Today in class I continued to work on my ad. I got a lot done and only have to make my coupon and add a couple more things.

Today in class I continued working on my full page ad. I still have some work to do but today I finished making my cigarette pack I will use in the ad and began thinking about my layout.

Today we created snowflakes for Newtown Connecticut and then I worked on my full page ad.

Today I read the article from the blog then finished my box for the ciagarettes. Tomorrow I will start my full page ad.

Today I worked on fixing the design of my cigarette box then started working on the making of the box. I will continue tomorrow.

Today I continued the design for my package. I am almost done with the whole design. I just have to print it out and create it next.

Today I started the package design for my product.

My finished cigarette glyph and logo!

Today I created the glyph for my project.

Today I started to come up with ideas for my logo. I am unsure what I am going to do yet. I am going to change my product name to Aroma which means smell.

My product is intended to attempt smokers to try and quit smoking. I will create a pack of cigarettes and every time you open the pack a horrible smell comes out. This smell will be so disguisting that smokers would not even want to open the box of cigarettes. I have some names in mind like Cigasmell. I could put a catchy phrase on the box too such as “Stink about, do you really want to die?” Hopefully, the deadly smell of this product will get smokers to stop smoking!

I have an idea for the product. Every time you open a pack of cigarettes it sends off a horrible smell. I have to come up with a purpose statement and I will think about it and hopefully know by tomorrow.

I am unsure about my purpose statement yet. I am still thinking of ideas.

Today I basically finished my smoking logo. I added a tutorial text effect to some of the text to give it the smoking look. I moved around some things and added more color and text.

Today I added to my design for the cigarette pack. I added a skull and cigarettes and am still trying to figure out the whole design.

Today I started working on the cigarette project. I researched and came up with some ideas. I also came up with a quote.

Today I worked on my jack card. I got some of the body done.

My finished king card!

Today I added more to my design of the body. Then I created the hat and sword and picked the suit I want to use for this card. Tomorrow I will duplicate some layers and hopefully get the whole design of the king together.

Today I added more to the design of the king outfit. I will continue to add more tomorrow and then hopefully design the head for the body.

My finished poster!

Today I added a faded wardrobe to my poster in which I changed the perspective. I also fixed the lion head that I put in the tree by fading it more and sharpening the edges. Lastly, I added a new layer of the lamp post that was darker and fit in more with my text.

Today I added a lion faded into my poster and added some effects to the poster.

Today I started working on my poster for The Lion The Witch & The Wardrobe. I got the text I am going to use and the picture I want but have to change around a couple things. I want to change the arrangment of the poster tomorrow.

Last Photobomb

Macy's Thankgiving Day Parade

Today I got the first picture edited and I will comment tomorrow.

Today I tried to email my photos from my phone to my email but it did not work. I tried several times and the photos did not go through. I will try at home tonight if I can or attempt tomorrow.

Today we took pictures for our photo bombing project outside.

Last picture

Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade

Super Bowl

Yankees winning world series

Today I finished up my profile picture and uploaded it to the blog. That took majority of the period. For the remaining time, I researched cultural events for our next project. I have not come up with any specific one I want to photobomb but I will continue tomorrow.

My complete profile picture

Today I continued the profile picture of myslelf. I added some eyelashes and a nose I might change. I changed the eyes a little bit and moved around and added some things. I will continue to add more features tomorrow.

Today we printed out our splash pages then met at the table to discuss each project.

Today I finished all three splash pages

Today I finished my first splash page and I continued to make the business card, letterhead, and envelope for the second logo. I will continue tommorrow.

Today I finished my business card, letterhead, and envelope. I am almost done with my splash page.

Today I finished all three logos then started working on my first business card. I finished by first business card and started working on my first letterhead. I will continue tomorrow.

rectangle logo

final design of my triangle logo now I am moving on to my rectangle logo

new circle design still working on design

I changed my design for Concept 2 and may still change it. I like this design better though.

Today I added followers to my blog then continued to work on Concept 2 of my ACG project. I will continue tomorrow.

Today I continued working on my ACG project. I am done with the first concept and moved on to the second concept. I will continue working tomorrow. I also added the register marks using the ruler tool on Photoshop to my first concept(above).

Today I started the ACG project and basically completed my first concept with the circle design. Tomorrow I plan on continuing on the project.

Logos that are successful are memorable, simple enough to understand, usually appealing to the eye, distinguishable, and represent the company well.


I chose the logos I did in the splash page because each logo I chose is very unique. Every time I see each logo I automatically know what logo each company represents. Although some logos are simpler than others, each logo stands out to me because of their distinguishable design. Most logos are appealing to the eye while others I just recognize and like. I feel like the more successful the company is, the more I like the logo. For example, I really like the Apple logo. Even though its simple and montone, the logo is memorable. You can put the Apple logo in different colors and anywhere and people will know what it is.

Today I worked on the two do now questions about the Nike logo and about the GLYPH and LOGO difference. Then I continued working on my logo splash page.

Yesterday we answered the Do Now question about the Optimum logo then worked on our logo splash page.

In order for a logo to be successful it must be the following:

•  simple enough for people to comprehend the logo and memorize it
• visually appealing
• set apart from other logos in the market
• a logo that you personally like and can represent well
• distinguishable, or able to be recognized easily by people

Today I continued working on my design for my blog. I completed my design and will work on getting it on the blog tomorrow!

Today we worked on creating a background for our blog. I am still working on the design.

Today was the first day of class and we set up this blog!