Records of Matthew Goodman

 This is a map of my neighbourhood, with a few notable things labelled:

 This is a project meant to get everyone more used to using adobe illustrator and its various effects. Here are some effects: Here are some other effects demonstrated on text: The compression makes some things look worse than they should be. I should have exported it as a png instead of a jpeg.

 Here are the word art drawings I made for my first assignment: Here are my sketches and ideas for possible final copies:

  The amazon logo shows many elements of graphic design. For example, it uses simple and distinct colours (The dark gray, and the orange). It also show the thought put in, with the arrow going from A to Z symbolizing amazon selling many things. It is simple, yet distinct enough to be easily recognizable As you can see the apple logo has a bite taken out of it. It tasted good is all I will comment on that. The logo has a very simple design, and although it is black and white, you can still tell it depicts an apple and leaf. It's simplicity also allows it to be put products without space for a more complex design (like cell phones).

This is the first post of my blog. Future posts will be my assignment submissions to my graphic arts class.