Favorite Logos

1) One logo that I really like and wear a lot is from a clothing brand called Alife. The logo has is very simple but also very creative. The designer makes the word Alife stand out by adding all the circles around it.


2) •I like this logo because the picture of half a pig with milk in it is catchy and funny.
 
• I like this logo because it is very simple. The R that has legs and looks like it is running is very interesting and unique.

• This logo had bright colors that go well together, making the logo interesting. I also like how the designer made the animal and how the horns are coming out of the circle.

• This logo is intriguing because of how cartoonish this warrior looks

• This logo of a Lion stands out to me. The way the face on the lion is designed makes the lion look serious and aggressive which is why I like the logo.

What's your Stance?
1) I think my stance is pretty clear. I think by having money falling out of a piggy bank with the words "Tax Payers" makes it very clear where the money is coming from. Also since the money is falling into a prison that is blown up, it makes it clear that tax payers money is going into a over populated prison.
2) My poster isn't ideally what I had in mind when creating my thumbnail sketch but I am still feel it was successful. After changing certain aspects of the poster such as where the money is coming from and where the money is going, I created a better visual outcome.
3) My original thumbnail sketch had someone holding a wallet with money falling out into a normal looking prison full of many people. But after attempting to recreate that sketch I realized it didn't look as good as I imagined. So I changed the wallet to a piggy bank to display that the money is coming from tax payers banks. I also changed the original prison to a blown up prison with bars over it to emphasize the over population.
4) After reviewing the rubric, I believe that my project is the strongest in the design category. My combination of dark colors and meaningful text create a dark mood and effectively displays information about tax payers and over population of prisons. I think by writing tax payers in orange emphasizes the idea that tax payers are spending a lot of money on prisons. However I feel that I fall short in the skills and technique category. Although I used many tools that show my skills in illustrator, I feel that the image of the piggy bank is pixelated which means its not high quality. I struggled to find images of piggy banks that weren't pixelated and that that this image was the best one
5) I think the hardest aspect of this project was making sure my concept was clear and understandable. I had to change and edit many things in my poster to make sure my idea was as clear as possibly, but also creative and unique.
6) Technically, I struggled the most with making the prison look like it was expanding. I had to use many different tools to expand it and create many layers to make it look the way I envisioned it.

The prison population in the United States is a bigger issue than you think. The US has over 20% of the worlds population in prison, making us the worlds largest jailer. Prison population has also risen by 408% over the past 40 years!! Tax payers and public resources are providing money for the over population of prisoners. But clearly this money isn't being put to good use because the criminal justice system is unfair, is not cost efficient, and is not providing enough public safety.

https://www.aclu.org/prison-crisis

Another current issue that concerns me is the effects of global warming. Global warming can cause many problems and already has. One of these problems is increased accelerating sea levels which is resulting in massive flooding throughout the world, especially near the gulf of Mexico. Massive floods can damage a lot of property and leaves low lying communizes in danger. Global warming can cause also cause the exact opposite of flooding, such as wild fires. Wild fires are very dangerous and hard to control. We have seen recently that wildfires are breaking out in California, destroying a lot of wildlife and leading to deforestation. If we start doing more to save the environment, we could have a better chance of reducing these problems and quite frankly saving the world.

http://www.ucsusa.org/our-work/global-warming/science-and-impacts/global-warming-impacts#.VpW82WQrKRs