melanie

GSU AD

2011-04-15T17:11:00.000-07:00

portfolio case

2011-04-11T16:19:00.000-07:00

OMG its on its way!! :D

web layout

2011-04-11T00:13:00.001-07:00

regeneration of how we listen to music

2011-04-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

collaborative book spread

30 STM iPhone App

2011-03-30T16:43:00.001-07:00

yea girl yea!

2011-03-29T00:36:00.001-07:00

business cards

2011-03-15T15:14:00.001-07:00

which is better?

2011-03-15T12:58:00.001-07:00

also working on a pattern :)

2011-03-14T01:39:00.000-07:00

Keeping it clean and simple but still working... theres something missing.

personal logo switch around and rotate :D

2011-03-11T22:21:00.000-08:00

feedback??! the progression goes from bottom to top....

My friend's bridal shower invitation

2011-03-11T19:25:00.000-08:00

48 hour repack

2011-02-28T16:16:00.001-08:00

wish this was mine...

2011-02-02T22:12:00.001-08:00

bahahaha love.

or this one...

and all of my dreams came true

2011-01-30T12:34:00.001-08:00

ME AND 30 STM

I was way too happy to try and look cute.

yay for screen space!!

2011-01-26T15:16:00.001-08:00

infographic

2011-01-21T22:51:00.000-08:00

The Coenfographic

thought this was pretty intense... really like it.. a lot...

Designed by Muller

first attempt at a song choice..

2011-01-18T22:22:00.000-08:00

swiss-miss.com

2010-12-30T03:23:00.000-08:00

awesome blog site... some of the things that caught my eye

i want to do this with my phone!

2010-12-29T22:53:00.001-08:00

iPad + Velcro from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

I have PSD

2010-12-29T18:19:00.001-08:00

I Have PSD from Hyperakt on Vimeo.

me "workin in progress"..

2010-12-02T01:40:00.001-08:00

MODA TSHIRT

2010-12-01T23:59:00.000-08:00

dates? colors? MODA

2010-11-30T13:37:00.001-08:00

moda.. vrrooom.

2010-11-29T23:34:00.001-08:00

topskies are my favorite.

pretty.

2010-11-28T23:19:00.001-08:00

Moshun from Jeroen Krielaars on Vimeo.

Fallingwater/Kentuck Knob

2010-11-23T15:16:00.000-08:00

So amazing and inspirational.

my brilliant idea

2010-11-09T17:16:00.000-08:00

for a project i am doing outside of school that I gave a first ro-round tonight... might not look brilliant yet but when it comes together... lets just say I havent been this excited in a long time.

Although without my hands it made it a little difficult to take a photo... my self timer wasnt focusing right etc.. but I just thought I'd share what I actually did to my hands....

this is only one but my right mimics the left... and uh.. thats not paint (because i couldnt find any black... so i problem solved) ... its sharpie BAHA.

and permanent sh-mermanent... it came right off... :D

this is just a photo of one of my hands.. more to come in the future that might actually bring some sense to what I am doing...

2 id'ers.

2010-11-08T21:48:00.001-08:00

Yo-hann update

2010-11-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

Don Draper What?

2010-11-04T14:50:00.001-07:00

PORTFOLIO BOX

2010-11-01T13:29:00.000-07:00

http://www.portfoliobox.com/

If you didn't see my portfolio box from when we applied... these people did an AMAZING JOB!

They have some 3 Ring Binders and even if you don't use it for this project... maybe you'll use them another time... who knows.

wall inspiration

2010-10-26T13:31:00.000-07:00

Daniel DeSure's Wouldn't it be nice? LED piece from Found Gallery on Vimeo.

IN CINCI!

