Wednesday, April 24

"Touchdown" Project

Bonjour! I finished my final project today for an introductory graphic design class. Here's the lowly process and lovely product that took somewhere around 15 hours or more to do.


Associated word list for New Orleans Superbowl XLVII

First sketches (A)

First sketches (B)
Second thumbnail session
Final sketch session

Riverboat (Belle)
Final in pencil

Transferring (A)

Transferring (B)

Transferred to final board

Beginning to fill in with blue marker

3D complete; missing details

Final rendering, on hot press illustration board with markers and colored pencil
 I also had some "competition": Here's what some other students did -

My other favorite

Energetic, even with the dark color; love the pop-out football and New Orleans font

TOP: A good effort with a great contrast using yellow and purple
BOTTOM: Clean and modern, professional. Nice font for New Orleans

The prof taking pics; other work; and a fellow classmate
Voila. One of my final projects. One more day of class, two finals to go, and then vavoom! Summer awaits with all its possibilities, cares, and warmth :-)


Until Next Time.