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for our final project, we had to create a series of PSAs. i chose Autism Speaks as my topic. i feel my PSAs are simple and direct. i even illustrated the iconic puzzle piece associated with the foundation.
after watching the movie Ponyo, i fell in love with the character designs, especially her and i was immediately inspired to create her myself. this was from my favorite scene in the film when sosuke's mom gives her a blanket for the first time ever.
for design 2, we had to find a book with good design in it. i chose the book "Visual Language for Designers" I liked it because it had a lot of infographics and different ways of communicating a message using only images.
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for design 2, we had to create a simple, minimalistic menu. here's the menu i created.
this was the first time i had ever used indesign. i'll be using it more often now.
for digital illustration 1, our first project was to create an image using found objects arranged on a flatbed scanner. the objects were to have a unified theme, and i believe my image speaks for itself.