Went the Georgia/LSU game with some friends of mine. We tailgated all day and it was such an amazing ending to my break! I posted a video from a touchdown.
10/4/09
Fernbank: Georgia's Heart of Gold
During my 4th quarter I had a cool opportunity to creative direct a photography exhibition for Fernbank Museum of Natural History here in Atlanta. They opened up a new exhibition called Gold, which is just what it sounds, an exhibition of gold of the world. Portfolio Center (my school) and Fernbank teamed up to bring a special side exhibit which would be stories of gold in Georgia portrayed in photography. 7 photographers from PC picked a different topic and spent 3 months shooting the particular subject. The topics ranged from Georgia Miners, to gold label recording artists, all the way to the story of the Gold Grillz. I got brought on once the images had been shot to basically handle most of the communication between Fernbank and Portfolio Center, as well as the photographers. I had to opportunity to work closely with the board of directors of Fernbank, where I found myself presenting and discussing the exhibition to them at a conference table. I also got a chance to do some of the design work for the exhibit (opening banner, artist statement plaques, captions, and interior design of the exhibit.) It got to be pretty strenuous and time consuming at times, but priceless experience. I have attached some photos of the opening night. The exhibit opened on September 26th and will remain until January 2010. Go check it out!
Here is some information about the exhibit, as well as a podcast of the photographers explaining where their ideas came from and what they accomplished through the assignment.
Georgia's Heart of Gold
Here is some information about the exhibit, as well as a podcast of the photographers explaining where their ideas came from and what they accomplished through the assignment.
Georgia's Heart of Gold
9/24/09
Art & Copy
I checked this movie out at the Plaza Theater in Midtown Atlanta last night, and was pretty impressed. It gives a great understanding to what the advertising field is all about, what its become, and where its going. Interviews with some of the most creative thinkers of industry made the film quite interesting. Learn where the great campaigns such as Got Milk? and Nike's Just Do It. Check out the trailer below.
9/21/09
Rain rain, go away
So check out what we did in Atlanta today. These are all in my little apartment complex.
Walking with Lane to check on her car.
9/17/09
1 down, 1 to go
It's been a while since I have been able to check in and fill everyone in on what is going on, but I have just finished my first year of Portfolio Center as of last night. I had my 4th quarter critique and it went great! I had a good panel of 4 designers and they all gave me very informative feedback and helped push me to where I need to go. I posted some images of some of the work I did this quarter. It was one of the first quarters where I haven't done some type of poster, so it was a little different. I had a packaging design class and I had so much fun with some of the work. Check it out!
First project we had one week to do packaging design for dog, cat, or bird food. I chose to do something fun and bright, basically to encourage a younger demographic on a tighter budget to purchase it, and still know they were giving their cat the nutrients it needs. I did the illustration and photography as well. I was pretty pleased, as was my critique panel.
We had to also take on the week challenge of redesigning Wal-Mart's Great Value brand, since they just went through a big change themselves. This is what I came up with.
For this project, we had a week to redesign a beer of our choice using only 2 assigned typefaces and no imagery besides the logo. I wanted to redesign Brooklyn Brewery displaying the dark age of when it wasn't the safest city to be in, as it is nowadays. I decided to go in the Mafia direction with this collector set of 5 bottles, each representing one of the five crime families. The origin of each family is on the back of the box, while the founder and who the family was named after can be found on the back labels of the bottles. This is one of my favorite projects of the quarter and I am looking forward to pushing it forward more before it hopefully ends up in my final portfolio.
The last project was for a class called Creative Strokes, which basically is a class all about hand illustrated typography. This assignment we were to create a mobile calendar. My concept is capturing the colors of the seasons using the Pantone Color System. I have always been intrigued by the personality of the months through colors, so I decided to construct a series of 6 jacob's ladders, divided by warm months (April, May, June, July, August, September) and cool months (October, November, December, January, February, March). You flip from one set of months and all the colors change in a wave like motion. On each square you will find hand illustrated numbers for the days of the months, while on the very top panel, the first letter of each month in a calligraphic style. I also created a telescoping box for the calendar to sit into. All in all I really enjoyed this fine arts project.
Each quarter we do projects to keep our minds sharp, but we also spend the rest of the time redeveloping some of these as we learn new skills. All of these projects will grow more and more as I get closer to the finish and could possibly go into my final portfolio.
First project we had one week to do packaging design for dog, cat, or bird food. I chose to do something fun and bright, basically to encourage a younger demographic on a tighter budget to purchase it, and still know they were giving their cat the nutrients it needs. I did the illustration and photography as well. I was pretty pleased, as was my critique panel.
