Idea from the halariously amusing, disturbing horror movie called Splinter
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Hallway street signs yay...
Hallway plan
Maria Stengos & Daniella Fryters
Task: The Lourdes Beautification Committee hallway signs
The shape of the sign is made to look antique because our school is in the older area of town. If it had been in the newer area of town, then a more modern sign would have made more sense. It is a fairly simple design, so it is easy to glance at regardless of the decor, we thought it was best to use school colours: navy blue and yellow. We decided not to use the school logo since it would take away from the letters and be too distracting and busy looking. The marble affect on the back in the navy blue: just adds to the look of the rest of the sign and makes it less plain and more interesting.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Umbrella Pig
psdGraphics.com
For the sky background, I used a splatter filter to give it a less realistic look. I copied the layer of the original sky to lighten it slightly and blended it into the original sky by simply making it more transparent.
I got the picture of the pig and removed the background. I painted over the original pig image,using some of the original colours of his skin.
For all the umbrellas they all have the same smudge stick filter on them and were all cut out from the original photos they were in. The pink umbrella I blended slightly into the pig to give the impression that it was carrying the pig into the sky.
Instead of the typical 'when pigs can fly' pictures when they have angel wings-which is extremely overdone- I decided to give it more of a Rene Magritte style. I gave it a surrealistic look to fit the unrealistic nature of the picture. It happened to be raining on the day I started to work on this picture which explains the umbrellas. Since not many people like rain and get depressed by the dark sky and wet outdoors, this picture represents the end of the storm and the relief that comes after it in the form of a pig carried by an umbrella, while being surrounded by other umbrellas, which are a symbol for shelter from the rain.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Zebra fish!!!!
Combination of Zebra and zebra patterned lion fish but it does have a painted background and a filter on it that makes it look more like it is underwater
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
CD cover- Three Days Grace
The single "Break" Adam Gontier (lead vocals/guitar) says: explores not being controlled by your surroundings or environment. "It's about breaking away from being told what to do and living the life that you want to live." I based my design off of this idea and from the song 'Break' it's self.
On their actual official website they have a brick wall background with them at the top of the page. Otherwise a brick wall seemed appropriate since the theme I made is about breaking the walls that surround you, and to break free of the things you don't like and aren't you. The glass break in the wall is pretty self explanatory to the theme. And the band in the break of the wall just shows that they aren't pretending to be something they are not and they have broken free.
Colour choice was all gray, black, white,and red because they are dark and very affective, and seem to be there preferred colours from their past album covers, pictures and website.
The stick people with check marks and an X mark is from a previous CD cover and also seemed to fit nicely with the theme, the one person who is different from the others, broke free from being the same.
Their songs have powerful themes, real things and address powerful feelings: loss, betrayal, death...etc. Things that aren't about Utopia, and happy feelings. Adam Gontier (lead vocals/guitar) says "“The events of the past few years have made us more aware of what life really can be,” Therefore it was very befitting to add the anime boy in the corner who seems to be thinking deeply about life.
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