"You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted."

Man, I love The Princess Bride.

So, I have to design a catalog in my Type, Image, and Visual Continuity class. Well, we need materials to fill this catalog with... so, my teacher thought we could make some masks! Yea! Anyways, this is what I came up with.

Switzerland with a dash of Louisiana

Well, since I'm in the blogging mood, I decided to post some of my pictures from Switzerland. They're starting signups for this year in Switzerland and I'm incredibly depressed about it. I would go again in a heart beat. Enjoy.

More Digital Photography you say?

Alright, I decided to post more of my work from last semester to my blog before I start my new semester tomorrow. It might not get done if I don't do it today! However, that reminds me of a good quote- Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? Powerful words.

Moving on. A lot of work I did this last semester was with panoramic/montage type work. This first picture doesn't have any kind of deep meaning... I just thought it was ridiculous and funny. Plus, if you know Jane it's even more ridiculous.





Here's an example of that "montage" technique I was talking about. this picture is made up of about 30 different pictures taken anywhere from 18mm-55mm (limits of my lens). You can't tell as much in the smaller version but the look at it up close and you can see the fractured look it has. The idea was not to get this perfect looking picture--I wanted it to look fractured and somewhat disjointed... without, of course, looking too weird.














And then of course, the typical "pretty" panoramic picture that you would typically expect. Don't get me wrong-- I like these kind of pictures (and I like taking them) but they're very overdone. This picture was made up of about 10 different picture. I have another one that I took at 55 mm and it was made up of about 24-30 different exposures. FUN!










This next technique is called HDR (High Dynamic Range). It's a good technique to be used in high contrast situations like the one below. I took 3 different exposures--one normal (capture midtones), one 2 stops overexposed (capture details inside shed), and one 2 stops underexposed (capture clouds). Then I combined them to create the final image on below. It's a gorgeous technique if done right. I added the little border for kicks and giggles.

Side note--this was a shed at my Grandpa's that I was helping him tear down. It was very bittersweet because that shed has been there for as long as I've been around. It's not completely down yet but it will be soon. Here's what the aftermath looked like when we were done. Here's looking at you Shed.

Ask not what your Type can do for you; ask what you can do for your Type!

So, I decided to post some of my stuff work from my Typography class last year.

This first piece was based on the song Identity Crisis by Thrice. And yes, if you've seen my photography section, I also did a picture based on this song as well. The criteria was to make a poem or song interesting with some type while incorporating some kind of image.

The textures were done in photoshop and the type was designed in illustrator.

This project was especially ridiculous... it took MANY hours to recreate this photo with type... and I was never quite happy with it. The picture on the right was done in my photo 1 (film) class.

The type picture was done in illustrator.

A lot of the stuff I had done prior to this point was somewhat grungy and didn't scream "take me serious as a graphic designer!" So, I decided to go outside my usual box and create something more... not me. This is the end result. A brochure for my sister- she never ended up using it because she had no need for it, but it was fun nonetheless.

Created with illustrator, photoshop, and indesign.

Here's what the printed product looks like. Don't mind the pictures--they're a little crappy.














Now, as a graphic designer, the number one rule is to never fall in love with your own work! Why? Because it can always be better and it's not always going to be what your customer wants. Well, I have to say that I have broken the cardinal rule on this poster-- I love it. It's one of my pieces that I have any desire to change. To be fair though, I'm sure there are things that could make this better. Anywho, for this project we had to design an 11X17 poster based on some font. I chose helvetica.

Created with illustrator.

This project was mix between my English 2010 final and my typography final. For Typography we needed to create a 4 page magazine spread about whatever we wanted. For my English class a group of us had to create a magazine about the Iraq war and how music has affected people's opinions. I created all of the spreads and wrote the article called, "Confessions of an Anti-War Musician." I also wrote a little section about Thrice in the Fallacious Quotes section. It was a pretty fun project because my group members were fairly pro-war and I am quite the opposite. This was a lot of work but it was a lot of fun

NOTE- the majority of the images used were taken right off the internet. The magazine was not used for profit and credit was given where due.

Created with photoshop, illustrator, and indesign.

Forget Louis Louis Vuitton

Who needs Louis Vuitton when you've got Kory Fenton! Ok, that was a little cheezy but there is a purpose. Our final project for Brand ID was to develop our own clothing company and do the branding for it- letterhead, envelopcarde, clothing tags, business s... etc. Well, I can't put everything on here yet because my final is still hanging in the hallway up on campus but I figured I'd post my logo. I'll post a picture of my other stuff when I get it back next week. Side note- I am super stoked for school to start tomorrow! I hate how type doesn't convey sarcasm.














UPDATED 2/21 - Fenton Clothing Business Package

So, I finally got my projects back from last semester. Here are some of my pictures from this project. I am pretty upset because I had this really awesome metal tag that my friend made at his machine shop and it fell off of my presentation board on my way home and I have no idea where it's at. That was the best part of all of this! Oh well.

WORK LETTERHEAD/ENVELOPE
































BUSINESS CARD





































MINI CLOTHING BAGS