La Vida Loca

Blog #3-Group Member #3

For this design, our group redesigned La Vida Loca Restaurant and Cantina. We chose well photographed Mexican food and drinks to accompany the logo. The font is clear and easy to read. We chose the pictures because well photographed food can draw people in. It is appealing visually and it also appeals to the senses. The clear font was chosen because when something is easy to read, people are more likely to read the flyer. Distracting fonts will cause the viewer to jump to the next one. We kept the colors simple. For the header Green. Red. Tequila. are in green, red and yellow to play on the words. It makes it more appealing to the audience. The description is in a neutral color for clarity as well.

The tone that is created is fun, easy going. It is a welcoming and inviting atmosphere. I think that it is very effective in what we are trying to create. If I saw this flyer, I would want to try this place out.

--Sage

La Vida Loca

#4

Our alignment is all left flushed. It creates a standard and consistency. However, the address at the bottom is centered, and that creates contrast to the rest of the flyer. We used the same color of purple from the original logo in the copy so that we can have repetition in our design. By restating "tequilas" and having "La Vida Loca" appear twice, we are showing consistency to solidify the idea and message of the restaurant--that it's a fun place to eat and drink. By repeating the tequilas part, we are arguing that we have the best tequilas in the city, and that is one reason why the person who looks at the flyer should go there.

Group Design #2 - NMDOT

Journal 3/30 - In Class - Visual Argument Response

Dan Guglielmo
Journal Entry 3/30/09
Visual Argument – Response


Author: Sasha Quintana
Picture: Final Four Tournament bracket

Summary: Sasha’s argument is a lively one around my household, she chose to represent the NCAA 2009 FinalFour bracket – with her version of predictions on the tournament’s winners and losers. She suggests that the Final Four will include the UConn Huskies, Michigan St. Spartans, the Villanova Wildcats, and the UNC Tar Heels. The Argument goes on to suggest that the Tar heels will win the entire tournament.

Visual Argument: Anyone familiar with college basketball will immediately recognize the bracket arrangement on the page. College basketball enthusiasts will be drawn to it more quickly because the schools that are being shown are all done via mascot representation. If you didn’t know the mascot, you wouldn’t know the team.

Her use of color is great, each team is well depicted, and there is a giant orange basketball as the baskground image. The tournament bracket lines are strong and bold, and the argument of who she thinks will win – UNC – is upfront and clear. This argument is well done, and done in good taste. Tis the season for March Madness and her argument, done visually, is again – done well.

Journal 3/27 - Visual Argument

Can You Figure This One Out?

The image we decided to use was the Eiffel Tower at night time. We decided to use triangles and squares when recreating it because we saw those shapes more prominent in the design of the building. Plus, those shapes give it a more rigid, more slender, and more chic look. Since the tower has spaces and isn’t solid, we decided the abstract gluing of the squares and triangles depicted it best. The other group responded to ours by guessing it, but after careful consideration. One said a rock concert, which I could see. I think, if we had another chance, we would make it bigger, that way it has more of a tower feel. We just made the tower too big for the paper we were using! All in all, though, I think we did a good job of accomplishing the Eiffel Tower with construction paper and shapes.

~Michelle