Final Photos for PHMD 202

Trying to Paint the Vinyl

I'm trying to paint one side of my vinyl white to go with my yin and yang theme... But its turning out a bit streaky. I bought some spray paint too, so I'll probably try that tomorrow afternoon when it's light outside. Hopefully that will work better! 

More Vinyl Record Stuff

Process Document in Progress

Poster/ Insert In progress

Vinyl Sticker in Progress

Cover in Progress (Folds over in middle... right side is the front)

"Nirvana Live at the KU Union Ballroom 10-17-1991" Album Covers

Supposed to look like a yin and yang symbol, but I don' think it quite gets across.

This would be solid black... I'm not entirely sure what happened here. And I know it looks pixelated. I'm going to have to find a way around that as well.

Our final project in VISC 201 is to design a realistic album cover- including an insert and a process document. We got to pick from a few different artists' albums, and I picked Nirvana (mostly because I knew them the best and like that type of music.) The sad thing is, the first time I've ever seen an album (that I remember) was last Thursday when Tim brought some in to class. This project is going to be tough and exciting! I can not believe that we only have 2 weeks left after Thanksgiving until all of this is due. I need to get to work.

Basically, the concepts I explored in these covers are

1) The definition of Nirvana (manifested in a yin/yang, the definition in different languages, and a buddha/ meditating woman)

2) A cartoon or a comic book (which I thought would kind of capture the feeling of this type of music... but I ended up not liking at all)

3) Live in Concert (kind of like a concert poster or just a photo of them performing, since at the time of this performance, the band was not well known and performing was all they had. Also, the album itself is a live album, so I thought it would be appropriate.) 

After looking these over and talking about them in critique today, I think I might either pursue the one with the large words in a different language or maybe the one with the meditator. If neither of these work, I like the last one with the simple photo of the band as well. 

Fun Photo of the Day

So I was playing around with some random photos that I found in Lightroom during PHMD 202 today (while I should have been diligently working on my final project... which is coming along well!) and I came across this one. I just thought it came out cool and dramatic, so I wanted to share it. 

Final Info-Graphic Book

Cover of the spiral bound version

Table of Contents (which they printed on the wrong side... grr)

Timeline Spread

"A Day in the Life" Spread

Closet spread

Car Spread

Cover of the saddle stitched version (which I think I'm going to turn in.)  It has all of the same spreads, just the table of contents is fixed and there are a couple extra pages in the back (another Jayhawk Ink error).

PHMD 202 Mid-Crit Work

These are some of the images I have been working on for my final project in PHMD 202 that documents the everyday life of a ballet  dancer. Thursday is our mid- critique, but I'm hoping that I have at least half of my ten final prints already shot and edited.

First Attempts at Diptych

These are my first diptych attempts for my PHMD 202 class. It was a challenging assignment because there were so many rules we had to follow, but I think it was a good experience. 

Info-Graphic Revisions

Car Infographic

Closet Infographic

A Day in the Life (Taco Tuesday) Infographic

Time Line Infographic

Our book of infographics is due on Thursday, so here is the progress that I've been making on each graphic. I tried to tie them all together with font (futura medium) and color/values (especially the grey color in the backgrounds). I think that I want to make a book that is 8.5 x 11 inches and bound so that each graphic spans two pages. I need to keep thinking about the layout though.