Final Propoganda

Finally Winter break is here and the semester is over! As a real world issue I feel strongly about, I made a piece propagating the awareness of online privacy. I used neutral and cool tones tying in with a pinstripe background to convey an image of the "suits" in politics, accused of unwarranted spying on common people in the name of "prevention of terrorism". The main use of the blue is to pop against the darker background without being too fluorescent. Organizationally, the elements are arranged as a hierarchy with the capitol building on top, symbolizing the order of power created by this situation, with the user on the bottom.

USGS app progress

This week, I've been working on the design for the USGS CO2 Calc app. I would estimate I'm around 75% done with only the iPhone UI left to do. Since the app is mainly for oceanographers, a chose a color palette of various shades of teal and blue. To complement and balance the use of blue, I chose an orange boarder for the text fields and buttons. Everything then received a slight texture filter and highlighting/lowlighting filter to provide depth. The wave background is an abstraction of ocean waves and meant to make the background interesting without drawing away from the main content.