Ariel Sampson

This typography project was inspired by my selfishness, to be blunt. Haha. As a Christian, I try to examine myself as a person, and I've come to find that I become solely self-focused very easily. It's to the point where I no longer care for others the way that I should. So, I named this piece, "Crashing myself" as I hope to turn away from that mindset.

This is an example of a metaphorical ad. The project that I was given was to create 3 ads using different methods centering around something you use every day. These were to be examples of positive, negative, and metaphorical ads. I chose to go with a phone, as it is something I find myself needing constantly for various reasons. However, I noted that phones are becoming detrimental to society in certain cases, and so it is important to not become too attached to the device. I used this inspiration to create the ads by a fictional organization called, "Turn It Off Project"

This is an example of a negative ad. As I go about my day a lot of times, I notice children tugging on their mother's sleeve trying to get her attention, but alas she is much too concentrated on her phone. And so I considered something. Surely the mother does not intend to make the child feel like he needs to beg for attention. Being a mother is very hard. I wonder if she had more reinforcement, would she attempt to be less concentrated on her phone? And so I was inspired to create two advertisements concerning phones specifically directed to parents.

This is an example of a positive ad.

This vintage advertisement was created for the Greensburg Art museum to showcase what could have motivated immigrant workers to move to Pittsburgh.

I was tasked to design a mock playbill. I could not, however, find any photos that matched my thumbnail sketch online. And so I took elements of many photos to create an image.

I was tasked to create a 3D design and advertisement. I decided to create a pencil box that could ship monthly art supplies, similar to Sketchbox and Artsnacks. (The Challenge Box is not a real subscription box. The website is fake.)

For a design competition, I was given two hours to create an advertisement for a fictional resort in New Mexico titled, "Bay Breeze Resort."

This is an example of re-coloring an object using Affinity Photo and creating a grayscale background.