How a Computer Works

For this particular post, it wont be about a logo or anything but a paper on the inner workings of a computer from the time the power button is pressed to the time one can start typing on the keyboard. This can be a sort of hard paper to do, cause if one doesn't know anything bout a computer which most people don't they will have a hard time writing it looking up everything. The first thing that would have to be talked about would be the power supply since it gets the whole process started. Then after the power supply would then be the motherboard, CPU, BIOS, ram, and video card but these five don't have to be talked about in its correct order like this. And after thats out of the way the last three things that will have to be talked about is the hard drive, operating system, and monitor either LCD or CRT or even both.

Inside Out Tennis Logo

This was yet again another logo from the website 99 designs. In this one the client wanted a logo for there tennis coaching website and facility. With this particular logo two different directions were used, the first one was of a tennis ball with greenish yellow and black. The bottom part of the ball was green then on top of that was a white line that the tennis ball has then on top of that was the black top part of the ball. After that was done a black background was put behind it with the words Inside Out in a green gradient over the ball and Tennis in white under the ball. For the second one a tennis player was drawn swinging a racket, his shirt and sweatband was lime green while his face and arms were black and the words Inside Out Tennis were put on the bottom of the shirt in black.

Goal Republic Logo

This here was another logo contest from the website 99 designs. For this logo, the client Goal Republic wanted to change their logo from there website. They requested a logo that was cool and edgy, but also appealed to all ages from kids to adults. So the logo that was done was one that was meant to be a crest type logo as if it were like a family crest. It was in a blue radial gradient from white to dark blue with green and yellow in a octagon like shape. After that a yellow ribbon was put around the bottom of it with the words Goal Republic and a blue and black stylized soccer ball in the middle of the crest. Then another version of the logo was created this time it featured just a stylized soccer ball with a red ribbon around it.

Planet Beauty Logo

When this logo was being done, it was for a company called Planet Beauty who wanted to revamp there current logo on the design site called 99 designs.com. Two different versions for this company was made, the first one had a globe drawn with different swirly parts in it to indicate that its a plant. Then each swirly part had its own gradientation of pink, then after that was done the words beauty was put on top of it so it said planet beauty with a planet for the word "Planet". On the second version the words Planet Beauty were put in a pink gradient with a different font from the original logo.

Monster

This particular project is both interesting and unique cause there are new techniques that will be learned if they are not already known now. Once a basic shape or outline is made for the monster, the first thing that will be done is to make the hair. And to do that first one has to do is make a circle then stretch one side of the circle to a point, and after thats done choose a color for the monsters hair then set that shape as a brush. And once that is done use the brush tool to draw the hairs all over the monster and once that is done and with a few more other steps to do, the monster would most likely be pretty looking with all the fur on it with the eyes and stuff. The new tools in this excerise will be the use of the brush tool and the glow either inner or outter.

Basic Shapes

For this particular project, one can use there creativity to the fullest by how they use the shapes that are giving to make any object or structure they can imagne. Like for example if a person was to make a house with eight particular shapes, the body of the house would be square like and the roof would be like a two sided triangle with out a third side. And for colors they could possibly choose a light blue for the color of the house and a red for the roof. Then when it comes to the area around the house they could use a slanted type of triangle for the grass and bushes. And for trees if they decide to put some in could be a rectangle like square with slanted triangles for branches and like rain drop looking shapes for the leaves.

Distressed Text

By doing a project like this, one will learn how to make text appear old or as if it were wet and got wrinkled. And not only that this can possibly help them with future projects that involve text because a client may want an old western kind of look for there business as if they were in business for a long time. Overall this is a fun project to do cause it involves making text a certain way that can be stretched or altered in any way see fit before making it weathered by drawing lines all other it in all directions then merging them together.

Bridge Program

This was a project that was recently done, that involved making a logo for a bridge program for a school or college. This can be a really easy and simple project to do cause all one has to do is kind of do like a simple outline bridge drawing and the words bridge program somewhere around it. The one that was done was a line drawn straight across with some lines spreading out of it from the center outward and the words The Bridge Program in to different fonts. The font for the words "The" and "Program" were in a skinny type font while the word "Bridge" was in a big bold font.

