Class: Adv. Graphic Design IV Professor: Phil Kesler Assignment: Design a book cover for The Story of My Life by Helen Keller. Consider an aspect of her personality and/or life experiences as concept. Do not use her portrait. These pictures aren't really color accurate but here's a look at the final book cover designs by my classmates and I.
I thoroughly enjoyed taking this scene painting class in the drama department. It gave me a chance to paint BIG and to learn a lot of new techniques. It was also nice to meet a new group of people, including fellow JHS graduate Chad Miller. Scene Painting, Drama Department Professor Carlton Ward Spring 2009
Project Description Paperback book cover design for The Story of My Life by Helen Keller. A few of my classmates and I drove out to Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s home in Tuscumbia, AL to photograph and research ideas for our project. I was most impressed with the gigantic trees in the yard covered in ivy, which is most likely where the home got its name. I photographed the trees, the house, and the rest of the property and ended up using my photographs for reference for the digital painting featured on my cover design. Book Cover Design | Spring 2009 Class: Graphic Design IV [...]
Truth & Beauty, 2009 Class: Advanced Typography with Diana Cadwallader Brief: Make a statement with a poster based on an inspiring speech or other written/verbal message from an international of famous person.
Class: Advanced Typography, Spring 2009 Instructor: Diana Cadwallader Project 3: Handmade Haiku Book with 4 haiku's. Each spread should have have a page that is type only and a page that is image and type.
We were given several photomerge assignments. These two images feature my wonderful, but very frustrated husband. Both of these images were originally much wider but I think they work better cropped in a bit. Return to Sender, 2009 This is an image made for a class stitching assignment that involved stitching together multiple shots to create a larger panorama. This image was originally much wider showing a large expanse of the street we live on but this is the key segment I was trying to capture. The title is a slight nod to our frequent wish that we [...]
Class: Advanced Typography, Spring 2009 Professor: Diana Cadwallader Tools: Adobe Illustrator Experimental Typography Project: Interpret the phrase 'god is in the details' or 'the devil is in the details' with three posters: image only, image and type, and type only.
