This is a book cover for the book Valkyrie. The audience is intended for book readers and people who like learning about historical events. It is also intended to gain other viewers attention to possibly pick up the book and read it. I think that the use of a bold red dot to symbolize targeting Hitler is what grabbed my attention. It is foreshadowing what is going to happen in the book.

This is an advertisement for drinking and driving. The audience for this piece is all car owners and drivers. Its purpose is to show how deadly and painful drinking and driving can be. It uses a painful looking image of a man getting punched in order to show how sudden and brutal an accident from drinking and driving can be. The fact that the artists incorporated the cars into the arm and face is what gained my attention. I like the use of contrasting colors for the cars and the overall message that the image sends.

I say this image online. It is an anti smoking advertisement. Its audience is intended for smokers and just the everyday person to warn about dangers of smoking. The purpose of this advertisement is to warn and somewhat scare people away from smoking. I think the the overall layout of the design is very unified and clever. The artist used cigarettes to covey this message itself of death. I think that the way that the cigarettes create death in itself is a metaphor for the message that he or she is trying to send.

I found this advertisement online for Bamboo drawing tablets. I think that the design is very clever in the sense that it shows the many tools that a simple electronic pen has. It shows how efficient, sleek, and handy the tablet and pen are. I think the intended audience for this piece is artists and designers. They will be the ones viewing this advertisement most and interested in purchasing the product. I think that the image gives off a fun solution to showing just some of the many capabilities of the product. 

This is a movie poster for the Dark Knight Rises. The audience of the poster is anyone who likes superhero movies and comics. It can range from kids to adults. I think that this poster works well with the theme of the movie. The movie is more geared towards defeat and how Batman himself overcomes that. I like the suspense building up in this poster. This is one of my favorite movies. I think the quality is good and the type is simple and also much needed. All together I think this design is very successful especially for this movie.

This is an image by Will Strawser. The intent of this image is to show the mood of this ride. I think that he wanted to capture the chill vibe that the man in this car has. This picture is very easy going and fun. I think that the target audience is youth, teens maybe more specifically. I like this image because of the color use, the angle of the shot, and the emotions that the image conveys.

This is a large sticker that I have from the brand Element. Element is a skateboarding brand that incorporates earth, wind, water, and fire in their designs. They are all about unity and respect for nature. I think its somewhat ironic because most people view skaters as no good trash, but truthfully, most skaters I have met are nice down to earth guys sharing their talent on the streets. This helps view skateboarding as more of an art form that a past time. The purpose of this logo is to show the vibe of the company which is unity between the elements. The audience is all skaters.

This is a poster for a movie called Reservoir Dogs. The purpose of this poster is to make the viewers want to see the movie. I think that it is a successful design because it strikes very intense emotions in people. It makes me imagine a suspenseful sense with a very tense mood. It foreshadows what may happen in the movie without giving out too much information or ruining anything. I first saw this poster at the store Disc Replay. I like this poster because of the image and typography used. I think that two go great together. 

This is the new album cover to the cd Cold World by Of Mice and Men. The purpose of this album is to show the mood and feeling of the album. Its supposed to give out a sense of doom and loneliness. I think that the art as well as type work very well with one another. I saw this on Itunes and thought that it set an accurate mood for the album. 

This is an add that I saw by Heinz Ketchup. Its purpose is to show their product and also show how they are more earthy than other brands. The tomatoes that make up the bottle is an intelligent decision by the designer. It helps show the product and end result. I saw this add online and it appealed to me because the shape of organic objects make a machined object. 

This was a very unique design that I saw on a business card online. Its designed by Mastri Design, for Michael Gilmore. Its created by StudioEQ. Not only does this design have use of simple sharp shapes for letters but it also has texture. I like how the designers use the letters to cut out negative space in the business card. The texture helps give it an organic feel as well. I think overall the typography, texture, and color all work very well together. If someone gave me this business card I would be intrigued and definitely keep it. 

These two designs are by Minga Creative Studio in Argentina. Their goal is from this series "WTF" was to produce playful, simplistic, and intriguing designs. I liked this series of theirs because of the use of simple shape and color. The top image has a clear designs and great use of placement by the designers in the image. The light beam drags your eye through the image and into the thought bubble of this human figure that is urinating in the grass. Not only does the design make you think, but it also brings a sense of humor to it and makes it enjoyable to look at.

The bottom picture is simple and uses an image of the evolution of man that most if not all of us have seen at one point in time. The designers used that to create this piece that doesn't necessarily have a specific purpose. The transformation into a human point a gun at someone could be interpreted as multiple things so thats why I like it. 

This piece was developed by the creative team Mike Schacherer, for the firm Little. The client for this design was Fair State Brewing Cooperative. Mike Schacherer used his design skills to create a series of posters, which included this one, in order to grab the attention of fellow beer enthusiasts. He wanted to bring people together by showing how this out of the world beer is so amazing. He used simplicity to keep the design from being too distracting. From the use of color and simple shape he was able to emphasize certain parts of this design and keep it visually appealing at the same time.