I tried, I will try it again tomorrow, after I practice the stamp.......My initials SJ. It was fun playing with it. Practice makes perfect..

My first and last initials.

Neville Brody

Neville Brody was born in London in April of 1957. He wears many hats. Neville is an English graphic designer, typographer, and art director. Neville is most famous for his work on The Face magazine and Arena magazine. Neville has also worked with numerous artists designing album covers. Neville teamed up with Fwa Richards and formed their own research studios in 1994 in London. Neville’s most recent projects include his contribution to BBC and The Times. Neville is also a member of Font Works. Neville’s love for art design has changed the world.

Hello, my name is William Montgomery. I am pursuing my bachelors in the criminal justice field. My future plan is to become a juvenile probation officer and continue to pursue my dream as a musical producer. I want to learning more about graphic design because its perfect for promoting my music. Graphic designs are perfect eye catchers in the music industry. I’m excited to be apart of this class. Please excuse my late entrance. Thank you

Saul Bass

SAUL BASS

Saul Bass is a name I had never heard of, but as I began look through his works it I found it fascinating just how familiar I was with his work. His designs include some of the most recognizable opening title sequences for movies, film posters and commercial logos. His professional career, which began in the 1950’s, spanned an amazing 40 years.

During his career he worked with some of the biggest name in Hollywood, which includes Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Bass first came to prominence after designing the title sequence for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm in 1955. While working with Alfred Hitchcock, Bass made a significant impact on the movie industry by creating moving text, known as kinetic typography, to enhance the title sequences of file like Psycho. Prior to Bass employing kinetic typography, title sequences were stationary. Bass also created the movie poster for Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Later in his career, Bass created opening title sequences for two of my favorite movies, Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and Casino.

While most notable for his work in the motion picture industry, Saul Bass is probable more recognized for his design work in creating logos for some of the most well-known commercial brands and organizations. Some of his most recognized logos include designs  for AT&T, Dixie, United Way and Girl Scouts of America just to name a few. According to the Wikipedia bio, Bass designed logos have an unusual longevity, 34 year, as compared to the designs of others.  

Bass’s designs have been used in a seeming vast number of mediums, from his numerous opening title sequences to his impressive portfolio of logos. However, his impact extends even beyond this. He was an innovator who shaped the way movies are made in his own subtle way. Bass was quoted as saying "My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it.” Bass passed away in 1996, but his style and influence can still be seen in today’s feature films and designs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass

Two letter design

I guess this could had been bigger but i figured it out. Now I am ready to get started..........

Scallops!

Here is the background scallop to place your projects on.... This will save you a lot of trouble.  There are both vertical and horizontal versions.... Remember not to skew your image to fit the scallop, but instead skew the scallop slightly to make it even all around.

Click on the stamp to expand it out to the full size then right click on it, copy (or save as) and then file new in Photoshop, edit paste....

Dennis Hwang

I chose to profile the great Dennis Hwang. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this name, maybe the word Google can ring a bell for you. This man is a graphic design genius, designing the festive logos for Google on those special days when you open your search engine and are enlightened by a fun and interesting image. Hwang was invited to create Google logos in 1998 following the Burning Man Festival when Google founders were absent and placed a stick figure inside the Google logo to notify users they were out of the office, and subsequently created his first logo honoring Bastille Day. Today he is the official Google chief doodler, and manages a team of illustrators that work together to design the Google logo today. If you visit http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2012/All%20doodles you can take a look at all of the Google doodles ever created. Hwang was born in Tennessee, and moved to Korea at the age of five. He spent a majority of his time doodling, it being frowned upon until he came back to America and made a name for himself, and earned a graduate degree from Stamford in art and computer science. I wanted to profile this artist because he deserves so much more recognition than he gets. Everyone who has ever used Google is aware of these fun logos, but they are not aware of the man behind them.