gbAMSA Clinical Fellow Panel design

I didn't try very hard this time. There are two versions for this flyer. I personally really like the second one, but the first would do the job to catch the eyes of the general public.

Hippe Black and White

My original thought was to make the photo into pop-icon black-and-white stylized figures. Then I decided that just the black-and-white figures were too plain. I wasn't sure if the addition of dodged colors would make it less boring, but there it is:

Original

Poster for gbAMSA General Meeting

There is nothing hard about making a poster, but there is something hard about making a poster that you have no idea about the style and ways of advertising. This poster, seems simple, but took me three hours to complete. Worse, I still think there is something missing from this boring looking poster. What could it be?

Checkerboard backgrounds in some photos

If you sometimes wonder why some photos you searched on google image appear to have a checkerboard background? But when you open the image in a separate tab, or saved it in your own folder, the checkerboard background disappeared?

That is because the image itself has no background color. White backgrounds in a photo usually does not impose a problem since majority of websites have white backgrounds. However, in some of the more personalized websites, white backgrounds does not uniquely reflect the owners' character. Therefore, when it comes to website layout designs, one should carefully consider this issue.

An example of a picture with checkerboard background:



An example of the same picture with a white background:



The good thing about white background pictures is that it can be saved as a JPEG, which can be saved at very good qualities (9-12). In the example picture above with white background, the faint blue brush background can appear with a feather affect. Transparent backgrounds can only be saved as GIF formats, which will appear grainy. GIFs also has very defined edges which may not appear to some designers liking.

The Cheltenham Illustration Awards

Are you into graphic design? Have you been looking into some outlet to show your amazing but hidden graphic design skills? Do you want to rock that photoshop and illustrator like no other? Well there is a chance for you.



Held by the University of Gloucestershire in United Kingdom, the Cheltenham Illustration Awards is opening to submissions from everyone who are interested in graphic design. This competition is open once annually. There is always a theme associated with it. The theme for year 2014 is "Being Human". To help you figure out literally, the official website provides a narrative line: "Humanity is self-evidently all around us: although all of us are unique and different, we all are born, live, love, feel, eat, sleep and move – and ultimately we all die. Your brief can explore the shared universal principles of being human, or celebrate the diversity and cultural mix that forms today’s society." Different people's interpretation of begin human can be different depending on their life experiences, environments, and education. Works will not only reflect the theme, but also each and every designers personal experiences and personality. It will be interesting to see the works submitted for this year.

This submission for this competition is FREE, and the with your own work of art at size 50x40cm and resolution 300dpi. They expect the work to be 7-9 quality JPEG, which is not bad since the choosen works will be printed out on actual media. You will get nothing for winning, except have your work exhibited at Illustrator's symposium and printed in the Annual.

I wonder if graphic designers will choose vector based or pixel based softwares for editing their works. The deadline for submission is June 1st, 2014. I am going to see what I get by June 1st.