Mount Wachusett Community College, in Gardner MA offers a 2-year program for Graphic and Interactive Designer students. This final course in the GID program helps students assemble and present their best work produced in the program. This blog is produced by the GID Portfolio class under the direction of instructor Coni Porter.
Project 4 rework 3/20/19- Daniel Hurst
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I changed the blue color of the Tour stadiums to something closer to what is in the image.
This is copied from earlier in the blog - a few more suggestions:
1. I can see that you have picked up the reddish tan from the field - which is exactly what you should do when working with images - find a color from within the image to use elsewhere. However, now if you feel like it is too dark, or too light, or a bit too red, you can adjust the color to work in your design.
Consider playing around with it a bit more, making minor adjustments to the color to see what you think, and to make sure it works everywhere it needs to work. In fact, consider using 2 versions of that tan - maybe sample the pitcher's mound?? You will then have a lighter color to use when needed.
2. The only hard-to-read area is the Tours box. I believe it may be because the shape of California is adding a distraction to the background. I like the concept, so... make it work. The shape should be just a little different from the background color, not much of a contrast. And, it certainly doesn't need a drop shadow. Center and reduce the shape a bit, so it doesn't touch the edge of the frame. Make this the last thing we see, after reading the type on top of it.
3. Lastly - make sure your big numbers are sitting consistently in their frames. Maybe leave a bit of negative space between them and the top edge of the frame.
Question - do you need the black stroke around the frames? I see that the top right frame does not have a stroke... and I think I prefer it to the others. But, be consistent with that decision, what ever you decide.
This is going to be a strong project for your portfolio.
This is copied from earlier in the blog - a few more suggestions:
ReplyDelete1. I can see that you have picked up the reddish tan from the field - which is exactly what you should do when working with images - find a color from within the image to use elsewhere. However, now if you feel like it is too dark, or too light, or a bit too red, you can adjust the color to work in your design.
Consider playing around with it a bit more, making minor adjustments to the color to see what you think, and to make sure it works everywhere it needs to work. In fact, consider using 2 versions of that tan - maybe sample the pitcher's mound?? You will then have a lighter color to use when needed.
2. The only hard-to-read area is the Tours box. I believe it may be because the shape of California is adding a distraction to the background. I like the concept, so... make it work. The shape should be just a little different from the background color, not much of a contrast. And, it certainly doesn't need a drop shadow. Center and reduce the shape a bit, so it doesn't touch the edge of the frame. Make this the last thing we see, after reading the type on top of it.
3. Lastly - make sure your big numbers are sitting consistently in their frames. Maybe leave a bit of negative space between them and the top edge of the frame.
Question - do you need the black stroke around the frames? I see that the top right frame does not have a stroke... and I think I prefer it to the others. But, be consistent with that decision, what ever you decide.
This is going to be a strong project for your portfolio.