Home Page and Navigation System, Final Project (Part 2)

Below is the link to my site, Sabrina Lambros Photography. I found this project to be very enjoyable, and an important learning experience, as creating a portfolio is critical to showcase your work for many artists, like myself. 

https://sabrinalambrosphoto.wixsite.com/sabrinasphotography

Working in WIX had allowed me a lot of creative range to produce my own layout and designs, such as the organization of my photographs on my gallery site, and also theme, and color scheme for my site, according to my own design sensibilities.

Home Page and Navigation System, Final Project (Part 1)

My portfolio will consist of my photography work. I am looking to have a sleek and simple portfolio design that emphasizes my work. The first sketch is of my homepage. The header will be a slate gray color with black font color. My logo is of a red wax seal stamp with my initials in it. “About," gallery,” and “contact” information will also be included in my header. One photograph of mine will be taking up the rest of the homepage, below the header. 

The next sketch is of my “About” section. I will include a small picture of myself, and my bio and picture will be in two separate square boxes with the word “welcome” in the middle, separating the two squares. The background will have a semi-transparent version of the same photograph that is on the homepage.  

My “Gallery” page will only have pictures of my work. The different size boxes in my sketch represent all the different sizes of my photographs, some vertical, horizontal, square, etc. I would like my portfolio to have the option for the viewer to click on any photograph, and for that photograph to open into a bigger version. On the gallery page, I will have a black background.

Lastly, on the “Contact” page, I will have my contact information in the upper-right hand corner. In the middle of the page will be a direct contact option for viewers to email me. In the bottom left-hand corner will be my social networking sites.  The background for the contact page will continue with the semi-transparent version of the same photograph that is on the homepage and my “about” page.  

Avatar Project (Part 2)

For this project, I decided to create an avatar of me transformed into a bat. My ears, nose, eyes, pupils, and teeth are manipulated to that of bat features, and my face and chin are also elongated. I added some bat hair on my face and neck. Perspective Warp, Blur Tool, Paint Brush, and Noise Filter were all used in order to create my avatar.

Perspective Warp was used to change the perspective on the bat ears, nose, and my face. Blending was achieved through utilizing the Blur Tool. I used Paint Brush to alter my skin tone and create the bat hair on my face and neck. The texture on my skin was changed by using the Noise Filter. Overall, this was a really exciting project and creative experience. 

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Avatar or Photo Retouching (Part 1)

For my Module 5 project, I chose to design an avatar (Option 1). I really wanted to make something horror related, and slightly humorous. My avatar will be of me transformed into a bat. I am looking to supplement my ears, nose, pupils, and teeth to that of a bats', and manipulate the rest of my features.

Here is my sketch:

This is the picture of me that I will be using:

M4 CP - Book Cover Design (Part 2)

For this project, I recreated Tony Fletcher’s biography, Moon.

A night sky with stars is incorporated on the back and front cover as the overall background. In the upper right side of the front cover, is a bass drum that is reminiscent of a moon, and a crescent formation is seen on the right side. Keith Moon’ band logo, The Who, is placed on the bass drum/moon. On the spine of my design is The Who's logo, a red, white, and blue target.

Some of the tools used for this project is perspective warp on the moon image in the right corner, and an outer glow effect on the typography. The gestalt principle of continuation is seen in my summary of Fletcher’s biography. When looking at this design, your eye moves downward in the curved direction. 

I like the joining of the back and front cover, and the spine that is blanketed by the night sky. 

Although I portrayed a play on words of the moon and Keith Moon, it is more of a tribute to the fact that he is no longer with us, and lives on through his music with The Who. 

Included below is Tony Fletcher's biography:

Book Cover Design (Part 1)

Recently, I read a biography on Keith Moon, the drummer from the rock band The Who.

My designs reflect Tony Fletcher's biography Moon.


In my first sketch, I would incorporate a collage of photographs of Keith Moon surrounding the title of the biography, Moon. The arrow on the "n" reflects The Who's logo, which the "o" in "who" has the same arrow. This is Tony Fletcher's design on his biography. I included The Who's logo below. 

On the spine, I will use the same typography that is shown on the front cover. The back cover of my design would include a textbox of my description of the biography, and The Who's other logo, a blue, red, and white target. The target is also shown above.

In my second sketch, the front cover will have the night sky and stars as the background. In the upper right corner is a bass drum that is reminiscent of a moon, there will be a crescent formation on the right side. The moon/bass drum will have The Who's logo inside of it. Below, I have included the title of the biography near the bottom of the cover. 

In the spine and back, I will continue with the night sky and star background. The description of the book will be placed in the middle. 

In my final sketch, I incorporated a picture of Keith Moon playing his drum kit. The title of the biography is in a curve direction above The Who's logo, a target. 