2010-10-23T01:02:00.000-07:00

:D THIS IS THE VIEW FROM WHERE WE ARE STAYING... TALK ABOUT GORGEOUS!!! :) We also seeked out the venue so we'd know where to go Saturday night :D

Beautiful City... and lots to do tomorrow :D

ATL

2010-10-17T16:10:00.001-07:00

final layout

2010-09-20T21:01:00.000-07:00

I stuck to only plastics because that was my original category and the others were making it too crowded and they werent cohesive... it was making me have like 3 different titles...

only the beginning

2010-09-09T06:28:00.000-07:00

This is just my start. I am VERY happy with the actual title (made in photoshop :D). The layout is er. OK but I like it because its clear and easy to read. The actual font of the companies/addresses is still being explored. I would like to find a font that is more prominent and bold considering that is the most important information. Which also leads me to there needs to be a connect between the title and the information... some kind of flow... still exploring possibilities. The background... er. is basically more of a place filler. I am, again, still exploring ideas. I don't want tooo much in the background because I dont want a lot coming off of the title. Because the title is so fun I think everything else needs a fun-lift to catch up, but still having a structure to it. OBVS a work in progress... Open for suggestions...

Joel's Billboards

2010-09-07T12:04:00.000-07:00

does this count as advertising?

2010-08-29T14:47:00.000-07:00

bahahahahahaha

worst ads

2010-08-25T13:22:00.000-07:00

IN ALL HONESTY ALL BRINKS COMMERCIALS ARE RIDICULOUS!

good ads

2010-08-25T12:46:00.000-07:00

good ads

BOWIE

2010-08-06T12:03:00.000-07:00

seriously took me long enough

2010-08-02T17:13:00.000-07:00

finally some good pics!

paintin

2010-07-23T12:02:00.000-07:00

on plexi in printmaking... :) William the worm from the labyrinth

2010-07-18T21:55:00.000-07:00

updated the logo! tell me what you think!

2010-07-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

largest light bulb i have ever seen... and i got 2! needless to say I wont be having any more lighting problems when I take pictures...

LOGO: i sing my heart out

2010-07-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

This is my for serious black and white (oops splash of red) logo and color logo. I NEED some feedback please.

Questions:

Is the image of the mic too busy? Are the lines too much?

How is the font? I went with Helvetica Neu, being so clean, to balance out the messiness of the image. Does it work?

Do you read heart as HEART... with replacing the a?

I like the randomness but slightly structured feel of the type placement.... and what about the "for Joanna "at the bottom?

Color logo: hows the blue?

Please I am looking for serious constructive criticism... I am trying to really finish this logo so I can move on to the website!

Thanks!

mic

2010-07-12T10:35:00.001-07:00

another idea that would incorporate the wire type in the last post.

I also want to make it not so "realistic" maybe more like a screen print. This is just the initial image I drew.

another logo IDEA

2010-07-12T10:15:00.000-07:00

The name changed to "i sing my heart out"

this still needs some cleaning up but wanted to get some thoughts about it

I have another idea that is also in the works that I hope to have posted by tonight.

my new project: sing your heart out

2010-07-06T19:33:00.000-07:00

I am currently working on a project for a friend of mine, Ashley. A close friend of hers, Joanna, is my age (24) and has had like 24 brain surgeries since she was 13. Ashley got her degree in music business at Belmont and she is trying to put together a HUGE benefit concert for Joanna because she will be kicked off of her parents insurance in November. I am doing all of the graphic design work including logo, website, tshirts, posters, etc. And I really need some feedback in the process! It is very very important for me to really give my best for Jo. Thanks guys.

This is a letter I received from Ashley forwarded from Jo's parents giving a lot more background information:

To anyone who may be able to help us:

First, please accept our apology if you receive multiple copies of this email.

This letter is a request for information to help resolve a threatening health insurance situation faced by our daughter, Joanna Reid. Joanna has multiple extremely serious medical conditions that have required numerous operations and other major medical interventions. Currently and for the foreseeable future she is completely dependent on continuous pharmaceutical support and multiple weekly appointments for specialty medical treatment. Joanna's medical costs have totaled in excess of $8 million over the last 9 years ($1.3 million in the last 6 months alone). She has been fortunate to have had excellent health insurance coverage since she was a child, but that insurance is due to terminate early this fall. The details are given below, but suffice it to say that there appears to be no options for extending her insurance with the current carrier. Obviously, Joanna will have extreme difficulty in acquiring health care coverage with her severe and extensive pre-existing conditions.

