Makena Dettwiler

This year in Graphic Design, I have learned the importance of project management and technical skills. If I don’t stay on task and pay attention, I can’t complete my projects on time. Also, if I don’t pay attention, then I can't learn the technical skills that are vital to completing tasks on time. I learned all of this through my Individual Focus project. We were told to explore our own ideas and come up with our own assignment. I chose to learn new skills online through various tutorials on YouTube. I took pictures of celebrities that I love and turned them into Andy Warhol style pop art icons. By the end of the project, I was able to work really quickly and I didn’t need the tutorial anymore! It’s important because, without the knowledge that these skills are vital to success, it would be really hard to go anywhere in the Graphic Design world. Clients want their products quickly, and without previous exposure to the basics of what they are asking for, it’ll take a whi...

We’ve all seen this before. If you haven’t, you’ve been living under a graphic design rock. One of Andy Warhol’s most famous works, his portrait of Marilyn Monroe, is recognizable to anyone, just because of how famous the artist was. Using a publicity shot of Marilyn, Warhol created a few works through a silk screening process. He made the original, Marilyn , and then Marilyn Diptych , symbolizing the iconic woman’s death. In my own little way, I tried to create my own Andy-Warhol-based portraits of Hayley Willams, Gwen Stefani, Cara Delevingne, and Lady Gaga.  Following a basic color scheme, I created Pop Art Portraits

After being given the assignment to imagine a supplement and then create packaging for it, Sydney, one of my best friends, and I created a carton for a pill that will plump your lips. This is it!

This is my Saul-Bass-inspired movie poster for Lady and the Tramp. I image traced scenes from the movie in Adobe Illustrator and turned them into black silhouettes of the two characters. I love my subtle heart/paw print overlapping background piece!