Resolution Solutions

Our project assignment was to take two articles and create a newletter. When starting the project, I only had a couple of ideas in mind. First off, I knew I wanted to use the typeface Courier, due to its old school techy style. I did some newletter research, but was not very sucessful. I tried typing in "innovative news letter", but even that did not help. Working at a library has exposed me to different books, and there was one in particular I rememberd. It was a book explaining how electronic objects work. After bringing it home, I scanned a photograph of the inside of a cd drive, and extracted some detail to add to the pages. I then set the theme of a vibrant orange, going away from the standard blue bussiness theme. With a newsletter, it made sense this would not be the only article published. With this in mind, I thought of the future of this newletter and created a title for the newsletter- Resolution Solutions. I then proceded to make a logo for it, as seen on the cover. As I was pondering a cover for the publication, my mind wandering to the cattails I have outside on my lawn. I then made the connection how they resemble the connectors to the tv or playstation. Without further hesitation, I scanned in the cords and positioned them to my liking. After making the wires seem organic in nature, I then took the photographs and converted them into vector form in Illustrator. Once that was finished, I added some butterflies for a nice touch. On the inside, to make it more interesting, I added postscript to add a mechanical texture. Overall, I am happy with the way it came it, and feel it does not take on the standard "bussinessey" look that dominates most of the market today. Well, at least in Albany :-)