The intended audience for this letter includes professionals knowledgeable about the health insurance industry or individuals and families that have experienced similar circumstances. While information about the successful resolution of a similar case would be wonderful, any information about what has been attempted will be useful. Therefore, we are asking that if you have no information to contribute yourself please forward this email to anyone you know who might be of help.

Joanna is currently insured though the Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (Coventry Health Care) on a Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) as an extension of our family coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program. TCC is the equivalent of COBRA for federal employee dependents which begins at age 22 and runs 36 months.

Joanna faces life threatening conditions if her access to specialist medical care is interrupted. Among a number of serious conditions Joanna suffers from the following constitute both the most persistent and most expensive to treat.

1. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome which a tissue defect that has resulted in diminished wound healing capacity and joint fragility and frequent dislocations.
2. Common Variable Immune Deficiency that compromises her ability to fight infection.
3. Severely elevated intra-cranial pressure resulting in the leakage of cerebrospinal fluid with accompanying recurrent bouts of meningitis.
4. A variety of serious neurological conditions that have required and will require a range of neurological and neurosurgical procedures.

This combination results in repeated life threatening episodes that have required numerous neurosurgical and reconstructive surgical operations and extensive hospitalization for meningitis (and other infections) and wound management. The above combination of conditions results in open wounds that harbor infections that pass to the cerebrospinal fluid resulting in meningitis. Joanna has had four cases of meningitis since the beginning of 2010. For these and other reasons Joanna is dependent on continual medical and pharmaceutical support for her survival and will remain that way for an indefinite period of time.

We have explored the options we know about and are left with no clear path. Under our circumstances any gap in coverage could be disastrous. The recently passed health care reform law may provide relief through the establishment of coverage under a high-risk pool. Unfortunately, we cannot count on that because of the requirement of six months without insurance before one can enter a pool. Another provision of the law the extension of coverage for unmarried dependent children to age 26 does not help even for the one year since Joanna is married. We would have an option under Social Security and Medicare for disabled dependents except that it also applies only to unmarried dependents and in any case has a waiting period.

Without access to health insurance a near complete loss of the ability to get this extensive and expensive care for her is very probably a death sentence. This dire projection is not an exaggeration. According to a Harvard University study there are in excess of 45,000 deaths a year in the US directly attributable to the lack of health insurance.

This situation also threatens our family with an economic disaster as we could only sustain the cost of her care for a short while – likely no more than a year or two under the best of circumstances. Joanna’s medication alone is running $75,000/month. We certainly hope that the current crisis can be averted in the near future, but as Joanna's underlying conditions are not correctable with current medical technology that would likely only delay the inevitable.

We have an urgent need for any professional knowledge or experience that could be of benefit. If you have knowledge of a similar case that has been resolved successfully or approaches that do not work please contact us. If you know of anyone who appears to have experienced a similar situation please let us know. Even if you have no information to contribute please forward this email to anyone or any institution that you believe might conceivably be able to help. Once again, any contact may be useful and since Joanna’s situation is already life threatening it is critical that we search as wide a range as possible.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Joseph Reid and Cindy Stark Reid

For more information about her story visit: www.caringbridge.org/visit/joannareid

My inspiration was kinda a Bonaroo-ish look....

This is my rough starting point of the LOGO....

1. Maybe the mouth should be open to suggest singing? Or maybe it shouldnt be in the shape of a head at all? I started with the head silouhette because of Jo's condition. I am also scared the text maybe become hard to read small.... but it only going to be on the website, tshirts, and posters.... not business cards, etc... so thats why I am thinking it might not be a problem.

2. err.. kinda makes more sense... is the heart cheesy?

Any feed back would be extremely helpful!

logorama... this is awesome.

2010-05-26T21:05:00.000-07:00

Logorama from Marc Altshuler - Human Music on Vimeo.

book type

2010-05-24T14:04:00.001-07:00

pretty cool

http://www.joescerridesign.com/portfolio/illustration.htm

call me crazy...

