Design 4

This week is the Demon Days Album cover. The first album I ever owned and still love, and I figured in honor of their next album being slated to release this year this album cover would be a good piece to include. This is obviously a simple design it feels pretty reminiscent of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych mixed with mug shots. The piece is symmetrically balanced in the typical horizontal and vertical fashion as well as putting the character's who's head shapes are most similar diagonal from one another. The use of color shouldn't make sense but it ends up working overall for the composition and in general I love this piece.

Gorillaz. "Demon Days [Tracklist + Album Art]." Genius. Genius Media Group, 11 June 2016. Web. 23 Feb. 2017.

Design 3

This week we have our final piece from Workbook Illustration Volume 26, from page 526. This piece is another example of asymmetrical balance. The bright colors in the top right portion of this counteract the dark cluttered space in the lower left. Another part that helps your eyes from leaving on top left is the fact that his face is the only thing not being pointed to the right, and it is bright which makes it bring your eye back to the piece.

Look, A Design

This week I picked another image from Workbook Illustration volume 26 this time Dan Cosgrove is the creator. I chose 2 separate pieces because they weren't connected but felt very cohesive, their color palettes work on either piece, they have a similar style which are both indicative of being made by the same artist. The lion is particularly interesting due to its ability to keep the focus even though he is looking off the screen. This I attribute to the line of yellow that is his highlight, this design may not look like it but it is treading a fine line. If the yellow was any more vivid then it would be heavy on that side, while if there was a little bit of detail in the lion's eye we wouldn't be able to keep our eye on the page.
The Tuscany piece isn't treading a fine line quite as much  but there is still a balancing act being performed. There are three dark, huge bunches of grapes on the right but that isn't keeping us from looking at the little house in the middle of no where. There are a few things at play here; firstly the little house is where all the information that is important is, next there is a literal cue, just above the little house there is a bunch of grapes that ends up pointing directly to the focal point. Finally there the most visually calling color is what makes the house's roof.