Flickr here I come

Week 9 of the so many weeks to being a better blogger has me creating yet another account on a different website. I'm not sure quite how to manage so much togetherness with the internet. Here's my flickr name: Beckimclean1    I tried to find how to post a link to my account, but I gave up after 20 minutes. It's too early on Monday morning to learn navigation on a new website.

type-face

My face made completely out of letters.

Wine bottle redesign

 Wine bottle options for my upcoming packaging project. I really like the middle one and the early 90s clip art feeling of the picture on the front. I have a bunch of ideas for that one. I have some ideas for cupcake and rex-goliath as well. These brands are popular and I always notice them on the shelf.

Moda progress

Week 8: Checking In

Each week I feel as though I must check in at/with:

First and foremost: my parents. Yeah, <enter mushy stuff here> whatever, but we live so far away from each other and they are my main cheerleaders. They've supported me through thick and thin. I know I can always call and they will offer advice or just plain listen. 

In the design world: I don't feel like there is any ONE place. I pull ideas from all over. I'll check out Aiga's website, random design firms in Atlanta, my classmates blogs, my teachers' blogs, the senior designers' websites. I regularly go to digitalblasphemy.com for 3d inspiration and cool artwork and Etsy.com for craftier things. On Facebook, I follow some friends who do pretty awesome artwork and some museums around Atlanta, like Art Station in Stone Mountain. 

Week Inspired by doing

I don’t usually have time to read printed things like magazines, books, or journals. I get a few different periodicals, like Bon Appetite and the Sunday paper, but I rarely go to them for inspiration. I browse on the web or search for specific instances of what I’m working on. I’m always looking for something odd on the street to take a picture of or remember for later. Like this morning, I saw some graffiti that had a nice clean typographic design. Color, architecture, reflections, plants, even stains on the concrete all catch my eye sometimes.

personal work space

Here's my desk where I put all my ideas into the computer. I usually have pandora going in the background. Behind me are two windows, so the sunshine can join my creative process. I think and sketch about ideas constantly, in the car (think, not sketch), on the bus, in the grocery store. I usually have a small sketchbook with me to jot down ideas. 

Illustrative Type and Ad

Yay finished!! The ad is printing a bit greener that what the screen is showing. For some reason, my color profiles are off.