Visual Design Journal by Dayanna Arias

For this project it was also a group project and we had to create our own newspaper . The theme for out newspaper was style and each one of us had to do one article based on this topic. What I chose to write about was Roman Arcitechture. I chose this because I think people should learn about how before Roman Architecture was all we based our buildings off but now a days, we just create simply basic buildings. There are some buildings that are really creative looking and very nice to look at, but the majority of the buildings in today's society, don't carry the aspects of a usual Roman building, the with the fancy columns in the middle and the statures of animals in the corner of the building. I also created the games for our newspaper article and it included a soduku and a crossword puzzle that was based off the words that are most commonly used to identify style.

For this project my group and I had to create a yearbook. We had to base the yearbook off the sophomore web design class. Our group members had different jobs and I got to be the photographer. I had to take pictures of everyone to be able to use in our individual pictures. For the yearbook what we included was the cover page, a space for autographs, the individual pictures and a message from our teacher Ms.Ramirez, student quotes which were just random quotes that were said by everyone, a collage of pictures from out class trip and from out CTE exposition to the freshman class to explain to them out business cards project and explain what this CTE class was about, and a section of some of the sports teams from out school which included the boys volleyball team, the girls softball team, the boys basketball team and the soccer team. This was a fun project that made us work together in order to create a master piece which was our yearbook .

For this project  had to create a brochure on a topic that I thought was important for people to know about. I chose stray animals. I think this is an important topic because people don't have any idea how many dogs are actually homeless and roam the streets. My brochure had to be informative so what I included was what people can do to help so these animals aren't abandoned anymore. I also included the reason why they are abandoned and if they're really dangerous animals. I also included the place that has helped so many of these animals find a home and those are animal shelters. In there, animals get fed and taken care of while having a temporary place ti sleep until they can find a forever home. I find these skills useful because later on I can create brochures that can promote my company of anything that I need to promote and I will be able to make it attention calling and i will know what to do to aim it at certain age groups.

In this project I had to create 9 business cards in total. Using the logos I had created in the project before, I had to create business cards that would represent my company. Some of the inspiration that I used for my business cards was the a scientist. I used this because for a couple of my logos i used a DNA strand as an inspiration since my initials are DNAV. I also used working in the city as an inspiration since some of my logos were the city skyline and when i see that, i picture myself working in an office in the city. I also had to do different styles of business cards so i organised the basic information of a business card: logo, name, occupation, address, etc, in different ways and i created six business cards horizontally and three vertically.

For this project I had to create different types of logos. There are three different types of logos that I had to create iconic, logo and combination. The way that I had to create these logos was by using my initials DNAV. I had to use something to inspire me and what I used was the city since one of my logos was the skyline.I also used the a DNA strand as an inspiration for two of my logos since it matches with my initials and it was very creative. I used different types of fonts to create my three letter logos with my initials. I see myself using these skills to create better logos when I do my business cards/

In this lab i read chapter 8 on Illustrator and it taught me many skills about the things I could do with my texts. I then proceeded to take a quiz which make me put those skills to a test. I learned how to use text warp which is when a picture goes in the middle of a text without cutting it off. I also learned how to justify a text and how to create texts inside a box and be able to create a header. I learned how to use different fonts on the same text and make it look original. I can use these skills later on when i am making a news article and when i want to insert a picture i can be able to do it without interrupting the text.

What I did in this lab was that i read chapter 4 which talked about Illustrator and the different ways that you could play around with the letters and the way that you could design them. After that I took a quiz which tested me in how to make the letter wide and lighter. I also had to use what i learned to put a letter on top of another letter and behind it. Another special effect i learned was how to be able to make my name look wavy and create a path with it. I can use these skills later on by being able to customise the way my fonts look in my web page or in any other project that I create.

What I did in this lab was that I read chapter 3 which was about Illustrator and it taught me how to use the pen tool and how to move the line a certain way. I also learned how to use shapes and to move them around to be able to edit them. I then took a quiz which made me use those skills to make a line ,done with the pen tool, look like an "M". It also made me use the pen tool to create various shapes but be able to edit them to look unique and to colour them in. I envision myself using these skills to create a unique pattern of some sort that would look really good if used as an outline in a website or business card.

What i did in this lab was that I first read a chapter about the way to use Indesign and its shapes. I then proceeded to do the chapter quiz which made me use some of the vector shapes to create a circle, a dotted line and two triangles. With the skills that i had learned, i then proceeded to draw something which turned out to be a chick. I see myself using these skills in the future when I need to create my own logo and it includes different shapes, I can easily create it and even make it look very professional.

What I did in this lab was that i cropped out all of the pieces of the Melon Head and then proceeded to separate them into different sections to create a face. I did this i n photo shop by using the lasso tool to cut out the pictures of the  fruits. proceeded to select the eye next to each layer so only the fruit i cut would be left. I then used the magic wand to select the whole background of the layer and the select the inverse which would be the fruit. I then proceeded to select all of the images to the first layer so i could rearrange them to look like a face. I learned to be creative by using different fruits to make one thing that is very recognisable. I may use these skills in the future when I am creating a project that needs to be creative and very original so I could use different things related to the topic to create a masterpiece.