Remake Logo II

For the second logo remake the famed WB was used although they are now the known as the CW. For this one the letters WB were drawn connected with the letter B being a bit higher then the W. Again not knowing certain techniques can really make a task like this difficult to do cause say for instance that one might want to put like an engraving or something. And another thing choosing color for something like this is hard to do cause a person is very tempted to use the current color of that particular logo but cant cause its suppose to be a remake.

Remake Logo

This was a project in which a current and well known logo was redesigned as if that company was looking for a new logo. For the first logo the companies Chips Ahoy was redone and had a cookie facing up with the words Chips Ahoy written on it. The cookie was done as a gradient with the chocolate chips on top of it being a dark brown and the words in a regular font. A project like this can be difficult to do cause a person is trying to first remake a logo that is renown around the world and second that it may not come out the way they want cause of the lack of skill they might not have like for example knowing how to do real life texture or texture in general cause a technique like that can improve a picture instead of it looking plan and flat.

Power Point Tutorial II

In this second part of the power point tutorial, it will be dealing with learning how to add effects to a presentation and format pictures. By formatting a picture, the slide will appear more attractive and depending on the audience it will make them buy certain products like kids seeing a picture of a GI Joe action figure. To format a picture simply click the picture and in the formatting palette under quick styles and effects it is possible to choose how the picture will appear on the slide like slanted left or right, square or circle. Adding effects such as sound to the font and pictures when they begin to appear on the slide can make the audience pay attention to a presentation if they start to lose interest, but depending on the sound it can make them even more less attentive so picking the right sound for each slide is important.

Power Point Tutorial

With this tutorial a person can learn the basics of how to use power point. Like for example knowing how to apply formatting and effects to a text and a picture in a slide. To format text, highlight any text that's desired and click on the font tab in which the font and color of the font can be changed under the formatting palette. This is very useful when doin a presentation to a group of people cause even though pictures and a background maybe in the slide as well to make the presentation more appealing, regular font may disappear depending on the background that's used so changing the color of the font will help a lot as to trying to convey the information.

Mr. Sparkle Logo

This is a real life logo project in which to make for a new start up company. This logo project tests the extent of a persons imagination ability in terms of creating and making the created logo in Illustrator and using the techniques learned. The logo an individual created for this start up company was 3, the first one being a hand in a sponge glove wiping a window clean with suds dripping from it. With this the individual used the gradient tool for most of the logo and some tracing of the lines. The second logo the individual made was half of a person with a hat on cleaning a window with a hand sponge viewing the person from the back. Again the individual used the gradient tool, but only for the sponge and the window for the person however the individual used only solid colors as well as a new tool called flare to make the shining reflection of the sun against the window. And the last logo the individual did was of a window and a bucket with some spilled water and suds. And again the gradient tool was used for the window and water with suds while soild colors were used for the bucket, also the flare tool was used to make the shine on the window.

Excel Project

In this excel project the learner will know how to turn basic information in the cells into a graph. Once the desired information is put in each cell, highlight them then click chart wizard then choose the chart type and sub-type. Once that is done, it is then possible to type the charts name as well as the categories on the x and y axis'. After all that is finished, the graph should be completed, but if the graph isnt how its desired to look like for example all the months arent showing, just double click the alignment tab and set the angle for the text to appear. And depending on the graph that was chosen like a line graph for example it is also possible to change the thickness of the line.

Color and Painting Tutorial II

After learning how to create colors in the swatches panel, it is then possible to edit those colors by double clicking the color and changing the percentage value of either one of the CMYK's or RGB's. It is also possible to create a color library by choosing the swatch library in the swatches panel, and after that's done choose color books and one of the fixed libraries like Pantone solid coated for example. Click one of the colors that looks desirable to add it to the swatches panel, and also by using the color picker which works just like editin the colors in the swatches except you can change the color by either changing the percentage value or sliding the color spectrum vertically up or down.

Color and Painting Tutorial

This was an assignment from a book called classroom in a book. The point of the assignment was to follow directions and create color as well as know the difference between the color modes like CMYK (which stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black) and RGB (which stands for Red, Green, and Blue). When creating color, it will be done on the color panel using either the CMYK sliders or the RGB sliders and after getting the color that's desired, click the swatches panel and choose the new swatch from the swatches panel. By doin this it will add the color that was just created to the swatches panel as a new color.

