Front Street Kitchen Sign

Magazine Cover

A magazine cover designed for a Travel magazine. This issue would be all about the fun things to do in  Seattle. I used a picture of the space needle I took on my recent trip to Seattle, and applied an effect to give it a slightly different look. 

Typeface Portrait

Ferb made up of different letters and symbols

Hand Lettering

Typography

An inspirational quote poster 

Helvetica

Helvetica was designed by the swiss in 1957. At first it was called "Die Neue Haas Grotesk". Wanting the font to take off in America, the name was changed to Helvetica, to mean "swiss type face". Some design styles are Swiss design, modernism, post modernism, grunge, and experimental modernism. Swiss Design made it so popular. Helvetica can be found nearly everywhere. Many cooperations use it in attempt to look more humane and less authoritative. Some designers can't stand Helvetica for this reason. Some see as it overused to the max while other designers see it as perfectly timeless, fresh, and unchangeable. Designers who speak in the documentary are Alfred Hoffman, Erik Spikerman, Neville Brody, and Lars Miller.
An example of swiss design:

Career Writing Assignment

Interior Designer 
This job includes helping clients decorate a room or the inside of a house. They furnish the house, as well as select wall patterns and accessories. The Designers must speak with their client beforehand to get a sense of what they are looking for. They may have to draw sketches of the rooms and and show color palettes. They must arrange for any painting, floor installation.. etc. Many people in this occupation are self employed. They often work over 40 hours a week, and usually weekends and evenings. In California, the entry wage is about 29,000 a year, Median $52,290, experienced $92,220.

Elementary School Teacher
They plan activities for kids in grades 1-8. They assess kids on their progress and report it to parents. They work about 36 hours a week in a classroom, and 15 extra for preparing and grading at home. In California, the salary is about $60,000 a year. They receive excellent benefits such as paid vacation, sick leave, health and dental insurance, and retirement plans.

Psychologist
They study how people act, feel, and think to get insight into the client's behavior. They can try to change the person's behavior if it will a benefit to the client or others. They interview and test people to collect information. People are usually self employed in this occupation. Usually work fixed hours, often in evenings so clients will be able to come after work. Always on call. They make an average of 77, 830 a year.

Color Writing Assignment

The three (light) primary colors are red, green, and blue. Secondary colors are made from mixing two of these three primary colors. An example is mixing red and green to make yellow. Tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color, or two secondary colors, together. One could mix yellow and red for a tertiary color. Subtractive color explains the mixing of colors to create a full range of colors each caused by subtracting light and reflecting some. Additive light however, is where color is created by mixing visible light emitted from differently colored light sources. Color is very effective in changing the mood. Color can make things stand out, blend in, or trigger emotions. Different colors next to one another can can affect how each color looks from the contrast of the two. 

 grey scale image 

 monotone image

complimentary color image

Sugar Skull