Before Sunset Color Palette
I have to say “Before Sunset,” Richard Linklater's 90-minute talkfest is my favorite film. And the one-sheet movie poster is arguably my favorite image since it is simple in design and color balance. The poster designer employs dark hues only to be broken by a setting sun illuminating actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.
I chose to focus on the lighter hues found in the poster by exploring the different visual elements using Macromedia Fireworks. The trees in the background. The sun’s reflection off the water. Delpy’s hand bag. Hawke's suit jacket.
As always this blog is in progress.
Confessions and a Banner
A confession of sorts. Before this assignment, I solely used Photoshop to post Web photos. So as a design newbie, I wanted to create a simple and clean banner with a photo of Ipod ear phones to signify my love of music.The title refers to how music can invoke feelings through various colors on the spectrum. Does that make any sense?
Anyway, “The Color and the Spectrum” is also a nod to one of my favorite Walt Disney characters, Ludwig Von Drake who sang his signature song, The Spectrum Song, about such colors as green and yellow (which appear in my color palette).
My challenge was to find a photo and a banner color scheme that would work well with the dominating light-yellow. Ontop of that, I needed a color that would also mesh well with my blog’s orange-colored outer layer. So hence the black background.
Once I found the elements I wanted, I added the Photoshop layers together and used a new font that the Biotechnology Center's graphic designer loves to use: Frutiger. I liked the contrast it provided with the font on my blog.
And that is it. And now, I need to figure out how to center my entire blog and to remove the header text below my banner. Sigh.
A confession of sorts. Before this assignment, I solely used Photoshop to post Web photos. So as a design newbie, I wanted to create a simple and clean banner with a photo of Ipod ear phones to signify my love of music.
The title refers to how music can invoke feelings through various colors on the spectrum. Does that make any sense?
Anyway, “The Color and the Spectrum” is also a nod to one of my favorite Walt Disney characters, Ludwig Von Drake who sang his signature song, The Spectrum Song, about such colors as green and yellow (which appear in my color palette).
My challenge was to find a photo and a banner color scheme that would work well with the dominating light-yellow. On top of that, I needed a color that would also mesh well with my blog’s orange-colored outer layer. So hence the black background.
Once I found the elements I wanted, I added the Photoshop layers together and used a new font that my organization's graphic designer loves to use: Frutiger. I liked the contrast it provided with the font on my blog.
And that is it. And now, I need to figure out how to center my entire blog and to remove the header text below my banner. Sigh.
