Portfolio

My portfolio can be found at: http://roxia96.wix.com/roxiaportfolio

Infographic

For my infographic I wanted to go with a very clean approach to the design, opting for it to be as simplistic as possible while keeping as much info as I can in the image.

So in order to do this I made the lines look like a subway line, having the current place - the beginning - be lit up with the name of the university to mark it. I tried to have all of the stuff line up and be even in order to make it look concise, having headers to help differentiate the areas and to help one read the infographic better.

The icons used I tried to make quite familiar, and easily understandable. I used a spool of thread since this is a fashion program based infographic to represent the pieces needed for portfolios. A paper for written and for a smaller amount of money I used a coin because having too many of the dollars bills, and also slicing them I feel wouldn't be as clean.

I wanted to have the comparison of distance since it was a noticeable difference for at least one of the schools, so I just used simple images to explain the difference. I had the years described with a clock to make things very simple, and then I went onto to work on the diplomas. I have the certificate listed and then additional things you can get at that school in writing just because I felt it worked best and that it was better than to add more pictures.

For my legend I decided rather than to box it in, I'd put it where it gradiates to white in order to separate it but not cut it off. I feel by doing that it looks a lot cleaner, which is the whole point of my infographic.

Visual Identity

So with my company "kei designs" we are a fashion design company that specializes in making clothing for females. We are called "kei" because it means style in Japanese, and because we take a large amount of our inspiration from Asia. We try to make varying degree of clothing types, we do not try to fit into a box of having very girly clothing to very "tough" clothing, instead we try to make our clothes fit into a very differing styles in order to suit everyone.

I wanted to make my company logo very word based as many fashion designers have their company logos, but as this assignment required a pictograph as well, I choose to add in a fan because I feel they are quite feminine as well as that Asian flair. My colors were a straight black for the words and a cream color for the rest, I really didn't want the fan to be overpowering and also I wanted there to be a lace effect to it, so I choose a cream color in order for it to stick out but not be all too noticeable. Also in terms of my logo, it fits properly against my wording and although it sticks out a bit the darker color makes the other side heavy so it balances.

For my additional pieces I choose a phone case because I feel like the phone case is something that will be easier purchased and everyone has a phone now a days so phone cases are in high demand, it's just something that is popular to purchase. With the keychain, it's a fashion design staple actually to have something like this. If you look at a lot of the fashion companies, they have their logos on keychain similar to this.

Independent Project

For my independent project I want to design a complete clothing line of clothes with an included a mockup of a website and photography of the items. So what I will be doing will be creating pieces - have someone model them and then photograph it. I will take those photographs and put them in the mockup of a website for this line I am creating. I will also be providing other items in this line - that I will not be creating - that have been drawn digitally.

The theme that I choose for this line was a circus theme because I felt like it was one with an open end and I could take many approaches with the concept. 

 

 

Animated Gif - Tarzan

For my Living Movie Still I choose Tarzan, by Disney and for it's quote I choose the "You were Always My Son" quote from the end of the movie. 

The movie is about acceptance despite differences and learning there is no barriers to family. The scene I have chosen is from the end of the movie after Kerchek dies and Tarzan is made king, all the gorillas acknowledging him as such; therefore accepting him as once of them despite being very different. 

Why I choose the "You were always my son" quote is because throughout the whole movie Kerchek - who says this quote - has refused to acknowledge Tarzan as his own children because he was different than them. However, at the end of the movie during his death, he accepts Tarzan as his child - which is what Tarzan always wanted - and subvertedly making him leader of the pack and king of the jungle.

"Consumerism" Photography Series

Theme I have chosen for my BW+1 photography series is "Consumerism" but rather than using the general idea of consumerism - which is shopping - I wanted to look at consumerism as something that consumes someone - something that consumes your thoughts and feelings etc.

Artistic Question Uno:  How can I express the theme Black and White + One through photo-based artwork?

• To represent the theme of Black and White + One through my idea of Consumerism is the idea of black and white being the surface of a person i.e. what one can see at a glance. For the "+ one" I wanted to represent that by having their makeup done in a way to represent the "consuming aspect" and/or photoshop overtop  of the person and have that represent what is consuming you, it would be like adding color to the black and white to create more depth - so going past the surface. (for examples of how the makeup would work is reference two and three)

Artistic Question Dos: How can I explore using the medium of photography in a way that stretches my current knowledge and understanding AND suits my interpretation of the theme?

• To stretch my knowledge in the medium of photography I will be using a mix of fashion photography - which is defined by having the subject's style (clothing, makeup etc.) emphasized as well as the idea of using a non-realistic setting for it rather than casual surroundings, also it requires a controlled lighting situation. I will also be using some elements from portrait photography - mostly the technique of butterfly lighting. (reference one for the style)

Independant Project - TTC

Concept was to take the boring ol' TTC and make it a modern, cohesive piece. I created these images using Illustrator, I did this because in Illustrator I can change the sizes to a multitude of sizes and I can also make clean and precise lines. Problems and issues I had for this was really just trying to decide, when it came to the actual making of the works I had no issue as I am good with working in Illustrator - better be after 4 years - so all the problems that occurred while doing this work was just deciding on the idea and sticking to it, I went through a lot of indecisiveness before actually picking out the TTC idea, also I had some issues choosing what to remake from the TTC.

Inspiration for these project came from older installments of TTC designs that I took and made a modern day twist on, I took a lot of opinions people had of the TTC as well as my own opinions and likes.  I'm personally satisfied with the way this turned out, I made the TTC brand more modern and a lot more cohesive of a project.