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project 4_process

August 21, 2008 at 2:02 pm · Filed under CGIA and tagged: final model, GrayScale, InDesign, laptop backpack, Photoshop, test prints

I had some problems with the images on the final model, but I wasn’t sure if it’s a technical issue or maybe it’s just the problem with the fabric I used on the final model. The images looked fine in Photoshop, but once I ‘place’ them in InDesign, they got blurred and pixelated. So, I had to do a few test prints…

I printed out in grayscale first, but it looked awful, especially the one on the bottom left.

and, I did a color print, and it looked better but still pixelated in some areas…

then, I did my final print, and I am very happy with it as it looks pretty good on the actual print out and problems are barely noticeable…

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project 4_12 page publication

August 19, 2008 at 6:55 pm · Filed under CGIA and tagged: backpack, InDesign, laptop, Layout, master page, proces book

here is my publication, it’s a process book on a laptop backpack i did for another class. Doing the master page was not as difficult as I imagined, but organizing the content was a real headache for me. I had a hard time deciding which layout order is the most logical for people… but here it is…

Pdf: Laptop Backpack Process Book

(the file is a bit big, so it might need some time to load…)

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project 3_poster process

August 5, 2008 at 10:40 pm · Filed under CGIA and tagged: chewing gum, logo, poster

I always have lots of problems with chewing gums not being disposed properly. I hate it when I have to pay attention to the ground as I walk to make sure that I am not stepping on somebody else’s chewed gum. So, I guess this would be a good issue for me to do my poster and logo for the third project.

then I came up with this poster

I imagined the worry of stepping on a chewed gum is kinda like fetters that restricts us from walking carelessly. Then I included the quote (slogan) I got from Extra’s ad which is kind of sarcastic. But I realized that the background is too disturbing and makes the text hard to read, and also it’s based on real images rather than lines, shapes and colors.

Then, I applied the concept of my previous poster and came up with another version