2010-05-08T01:53:00.000-07:00

i got it today!

pattern photo board

2010-05-04T05:26:00.001-07:00

true life

2010-05-03T02:24:00.000-07:00

my logo

almost finished with everything... just a little bit to go! :)

binders

2010-05-01T15:09:00.000-07:00

progress #1 binder still have to do the inside...

definition of amazing...

2010-05-01T00:08:00.000-07:00

So Ive been working really hard and I felt like I deserved (well kinda another) gift :) and this is what I bought!

BAHAHA

patterns

2010-04-28T17:24:00.001-07:00

my website

2010-04-28T12:50:00.000-07:00

has officially launched :) I still have to add work and some captions but Im super excited!

melanieisamazing

Recipe Card Stand Board

2010-04-26T22:04:00.000-07:00

UPGRADE!

2010-04-24T08:59:00.001-07:00

I am now officially broke with no money to my name BUT I am also now a proud owner of a Nikon D90!

No more excuses for photography or anything. GOODBYE to my Canon Powershot!! :)

Time to start learning about my camera! :) YAY!

( RED )

2010-04-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

Not only a great cause but comes along with some great graphics...

the plazarooski

2010-04-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

ADS

BANNER

final plaza ads and banner

my first design

2010-04-10T15:14:00.000-07:00

my first design award :) hahaha I went through some old pictures today. This was a tshirt design I did for the 5 K race in Tyrone for Founder's Day... I was in 5th grade :) hahaha thought I'd share.

Atonement Posters

2010-04-06T19:17:00.000-07:00

Posters would be shown seperately.

Conference at Cooper Union

2010-04-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

atonement: work in progress

2010-03-30T21:54:00.000-07:00

Again. The main photo of Briony I am not using.. its is a screen shot and serving the purpose of a photo filler till I get what I need. I wanted to start playing with the design and type because I dont know when I will be able to get the pic of the "eyeball" :)

PLEASE gimme some feedback!

1980s Gund Ads

2010-03-28T19:08:00.000-07:00

I mean its not like Im posting cause they are ingenius or anything just thought they were cute :) hehe

the mess I created making my title sequence

2010-03-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

The Basketball Diaries Film Title

2010-03-16T16:53:00.001-07:00

to watch right click and watch on youtube or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEfU4MPvvFc

There are a few things I want to work on... like making the intro a little more interesting. But over all I am pretty happy with it

No Impact Man: Question

2010-03-15T02:33:00.000-07:00

So I am watching No Impact Man (now available to watch instantly on netflix). Some things I think that we dispose of are necessary (i.e. toilet paper) but one thing that has ALWAYS bothered me is the plastic bags for produce at grocery stores. I saw a few glimpses of like brown cloth bags in this documentary that he was using to shop with at farmers markets and whatnot. I was curious if anyone had heard of where you could buy something like that. I also think it would be another amazing thing to sell at Kroger and Publix along with the grocery bags they sell.

I think Ill write a letter... :)

Let me know if anyone knows what I am talking about and where I might go about purchasing a few! :)

Thanks!

metro cuff

2010-03-08T18:19:00.000-08:00

this is awesome!

check it out at designhypeinc.com

more for Barron

2010-03-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

2010-03-04T13:54:00.000-08:00

for you barron

2010-03-02T03:40:00.001-08:00

2010-03-02T01:36:00.000-08:00

I would have prefered to have an eaerbud made by apple but I gave mine to my mom cause I have bose... but these are some I bought a while back that were more similar than my bose so anywho you get it.

The album is called no need to argue (also a title of a track) the lyric says "there's no need to argue"

the corner tavern

2010-02-28T18:22:00.000-08:00

hmm... um. this is a sports bar I went to in Newnan...

what an impressive logo... (sense the sarcasm)

artwork junkies

2010-02-22T21:15:00.001-08:00

Artwork junkies sent me an email because they saw my portfolio on carbonmade... they are having a tshirt design contest and I thought Id let everyone know.

"We just wanted to inform you about our new t-shirt design contest where you
can win up to 3.000+ € if your design gets chosen for print."

