Rules of Composition for digital photography

The rules of composition for digital photography are

• Place important subject or elements of your composition where the lines intersect; 
• when working with horizon lines, place the horizon line at the top or bottom of horizontal divider

• Fill up the entire frame with the subject for a close up image 
  

#20 Research & Inspiration

Shepard Fairey -Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary graphic designer, and illustrator who emerged from the skateboarding^[1] scene. He first became known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (…OBEY…) sticker campaign, in which he appropriated images from the comedic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. His work became more widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, specifically his Barack Obama "Hope" poster. The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston calls him one of today's best known and most influential street artists. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey)





include a brief bio, what he's known for, & 2-3 samples of his work
research & choose a social issue to work with ..research colors, trends, words, people, graphics, etc associated with it
find 2-3 inspiration pieces and brief description of why
visual hierarchy of elements for the logo & the poster
3-4 sketches of the logo & the poster design

Assignment 16- Research

Research:
cave paintings - beautiful, detailed & colorful representations found on the inside of cave walls and ceilings
-made with water, plant juice, animal blood, soil, charcoal, hematite & a form of iron oxide
-the most famous cave painting site was the Lascaux. It was discovered in 1940 by 4 teenage boys
The Lascaux had to be closed due to damaged paintings (damaged by carbon dioxide) so Lascaux 2 was created
-The Altamira cave painting site was discovered by Marceline Sanz Sautuola and daughter Maria .  These paintings were created nearly 19,000 years ago
- The oldest know cave painting site was Chauvet and was discovered in 1994 by Eliette Brunell, Christian Hillaire and Jean-Marie Chauvet
The painting techniques were different at this site

Color Psychology

#19 Research & Inspiration

 

Research Colors, industry trends, competition, etc.
Find 2-3 inspiration pieces and brief description of why
Visual hierarchy of elements
3-4 various sketches

Salons and Spas, both are related to health care or personality grooming. They deal in providing people all the facilities related to grooming as well health care. Natural herbs, fruit extracts, vegetables extracts, flowers extracts and plants extracts and chemicals for grooming, are the things they deal in.
Logos for this kind of business are very much related to health care as well as personality grooming. You will generally find these logos on cosmetics; many times, a salon or a spa has its own products being sold in the market.
There are some similarities in these logos that you will find generally. They are as follows:
Colors:
The types of colors you will find in these logos are dull. Usually, you will find cactus green, almond pink, apricot yellow, orange, sandy brown, aqua, etc. If you notice, one thing that all these colors have in common is that they are related to fruits, vegetables or flowers. Yes! This means that all the logos related to it, generally have colors relating to herbs, water, fruits, sand and other materials used for beauty grooming.

[ http://www.logodesignguru.com/A/Salon_and_Spa_Logos.asp ]

Hot wing logos usually are associated with the color red , you can use some greens for like decoration like celery . Browns, fireworks to make the logo look explosive or fire flames.

 

For a candy shop logo you can use bright colors !!! It would be good to have a fun logo.