Portfolio

When creating my portfolio, I wanted the layout to have a simplistic style so that the focus would be primarily on the pieces inside. I used a white colored font and a tan/light brown background color to make the writing stand out. The white font draws focus. I decided to have my pieces take up the entire page, with help from my professor, to give the pieces more attention. Enlarging my photos to take up more space helped the spread altogether to look more finished. The negative space created by the type is useful in this portfolio because the photo taking up an entire page allow the page next to it to breathe a little bit. The portfolio overall is created to be simple and clean so that the chaos can be only within the pieces being presented.

Introduction

                                                  Hello! 

           My name is Blaise Govatos and yes I'm aware of how unique of a name Blaise is. Im originally from Annapolis Maryland, home of the best crabs in the world and home of some of the coolest looking sunsets. This photo was taken from downtown Annapolis, one of the most popular places to visit if you're ever in Maryland. If you ever visit Maryland and don't go to downtown Annapolis, did you really visit?

Im a die hard Baltimore Ravens fan, just like almost every person from Maryland, even though their past season was something short of a joke. I have recently transferred from Flagler College which is in St. Augustine Florida. I wanted to get more involved in my major, which is graphic design, and Tampa is a much bigger and better city to do so. I expect to learn many new tricks and techniques from this course. Ive been introduced to some softwares and computer programs but hopefully after the next six weeks I can consider myself a natural.

Lyrical Collage

"out of all of the prettiest sights I've seen, your eyes will forever be my favorite."

 The meaning of this collage is to point out that out of all of these pretty sights like city night lights, pink clouds, or a tropical rainforest, this girls blue eyes, just like the ocean, are the prettiest. 

Self Insertion

The photo that I used to for the self insertion was taken on a vacation trip in Jamaica. The photo was taken mid day and the sun is directly above me. I decided to use the photo I did because of my position. The selection was easy to make and looked realistic enough to be put into another photo. The photo I chose to be my insertion piece in a photo taken from the internet and just shows a long staircase leading towards a beach at sunset. I have always wanted to be at the beach all day and finally wait to leave until the sun went down and this assignment, sort of, allowed me to do that. I took the selection of myself and darkened the photo altogether. Darkening the photo allowed it to mesh into insertion photo better. I then attempted to take away some of the shadows of the sun casting directly over me. In attempt to do that, I made my selection look more involved.

Vector Illustration

This vector illustration is a self portrait. I took a couple of different photos, with different lighting settings, and this one was the most difficult. Usually when creating digital images, I tend to choose the simplest image with the least amount of extra work needed. For this assignment however, I decided to challenge myself and really see if I could pull it off. With many hours spent in front of a computer, coffee in my hand while a drawing tablet tool in the other, I finished the assignment. The colors used are all relative towards the actual photo besides the background. I wanted the background to be of a different texture since the vector shapes itself were so soft and curvy. The brick/box background makes the body look more natural and dynamic.

Exquisite Corpse-Legit Mermaid

This vector illustration was created by a drawing done three ways. A piece of paper was passed around a class room and people drew sections of the body. There are three distinct parts to this mermaid: a head, a torso, and a tail. When creating this vector illustration, I wanted to have the background be realistic and simple. I wanted most of the attention to be on the mermaid.