I found the article to be pretty interesting. I also prefer illustrator over Photoshop and I like his simple shapes he uses to make his cartoons. I'm actually considering getting "Ed Emberly's Drawing Book of Animals" Just to get some more ideas on how to create things. I thought it was interesting how he sometimes sketches his drawling to start and then scans them onto the computer to finish them. Overall I enjoyed reading the article and I found him to be interesting.

At first it was hard to understand the point she was trying to make but after a few minutes of watching her talk, it made a little more sense. Basically designs are more than decorations, they create ways to make life easier, safer, and for fun also. She showed that designs could be used to make gas masks not only for adults and children but also different ways that toddlers could use them, such as the tent like gas mask. Then she showed some designs that were more for leisure such as the chocolate nipples and foot candies. Overall it was honestly not as interesting as I thought it would be, but did have some good points about what a design can really be.

A lot of times when it comes to designs, it's best to keep them simple and if they're not bad, don't fix them to where they look worse than before. For example the Diverted Cyclists sign can distracted people by the "D" because it has a larger and bolder font than than the rest of the signs letters. Designs can actually go from nice and appealing to bland and boring like Citroën's slick upturned V's on the cars front grill were changed to "characterless digital smudges" instead.

KBanes Questions

Questions:

I know how to operate Macs and Windows, so that won't be a problem.

I will say I have fair knowledge on Photoshop and Illustrator and how they work, more so Illustrator.

Yes and I don't currently have either programs, but I plan on possibly getting an older version or buying a newer version.

Graphic Design.

A better knowledge on how to use photoshop more effectively, and to strengthen what I already know in Illustrator.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Logic.

I'm 6ft 6" tall (because I'm usually asked)

I would like to say I'm pretty balanced between athletic and computer skills. I played sports every year from about 4th-12th grade, sometimes two or three a year. I did soccer, football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, and my favorite was track. I didn't start track until my junior year of high school but by senior year I quickly became the best hurdler on the team at the time. I was happy to see some of the younger hurdlers that I trained the winter before the spring season of track my senior year develop and become great hurdlers. I also love to find out more about computers as much as I can since it's the new age technically, and they're everywhere you go now. I enjoy playing video games, maybe a little more than I should. One more thing I would like to say is, I took a ZBrush class (computer sculpting) and loved it. This image is one of my favorite things I created. It's Two Face from Batman. I sculpted it, took a digital picture, and then edited it in photoshop with the help my teacher. Here's my Wix page with more creations too. http://kevbanes.wix.com/3danimation