Audrey Young

So here's a little reflection on all of my favorite second semester projects. I'm supposed to pick three, which should be easy because second semester was my jam. typography So my first favorite of semester two was the typography project. It took me around three weeks or so to complete. I had to pick song lyrics/quotes, typefaces, format them, make graphics, etc. I had a lot of trouble deciding what quotes to do, since a lot of the music or quotes I had listed meant a lot to me. I learned a lot about balance and typeface, how to make more words look more emphasized than others. I was told often to add more graphics, lines, etc. and I did. but I also really liked the empty minimalist feel. I stuck mostly to the ideas I had in my head, except for maybe the bi heart. the gradients were finicky. I just.. I really liked it?? it sparked joy???? that's why I like a lot of these projects. vector  another one I really enjoyed was the vector graphics. that took...

the process Let me tell you. This one was a wild ride. At first, I really wanted a lilac alien (a wink and a nod to my alias online as an artist) with clouds and stars as a gradient (to show I was up in space all the time). However, my illustrator skills are relatively sub par, and my brain just shut down at that point. So, aliens were out of the question. But what was something else that I really liked, and was simple to draw with a mouse? cats. Yes, that's right. The final logo is this: Look at her, isn't she a beauty? This logo took little to no skill at all, and doing everything took me less than a day. Isn't that crazy?! I started out by drawing a black and white version, then other different colored versions, which looked like this: imagine if I actually used one of these... The one I chose didn't have a name when I saved this, I don't know why that happened. Just ignore it. Anyway, I chose the top right one. The reason of the colors a...