Mount Wachusett Community College, in Gardner MA offers a 2-year program for Graphic and Interactive Designers (GID program). The final course in the GID program helps students assemble and present their best work produced in the program. This blog is produced by the GID Portfolio class under the direction of instructor Coni Porter.
Saturday, March 10, 2018
Henry David Thoreau
T-shirt design based on a Henry David Thoreau quote.
Josue - this pocket watch illustration is much improved! Some thoughts:
1. Does the design appear to be a bit too large for the front of the shirt? I would reduce it a bit, and even consider moving it down a bit on the shirt.
2. The fishing line that extends up and over the watch disappears against the dark of the shirt. A simple, and easy, fix is to turn that line white after it leaves the watch as it moves to connect to the top of the hook in the water.
3. Often, the by-line inside of an inscription is actually just the initials of a name. And I think that might be more clever here… especially because he isn’t really known as “Thoreau” but instead “Henry David Thoreau”… the whole thing! Well, that won’t fit… so just go with H.D.T.
4. Back side of the shirt. Would you consider using just part of the design, deconstruct it, for the back? Maybe a reduced figure of H.D.T.?
5. Lastly - I wonder if it is just the jpeg of this, but the inscription seems quite light, not as readable as it could be… but as I said, it could be the pixelation of this jpeg. Just take a look and decide, or print in bl/wh and see if you can read it easily.
Josue - this pocket watch illustration is much improved! Some thoughts:
ReplyDelete1. Does the design appear to be a bit too large for the front of the shirt? I would reduce it a bit, and even consider moving it down a bit on the shirt.
2. The fishing line that extends up and over the watch disappears against the dark of the shirt. A simple, and easy, fix is to turn that line white after it leaves the watch as it moves to connect to the top of the hook in the water.
3. Often, the by-line inside of an inscription is actually just the initials of a name. And I think that might be more clever here… especially because he isn’t really known as “Thoreau” but instead “Henry David Thoreau”… the whole thing! Well, that won’t fit… so just go with H.D.T.
4. Back side of the shirt. Would you consider using just part of the design, deconstruct it, for the back? Maybe a reduced figure of H.D.T.?
5. Lastly - I wonder if it is just the jpeg of this, but the inscription seems quite light, not as readable as it could be… but as I said, it could be the pixelation of this jpeg. Just take a look and decide, or print in bl/wh and see if you can read it easily.