Marina's Design Blog

I picked my random system poster as  the best poster design I had done. It is also coincidentally the first poster I made, with a few adjustments. With the quote I chose, I honestly just wanted it to be ironic, and the opposite of an inspirational quote. I wanted it to contrast against a dramatic background, in all of it's blunt glory. (This is suuuuuper late but I realized I hadn't published it, so I did.)

Variation 1 Variation 2

January 18th -More adjustments -More pink, all turquoise gone January 17th -Changed green colour -Added more colour and touched up swirls January 16th/17th -Added more swirls and colours, adjusted sizes January 11th/12th/15th -Added more swirl shapes using ctrl-shift-t -Started adding colours (image-adjustments-hue and saturation) January 10th -Copied shape 3 times, put a shape in each corner (flipped using edit-transform-flip vertically/horizontally) -Started brainstorming what pattern to do January 9th -Copied merged 4 circle shape once (ctrl-shift-t) -Resized copy slightly smaller and on more of a angle (tilt more for closed swirl, less for open swirl) -Used ctrl-shift-alt-t shortcut multiple (40 or more) times to create a swirl January 8th -Added 3 slightly smaller circles tilted on an angle to original circle (used "ctrl shift t" keyboard shortcut, resized circles and placed

10 things: -Rather than changing reality, you can change people's perception in order to solve problems. -The placebo effect happens when you believe something, such as medicine, is helping you, when it really isn't. Because you're deceived into thinking it works, it has the same/similar effect as actually receiving the thing that is meant to help you. -The train problem: saving money and making the experience on the train ride better, rather than spending more money and getting a completely new track system to make the journey faster. -Relative prices (Orange juice scam, more expensive price written in English, cheaper in Spanish, for the same item). -"...All value is subjective... persuasion is often better than compulsion." -"In Italy, penalty points (for speeding) go backwards. You start with 12 and they take them away. Because they found that loss aversion is a more powerful influence on people's behavior." -Symbolic v

Inspirational Images (Fractals): Proposal: Use photoshop to make a fractal-like patterned image, but also use symmetry and colour. I was inspired by designer John Maeda, a few of his designs in particular: Planning: Simulating a "fractal" in Photoshop: Tutorial: https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-simulate-fractals-in-photoshop--psd-340 (Rating: 6.5/10, because it is slightly outdated) *Taking it my own direction, using tutorial as a loose guide -Other tutorials existed, but were very confusing and didn't appear helpful Difficulty for me: 7/10 (Because I'm not good at this kind of stuff) It isn't a proper fractal technique- that would involve math. (It turned into a pattern, pretty much.) Notes for me: *Background colour: go to create new fill or adjustment layer in layer menu bottom center First circle: Layer-layer style to get to options for circle  -Gradient overlay: half and half

John Maeda                              ~(Marina) -John Maeda is an American executive, technologist, and graphic designer. -Born and raised in Seattle, he later enrolled in The Institute of Technology in Massachusetts to study computer science and electrical engineering, receiving master degrees in both. -Maeda moved to Japan and attended the University of Tsukuba Institute for art and design classes and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Design Science. -Founded the Aesthetics and Computation Group (ACG) which united a variety of design-based interests. -His work is influenced by fellow designers Paul Rand and Muriel Cooper, and seeks to unite design and technology .