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Final Project for Graphic Design Studio 1

Fears are the only elements that hold us back from achieving our goals. Because I want to be successful in the future, I have made a statement of my fears, shown that I will embrace them, and express how I will make them into my strengths and goals for the future. The reason I have the statements in a circular format with the text overlapping is because I want to show that I am chaotic and uncertain of my future right now (as seen in the center) but that as I grow, mature, and find my inner calling that I will become one with myself (as seen in the entire circular form).

I chose to place an image of my bare back in the background of the composition for two reasons. Because I am digging deep within myself, pinpointing my problems, and making them visible and known to the world, I feel that stripping myself down to the core would be more than appropriate. I also used an image of my back because it presents that I have put my fears behind me, I am headed toward the future, and that I want others to follow my lead.

I also chose the typeface Futura because it is easy to read and has a strong but still delicate feel. It is also very geometric and is used in many Bauhaus designs in which I drew my inspiration from. Rather than making my design look Bauhaus, I decided to take the underlying reasons for creating Bauhaus design and apply it to my work. These aesthetics include unification in design, the use of a simplistic typeface, and the use of all lowercase letterforms. Also, the shades of grey that are used to show how important a goal is to my future, is a characteristic of the Bauhaus in that color tints emphasize important words in a composition. Also, my entire composition is set on a very strict grid structure.

The purpose of my design is for people to feel the way I feel as a designer now and know how I wish to feel as a designer in the future. From far away, viewers will feel a sense of unity, peace, and calmness from my design. This is to show that I have found my identity and that I am comfortable with my future. From up close, the viewer may feel a sense of chaos, frustration in reading the type, and an overall lose of unification. This feeling of frustration is the same feeling that I have when assigned a design project and cannot think of a solution.

Overall, this project is very personal to me in that it serves as an exploration of my future identity as a designer. This project visually communicates to the world that I am in no way perfect as a designer but that I am willing to embrace my imperfections and do my best to turn them into my strengths. By exploring my inner self, I have developed my goals for the future and learned how I will steer myself in the right direction for success.

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