April 4, 2010. The last day of Graphic Design of the year and the most relaxed. We got to bring food and drinks for the first time all year, so it was more fun. Today we came in and just turned in our final logo projects after all the people came in. We waited for everyone to come in today because it was raining really bad outside. Once everyone came into class and turned in their final projects under the right format and right name, we looked at everyone's projects on the projector and talked about what they designed, why they designed it, and how they went about finding it. Today is the last day so it probably wont be until next year that I'm back on this thing. So have a good summer, and I'll be back before you and I know it.

May 1, 2010. Ok, we had to come to class on a Saturday and first off that was the problem. We didn't have to be here until 1 so I guess that was ok for coming in on Saturday. Even though we had to come to class, all we did was sit down and talk for a little bit and finally turn in our essay on the workings of a computer from the minute you push the power button. So it was the shortest class we've had so far and it was the second to last class left and we had to return the following Tuesday for the final exam period, and turn in the AI file that I completed on the day that I came in when no one else was here.

April 27, 2010. So I was more than positive that yesterday was the last day of classes for MWF. What I was not aware of was that it was also the last day of regular class and Tuesday was just a break day between class and finals. What did I do? I came into class thinking that it was the last day for Graphic Design. There was one person in the lab when I showed up, and I felt like an idiot but regardless I needed to finish my last logo project for the contests to turn in on May 4. So I was there from 11 to 2 making sure that all my logo were presentable to turn in as my final, and writing the briefs for the three different projects. We had to make three different artboards in Illustrator and put your logo in the top left of the artboard, the winning logo in the top right and have the brief of the project directly below both of them. So I didnt have to come in Thursday because I had an exam which I made a 98 on.

April 22, 2010. First design down three to go. Back to the searching for the contest that struck my interest. I searched for a good bit because most of them were for web designs but I came to settle on a new logo design for Brookridge Golf & Fitness. They recently lost a lot of sales and members so they are rebuilding their facility to include a a state-of-the-art Fitness center, along with reworking their golf course. They wanted their logo to be what the name says and to include golf and fitness. So I was still working on this logo at the end of class but the majority of this one is done. So Ill be finishing this logo next Tuesday and hunting down the final logo for the year.

April 20, 2010. Down to the last projects of the year, which in fact will count for our finals. Yet, we also have to chance to win money with them also. We must enter at least three different contests online to design a logo for, and take the final logos we made for those contests and submit them for our final projects. If in fact we are to win the contest, we win the money and receive an automatic A. So I started browsing through the different contest and the first one I chose was for Mecitoglu Homes who wanted a new logo for there overseas homes business. They wanted their logo to incorporate a Mediterranean theme so I attempted putting in olives and olive branches. I made five different logos from that idea which I completed at the end of this day. I will include the logo in this entry

April 15, 2010. It's Thursday and today I've been working on the fuzzy monster project in both classes. In the first class I had to start over because I left my flash drive at my house, so starting from scratch, I was really pleased with the final result of my monster, which is a rainbow of colors. I will be including a picture of him later on in this post. I found out that our final project will be to sign up for three different design contests online. If you when then you are awarded an A automatically but if not then we are to turn in our designs to Professor Speyers for our final grade. So by next week we are to be signed up and begin working on our final designs. That's pretty much all the went down today, so I'll be putting more up next week!

April 13, 2010. Only two and a half weeks of school left, and I still have to come and use my brain to design with the shapes from last week. I had no idea what I wanted to do so I just started moving the shapes around and made an octopus and then decided to make a clown fish that looked like Nemo. Then I decided to make it look like there is a shark's mouth right behind them like in the movie. That's where my project ended since there was only a handful of shapes and you could only make them bigger and change the color. Another project was assigned while I was completing the shapes project. We have to download the tutorial to make a monster that has fur. That is the farthest I got because I didn't download the tutorial yet. So, I get to go brainstorm some more and I'll include a picture of my shapes project.