I just recieved a copy of the collaborative book my class made. Although ny cover design was not voted to actually be the cover of the book, I think this cover is super cool and edgy, and I love it. Below is the cover and my spread. My chosen quote for the book is from Albert Einstein: "The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind."

The quote (and spread in general) is a reflection of the hectic, demanding, and drainingly complicated life I've lived the past few years; it is ever more apparent to me now how important it is for quiet time and meditation to rejuvenate your spirit and clear your mind in order to focus on what truly matters. I find myself more creative when I am able to sit alone and daydream.

The shadows in the photograph convey the solitude and quietness mentioned in the quote, with the bucket's shadow being isolated by the block of light atound it, and with the reflections of the bucket onto the ground and the characteristics they begin to take on.

I had a blast art directing this music video! I chose the song "Don't Stop" by ODESZA. The video needs work so I'm going to wait to post it, but check out a still graphic from my makeup and post-production work! Huge thanks to my super awesome boyfriend who let me put spirit gum and liquid latex all over him. P.S. I designed and made the costume!

Here are some shots from the shoot before production work:

To visually unify my collateral project about brain trauma, I decided to take photographs of individuals within the demographics effected by brain trauma wearing plain white masks. Because brain trauma victims experience changes in behavior and emotions, they frequently struggle to maintain healthy relationships with loved-ones; the mask symbolizes the disconnect brain trauma victims experience internally as they struggle between their post-trauma and pre-trauma identities. In the second set of photographs, the victims remove the masks, which is meant to symbolize the ability to overcome the trauma and promote action to get brain trauma victims the proper care for their injuries. Check out the silos of the transformations below! Demographics are teens, combat veterans, and motorists.

Before one can shoot a 30 second spot for television, one must find a great location to shoot at! On January 15, 2013 at 1PM (time of day is important because lighting and traffic may vary hour to hour), I went location scouting for the block bordered by Auburn Avenue, Irwin Street, Krog Street, Edgewood Avenue, and Randolph Street in downtown Atlanta. My 30 second one shot spot will be for the Apple iPhone, and I scouted this location specifically because I wanted to bring the counter-culture artist attitude to the Apple brand that their loyal consumers embody and embrace.

The most current assignment I've been working on is the Illustrative typeface assignment. The idea behind the assignment was that typography can be found everywhere--even in the most unexpected forms and places. I've always loved my bendable floor lamp, and the idea of using it to create a typeface appealed to me, especially because of the beautiful tungsten light it fills my apartment with every night while I work. As my professor stated, how incredible that typography can even be found "right under your nose"! The test images I took of my lamp on my iPhone were dynamic and had a great sense of motion. I debated on siloing out the letters or not because I loved the colored light the lamp gave off in the photographs; I'm glad I made the decision to silo, though, because it enhances the legibility and versatility of the letters. One change I would make if I redid the assignment would be to not crop off some of the petals of the lampshades (I photographed the images cropped). This could easily be fixed in Photoshop, and I may still yet edit them in my free time. My lamp does not bend properly to create the letters "C", "G", "O", and "Q", so I had to manipulate curves in Photoshop using the clone tool to create those letters.