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Random Design of the Week #2 May 19, 2008

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Random Design 2

My Inspiration

This design was inspired by a photo of a friend, Sean, who is a painter. The first published version can be found here. This initial version was a bit of a social cometary, but I noticed that there was a definite focus on fashion especially with the bright pink and yellow scarf. So my concept was born, and I decided that pink and yellow would be my palette.

Design Elements

I used stars for several reasons.

  • Retro fashion appeal
  • They can be used to point to things
  • Symbolism / Connotation

If you notice, I make use of a lot of diagonal lines. Primarily, they already existed in the original image. They also form leading lines that guide your eyes in a circular path around the image.

Sean’s eyes are looking at the words fashion star, which is my attempt to create irony. His semi hipster attire might imply that he would shun the label. It was also in my opinion a nice subtle touch.

Notes on Design Trends

  • Again I’m making use of halftones, which are still popular in grunge and fashion designs online.
  • Bright Colors, pink and yellow are very spring, and 80’s retro like the stars
  • Texture, as in material texture, is great in Fashion Designs on the web

As always, I hope this helps with your design queries and quandaries

Random Design of the Week May 12, 2008

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For my Random Design this Week I chose to do a hypothetical fashion ad.

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So I found a cool stock image on deviantArt, which if you don’t know is a great place to pick up stock images. This photo was taken by *faestock. OK, so with crediting the photographer out of the way, which is only polite, back to my idea. **This image can be viewed at full size on my deviantArt page.

I was inspired by a number of recent trends, including grunge brushes, web 2.0 reflections, bright stripes, and the ever popular halftone filter. Initially I wanted to take the girl and reflect her on a glassy “floor.” That was as simple as copying and flipping her followed by a gradient and appropriate transparency.

The pose was my next inspiration, it looked like her Spidey sense was tingling. So I tired to give that life in radiating rings some of which I broke up with halftones to create a visual metaphor for tingling. I was hoping to achieve a subtle touch like I mentioned in an earlier post.

The color palette was drawn from the original image, literally with the eyedropper tool. I tried to keep it mostly cool with a couple of warm accents. I wanted to create the impression of abstract “cool” but keep some sort of earthy, human, or organic touch.

The Circles are supposed to be very feminine in contrast to the straight dividing line, stripes, and cityscape. It was no mistake either that the straight lines and circles inhabit different halves of the image.

I hope this provides some insight into my creative process, and please comment as I love to get input.