Leadership in Creative Organizations - Vision Statements

This Leadership class has been one of the most useful courses that I've taken at Ringling College so far. We've done so much personal and professional exploration, so I wanted to share the overall philosophy I was able to achieve from these explorations. Like the successful companies we studied all semester, I created vision statements of my own to guide the goals I set down for myself for years to come:

Personal Vision Statement

My personal vision is to surround myself in ever-evolving beauty that will enrich my imagination and stretch my capacity for innovation. I will breathe life into those around me and find endless possibilities in each new day.

Leadership Vision Statement

My leadership vision is to be the guiding force of energy among those who make the world a better place through their individual and collective creative explorations. I will help those without faith in their own work to see the possibilities that exist within art and the power that creativity has to change the world.

Graphic Design I - Calendar

Calendar designs were extremely tedious. Not only did we develop numerous grid designs for the layout of the days of the week, but we also went through numerous revisions of the overall calendar theme and monthly visual content. I used the website wefeelfine to create a theme for my calendar, pulling quotes from their site in order to create a mood for each page.

 

Intro to Web Design - Product Page

For this assignment, we each got to choose a product and create a new web site for it. I chose Reese's and used foil flowers that I used to create out of their wrappers as a guide in my design choices.

Leadership in Creative Organizations - Life Aspirations

In one of my favorite projects for this class, we wrote detailed papers about our personal and professional aspirations. We were also able to create a piece of art (in my case, a painting) that helped to visually depict our aspirations.

I created my painting by taking an older painting that was an odd little family portrait and painting over it with more abstract representations of my life aspirations. The previous canvas:

 

And the final painting:

The final painting was done in a similar style to my triptych done last year. I created a collage of flowers and fabric and translated the collage onto the canvas, aligning certain elements with the existing painting on the canvas.

The paragraph accompanied my painting in the final project:

For this painting I chose to paint on top of an older canvas. This previous work was a representation of my family and how I viewed them in an exaggerated and colorful way. I chose to work on top of this painting because who I aspire to be is based on a foundation of who I am now and how I have come to be this way - predominantly influenced by my family and my upbringing. My life aspiration painting reflects my ambition to surround myself with beauty and engage those around me by enhancing their own appreciation for art. I hope that spreading my own knowledge of graphic design and its ability to influence our everyday decisions can show just how powerful and moving art can be.

Graphic Design I - Icons

For this assignment, we chose an object to represent. We explored the different ways to depict a single item through photography, sketches, and vectors. I chose a measuring tape for my object and created vectors in Illustrator:

 

  

  

One of my final illustrations:

Intro to AD - Humane Society

For our final project, my partner and I created a full campaign for the local Humane Society of Sarasota County - complete with logo, newspaper, print, and an alternative piece.

 

 

 

Sequential Design - Water Awareness Posters

This project focused on water usage awareness in Sarasota and in the world. We created large-scale inflatables that showed the effect of overusing water on wildlife (pictures soon to come), a stop-motion video, and posters that promoted awareness and continued with our campaign theme.