Finished product of project 1.2.
I was just sitting around in the lab, and I was just killing some time but I photoshopped this pretty picture that I found on Pixdaus.
So I had some extra time today before work... and I ended up playing with my own thoughts on typography. I created this image using Photoshop. I wrote some lyrics from a Breaking Benjamin song over and over to create the background. I found a black and whit picture on google and used it as a template to erase the text to make the face appear. Finally I added an image of someone texting to play off the pun I had in mind.
Comp 1:
I feel like it is the weakest of my three. Symbol A is Jiminy Cricket, he is portrayed in the Disney movie as Pinnocchio’s conscience. He is always dropping in on Pinnocchio in his adventures giving advice to avoid mischief. Symbol B is an ear diagram from a biology book that was strangely interesting to look at. The point that I am trying to push is always listen to your conscience. Seeing as Jiminy is a lighter line value I think that it represents the force of our inner conscience, a very light non forceful voice that opts to us to do the right thing, but ultimately the decision is ours. I believe that it is an easy one, two connection. I know that this composition needs more attention for it to be finished as a rough.Comp 2:
This is my favorite composition by far it has a vague feel but also its very intriguing; random girl with a giant plus sign? I went through several different ideas about this particular image, I really didn’t want to give up the silhouette of the girl. Symbol A is a giant plus sign, not a Christian cross. I took in to consideration the different meanings that are shown in our text books, I started to describe to myself what some crosses mean in our lifestyles. Symbol B is a silhouette of a girl in a hooded sweatshirt. I think of the young girl as a very easily influenced teenager, she might be awkward, have low self-esteem, an
d or struggling with other issues. Putting these two together really hit me when I was away from the computer. I didn’t think about it until I was about to go to bed a few nights ago. I had the girl with other images, but I started to think about why she looks the way she does. I wondered about why is she looking off over her shoulder, is she paranoid? Is she thinking about something? I even thought about what she was wearing, why a hooded sweatshirt? I do believe that this image can hit hard with teen pregnancy.A lonely girl, probably confused and the thought of a lingering plus sign that she read on her pregnancy test floating in her mind. The boldness of the plus sign is on its own resounding and speaks volume. A little plus sign on a pregnancy test can be a giant obstacle and life changing. 
Comp 3:
This composition to me is humorous. I didn’t find much similarity between the two objects at first, but it struck me after I made a list of descriptions for the two images on paper. Symbol A is the comic book hero Batman, somewhat easily recognized as an advocator for good, a masked vigilante, and is symbol for a hero that claims no glory for himself. Symbol B is the medical staff which represents hospitals and health care. My point of this composition is to address our problems with health care/ hospitals. I believe that the American medical system need as much care as it provides. It needs proper funding and Americans deserve the best medical treatment at a reasonable price. They deserve protection from being corrupt. In a similar sense our hospitals and health care need an advocator, someone who will fix our problems and in turn will be our “masked hero”. I want the staff to look like Batman’s shadow. In the comic strips they have the batman signal in the air and it can be seen from across the city, I see the Batman signal replaced with the staff to be a call out for help to our problems with health care/hospitals.
