Nature Man Project

In Graphic Design class, I created a jacket and hair design for Nature Man a.k.a Jarrod. The project was enjoyable because we got to go in our own creative direction rather than following the direct steps of a tutorial. I think this first challenge was a great way to showcase the skills I learned in Graphic Design from the previous tutorials. The project was a good balance between challenging and entertaining and I had a lot of fun doing it.


My inspiration for the jacket and the hair was Kanye West and his first three albums. The bear pictured on the jacket is the cartoon version of the bear featured on the LP's, College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation. The color way I chose was influenced by Graduation, with a pink and purple haze with clouds in the background. The design of Kanye's albums have been depicted on countless amounts of memorabilia, so I figured putting his signature bear design on a suit jacket would fit well.


While in photoshop I used 5 layers including the background. I used the quick selection tool to select the jacket and put my image over the outlined layer mask. In an attempt to draw contrast between the man's skin and the colors of his hair and jacket I made the image black and white. I then used the eraser tool to bring back color in the desired places. I made a separate layer to edit his hair so it wouldn't change the jacket or the man's skin color.


The project turned out almost exactly like I pictured it would. If I could have found a way to put a red graduation cap on the man's head without it looking out of place or tacky then I would've. I think this project was a good first challenge and I can't wait to do more.


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