Blog 22: Independent Component 2

Easter 2016

LITERAL
(a) Include this statement: “I, student name, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents ___ hours of work.”
-I, Scully Kuo, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 37 hours of work.
(b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
-Ceballos, Jarek. Personal Interview. 2016 Feb. 18.
-Hardy, Gareth. "Logo Design: Conducting Preliminary Research." Logo Design: Conducting Preliminary Research. Graphics, n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2015.(c) Update your Independent Component 2 Log (which should be under your Senior Project Hours link)
(d) Explain what you completed.
-For my Independent Component 2, I was assigned to coordinate, create, and design a two-day event. One was on Saturday, March 26, 2016. It was a performance event called "Life Show (life, because Jesus Christ rose to 'life' on Easter day; it's a pun for live show)." For about three weeks, I planned, discussed, designed, and coordinated the event's venue and created flyers and posters with it. For day two of the event on March 27, 2016, I was required to make signs for the many people who were going to hold up the said signs. I was also assigned to cut out big pieces of cardboard and spray paint them. Words like "honk for Jesus", "hope is everything", or "know Him, know life, no Him, no life" were painted upon them in a typographical way.
(e) Defend your work and explain the component's significance and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

Flyer for day 1

Flyer for day 2

Photo booth area

Cardboard sign to welcome attendees into the event.

Cardboard signs used to let people know today is Easter.

(f) How did the component help you answer your EQ? Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped.

-IC 2 helped me find my answer, because I was constantly communicating with others and asking the host of the event (aka my client) what their thoughts were and how I could improve it. The answer I chose to answer my EQ was that in order to communicate the client's design while maintaining our own creativity was by establishing a clear understanding of what the client wants. This IC really helped me confirm that communication and understanding was the most important part of graphic designing. If we don't communicate our thoughts and potentials, we wouldn't create something meaningful to the client themselves.