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Candice Huffine Rocks the Cover of ‘S Moda’!

mkmag:

Plus size model, Candice Huffine looks smokin’ and retro-chic for the cover of S Moda. The shots are 1950s/Pin-up girl inspired. 

The magazine touches upon issues such as body image and asks the model of her own experiences, to which Candice said, “[The Vogue Italia] editorial opened the eyes of the industry and proved that we are beautiful, sexy and good models. Now people want to see more.”

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(Source: modelkarma.com)

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the-color-wheel: Creative Workshop Challenge 04—One Line Logo Logos are quite possibly the hardest type of design work. They have to be simple, but not too simple, and tell you as much as possible about the subject without overstating the obvious. This challenge was to create a logo for the Summer 2012 Olympic games by using only one line for the main part of the logo—place your pencil to paper and only pick it up once the logo is complete. I wanted to use geometric shapes, because I think they are some of the simplest things to use when designing a logo, or anything for that matter. I started sketching and one of my first sketches was an abstract interpretation of the flaming torch of the games. I ran with that, manipulating the squares with rounded corners and adding in the colors of the Olympic rings. I’m happy with the logo, but the biggest challenge I had was deciding the placement of the two extra squares. I wanted to add depth and dimension with slightly transparent, overlapping squares, but it was difficult to get the best placement for them. Does it work? Thoughts and criticism are welcome :) the-color-wheel: Creative Workshop Challenge 04—One Line Logo Logos are quite possibly the hardest type of design work. They have to be simple, but not too simple, and tell you as much as possible about the subject without overstating the obvious. This challenge was to create a logo for the Summer 2012 Olympic games by using only one line for the main part of the logo—place your pencil to paper and only pick it up once the logo is complete. I wanted to use geometric shapes, because I think they are some of the simplest things to use when designing a logo, or anything for that matter. I started sketching and one of my first sketches was an abstract interpretation of the flaming torch of the games. I ran with that, manipulating the squares with rounded corners and adding in the colors of the Olympic rings. I’m happy with the logo, but the biggest challenge I had was deciding the placement of the two extra squares. I wanted to add depth and dimension with slightly transparent, overlapping squares, but it was difficult to get the best placement for them. Does it work? Thoughts and criticism are welcome :)

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Creative Workshop Challenge 04—One Line Logo

Logos are quite possibly the hardest type of design work. They have to be simple, but not too simple, and tell you as much as possible about the subject without overstating the obvious. This challenge was to create a logo for the Summer 2012 Olympic games by using only one line for the main part of the logo—place your pencil to paper and only pick it up once the logo is complete.

I wanted to use geometric shapes, because I think they are some of the simplest things to use when designing a logo, or anything for that matter. I started sketching and one of my first sketches was an abstract interpretation of the flaming torch of the games. I ran with that, manipulating the squares with rounded corners and adding in the colors of the Olympic rings. I’m happy with the logo, but the biggest challenge I had was deciding the placement of the two extra squares. I wanted to add depth and dimension with slightly transparent, overlapping squares, but it was difficult to get the best placement for them. Does it work? Thoughts and criticism are welcome :)

# Valentina Palladino Creative Workshop Challenge one line logo logo design design graphic design london 2012 olympics

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the-color-wheel: Creative Workshop Challenge 03—Time Machine This was much harder than I anticipated. The challenge was to pick a print ad from before 1980 and redesign to to appear in one of the magazines from a short list. First, I went searching for vintage ads, and was lucky to find a ton of resources and archives of old advertisements. I chose to do my research first, rather than picking a magazine, because I figured if I found a good ad that sparked an idea, I could spin it for one of the magazines on the list. I found a series of 1950s advertisements for Johnnie Walker whiskey on AdClassix (this website has a bunch of categorized, vintage ads—a very good source). I chose one that I thought I could use the tag line “This is where I come in” to put a modern twist on the ad for GQ magazine. I wanted to focus on the man with the red blazer because he dominates the vintage ad, so I tried to find a GQ-equivalent man, someone who has style, authority, and a little bit of mystery. I was able to keep the tag line, and I think it adds to the man’s authority by stating that he comes in with Johnnie Walker to run the show. I love the color scheme of the Johnnie Walker Red Label bottle, to I used that in the typography, boxes, and background. In the project guidelines, we were allowed to reinterpret photography, copy, and typography if necessary, which helped because I was able to ditch the holiday theme from the old ad, but kept the color emphasis with the red in the new one. Am I totally happy with this? No—but who’s ever totally happy with a project? My biggest struggle was my lack of advanced knowledge of Photoshop. I wanted to manipulate the man’s image a little more, but I didn’t know how, so I worked with it as much as I could. the-color-wheel: Creative Workshop Challenge 03—Time Machine This was much harder than I anticipated. The challenge was to pick a print ad from before 1980 and redesign to to appear in one of the magazines from a short list. First, I went searching for vintage ads, and was lucky to find a ton of resources and archives of old advertisements. I chose to do my research first, rather than picking a magazine, because I figured if I found a good ad that sparked an idea, I could spin it for one of the magazines on the list. I found a series of 1950s advertisements for Johnnie Walker whiskey on AdClassix (this website has a bunch of categorized, vintage ads—a very good source). I chose one that I thought I could use the tag line “This is where I come in” to put a modern twist on the ad for GQ magazine. I wanted to focus on the man with the red blazer because he dominates the vintage ad, so I tried to find a GQ-equivalent man, someone who has style, authority, and a little bit of mystery. I was able to keep the tag line, and I think it adds to the man’s authority by stating that he comes in with Johnnie Walker to run the show. I love the color scheme of the Johnnie Walker Red Label bottle, to I used that in the typography, boxes, and background. In the project guidelines, we were allowed to reinterpret photography, copy, and typography if necessary, which helped because I was able to ditch the holiday theme from the old ad, but kept the color emphasis with the red in the new one. Am I totally happy with this? No—but who’s ever totally happy with a project? My biggest struggle was my lack of advanced knowledge of Photoshop. I wanted to manipulate the man’s image a little more, but I didn’t know how, so I worked with it as much as I could.

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Creative Workshop Challenge 03—Time Machine

This was much harder than I anticipated. The challenge was to pick a print ad from before 1980 and redesign to to appear in one of the magazines from a short list. First, I went searching for vintage ads, and was lucky to find a ton of resources and archives of old advertisements. I chose to do my research first, rather than picking a magazine, because I figured if I found a good ad that sparked an idea, I could spin it for one of the magazines on the list.

I found a series of 1950s advertisements for Johnnie Walker whiskey on AdClassix (this website has a bunch of categorized, vintage ads—a very good source). I chose one that I thought I could use the tag line “This is where I come in” to put a modern twist on the ad for GQ magazine. I wanted to focus on the man with the red blazer because he dominates the vintage ad, so I tried to find a GQ-equivalent man, someone who has style, authority, and a little bit of mystery. I was able to keep the tag line, and I think it adds to the man’s authority by stating that he comes in with Johnnie Walker to run the show. I love the color scheme of the Johnnie Walker Red Label bottle, to I used that in the typography, boxes, and background. In the project guidelines, we were allowed to reinterpret photography, copy, and typography if necessary, which helped because I was able to ditch the holiday theme from the old ad, but kept the color emphasis with the red in the new one.

Am I totally happy with this? No—but who’s ever totally happy with a project? My biggest struggle was my lack of advanced knowledge of Photoshop. I wanted to manipulate the man’s image a little more, but I didn’t know how, so I worked with it as much as I could.

# Valentina Palladino Creative Workshop Challenge advertising design print design graphic design johnnie walker johnnie walker red label GQ magazine

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