So, this was the one we agreed upon. The color combination looks really good, and it's unified throughout the whole piece. However, I'm going to shrink the "100 Years" type and lower the "Ford Anniversary Celebration" so I can make the car image even larger. There isn't very much extra needed information needed at the bottom, so this should be fairly easy. Should be good!

Kevin! This is my favorite. It's not as busy as some of the others, and I think it will present the information clearest to its viewers. Also, I think this layout gives you a huge oppurtunity to play around with different type settings within the text blocks you've already delegated. This will liven the poster up a bit, and entertain the eyes a bit more. I do think you should make the "chili cook-off" heading really bold so it captivates all viewers and convinces them to read the rest of the poster. I really like the chili graphic! But, I think you should leave out the pot; it's a little bit confusing. Instead, I think you should do more with the chili. Maybe add multiples, fading into the background. However, I wouldn't change the placement of the graphic. I really like how you sectioned everything off. It balances the whole layout scheme really well!

This is the mood I've created in photoshop. I can't tell you the mood, but I feel it's pretty obvious. I really love the texture in this piece. The opacity level of the falling guy is significant, as well as the color scheme. This is the first graphic piece I've created that has meaning. I like it.

I created this illustrator project before I knew what the gradient mesh tool was, so that made it very challenging. I really focused on getting the transitions on the glasses where the light changed. Because I didn't know about gradient mesh, some of the value changes seem too harsh. But, considering the circumstances, I think they look pretty realistic.

This is my ride. I like it, a lot. This is the project I've gotten the most satisfaction from. I used a lot of gradient meshes, but used the normal gradient every chance I could get, too. The hardest part on this project was definitely the wheels. Overall, it was very tedious, but a project I'm really proud of, too.

This is the "Indie Music Poster" I created. I changed it quite a bit from the first draft I submited. I decided to mask not only around the violin, but around a piece of music in the background, too. I also made the subtext smaller and changed it to an easier-read text. Because of the limitations of not being allowed a bleed line, I added a black border on the bottom and left sides of the center context. I was going for a framing effect, but felt that the thick line all the way around was too enclosing.

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This is the magazine spread I recreated. This project involved a lot of measuring and calculating in order to get the text and headings in the right positions. I had the most trouble here with getting the photographs to line up in the same place they were placed on the original copy. Also, in this project I noticed that the original magazine artists did a lot within the text, in order to make it flow well. For this reason, I had to handle a lot of spacing issues along with making the right side of each column look nice. This recreation looks almost identicle to the original; the only difference is the curly cues in the text "key players" in which there was no identicle text.