The spine will be of the same typography of the title design. On the back, there will be a picture of Keith Moon and the rest of The Who's band members, below will be my description of the biography. There will be a second picture below the description, just of Keith Moon. 

M3 CP - Awareness Poster (Part 2): Student Debt Outweighs Jobs

In this awareness poster, I wanted to show what I believe is a sad injustice for graduating students. I say "injustice" because of the abuse of politicians irresponsibility, with regards to the job market. Students have incurred large debts with very weak job force available to them. Many jobs are outsourced and colleges promise jobs to graduating students in their prospective fields, only to under-deliver. There are cases where college students are suing colleges, because there is no work for them to back their high loans. 

I used the scales of justice to depict the injustices of student debt, outweighing the amount of jobs. Below the scale, I included a shocking statistic provided by Forbes, "Student Loan Debt Is Now $1.31 Trillion (Friedman, 2017)." 

Reference: 

Friedman, Z. (2017). Student Loan Debt in 2017: A $1.3 Trillion Crisis. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2017/02/21/student-loan-debt-statistics-2017/#5ec57e865dab 

Awareness Poster (Part 1)

For my awareness poster, I will be focusing on the increase of student debt for college graduate students, and the growing lack of jobs opportunities in their prospective fields. Student debt is at an all time high, and I was hoping to design a poster that would serve as a tool to raise consciousness about the issue.

In the sketch above, I wanted to portray a student that has just graduated, this is evident because he is wearing a graduation cap. He is reading the job section in the newspaper, and to his sides are stacks of student loan billing statements. The top of the poster will say, "Help Wanted: Debt Accumulating." I felt that this design works to show the fact that many students are faced with loan debt, and the job market is exceptionally weak, along with the economy.

In my second sketch, I had drawn an angry student sitting on top of a bill of student loan bills. In a protesting fashion, he is holding bill statements, and carrying a picket sign that reads, "Will Work to Pay Off Student Loans." The statement is a play on "Will Work for Food."

In my final sketch that portrays the issue of student loan debt, there is a scale with "student loans" on one side, and "jobs" on the other. "Student loans" is weighed down, in order to show that the student loan debt is out-weigh the jobs. This concept is similar to the first sketch, that many students are faced with loan debt, and the job market is weak, but the two designs are different.

Underneath the scale, I have include a statistic provided by Forbes stating, "As of 2016, the total student loan debt is $1.31 trillion."

Photomontage: Image Hijack (Part 2): The Persistence of Global Warming

In my Image Hijack final project, I utilized Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory to showcase the political issue of global warming. Global warming is the gradual increase in temperature of Earth's atmosphere and ocean's. The claim that fossil fuel emissions are warming the planet and melting icecaps, creating environmental hazards, is an important issue in today's governments and world. 

Global warming is a controversial matter, some people do not "believe" in it, and think that is a hoax, however, climate scientists agree that the planet is actually warming after looking at the data and facts on the issue. (LiveScience Contributors, "Global Warming"). As temperatures increase, some consequences of global warming include rising sea levels, severe weather events, damaging wildfire seasons, and more. (Union of Concerned Scientists Contributors, "Global Warming Impacts"). 

In my project, I portrayed global warming in one of Dali's famous artworks. I chose to replace his melting clocks with melting globes, to show that increasing temperatures are melting our planet. I purposely left Dali's pocket watch to represent that time is slipping away as global warming continues to increase. 

This design challenges the people who claim that global warming is a myth. I wanted to portray the danger of the issue, through satire and exaggeration. A proposed ideal placement of this photo-montage could be in used in any popular magazine that would feature an article on global warming, for example, National Geographic. 

References: 

LiveScience Contributors. "Global Warming." Live Science, http://www.livescience.com/topics/global-warming. Accessed 17 February 2017. 

Union of Concerned Scientists Contributors. "Global Warming Impacts." Union of Concerned Scientists, http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/global-warming/science-and-impacts/global-warming-impacts#.WKcy8TsrI2w. Accessed 17 February 2017.  

Image Hijack: Part 1

For my first idea, I utilized Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory to showcase the political issue of global warming. I chose to leave one of Dali's clocks to represent that time is slipping away as global warming increases. I portrayed melting globes to represent the Earth withering away from the effects of global warming.

In this sketch, I drew swirls of smoke and fumes to represent air pollution in the sky in Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night. I included smoke stacks in the background, as well, for the air pollution.

Lastly, I chose Edward Hopper's Early Sunday Morning to represent the sluggish economy, and rent increases. Many small businesses are opening and closing, because they are not able to survive the high rents, coupled with a lack of consumer spending.

I see this a lot of this in my neighborhood. Small businesses open, and within a few months they close. It is very unfortunate.