First Things First

      Graphic design is important because it is part of our everyday lives. Everything has some sort of graphic design put into it. No matter if its an advertisement on TV, a magazine cover, or a companies logo, they were all made using graphic design. If you work hard on your design, people will notice it. That is what graphic design is about. Its for making things look creative and unique so that they stand out over other designs.
      I'm glad this graphic design class was made, and especially glad that I took it. Ive learned so many things including what graphic design is and what its used for. Its more important than I realized. Honestly, I had never used photo shop in my life, and now I can say that I know how to use it. Ive learned about logos, magazine covers and ads, identity standards, and photo manipulation. This class is very interesting and i would take it again.

World on Shoulders

I thought it would be cool to take the saying "I've got the world on my shoulders" literally and actually put it on a mans shoulders. It was harder than I thought it would be but I like how it turned out.

3 Real Icons

 

 

The first icon is of iHeart Radio app. Its an app where you can listen to any radio station all over America. The next is of snapchat. This app is like texting but using pictures and can only been seen for up to 10 seconds, after its over you never see it again. Lastly, is the icon for Skype. You can use Skype for video chatting people all over the world.

Senior Announcement

I chose to do a senior announcement because I felt like I could be more creative with it. When I looked them up on Google, a lot of girls used designs and patterns like the one I used on the bottom half. I used black, white, and pink, because they are my favorite colors and thought they would make the announcement stand out. I added all the details like when, where, what time, and the number to RSVP to, so it made it look real.

T-Shirt Contest

Since we can only use two main colors, I decided not to use one of them for the color of my t-shirt. I didn't want the colors to blend too much so I made it black. I thought that since the shirt was supposed to be about school spirit, I would put "Bulldog PRIDE." This is because I believe that part of having spirit is also having pride in your school. I realized that there are many schools that have the colors blue and yellow, or the bulldog is their mascot, so I put North Platte High School on the sleeves to distinguish what school it is from.

Information Graphic

My information was about the smartphone satisfaction ratings. The top seven phones were iPhone, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Nokia, and RIM. I needed a way to show the percentages so I thought it would be creative to make them loading apps on an iPhone.

Icons

First I made four apps for an iPhone. The first was called Confidence Booster, which will send you pop ups that boost your confidence throughout the day. Jokes Daily is an app where you get a new joke each day. Movie Download is for downloading movies fast so you can watch them wherever you go. Lastly, Puzzle Maker lets you use your own choice of picture and turn it into a puzzle, then you can solve it. Then I put them into an iPhone to make them look real.