Graphic Design Project Draft

Idea and Inspiration 

For this project I included two pictures of some of the key workouts I do. These were important to include since these workouts are some of the main ones for increasing upper body strength. The last picture is a picture of a healthy meal I prepared. The meals included in your diet play a big role in staying healthy and happy, and that’s why I found this picture important to add. This project relates to my topic since my topic is all about working out, gaining strength, staying happy as well as hardworking, and staying dedicated to the gym.  

Design Process 

The design I used for this project was a simple design that just included key elements to my topic. I figured that since my project is all about working out and staying healthy, the best idea would be including pictures of daily workouts as well as some of the dieting that goes into it. Designer Peter Mendelsund helped influence me a little with the simple background idea. Since Peter used simple colors for background, and didn’t go over the top with the whole design, I found the design clean and appreciable, so I decided to choose a simple colored background, then add photos over the top of it to tell the story of what my topic is about. Also, in the reading “The Power of Color” it talks about how just having color alone makes the pictures stand out and more appealing, so I chose a couple colors and stuck to a simple pattern for each photo.  

Technical Detail 

The images I collect were simple and easily collected at the gym where I do my workouts. I figured it’d be best to show the natural setting for where all of work takes place. The picture of the food was in my kitchen where I do all of my cooking. The tools I used in Adobe Photoshop included the size adjuster, crop tool, shading, type tool, and different effects on the photos I added. One problem I had was the photo wasn’t able to be added directly into wordpress, so I figured out a way to add the photo to my phone, then transfer it back to my laptop where later I figured out how to post it to wordpress.