This project’s theme is time travel. While its a bit abstracted, the first thing I thought when I heard time travel was the Terminator. So, I took a recognizable image, and I added the signature terminator eye glow to it with a few other additions reminiscent of the first movie.
Category: Design
Here is a redesign of “Centralia,” an album from one of my favorite bands, Car Bomb.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/03/a0600682921_10-1.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-16-184207-1-1024x1024.png)
My thought process for this design was to include the elements present in later albums from the band, while maintaining the broken, scratched up aesthetic of the old album design. I decided this because of how edgy and dark their first album is compared to their newest releases, but there are still elements that they have carried over.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/03/916qXObUL._AC_UL600_SR600600_.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/03/ab67616d0000b27302817738bfc59f3f7f81665b.jpg)
As you can see, the band started to use geometric designs in their latest releases, which corresponds well to the less-edgy, more philosophical lyrics of the songs.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-16-184207-2-1024x1024.png)
This kind of duality between chaos and geometric cohesion is most eloquently illustrated in their music videos; or if you just pay attention very closely to the music.
Photoshop Images
Here are some images created with the following ideas: scale, “time machine”, and hyper realism.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/Scale_elephant-853x1024.png)
The “scale” of this image is the small elephant as opposed to the large saxophone, which is at least twice as big as it.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/Time_machine-853x1024.png)
The “time machine” aspect of this image is the hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg masked into the right side of the image, which is set in the roaring 20’s.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/Hyperrealism-853x1024.png)
The “hyper realism” of this image is the obvious physical impossibility of a duck having large muscles.
Business Cards
Here are two business cards designed; one has copied ideas from a previously existing card, while the other is an original design.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/46d53e37a03ba683c0d609399a53a179-2.jpg)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/Business_card_copy-1-1024x585.gif)
You can see the obvious inspiration, with pretty much the only difference being the design in the background.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/Business_Card_Original-2-1.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/02/Business_Card_Original_Back-2-2.png)
Here is a simple original card design using the gestalt and visual hierarchy design principles. It was made by drawing a simple arrow with the pen tool and duplicating it.
Logos
The prompt used to design these logos was “lazy.” I tried to incorporate a few stereotypical objects synonymous with the word.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/Couch_logo-bk.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/Couch_logo-tran-1.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/Couch_logo-wh-2.png)
A minimalistic representation of a couch.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/Potato_logo-bk.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/Potato_logo-tran.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/Potato_logo-wh.png)
A design of a potato. My line of thinking was: when people are lazy, they’re generally described as “couch potatoes” or a “sack of potatoes.”
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/TV_logo-bk.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/TV_logo-tran.png)
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/jbirchfield-eportfolio/files/2023/01/TV_logo-wh.png)
An old-fashioned TV. When thinking of a television, people generally think of this design as opposed to a flat screen.