Final Logo

Here is a logo I created for my graphic design class...


I did many sketches of possible ideas for the logo, then I scanned in my favorite sketch into Adobe Illustrator and then created it digitally. The logo is for a fashion exhibit. If you can't tell what it is, it is a bunch of lizards in an outline of a dress. Tela means cloth in Spanish. On the stationary, business card, and envelope I actually took a sewing machine and sewed stitches along the side. It turned out kind of neat.

Only two weeks left of school...

Malad!

This weekend Preston and I met in Malad. We had a great time together. Enjoy the pictures!

Preston and I after church out in his backyard

Preston just got a brand new saddle in the mail! It is so fancy.

Here is Preston trying it out...
This is Preston's beautiful sister, Rachel. She wanted me to get some good pictures of her that she could use for various things. It is sure fun to take pictures of such a pretty model!
Last year Rachel got second place at Malad's Jr. Miss program, so this year she was involved as a forget-me-not. We went and watched her perform a dance routine and also a fitness test that the girls performed that Rachel helped choreograph. She is such an amazing girl!
It was difficult to get some good pictures inside the elementary school... But we did get some cute ones.
This is Preston's other beautiful sister, Jenna. She also wanted some pictures. I was so glad to be able to take the girl's pictures so that I could get more photography experience!
Here is Preston and his dad making pizza for dinner after the Jr. Miss Program. They are so good!
Preston's birthday is on the 17 of March (St. Patrick's Day!) and his dad's birthday is on the 15, so we had cake and sang happy birthday to them since we were all together.

Final Shapes Project and Poster Assignment

Here is my final shapes assignment. Unless I decide to change it some more. It looks fairly simple but it took forever to complete.


We then had to add color and pictures to our shapes assignment and turn it into a poster.

Scottsdale Pictures

Here are some pictures I took at the horse show using my black and white film camera. After I developed the film I scanned them into the computer and used Photoshop to clean them up.

Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show

On Thursday night I flew down to Scottsdale, Arizona to watch Preston show at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show. Traveling there went well except my plane was delayed 40 minutes. When we finally landed I was so excited to see palm trees outside the window. Nicole picked me up from the airport and then she took me to the hotel to surprise Preston. He had NO idea that I would be flying down, so he was very confused to see me walk through the door. He was getting ready for bed so he didn't even have his contacts in. His mom said, "Well, look what the wind blew in!" Preston put his glasses on and had the most confused look on his face and kept saying "what? I don't understand.. How did you get here?" Anyway, he finally realized he wasn't dreaming and then he came over and gave me a big hug. It was so funny. The weather has been so amazing. Today it was between 75 and 80 degrees, and I got a sunburn!

The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show is the largest Arabian show in the world. Below is a picture of a halter horse being shown.

Here is a picture of Nathan, Preston, Nicole, Vicky, and Dave all watching the evening classes of the show.
Here is Preston and I watching the show inside the big arena.
Here is a beautiful horse being shown in a halter class.
It is soooo sunny here! Haha I think this picture is so funny. We couldn't even see the camera screen outside after we took it because the sun was so bright. We had a good laugh when we saw it later that evening.
Here is a picture of Preston warming up his horse on Friday morning.
And here he is showing! Preston did so well. Ever day that he showed (Tuesday through Friday) he improved his reining score. Preston really has not had that much training time on his horse (Buckaroo) compared to a lot of the other competitors there.
Preston did not make it to the finals because the competition was just so tough, but he did get 3rd in a half-arab snaffle bit class!
Here is Nathan warming up a horse that a good friend of theirs owns. Nathan unfortunately zeroed on his first go around riding Top Gun for the Arabian futurity because his horse didn't slide stop when he asked him to. It was too bad because his horse was the talk of the show. He had one of the best horses there. The other trainers told him they were glad he didn't make it to the finals so they didn't have to compete against him.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I got my hair cut and colored today and here is what is looks like! Happy Valentines Day everyone! I sent Preston a V-Day package filled with cupcakes from The Coco Bean here in Rexburg (It's basically a mormon Starbuck's complete with different flavored hot chocolate and even frappes). They got slightly smushed, but he said they still tasted great!

By-the-way, Preston and his brother made it safely down to Scottsdale for the big show, stay tuned to hear how they do. Nathan's first ride is on Monday and Preston's first ride is on Tuesday. Preston said it was 65 degrees in Scottsdale today and the sun was shining. I'm jealous.

School is going great. My graphic design class is tough, but I love it. I just learn so much. My teacher is a perfectionist to say the least. He has a trained eye for seeing mistakes. Last Tuesday we turned in our final Shapes Project. Our project had to be mounted on black matte board and mine turned out to be 1/16 of an inch crooked. I thought, it's barely even noticeable and I don't have time (or money) to make another one. No big deal. Well, he certainly noticed (within the first 5 seconds of looking at our prized projects on the wall). At least I wasn't alone on the crooked problem. Many of my classmate's work was either crooked, not optically centered, had scuff marks, or bubbles created from the glue underneath the artwork. My teacher expects our projects to look darn near perfect which is teaching me to be meticulous and professional about my work. This week I finished a poster I made for Graphic Design that is due on Tuesday. I'll be interested to see what my teacher says about it. I'm also learning a lot about the Adobe software. It's amazing what you can create and do with Illustrator and InDesign. On Friday we learned about logos and corporate identity. Take a look at the FedEx logo below:


Did you ever notice how there is an arrow pointing forward between the E and the X (the negative space between both letters)? I never noticed that before. Ok, now look at the Amazon.com logo below:


Did you ever notice that the yellow arrow underneath that looks like a smiley face is actually pointing from A to Z? Fascinating stuff.

My English class is going well. I have gotten 100% on my first two tests and I got an A- for my first paper. It is a good class, I am learning a lot. My photography class is going ok. I finally have a camera that is working properly (I have gone through three). This week I am supposed to take some portrait photos. Look out Lamoreaux's! It's model time! My animal science class is fun, we are learning how to move cattle properly using low stress, pressure and release techniques. My teachers are fun, we have a good time.

Last night I took Aliysa to a dance concert that I had to go to for FA100. It was a pretty decent concert, the dancers were pretty talented. Afterwards we went to the Coco Bean for a delicious cupcake!

More Shapes....

Look out. I'm getting slightly artsy.
Don't worry, I only have a week and a half left of drawing shapes for my graphic design class.


A picture I took for my photography class: