Soo..why am I here?

So... I'm not gonna lie. I don't want to be here right now. It's not even the fact that I don't want to be in the class I guess. Mainly the fact that Ive had a rough few days and having to work on this random "less is more" project doesn't make things any better. Even with all of this, the work still needs to get done. So anyway, We all picked a picture of something ( I picked one of the premier hotels in Georgia).
Then, we created an outline of this project using the pen tool. Then we toyed with and resized it two more times, each time moving in closer to the picture. So at this point we had three different pics: the first was the actual picture, the second a closer and more detailed shot of the picture. Thirdly we zoomed in even closer, and made this last step the most detailed. Now as easy as it sounds, the project itself was quite challenging. The challenging part was: 1- trying to stay focused when my mind was on other things and 2- to continue to get in more and more detail with the picture. This day really needs to end soon. I without a doubt enjoy this class, but there's always going to be that one day where you you're not having the greatest day.

Getway

For the past few days, we've been working on a travel brochure and be as creative as possible. The goal was to pick a foreign country and make a brochure advertising a trip for vacation to that country. I decided to pick the virgin the islands. I figured the colors of baby blue, a soft green, and beach sand brown would be a good theme for a brochure. I really don't know why i chose that country other than that idea. Also, we needed to put interesting facts and attractions about the country that would draw people to want to go there. What's interesting is I got to learn about the country then I might of thought.

But in other news, Bekah was bugging the crap outta me today. lol. Not like someones just always messing with you  bugging you. I'm talking about that little brother or sister that just won't leave you alone. Or better yet that wife that keeps reminding you of something that you clearly understand but for whatever reason she feels she needs to repeat 24/7. But never the less, she was actually trying to cheer me up and  still I love her. <3

Just Reppin'

Color Replication is the goal! For this project, the goal was to replicate an act model of a chosen picture. The trick was to use the pen tool in illustrator which at the time I wasn't too comfortable at all using. We were also supposed to integrate gradient color mixes as well. Which I also wasn't very comfortable yet. Never the less, it still had to be done so I eventually stopped complaining. So the first thing I needed to figure out was what I was going to use as a picture. What was recommended was to do a vehicle but knowing me I like being different. I ended up doing my replica on a Xbox 360 controller with a Gears of War theme graphically painted on it. So now, I've got my picture and I've got my Illustrator tools. It was time to go to work.

Well at the end of my project it seemed to come out really well. It came out so much better than I pictured it would look and  came out better than the original picture itself. I was actually really proud of myself with this one because I felt like this was my first major project for graphic design.

*Salute*

Yeah so... I'm Mike Manning. Everyone calls me Sarge. I'm a freshmen at Charleston Southern University. I'm just sitting here in my awesome graphic design class blogging and listening to some Jay Sean (Dude's legit!). I know this is going to be an interesting semester; especially considering the great group of people I've learned to love in my class. (I mean to be honest I do have a couple favorites: actually like 3 main ones lol). And then of course I'm going to have a certain someone in my ear consistently reminding me that I'm always wrong and she's always right (*cough Cough* - Bekah!) :) But I love her for it. Man how would I get through this class without her. But anyway..

This isn't the first time I've blogged so this isn't too new to me. It's pretty cool. Once you get a real feel for how blogging works, you really start enjoying it. Depending on the topic, conversations while blogging can get really intense and heated. Well, I'm excited for this coming semester of Design. New Apple Computers, Great group of classmates, and a lot of Love. Things are going to be great.
I think my problem is going to be actually remembering to do my blogs. I mean I know when this course really gets going its going to be easy to just to forget to blog.