Visual Advocacy: Craigslist Postings

I posted a couple ads in the personals section on craigslist today as an experiment to see what kind of reactions I get. The young gay community uses online resources to find hookups, which can lead to the spread of HIV or any other STDs. I will post the responses I receive from people who decide to email me..with positive or negative feedback.

Multimedia Experience: website wireframes_revisited

I decided to add this background image instead of the black and I really like it!

These are some screens for my first website direction while it is being viewed on an iPhone

This is a brand new direction that I designed after revisiting my initial wireframes

These are the iPhone screens for this new direction.

Illustration Ellective: Project 3

This is my beer bottle label re-design for Dead Guy Ale. I put it on 2 different bottles to see which looked better.

Design Systems: Final Logo Identity Direction

This is the direction I decided to pursue for my brand identity. Over the next week or so I will be applying my identity to different applications such as billboards, advertisements, a website, letter head, tshirt, etc.

(As a reminder, my brand attributes are:)

simple

informative

efficient

adjustable

easy to use

Multimedia Experience: website wireframes_revisited

I decided to take a few steps back and revisit the overall structure of our body modification community website. We made a huge leap from our original wire frame ideas to the visual mockups that we had created over the past couple of weeks. Instead of pursuing that one and only direction, I wanted to create a few other page compositions that may be stronger or have a better relationship to the needs of our community. These are some sketches I made that explore placement of the main navigation, content space, image and text boxes, etc.

Visual Advocacy: Poster Designs

This is the flier I will be putting on the windshields of cars outside the gay bar Saturday night.

I am printing these 5 posters and putting them in a couple local gay bars this weekend. My intention is to get people thinking and talking about the posters and the message. I am working on some bar coasters as well.

Design Systems: Final 3 Identity Directions

These are the 3 directions that I decided were my strongest ideas for my brand. Because my company is a service that provides people a personalized and packaged daily text message containing knowledge and advice that will add vitality to their day, I wanted to create a logo that is simple, efficient, informative, and adjustable.

(I decided that instead of a red blurb, the dark grey looks better)

Visual Advocacy: Gathering Imagery

Poster Ideas...I want to put these on people's windshields while they are inside the gay club this coming weekend.

These are coaster designs that I will be cutting out and adhering to coasters to be used at a local gay bar this weekend.

Experimenting with placement of text

poster idea #1

I am going to be using really sexual and risky imagery of my audience combined with a powerful message. I want to create a visual identity for my movement so I decided to make the imagery unified.