NattyEm's Website Final

My final project for Digital Page and Web Graphics was to redesign a website of our choice, creating at least 10 pages. I chose NattyEm's Cupcake Company, a small cupcake catering business out of Knoxville, TN which is co-owned by Natalie Thomas, Alexander's sister. The website should be live within the next few weeks, so when it is I'll be sure to post the URL. Below are screenshots of each page. Is it bad that I enjoyed all of this tedious work?

HUCK Redesign

Project II for Digital Page- redesign a magazine's cover (including logo), spine, contents page, and the feature spread. I chose Huck magazine, a surf/skate/snow culture magazine published in the UK, and got to learn a little more about Spike Jonze.

Making G's

My first Drawing for Design (draw230) project this quarter was to design two letterforms (uppercase and lowercase) based on the golden proportions with a certain period of art in mind. I made G's based on Optical Art. They're done by hand- yes, I'm insane- in micron pen.

NO PATTERN

Last night, Chuck Anderson from No Pattern Design came to do a lecture at SCAD . I was lucky enough to have him sit in on my Digital Page and Web Graphics class earlier that day where he joined in on our magazine redesign critique. As soon as he walked in, we were all surprised about how young he was, and minutes later found out the he never even went to college. As my first classmate showed her work, Chuck confessed that this was the first time that he had ever been in a college classroom, and witnessed a face-to-face crit. "I don't know if I could handle someone dishing out feedback about my work the way you guys do. The only criticism I've ever had to receive has been over the phone". It was incredible to see his talent later that night, doing professional work for a variety of companies such as Absolute Vodka, Burton Snowboards, Bank of America, and Reebok since he was 18. Now Chuck is only 25, and has firmly established himself as a graphic artist in the design industry. Prettttty imspriational! Take a look at his site.

Digital Page & Web Graphics: Project 1

Fall quarter finally came, and getting back into a routine feels good. First project for GRDS 243 was to make a simple timeline about anything imaginable. Steering clear from extreme sports, I chose something else I love- COFFEE, specifically Starbucks.

Summer Summon

After thinking that taking the summer off from school and work was a wonderful (yet lazy) idea, I have become overwhelmed with the amount of time on my hands and the time I've been wasting. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed my creative hiatus, but it's time to get back in the groove and start a routine before school takes over. For the past couple days, I've been thinking about how much I miss sketching and drawing just for fun instead of for assignments... And since my favorite thing to draw is letters and typography, I decided to start a sketch book of my hand done lettering, completing at least one every day. Since this summer has brought about many, many ridiculous quotes and dumb words, I don't think I'll have any trouble getting started. Tomorrow starts the fun.... no procrastonating allowed.

Off Campus New York

From June 4th to the 13th I was in New York City taking a class called Architectural New York. Every day the 7 of us in the class would visit a different neighborhood in Manhattan with our professor, and view some iconic architecture that explains a lot of New York's history. For one of our assignments, we had to make a presentation on a building of our choice in the city, and supplement it with a hand out. Although I had never seen it, I decided to do the New York Public Library and was super impressed when I saw it in person. Here's my handout: