Logo Project Reflection

Most Challenging Aspect

    For me, the most challenging aspect of my logo was incorporating horses with a high school in the city. When you think of a horse, you think of the country and farms, but obviously we do not have that in Millennium High School. I wanted to make the logo and the high school intertwine somehow to show that the horse is part of the high school rather than just next to it.

    The way I overcame this challenge was I made the horse jump over the "H" in "MHS" to integrate the horse with the high school. It also helps portray the message of the club which is uniting the students interested in horses because the horse is uniting the letters. 

Most Successful Aspect

    I think my most successful aspect is the coloring because I used the school pictures (black and red) to make the image look uniform and represent the school. The coloring is significant because it shows that horses are part of the school and this club is a big part of the school. 

Student Handbook Planner

Student Handbook Cover (so far)

I tried my hand at the student handbook, I may add flames or something but this is it so far!

Winter Break

Winter Break

For winter break I didnt do much at all. Every day I slept till 11-12 and then for the rest of the day I either watched TV or did homework. Yesterday I went out to lunch with my boyfriend and his grandma, but overall I slept. Every night I fell asleep at 10 which was really nice. I was sick for most of the break so I slept and coughed a lot. Im happy that I didnt do anything because I needed the rest that I got, I still need more sleep though. Im still so tired because I didnt get a lot of sleep last night because I was up doing homework. To summarize, I slept for winter break. 

Depiction of me sleeping

Equestrian Club

Summary

The equestrian club is meant to allow students in New York City to experience horseback riding and learn about horses overall. It is difficult to ride in the city so the club goes to Prospect Park to ride and enjoy the company of horses. Also, riding can be therapeutic so it is an outlet of stress and allows the students to express themselves. A common theme in the equestrian club is self exploration. When bonding with an animal and learning to control it, it teaches a lot about ones self and can make a person more self aware. As of right now there are approximately 15 students in the club and they will all start riding in the spring, as it is hard to ride outside in the snow. The students will be riding english style riding and will be riding for not only improving skills but also recreational purposes. 

Questions Asked

What is the goal/purpose of the Equestrian club?

What is a common theme of the club?

How many people are in the club?

Where will you be riding?

Favorite Logos

I enjoy wearing the brand Ariat, which is a horse riding apparel brand. Other than the fact that they have great quality clothing, I like their logo because it is very clever. It took me years to actually figure out what the logo was but I still liked it because it was a shield like shape and was small but detailed. Later on I figured out that the logo is actually three interlocking horseshoes which I think is the most clever idea ever. It looks like a keltic knot mixed with a flower like shape.

Ariat Logo:

From the best logo links, I think the 38 dots logo is the best. The name has dots in the name and the logo is a 38 made up of dots. It really caught my attention because it is clever and very visually appealing. The different colored dots provide variety in the logo and the different sized dots do the same. Overall I think it is the most clever and most appealing logo out of them all.

38dots logo:

Portrait Transformation

I chose to turn my sister, Sofia, into half tiger because she is fierce and the tiger is fierce. I used different tools such as: the smudge tool, erasing with high feathering and low opacity, and other tools to try to make her face and the tiger head blend. I also made the background black because I felt like the purple background didn't math my concept of "fierce-ness". I feel like mine was successful because I blended the face in well and matched the eye with the tiger eye.

Before:

After:

Gif and Reflection

Reflection:

       While using Photoshop I found drawing the individual details of the smile to be the most difficult. It wouldn't be difficult if I had a tablet so it could be like drawing on paper, but drawing with a mouse was very difficult and I had trouble making the curves the way I wanted. 

        After completing the project, I now feel most comfortable using the drawing tool. At the beginning it was hard, because as I stated before it is hard to draw with a mouse, but since there was a lot of doing everything by hand with my symbol, I was able to practice using the brush tool and I feel confident using it. 

         I wish I were more comfortable using the marquee tools because I didn't use them at all for my entire project. I know how to use them but I am not at all confident when using them. Also I have trouble using the inverted marquee tool because I've never tried using that ever.

         Since I do photography on an amateur level, I am going to start selling my prints on a public website. Next time on photoshop I would like to learn how to properly edit a photo and edit things out of them so my pictures are worth buying. Already I have apps and stuff that help me edit things out of my pictures so I can start selling prints, but I feel like photoshop would make it more clean and professional. I plan on selling prints in the next couple weeks so I would like to learn how to do all that stuff sooner than later. 

Final Gif: