Excellence Expo Poster!

I finished my Excellence Expo Poster Thursday, after going through about 7 glue sticks. Here's a quick picture I took of it (I will take more at the actual expo):

The title is: "Photojournalism vs Photoshop, When Editing Images Cross the Line."

Alice in Wonderland

I have always been obsessed with Alice and her adventure's in Wonderland. I was searching for images of Alice to use for a project I was doing in Graphic Design and found so many amazing pictures. There have been many Alice inspired photo shoots done by various fashion magazines.

These images are all so creative and tell the story of Alice.
The one photo shoot I found really amazing was done by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue. She was one of my Photographer's of the Week.

Here are some others I found:

And a bonus the first ever film made version of Alice in Wonderland:

Polaroid Scarves

I found these awesome Polaroid Scarves designed by Philippe Roucou.

These scarves are created from random polaroids that have been found at various places. Most of the photographers are unknown.

I think the random picture idea is awesome but it would also be cool to be able to put your own image on a scarf.

An unfortunate event

I was scanning the internet today when I read about a film director and photojournalist who were killed while covering a battle in Libya.

The film director, Tim Hetherington co-directed "Restrepo." This chilling documentary was a look at the war in Afghanistan through the military members who were directly involved.

The photographer Chris Hondros worked for Getty Images. He also documented wartime.

Just this year, 14 journalists have been killed and hundreds of others attacked.

It is amazing what these people do and sometimes sacrifice to provide news for everyone back home. These men reported deeper than most. They provided Americans a true look at the heart of war. The news only shows us so much about the war. Documentaries like "Restrepo" go deeper and show how it truly effects those involved.

Notable People from Connecticut Poster

For my graphic design class, we had to chose a notable person who had certain ties to Connecticut. After doing research on the person we had to design a poster using Photoshop that represented them. We also had to write a paragraph of information about their ties to Connecticut.

After going through a large list of names, I was excited to see that Rivers Cuomo, the lead singer of Weezer, grew up in CT and went to E.O. Smith High School! I love all the music he & the band have created so of course I had to go with him.

I decided to create a retro like poster that incorporated the band as well as Rivers. For the background, I started with plaid, then created a pattern of his albums to place on top, and then created a sunburst affect that seemed to come out of Rivers himself. I used a crinkly paper image to add texture and relied on drop shadows to make things pop out. I added a guitar, sheet music since he writes his own songs, and the Weezer symbol. I drew lightning bolts in Illustrator and placed those near his name. (He always has a guitar strap with lightning bolts on it.)

I am a huge fan of shifting things to the sides and using various placements for the objects, in order to make it look more interesting so I focused on that as well. Overall, I am really proud of how it turned out!

Designer of the Week!

Okay, I know I usually stick with Photographers of the Week but I am currently in love with designer, Tobias Wong. He will replace the photographer this week.

Anyways, I found Tobias on a tattoo website because he had a very unique tattoo.

I’m a man of extremes. And what’s the opposite of indulgence? Denial. I’m not going for denial. I’m not that spiritual, so indulgence it is.

Tobi Wong, The H Line, 2007

Tobi was born June 10, 1974. He was from Canada and attended the University of Toronto before moving to New York City. He then attended the Cooper Union School of Art. He studied architecture and art and became very interested in sculpture. He finished in 2000. 

He met his partner in 2004, Timothy Edward, also an artist and designer. 

Tobi created a series of projects that question how much our lives are based around consumption. His work had a humorous edge, but a serious undertone. He had many different designs such as, "The Diamond Project," Tiffany's earrings dipped in black rubber, and "This is a lamp," which in fact was a light up chair. 

Unfortunately, this amazing designer's career was very short. He committed suicide on May 30, 2010 at his apartment in New York City. He suffered from sleep disorders his entire life in which he would perform every day tasks, while being completely unconscious. His partner believes he might have been in this state when he killed himself. He was only 35. 

The work he created in that time will live on forever. It would have been amazing to see more of the work he had planned to create. He made a great name for himself while he was here. 

Fredrik Odman

Fredrik Ödman


Not only is his photography amazing, but the design of his website is awesome!
Just found a new favorite photographer.

Someday I will be a cat lady...

And I'm okay with that. 

Also, I have been thinking of getting a Polaroid camera! 

I use to have one of the really old ones and I was obsessed. Now I just turn all of my pictures into polaroids on Photoshop. I just love how it's instant and captures the moment right there. Plus I feel like I need one now for my camera collection. 

:)

You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again, you can look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.

Joan Miro

Wordpress

Last semester I created a Wordpress account to showcase the work I have done throughout my college years.

I started adding more to it because I guess sometime soon Eastern is having a contest for the best online portfolio type thing. Anyways, here is the link. Keep checking back as I add more work to it!

Photographer of the Week

This week it is Annie Leibovitz. She is an American photographer known for her beautiful portraits. Also, she was born in Waterbury, Connecticut..right down the road! She started off her career at Rolling Stone in the 70's and remained there for ten years. While working there, she became well known for her intimate, moment capturing images of celebrities. Annie now works for Vanity Fair magazine.

She has many famous pictures, one being the Rolling Stone cover featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono. She shot this picture the day Lennon died.

Johnny Depp

Alice in Wonderland shoot for Vogue

Keith Haring

2009

Iggy Pop

Leo

I could add about 500 more pictures...they are all so amazing!!

Sometimes pictures speak louder than words

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