Logos Post

I grew up watching PBS KIDS and so I see the logo all the time. I really like the colors used to make the logo simple. Because it is PBS for kids, the image is of a kid too.








The first things I noticed about this logo were the two C's that formed a camera. Without looking at the word Photography, I knew the logo had something to do with pictures. I also found it interesting because the two C's were taken from the name.




I liked this logo because the word FOCUS made me focus on the C. Around the C was a bracket type of thing I see every time I take a picture with my phone and I try to focus on a certain spot.

This logo caught my attention because of the slogan and the little key in the middle. The first word is KEY and right after is a little key shaped with the word OF. It was not confusing to read either.

I liked the idea of this logo because the little image looked like an actual bike with wings attached. Then FLYCYCLE would make sense. The slogan under it also connected back because the wings and bicycle were together as ONE.

This last logo I found I liked a lot. It says POISON and the actual drink which is a bit orange-ish has bubbles to make it look like poison. The cat head also looks cute and not too scary. I think a more adorable cat would make sense to use to advertise juice and not some dangerous drink.

I feel the final words of my poster in the corner really show my stance on media posts. However, I still believe it is not clear enough about what issue I am arguing for. I chose to use black and white colors because I think black represents the dark and bad sides of media, while white represents the light and truthful side of media. I tried to make the font like a newspaper font to represent news titles and other subtitles.

My thumbnail sketches really gave me many ideas but apparently they did not show my stance well. The sketches gave me ideas and really helped me think of headlines and how to get the viewer's attention. My final poster turned out to be really different from my thumbnail sketches because I had a hard time remaking my thumbnail sketches on Illustrator. But, I am still happy with my final poster.

In the first version, I had two floating heads and Ms. Lee gave me advice to put them into a shape like some kind of profile picture type of thing. After making that change, the two heads did not look too out of place and random. Also in my first version, I could not decide on a background and split the page into two random colors. After going with the classic black and white backgrounds, I felt my poster looked neater.

If I had to choose one, I would choose the Skill and Techniques column on the rubric as my strongest. I used a variety of techniques like Envelope Distort, Pen Tool, Gradient, etc. But I still think I could have added more techniques to make my poster look more interesting and eye-catching. I would say both my Concept and Design are on the weaker side but I would choose Concept as my weakest because my stance may not be too clear to others and the whole poster may seem confusing.

Thinking of a way to appeal to viewers really made the poster project challenging. The poster had to express a message quickly and concisely. If the poster was too boring, then no one would look at the poster and notice the issue. Also if the stance was not expressed clearly, then viewers would have a hard time understanding the poster.

The techniques were not too difficult but I think finding the right tool to use took more time. My poster was simple and did not require too many techniques and so I used a few of the same tools a few times.

My Stance

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  This post is based off of my opinions. This world is full of people  who have a lot of time on their hands and spend it on the internet.  They publish articles or share posts reflecting their opinions. With  so many different people and different minds around the world,  there will be disagreements.

  My news feed is always filled with articles on the latest gossip of  Korean idols, actors/actresses, etc. One caught my eye the most  because it was about a girl group member. SeoHyun, a member of  Girls' Generation, my all-time favorite group, was a recent target of  lame netizens. In this article (http://www.koreaboo.com/  netizens/netizens-discuss-the-most-mature-and-innocent-  idol/), netizens claim she should be involved in some scandals.  Since debut, SeoHyun was known to be an innocent young  lady.While other members may have made appearances in  scandalous articles, she has yet to be in one. Netizens find  opportunities to bash others and they won't let an innocent lady  pass. Who cares if she has not been in a scandal? Scandals are for  attention-seekers. Appearing in scandals will damage the member's  or group's popularity. It is a good thing she has not been in one.  Who cares if she has not dated before? SeoHyun is a grown woman,  she will date whenever she wants to and feels the time is right. She  is old enough to make her own decisions and netizens should not  be telling her to do what they want. Maybe she has dated but was  clever enough to not let anyone find out. I am simply disagreeing  with what netizens do by stating my own opinions. It frustrates me  when the claims made by netizens are not even reasonable.

  Another article I saw was of someone I had adored very much since  his debut. Kris Wu, also known as Wu Yi Fan, was a former member  of a Chinese-South Korean boy group, EXO. Since his debut, I knew  he was a very charismatic and talented man. After leaving EXO, he  had his own schedules. A recent one was walking the runway "at  Kensington Gardens in London for 'Burberry's 2016 Men's  Collection"(allkpop.com). In this article (http://www.allkpop.com/  article/2016/01/burberry-ceo-christopher-bailey-praises-kris-wu-yi-  fan) found on allkpop.com, Kris was praised by Burberry's CEO,  Christopher Bailey, for his perfect performance. Not only do I agree  with Burberry's CEO, I also agree with the author of the article. The  author acknowledges Kris' success which I feel is a great thing. I am  happy for Kris because he is so successful.