Abigail's Digital Portfolio Blog

Intention Definition & Exploration of Ideas:         This year, I have decided to go for the theme Visual Delight and the Arts of Daily Life. I decided to choose this theme because I think it fits nicely with Graphic Design; which is what I want to focus on this year. This theme is all about the art we see in our daily life that we might overlook. For example, an image on a t-shirt, a brand logo you might see on a bag of chips, or the design on a wedding invitation. These were all carefully designed by digital artists., who paid attention to different elements like typography, branding, and theming. The reason I picked this theme is because I would like to major in Graphic design in college, so I figured it would be a good idea to form a portfolio focusing on it. Planning:         Before I started any projects, I explored a little into the process of creating graphics and text. The first thing I did was look at a book calle...

Reflection Page: I recently finished making a logo for my crochet account on Instagram. I decided to also make a business card with this new logo on it so that I can give them out at the district arts festival if I want. Here are the finished products: This is the logo without the words that I will use for my icon in the actual app. This is the logo with the words at the bottom. This is what I put on the business card. This is the business card that I made with the new logo. Reflection: Overall I am pretty happy with both the logo and business card turned out. I tried to keep the design for both the logo and business card pretty simple, and I think I achieved that in the final design. One thing I did struggle with was aligning the blue body of the penguin with the white stomach. I eventually did figure out how to do this but I feel like there was an easier way to do it. Another thing that took some time to figure out was how I wanted to create the yarn. This was challenging because I d...