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History Poster Project Essay:

My poster is about the sunglasses company, Oakley. On my poster there is a picture of a pair of Oakley sunglasses that was been altered in many ways, leaving the main outline of the glasses filled with a darkened cracked glass look. Oakley's have always been new and innovative, so that what I was going for with my design. On the right hand side there is a text box that describes how Oakley started, and some of there history. The title is rather large, but its to capture attention, while all three of these components are all flowing together, within the rule of thirds,as nothing is really in the center of the piece. The three main pieces of the poster are in the upper third, and on the right and left third lines. My poster shows elements of emphasis, alignment, contrast, balance, flow and repetition, through the design of the sunglasses, the background and the type used in both the passage and title. As well as through the layout and arrangement of the three main pieces that make up my poster. In my design both the typography and the image design are meant to resemble Oakley and all that they stand for. With a modernistic approach in both the design of the glasses and the type used in the heading, the entire poster represents the essence of Oakley, and how they've always created new, stylistic and modern sunglasses.

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History Poster Ideas:

Who: Jim Jannard
What: Oakley
Where: California / Washington
When: 1975-2007
How: Started by himself, made helmet shields for racing and motorcycles, and then onto sunglasses, and camera lens.

He sold the company in 2007, for over $2 billion.

Final Commemorative Stamp Project:

Commemorative Stamp Essay

For the Commemorative Stamp project we had  to create a stamp design while focusing on a specific style of art. I choose to take a little bit of inspiration from two different art movements, those being Postmodernism and Art Nouveau. My stamp is a picture the Dallas Cowboys new Stadium that was built in 2009, and them being m favorite team, I decided to commemorate their new $1.3 Billion stadium. Which is the largest dome stadium in the world, and holds numerous records, including the worlds largest column free interior and it contains the worlds largest LED TV. The background of my stamp is a Football field, and I have the Stadium name and price of the stamp in type along the top. My stamp shows Postmodernism through some of the brighter colors, especially in the background, and it shows Art Nouveau through the flow and curving lines all throughout the piece, but especially in the Stadium. Art Nouveau is even present in the type that labels my stamp. I used more of a generic, boxy font for the price and country, so that it would look more authentic. I believe that my stamp shows off the new stadium nicely, in a simple yet stylistic approach. Sports fans and especially Dallas Cowboys fans should appreciate this stamp, along with anyone else who likes the art style.

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