Dry Dry Desert, Lap 2

So... I've made some revisions to concentrations four and five. I've also finished Concentration seven. "Let's get down to business".

Concentration 04 Revision

Concentration 05 Revision

And now, for number 7: Swamplands.

Concentration 07

I know I'm not really doing anything groundbreaking with these pieces...They were never really meant to be complicated works; they were meant to be abstract and simplistic line forms. One could argue that, since concentration 1, my work has appeared more lazy and uninspired. I guess in some ways, that is true; but honestly I feel like I was trying too hard with Concentration 1 and what I'm currently doing is more in tune with what the project is trying to accomplish. I'll probably go more in-depth about the design philosophy when I finish this project.

And now, for a bonus! I did these a few months back and never got to uploading them to the blog.

Journal - Back

Journal - Front

The physical Journal is unfinished, and I'm not sure if I'm ever gonna finish it... So this will do.

See ya'll on the flip side!

~ Sam

Leggo my Logo!

Ya, so I guess I need to upload my logo package... cuz it's midterms I guess.

 

Because the logo is so thin and fine lined, I wanted to keep the designs as simple as possible. I didn't want other things to distract from it, so white background and light gray was used.

 To clarify, on the left is the front of the card and the right is the back. behind it is a envelope and stationary, similar to the examples given on the AHS Apart blog.

Here is the logo itself:

 

I thought this one best represented me as a person and as a designer. A lot of my work is abstract shapes that can also be confined or symmetrical. Besides being my two favorite colors, I feel that at times I am very bold (red) but also trustworthy (blue) and am generally positive (light colors). Rounded corners goes with the more gentle feeling that many modern logos have gone towards.

Concentration 7 will be up real soon!

~ Sam

A Simple Nightmare..

Ya, okay, so maybe I haven't been keeping this blog up-to-date.... Whoops.
Well I guess now is as good of a time as any to update it!

First and most importantly, here are my Concentrations and my current work on my logo project. All of these have been done since Friday at least, but I'm a dork and forgot that they don't count as done until they're on the blog, so...

(For the sake of keeping my album clean, I've removed the old versions of these & replaced them with the finished ones. Sorry!)

May - Garden

 June - Island

December - Fireplace

I lost track of where I wanted to go with this project, so it took me some time to figure out where I'm going and how my designs will change over time. I'm not sure if I'm happy with this new batch... While I feel that they are more simplistic and focused, they also appear lazy and uninspired. Maybe it's because I've kinda lost sight of my goals for this project... Or maybe just something else.  

And now, for the logo's:

Here are my three favorites of the six. I think I'm going to go with the one on the right, but make it thicker so it's more visible.

Outside of AP Studio Art itself, I've been helping a friend of mine put together a original content sharing site. I'm sorda the go-to for graphics so I've been hard at work on making original work for the site. Here is an example of something I put together; a logo for our team.

I've also done rank banners and a few site graphics for them that I don't have access to at the moment. I admit that I'm a bit more enthusiastic about this project right now...

Anyways, I think that's all I wanted to post about today. When I have more, I will share. Until than, "goodnight everybody!"