Check out their website: artworkjunkies.com

If you end up signing up, please list me as your "reference" or whatever its called... my username is (go figure) melanieisamazing

photography with mirrors

2010-02-19T15:45:00.000-08:00

this was pretty cool.. thought id share

my snow bear!! :)

2010-02-12T15:31:00.001-08:00

SNOW BEAR from NYC

2010-02-10T20:45:00.001-08:00

my sister made a snow bear in NYC tonight!! SO CUTE!

hoodie/footie

2010-02-10T12:05:00.000-08:00

BAHAHAHA and the saga continues

Journal photo board

2010-02-08T21:11:00.000-08:00

isnt exactly incredible but Ill work on placement more... my photos I took werent exactly the best quality either

the cranberries: style board

2010-02-08T13:15:00.000-08:00

The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. Although widely associated with alternative rock, the band's sound also incorporates indie, indie pop, rock, post-punk, Irish folk and pop rock elements.

I think my brain was posessed when I did my last style board... I went back and looked at it today and was very confused.

SO I made 2 one that reflects more of the 90s and one that is NOW. Obviously will be merging the 2 together.

I am thinking I might want to merge photography and illustration.

I am really into the hand rendered type from the 90s board.

"buzz words" : love, disappointment, war, bitterness, sadness, betrayl, misery (exciting right ha) and I think this is what inspired my other board... the cranberries have more of an indie/alternative sound ... they actually kind of remind me of tegan and sara which i looked to for inspiration.

ok im done rambling.

Decided on a band

2010-02-04T15:56:00.001-08:00

The Cranberries... still deciding which album

CD prospects

2010-02-02T16:16:00.001-08:00

If we can do whatever decade- this is a definite. Something Corporate: Leaving Through the Window

IF we can only do below 1999-

Kinetic Type

2010-02-02T16:15:00.001-08:00

daily layout

2010-01-27T21:39:00.001-08:00

Still workin out my layout... Havent gone into color or anything I want to get the basic layout finished first. I am also still working on the buttons for the bottom... I think I am going to add in the bookmark and theres another one I just cant remember at the moment.

grrr.

2010-01-18T21:00:00.001-08:00

i cant pick one.. here's another

Certain Death Riddle

2010-01-14T12:10:00.001-08:00

keep the change you filthy animal

2010-01-12T12:14:00.000-08:00

seriously good wine

2009-12-02T18:59:00.000-08:00

obviously not the best pics but I wanted to post pics tonight :)

Super excited.

2009-11-29T20:10:00.000-08:00

I tried a transfer on the matte bottle I did. I LOVE IT.

A few measurement issues I have to work out... but all in all Im extremely excited...

Day in the Life.

2009-11-29T19:25:00.000-08:00

I start my day by picking out what sweatpants I want to wear..
leaving my house
passing through tyrone

stop at Chickfila for lunch
drive thru of course... I eat my lunch on my way to school every mon/wed.
got on 85N
eatin my Chicken Sandwich :)
about 20-25 minutes later I merge onto 75/85 N
get off on the fulton street exit
MDECK is such a blessing.

everyone knows this elevator. 4 please.
the computer :)
my computer! workin on my wine bottle.
leave school.
Doc Cheys is a once a week occasion. Its my FAVORITE restaurant. I get take out at least one day a week.

(Veggie Spring Rolls, Edamame, and most likely a noodle bowl :) )

Going to get on the interstate
awesome traffic I fight EVERYDAY. Love getting out of class right in the middle of rush hour traffic.

EXTREMELY annoyed by the time change because it is DARK by the time I get home!

Come home to my puppy. I usually work on projects for a couple of hours and hit the sack.
And my teddys are waiting for me to cuddle when I get back. :)

Cooks

2009-11-26T15:02:00.000-08:00

Vicki

2009-11-23T17:46:00.001-08:00

on your day and a life.. the part where it looks like you have 2 heads.. this is what it made me think of. these girls have a documentary on TLC

friends forever

2009-11-20T21:43:00.001-08:00

spread

2009-11-11T20:27:00.001-08:00

I really felt like I was cramming in a lot of information so I changed it to a 3 page spread :)

I am a lot happier with it. :)

mag

2009-11-10T03:00:00.000-08:00

surgeon's general warning

2009-11-09T14:19:00.001-08:00

...seriously