Semester 1 Final Blog Post

          

          Semester 1 was an interesting semester for sure.  I was gone a lot more than I planned on being gone and that really put me back on a lot of the projects as opposed to the focusing problems I've had in the past.

          The first real project was the MCML branding project.  With the random animal, numbers, letters, and element I was given I created a fictional baseball team called the Mercury City Mountain Lions (as seen in the first and last picture).  I was in Seattle for the back end of the project so I didn't get the actual website finished but the stats, logos, uniforms, and banner images are all completed.  I plan to finish it one day.  Fingers crossed.  For the uniforms I created a white home uni, an away grey, and three alternates; one red, one black, and one blue (as seen above).  I liked this project because it really gave me the freedom to pull baseball into this.

         I also got a divorce.

Step Mom's College Talk

How Much Does it Cost?
$16,000ish a year before scholarships

Who keeps the dorm rooms in check and makes sure they don't get out of hand?
"The R.A and but he's really chill..."

Do you think I should go there?
Yes, you should.

What is your favourite color?
"Wine Purple"

Steal Like an Artist Review

"Steal like an Artist" is basically guy who had an "ah ha" moment and put it into a semi-formal book sold for $41.99 (on Amazon, plus shipping).   It had some good points but it was really sloppy in presentation.  The author says that not all ideas are original and that you steal your ideas from many other places.  I guess this has some truth to it because, like our personality, we get everything from our surrounding.  With that being said, the notion that you have to take ideas from people to be successful completely negates the thought of original ideas.

Project Proposal

SO.  I got the letters J and W, the number 952, the mineral mercury, and a cat.

Junior/ Senior Class Page Critiques

Typed in "Blogger" and this popped up

http://nypost.com/2016/08/31/mommy-blogger-who-poisoned-son-says-shes-being-bullied-by-other-inmates/

CAUTION.  CONSTRUCTION ZONE AHEAD
Anyway.  Heres my Index page link: http://eravensonline.net/students/440bms18/

Content Aware Crop

OK.  Content Aware Cool is a pretty cool deal.   YOU MEAN THERE'S MORE CONTENT AWARE TO PLAY WITH?  Yes.  Yes there is.

Responsive Tips and Designs

Keep Logo Positions Consistant - 

Remove Excessive Visuals for Smaller Screens -

6 Design Aspects

 A reoccurring theme for my websites it that there isn't really a lot to set them apart from the sophomores and that simply isn't acceptable.


One way I feel that I can make my sites better is to refine the menus and make those smoother.  ESPN (great website by the way) has a great example of a working

My Personal Logo

      The first half of my high school career is over and it was time for a rebrand.  My personal logo from before was now obsolete and needed to be updated.

Original Sketches

      The first part of this rebrand is to create sketches on various ideas for a logo.  This "Personal Logo" is supposed to reflect you and your interests.  I figured that even though baseball is my life, I should probably move on to something else, something that is a little more unique.  Here I thought about how I like to throw on a nice shirt and tie every once and a while and expanded on the thought of having a tie as the centerpiece of the logo.

      After putting in much thought, I narrowed it down to the three ideas which came down to whether or not I should put my name in on the logo or leave it out.  The benefit of having my name on the logo is that it makes it more personal and adds to the personalization of the 

Final Product

logo and puts more of a brand onto it.  The other option was to bring out the tie and really focus on the coloring and patterns.  Overall, I decided to make it a little modification to the design and try to make it as simples possible.

      After working tirelessly on Adobe Illustrator and watching Republicans debate it out i finally churned out this bad boy;

I elimenated as many colors and shapes as I could to make it simple and sleek