show and tell

Here is this week's show and tell, and unnecessary process. The article comes ftom Children's Health Magazine, and it lists steps you can take to ensure your children get enough sleep. Although they are listed as steps--like Step 1: Create a routine, and Step 2: Power down--the suggestions are really just a list of tips that don't have to be taken in any kind of order to be effective.

what I'm aiming for

This is kind of what I'm going for with my repackaging product. I like the black and white illustration and the typography used in these examples. I'm leaning towards the old Snake Oil Medicine tonic look. Kind of like this

I love the illustrations and the decorative (can I use that word?) scroll work and borders. 

This illustration is absolutely beautiful and is exactly what I was originally going for with my St. Vivian's Miracle hangover remedy. The woman is clearly a mother, which fits perfectly with the Pedialyte repackaging; who better to know the benefits of Pedialyte than a mother? If I could find a good quality example of this illustration, I would totally use it. Comments? 

Here is another great example. I love the font. I think I have seen it, or one like it, on DAfont. I also really like the embelishments and decorations, yes I said decorations, that border the text. There has to be a name for this kind of embellishment that was popular during the 1800's. It's bannery, planty, sometimes sculpturey, and it's almost always used to delineate or accentuate text. Does anybody know if this kind of illustration has a name. I think the use of this kind of illustration is totally acceptable and I don't think it violates any laws of graphic design like, Thou Shall Not Decorate, or something like that. Of course I'm probably wrong.

what most people fail to realize . . .

Here are some of the sentences and fragments that popped up when I entered "What most people fail to realize" in Google's search engine:

What people fail to realize is that I've been honing my wrong skills for a long time.

Why do most people fail to realize that an insult toward another is really only a statement about themselves?


People fail 2 realize that Pass Christian, MS & Biloxi & Gulfport, MS were directly hit by Katrina. N.O got storm surge.


But, what you fail to realize is that most clanless dont play it to win, they play it for fun.


"These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside.”


Most people don't realize how dangerous substations are.


I don't think that most people realize yet what a looming disaster this takeover portends.


Those who fail to realize the value of time, must pay the price


What most people fail to realize is that, after marketing to your existing clients for additional work, the least expensive marketing approach is usually to market to others in your industry that can’t hire you!


What most people fail to realize though, is that heating and cooling duct system repairs and maintenance are vitally important for all family members.


what most people also fail to realize is that 15 resil is roughly equivalent to 22 defense rating in terms of crit immunity...


However, what people fail to realize is that when humans domesticated dogs and cats, they took the animals out of the ecosystem and their population is no longer regulated naturally by predators and environment.


Many people fail to realize how their travel expectations can lead to stress.

Alot of people fail to realize that, in hard times like these rappers are prime targets, simply because they are so dam flashy and they really do have some money...

I think most people fail to realize that outsiders to Ole Miss are so impressed by our traditions (no matter how old or young), that they are not going to take the time to look for some possible indication of racism.

This was just a small effort to keep my brain happy

a sense of movement

This is one of a series of adds Toyota ran about eight or nine years ago. I really like the sense of movement in both the picture and the copy. I also like the white space at the top of the page. I think it compounds the feeling of open space found in the photo, and helps define the picture.

last semester's narrative project

This is my narrative project from last spring. As you can see, the project's format changed significantly from last semester. For instance, we could use sound, which was one of my favorite parts to this assignment. If I were to do it again, I would probably take better photographs, as a few in this video were blurry. I also would pare down the story and make it shorter. The show runs long, although much of that length stems from the ending song not cutting out soon enough. It could have been edited more effectively, but all things considered I was pretty happy with the results, especially considering I had to re-shoot everything after the first comp because my photos were entirely too dark. I hope you enjoy this foray into narrative hah hahs.

magazines

Here is the website of Mountain Gazette, the magazine I used to work for many years ago. It has undergone some format changes with its recent ownership change, but I get the sense that it still is essentially the same Gazette.

halloween toon

Here, for your holiday enjoyment, is the annual Homestarrunner Halloween Toon. I hope it brings some giggles maybe.