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Mid-Term Self Evaluation FASN 2100 has introduced me to a new way of thinking. The assignments have pushed me further into learning to design towards a specific target market. I have learned that it is difficult to start a brand as it takes a lot of research to understand the lifestyle of the target market. It is important to consider all aspects of the customer and/or consumer. Process is key in creating a good assignment, clothing line, or brand. I have been presented with new…

Everyone has a hobby or something they really enjoy doing, mine just so happens to fashion design. Design is more complex than just sewing fabrics together and making these beautiful garments. Fashion design is actually an art that tells a story. It also occupies many of people daily lives, such as mine for a hobby, but how you might be asking? In this essay I will be explaining both about fashion design and then later on to tell you why it is my hobby. “A fashion designer is a person who loves…

Many commercials use different techniques such as humor, animations, comparing to other comaopanies, and color to influence viewers. However, companies today thought of a more successful idea of advertising their products. That successful idea was adding animals to their commercials, or even their logos. Different animals symbolize different characteristics such as, strength, purity, and human-like characteristics. Tigers and horses may symbolize the characteristic of strength, while the doves…

2a) The computing innovation represented in my computational artifact is facial recognition software. Facial recognition software has many different uses, as shown in the computational artifact. According to Jennifer Tucker’s article, How Facial Recognition Technology Came To Be, the first semi-automated computer-based facial recognition was created during the 1960s, as a system of noting key facial landmarks on different photos. Facial recognition has evolved a lot since then and is now has…

One of Fairey most famous designs were his newspaper ad for professional wrestler Andre the Giant. Shepard came across an Andre the Giant picture which caught his attention and as result he decided to redesign the ad for fun into a Freemasons of the 21 Century poster. The goal of redesigning the advertisement was for Shepard amusement, not intending to send any real political message, but in hope to open viewer’s eyes about the world around them. Shepard posted stickers, flyers, and posters all…

The two comics, Wee Pals by Morrie Turner and Boondocks by Aaron McGruder, handled the issue of race in radically different manners. Wee Pals included many racial groups in addition to white and African American including Asian and Native American. Turner’s diverse group of characters take turns poking fun at each other with such gags as comparing the Rotary Club to a gang. While the comic started in sadly few papers, the popularity of this comic went through the roof after the death of Martin…

Body image has always been a topic of concern for me. I normally don’t address it because of the controversial opinions it can quickly spur. However, seeing as it has had such a major influence on many teenagers including myself I feel that it’s only appropriate to write about such a topic. I feel as if in today’s society beauty is often defined or correlated with the word ‘skinny’. The irony that comes along with this is well brought up on magazines. I feel as if almost every magazine…

“Product Placement and Advergaming” by Michael Solomon describes how movies and video games are advertising companies’ products. Product placement had begun in the late eighteen hundreds. The purpose of product placement was to get better ways of doing advertisement on television shows and movies. It first started with movies and shows changing up the company name to something similar. With product placements happening many products were able to be sold, just like Coca-Cola being used on…

Advertising agencies make attempts to sell their product, be it through enticement, flattery, or coercion. Ralph Lauren, mostly known for their brand of clothing, attempts to sell a fragrance of cologne called ”Polo Red.” Magazine advertisements such as this generally consist of brief pictures with text; this ad, interestingly, has a section to sample the smell. In order to make an attempt to advertise Polo Red, Ralph Lauren tries to appeal to the target audience’s sense of ‘manliness’ and…

Sacrifices Every day, people are bombarded with thousands of advertisements. For example; billboards, magazines, social media and clothing are just some of the few ways companies advertise their products. According to Naomi Klein, an author in The Persuaders, “Consumers are like roaches. You spray them and spray them and after a while it doesn’t work anymore. We develop immunities.” People have become accustomed to the constant interruption of advertising. Ads are perceived as a nuisance and…