothing blue, and the brutality comes from the font type. All in all I like the combination of peace and roughness.

Weathered Text

In our last class for graphic design we were asked to draw something with distressed text. It was pretty interesting, to take a boring font and make it look really cool. I took a basic font, and I transformed the words "Factor Five" (a piercing shop) into something that looked kind of gothic by taking the first F and the last E and giving them an 80's metal feel. I then took a brush, went all over the font, and merged them to give it a weathered feel. I then took the swirl tool and gave the O in factor a weird feel to it, giving it a total gothic but cool look. Our next and final project is a huge essay that is supposed to look pretty but also be informative. Pray for me.

God Bless,
Mike

Bridge Program

So I had a genius epiphany. During the bridge project for CSU's Bridge Program, I used a picture of the Ravenel bridge coming from a straightforward standpoint. Tracing this straightforward picture, i used the wire anchors to give a fan effect (the gold portion of the picture). Using the Blend tool, I was able to give more of the wire anchors towards the back, but kept them black to make it look more like a bridge. The gold fan effect kind of brings out the focal point of the bridge, causing the viewer to see that it is a bridge, but moreso, focus on the text in the center. All in all this was a good project, it was pretty fun but kinda difficult to make sure everything was even. Attached is a picture to show my final product. As far as the new project goes, we have to take a sample text box, and give it a weathered feel, which will eventually be a sign of some sort. It should be pretty cool, its something different than a logo =D

God Bless,
Mike