Self Identity ~ Final

Business card (front and back)
1.

2. (without phone #)

Letter heads

1.

2.

Blog

Blog logo

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 2.

I was thinking of different names for my "self company" and i didnt want just my name (lauren machlica design). My nickname to many people is Smiles or Lauren Smiles so i wanted to play around with that. I started with Lauren Smiles Design which i really liked but when i was messing around with the type i realized that the abr. is LSD... not sure if i want that. Im trying to rearrange is some how so i can keep it, but for now i just stuck with Smiles Design (which isn't taken by anyone... at least not online)

The blog isnt running yet because im still trying to figure out how to change everything the way i want them to look... which apparently should be easy.

Broadway App ~ Final

Broadway Search app final

Info Graphics ~ Final

Info Graphics Final

Type Specimen Book ~ Final

Type Specimen Book final 

when i get more time i might want to add some abstract watercolor forms to the "M" spread so there isn't all that negative space. but im still contemplating that

Identity

We came to a conclusion that this was the best business card to define me. I changed the text on the back from i believe caslon to neutra text to make it look more modern like the front is

I next started the letter head. i wanted to take the counters of all the 8's in my number and make a sort of fun light hearted letter head. I like bubbles and bubbles are fun. however i think this one might look too childish/too non professional/ too much like the paper you'd get at a craft store... 

I also began a blog background to go with it. The gray area is where all the posts would go and it would be a little translucent. There is obviously no text yet on the blog. I still have to make the title

I began another set of letterheads and blog background. This time i still wanted to keep with the "bubble" theme but i toned it down a bit on both. 

The name im thinking of is something like Lauren Smiles or LEM Smiles since 'smiles' has so much to do with my personality and how i look at life and how i approach projects and everything. 

Feed back would be LOVELY!

Info Graphics... Again lol

More revisions of the info graphics

The icons were taken out and the size was reduced to compensate for all the negative space. The type is now changed to Avant Garde to help make it more modern than the serif there was before. I also aligned the type to go not from "dancing" but beginning at "with" and ending at the ends of the bars
There is still a lot of blank space but i hope this works better. I would not be able to reduce the page size anymore because one graph goes all the way to the right side and another all the way to the bottom

New Business Cards

I picked my top 3 favorites (with the help of everyone) and worked on them some more.

The one Gen picked:

i like playing with the color of these. definitely more of a fun-feel (which is me)

The one the class picked (kind of):
they liked the 2 sided one but the initials were really small in the corner. i liked the larger ones so i just took the info off and placed it on the back like the 2 sided one.
i like these because they are elegant (also me) and the pink makes it fun as well... but im contemplating if it's too "girly girl" (which i am not). however i definitely like the bright pop of color

My favorite (well was...ish):
if you couldnt tell... i like color (ESPECIALLY yellow!) and i like how i aligned the numbers (since i have about a bagillion 8s in it) im just messing around with where to put the rest of the info... which needs work and im not done with the 2nd phase of this one yet.

Business Cards

I dont have one idea in mind for my business cards so i just messed around a bit with the designs. There are more coming as well

*more cards (new)

these i wanted to go more classic and elegant instead of fun

Showcase Poster

I decided to use my info graphics for my showcase piece. This is what i think is most successful. Although i like my type specimen book, i dont think the images i added work well with it. And my app... HA yea... very much still dislike it.

It was kind of difficult to put my 3 info graphics on the 13x19 page because they are 11x17 each. i decided to keep 2 small and enlarge 1. The enlarged one i had to tweak a bit because i wanted people to at least try to be able to read something on one of them. so i upped the type to the most i could do---8.

Panorama

Ive worked with the automate panorama feature in photoshop before, but the photos never matched up extremely well. you could always see the slight color differences. None the less, this is a great feature.
However this time Photoshop seamlessly put my room together from 5 photos

Public Awareness Poster

For my communication graphics class we've been working on public awareness posters involving a word mark being incorporated into a title and subtitle. three other icons and body text were also needed.
Final revisions have been made per Tim but now i cant decide which ones or which size (there were 2 different sizes he mistakenly has mentioned - 14x20 & 11x17)

14x20

 11x17

Type Specimen Book

My type specimen book revision from awhileee ago... I just forgot to post it

App Color Changes

This week i experimented with different color schemes. We thought cooler colors would work... which was hard because any green or purple that i came across looked cheap or i thought would clash with some/many of the show icons. So i mainly stuck with blue. However i really wanted to keep some yellow in to connect back to the playbill. i lightened the yellow so it wouldnt be as intense. The buttons and seating chart is still in debate with me. I kind of favor the red because i like primary colors plus if i chose blue, it might be too much blue.

My favorite of each page is the Musical/play page, closing date, and the 1st million dollar quartet page.

Broadway Search App

Broadway Search allows the user to search for a Broadway show by 5 means:
-show title
-musical or play
-current actors
-closing date
-popularity
Once a show is chosen, the user has an option to buy tickets now, or find out ways to get discount tickets.

Info Graphics Final