Excel Tutorial II

In the second part of the excel tutorial there is a feature called ledger sheets in which pre-made template sheets can be used. For example by clicking the sheets tab under the elements gallery there are different ledger sheets to choose from like accounts, budgets, invoices, lists, etc. If choose the budgets ledger, and clicking and cell in it like under received and typing the month august and the date 7 it will turn into the number form of the date like 8/7/10. Another feature in the ledger sheets is the category column heading in which you can choose which to view like entertainment, bonus, food, and health.

Excel Tutorials

An excel tutorial was recently done and even though it was very tedious it was informative as well cause it teaches the basics as well as a little more in terms of features and options. For example to format certain cells to a different color by clickin format, conditional formatting, then define the condition like greater than and ok. And after that's done, the cells that was chosen will show any cell that is the greatest in it as being highlighted. Another feature of excel is the auto fill function that will finish the row of cells so typing the rest wont be necessary. For example if typed the word January, place the pointer on the lower corner of the cell and drag it up or down til reached the desired point and stop, and after that's done it will show the rest of the months or dates if typed in dates.

Adobe Illustrator IV

A recent project that was finished entitled color replication uses the eyedropper tool but it also goes in depth more with using the full effect of Adobe Illustrator in terms of color. There are more tools that are greatly effective then the eyedropper tool to make something appear real like the gradient tool, which can be used to make a fade of a color or colors if the colors fade from one to another like yellow to blue. The gradient tool is one of those tools that will be used a lot when dealing with color although there will be times when other tools are suited better for the task.

Adobe Illustrator III

As workin farther with Adobe Illustrator there will be a point when color is needed for a project. And when workin with color there are basic things that will be easy to get, like for example when tracing something the fill function will be on and whatever is traced will also be filled with a color unless the fill option is disabled. There is a eyedropper tool that will allow you to change the color if the current color being used is not acceptable, like for example if the color being used is black using the eyedropper tool to change the color to white by clickin on a white spot anywhere in the area of the screen.

Adobi Illustrator II

Working with Adobi Illustrator has become a bit more easier with making lines as well as circles. And with a recent project entitled Less Is More when an object was taken, and then traced to show all its details in one art board. Then in the art board next to it, it was then blown up even more to show a closer look at the object and traced even more detailed in the object. And in the third and final art board the object was blown up even more to where you could tell it was part of a whole of an object after taken off the picture and nothin is left but the trace that was done on top of the object. This project can become very time consuming based on the object you picked like a car engine for example if you are just starting to learn to use Adobi Illustrator, but if you are already used to using it then you wont have a problem with it.

Resume

There are a couple of ways to make a resume, but the ones that are gonna be talked about here are the one with mircosoft word and the other is with google templates. When working with microsoft word which maybe the only thing you will most likily use anyway, they have preset templates already made and all you have to do is fill in the blanks with your information. But if you have a google account by any chance they have resume templates that are very specific to whoever you are trying to attract. For example if your a college student or a high school student trying to get a job, they have specific templates that say student resume and they'll give you everything you would have to write all you eould have to do is fill in the blanks

Travel Brochure

Making a travel brochure with microsoft word is mostly easy but there are certain parts in the brochure that are difficult to do. Getting started is the easy part, all you have to do is turn the paper from portait to landscape then set up the margins to 0.5 from top to bottom and left and right. And after you do that you start writing your information about the brochure your tryin to make, and once you get everything straight you can put color in the background behind the letters to make the brochure appeal to whoever your trying to convince to go or buy based off the imformation you provided.

Adobe Illustrator

Using the Adobe Illustrator for the first time was intersting, with all the features it has as well as learning the keyboard short cuts to make it even easier to use. Like copyin and pasting a picture to an template then settin it as a transparent picture. One of the hard things to do unfortunately is tracing with the pen feature over the transparent picture. The reason is hard is because once you get a line drawn on it then you go to make another line, the first line you have drawn is either gone or the second line curves in a different direction then where you want it to go. Another thing is the zoom in and out feature that sometimes trips on because there is a certain way the mouse controls are when your using the Adobe Illustrator, other then that I dont see any other problems wrong with using it at the moment. Will keep postin to let you kno any other cool things or problems that may come across.