Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mrs. Clean Advertisement


Mrs. Clean Ad




I created this advertisement in class using Photoshop.  This Ad is advertising a cleaning service that is offering 50% off the first cleaning.  This Ad is targeted for people looking for a cleaner or older people who are no longer able to clean their own house.  I used several tools in Photoshop to help me create this Ad.  One tool I used was the rectangular marquee tool to move my logo onto my Ad.  Another tool I used was the move tool to move different layers around and to organize the text and pictures on the Ad.  I used the eyedropper tool to choose the colors I wanted to use for the text and for the heart.  I used the text tool several times to create my text.  I used the horizontal type tool to create the words "friendly", "dependable", and "organized".  The shape tool was used to create the heart.  I used the blending options on the text layers to add texture and style to my text.  I used color overlay gradient overlay, and outer glow on my text layers as well.  I used the swatches tool to choose the colors that I used.  Overall, I enjoyed doing this project and I found it simple except for the fact that I had to redo mine twice because I saved it incorrectly. 

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Mrs. Clean Logo

Mrs. Clean Logo

Above you see the logo that I created using Photoshop and creativity to represent my mom's cleaning business.  I feel like this logo communicates its purpose well.  I think this because I included cleaning supplies such as; a vacuum within the letter “A”, a spray bottle to represent the letter “R”, and a broom to represent the letter “l”.  In my opinion this logo does a great job of representing what Mrs. Clean is about and what the company does, which is cleaning. 

I used shades of blue in my logo because of the bubbles.  I also chose shades of blue because when I think of clean, I always think of the color blue.  To create this logo, I used a few of the elements of design and some of the tools in Photoshop.  For example, I used the element “line” to make a straight line on the letter “A”.  I also used the shapes tool.  I used the circles to make all of the bubbles and the rectangle to make the broom stick.  I also used the element called “white space” to make the logo itself stand out against its background.  Lastly, I used the text tool.

Overall, I enjoyed doing this project and getting to use my creativity although it was stressful at times.  I feel like my logo looked much better on my rough draft because it was on paper.  The thing I found most difficult was drawing on the computer.  The thing I found the easiest was using the shape tool to form all of the bubbles.