FMX 210 Blog

Nature and the environment are two things that are deeply important to me. I think that most people over think the global warming and climate change debates too much. Broken down, its actually really simple. Nature is beauty, beauty is important, so we should save what's important. Overall, this was actually a relatively hard project for me. I had to decide what picture would flow best with the poster outline and this was the picture I chose. It is me at my family lake house on Six Mile Lake in Ontario, Canada. The lake is pristine and I want it to stay that way so care about the Earth because we only have one.

Probably one the hardest projects yet because of the fact I had little to no knowledge of the gradient mesh. I used google more than I had for any other project in this class and even spent 2 days of my spring break to figure out how to do it. Ultimately, while the final product may be rough, I am happy with that I was able to create for my first time using this program and even the format. The hardest part was the hair for sure due to the lack of brushes and the difficultly of going back and forth erasing the outlines then coloring it in. If I had to go back and recreate it, I would attempt to change the shading of the ears and the hair, because the largest flaws can be seen within those two objects. 

When starting my logo design, I wanted to stick close to my roots. I love the outdoors and am fascinated by hunting, so the deer with the arrow in the top left was inspired by that. The pen tip and the "314" stands for my passion for writing while also incorporating my hometown of St. Louis, MO. The final mountains was derived from my last tattoo I have.  When I finalized my last two logos, I knew that I needed to add color. The addition of the color made the logos pop. I removed the mountains for my final one due to the poor design. The logo I am most proud of was the pen and the "314". It came out better than I had ever thought.