FINAL PROJECT: Deforestation.

well, this is my final project. after much brainstorming and experimenting, i decided to do another social commentary poster, since i had so many ideas for that project that i wasnt able to do. i had thought about doing a series with the characters from the tv cartoon, captain planet, or a series of the four natural elements, or another representation of how humans are destroying the world we live on.

so, i finally arrived at this poster about deforestation. i was inspired by the grunge style posters of david carson and the layering exercise we did in class with molly morin. the bottom half of the photo, shows land where trees have been or are in the process of being cut down. the image reminded me of the aftermath of an explosion of some sort, so i wanted the top half of the poster to reflect that. i hope i have accomplished that affect with the explosion of letters, all of which are part of the word 'deforestation'. the yellow affect i think gives it an even more of a discomforting feel for the viewer.

Molly Morin Demo Piece

i really liked this demo and i think learning more about the layer masks and modes will really benefit me in the future. i had fun playing around with these different effects and feel like i understand a little more about them now.
after i picked a lime green and a bright purple for my two solid color layers, and after adding a couple of textures, my image started to resemble some sort of mysterious, underwater atmosphere, so i added in some plant life and drew a couple of fishies with the paint brush. i really like the graffiti look with the text 'crash' and i used a sort of brick-like image as one of my textures. so hopefully there is a graffiti/underwater aspect to it....
plus the guy with the cone on his head is just hilarious...thats for my own amusement.

Narrative Series Project

so here is my narrative series project. i was going for a creation type story, but with a twist at the end. the last slide is supposed to be a stab at humanity and some of the ways we have come to act towards one another; my message is that in the christian tradition, God did not of course intend for this, God did not make loss, humans do. the text is what is supposed to draw the three images together, by using the same font (helvetica of course) for the 'God made' phrase, and yet a different font for each of the three 'stages' in order to keep some distinction.
the last slide i know was hard to read when the text was in black and printed out, so i changed the color to white to hopefully make that pop more. the stencil font i used for 'LOSS' was meant to give a military feel--it reminds me of the show MASH....
i do wish the second slide was a little more defined...

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