I've been drawing since I was little. I've always loved it, but I gave it up for a long time because I could never make things look as real as I wanted them to. It wasn't until halfway through highschool that I learned important skills, started to practice more, and was able to fulfill the expectations that I had for myself. So, while I don't use my drawing skills often, I still have them and I'm able to use them every so often. Here are some examples that I used in my portfolio:
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Then there are page layouts. Posters, ads, anything full of type and other visual elements. I don't know what it is...I just can't seem to get the hang of doing them well. If it's a photography based ad with just a product name and slogan, that's fine, but as soon as you add more, it turns into a mess. The following is a poster advertising a museum exhibit that I created. It's awful, but a hundred times better than the original (this is a redo I did for my final evaluation last semester.)
The exhibit was called The Making of Marriage Customs, and explored the history of weddings, the roots of their traditions and superstitions, and showcased bridal attire from around the world. While laying out posters isn't something I'm very good at, my problem with this particular project arose from my trying to mimic the look of my museum catalogue on a larger scale. For a historic feel, my catalogue mimicked gold embossed leather, which worked well for a book cover, but didn't translate well for other uses.
Hopefully, in time and with a lot of practice, I'll be able to start meeting some of my poster making expectations, like I did with my illustration skills.
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