We had to also take on the week challenge of redesigning Wal-Mart's Great Value brand, since they just went through a big change themselves. This is what I came up with.
For this project, we had a week to redesign a beer of our choice using only 2 assigned typefaces and no imagery besides the logo. I wanted to redesign Brooklyn Brewery displaying the dark age of when it wasn't the safest city to be in, as it is nowadays. I decided to go in the Mafia direction with this collector set of 5 bottles, each representing one of the five crime families. The origin of each family is on the back of the box, while the founder and who the family was named after can be found on the back labels of the bottles. This is one of my favorite projects of the quarter and I am looking forward to pushing it forward more before it hopefully ends up in my final portfolio.
The last project was for a class called Creative Strokes, which basically is a class all about hand illustrated typography. This assignment we were to create a mobile calendar. My concept is capturing the colors of the seasons using the Pantone Color System. I have always been intrigued by the personality of the months through colors, so I decided to construct a series of 6 jacob's ladders, divided by warm months (April, May, June, July, August, September) and cool months (October, November, December, January, February, March). You flip from one set of months and all the colors change in a wave like motion. On each square you will find hand illustrated numbers for the days of the months, while on the very top panel, the first letter of each month in a calligraphic style. I also created a telescoping box for the calendar to sit into. All in all I really enjoyed this fine arts project.
Each quarter we do projects to keep our minds sharp, but we also spend the rest of the time redeveloping some of these as we learn new skills. All of these projects will grow more and more as I get closer to the finish and could possibly go into my final portfolio.
8/16/09
Amazing videos
So, I have been inspired lately to really find my way back to the multimedia world. I want to definitely enhance my skills in audio recording and video editing. I absolutely love this stuff, and its an everyday passion of mine. I want to be able to contribute art to the world of video, and be able to present my feelings and emotion into them. Vimeo.com is one of the sites I find the most inspiration. Here, you can find all types of videos made by people on various subjects. I have posted a few really cool videos down below for you to check out. If you want to find more, go to the site, and spend some time there.
Los Angeles: in motion from Michael Marantz on Vimeo.
Hammock - Mono No Aware from David Altobelli on Vimeo.
HP - invent from Tom and Matt on Vimeo.
8/13/09
Let it be known...
So many things are just going crazy these days, and I can't tell you how many times I get asked if I have some work up online anywhere. I also get asked for business cards all the time. Apparently, I'm being too quiet in the industry at the moment, so let it be known. IT'S TIME TO GET ROWDY!!!! I have my domain name again, being EricDewyngaert.com. I'm currently working on my design portfolio site of current work. I will only post major projects for the moment. I don't want to put many out there, since I want to perfect most of my work before it's exposed to the world. But again, let it be known, I have one year of Portfolio Center, and I will be coming at this industry full force. They won't know what hit em. I also redid the blog back to its original look, if you hadn't noticed.
I will also be in the process of branding myself. I want this to be a lengthy process to make sure I have a solid creative brief backing me for clients, as well as much meaning behind the logo, whatever it be. I will be creating my entire creative setup from there on (business card, logo, stationary, and site upgrades). Branding is one area I see myself going into when I finish school. I have learned a good bit about it since I take a branding class almost every quarter.
I am tentatively planning a trip to New York City for a few days during my break to go and see some companies and what they are doing. Building relationships is key at this point in the game, and I look forward to seeing some creatives that I have met from there, as well as seeing some friends. I will also be leaving a few days after my return from NYC to head to Memphis for the AIGA National Design Conference, Make:Think. This will actually be taking place the first week of my 5th quarter, which is my halfway point through school! Crazy how fast time flies. I will return back to Atlanta to get to know my new roommate, Kathleen.
I'll leave you with a video. Pretty incredible.
I will also be in the process of branding myself. I want this to be a lengthy process to make sure I have a solid creative brief backing me for clients, as well as much meaning behind the logo, whatever it be. I will be creating my entire creative setup from there on (business card, logo, stationary, and site upgrades). Branding is one area I see myself going into when I finish school. I have learned a good bit about it since I take a branding class almost every quarter.
I am tentatively planning a trip to New York City for a few days during my break to go and see some companies and what they are doing. Building relationships is key at this point in the game, and I look forward to seeing some creatives that I have met from there, as well as seeing some friends. I will also be leaving a few days after my return from NYC to head to Memphis for the AIGA National Design Conference, Make:Think. This will actually be taking place the first week of my 5th quarter, which is my halfway point through school! Crazy how fast time flies. I will return back to Atlanta to get to know my new roommate, Kathleen.
I'll leave you with a video. Pretty incredible.
Cover creation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.
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