Business Cards

I recently created business card designs for myself and for people close to me.

Here is mine:

 My boyfriend's:

My best friend's:

She's an animator, which I forgot to include but this was only a concept until she can create her own design.

"Prosmosis" - Final

Just a quick update on how the finished product for "Prosmosis" turned out. Everyone in my class (from what I know) enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy it too. If you have any questions or constructive feedback, please feel free to contact me.

"Prosmosis" Concept

As mentioned in my previous post, I have recently been focusing on work that revolves around amputation/prothesis. I've been focusing on these topics because of my fascination and respect of medical advancements needed in order to bring an individual an artificial limb. I also understand that the loss of one's own limb and the transition to an artificial one is not easy and comes with a set of unique problems, which brought up my desire to design an alternative yet effective type of prosthetic, even if only fictional. So after some inner discussion, I came up with the idea of designing prosthetics made of liquid, mostly made from water. "Certainly, this has to be impossible," I thought to myself, but I enjoyed the idea and move forward. With this project, I have hope to accomplish successful branding by creating a fictional advertising campaign, including an un-hosted/unpublished website, a simple and modern commercial, and promotional flyers/posters.

The first task on my list was to create a name and logo for the company creating these fictional prosthetics. I tried many names that combined the words "liquid" and "prosthesis" until I came to the name Prosmosis.

Next, was creating the logo; I wanted something simple and modern yet still fluid and clean.

After creating these, I knew I wanted to simplify it even more by creating a singular simple that could be associated with the corporation.

This was the look I was going for. I played around with the colors and with different fonts until I decided on using the first one in the last row. Afterwards, I moved forward with the website design.

This is very preliminary but I was trying to begin the drafting process of this website. As of this update, the design is a bit further along but will hold off from showing that stage of the design until I more convinced that it is the style I want to use.

Variations of the tagline used on the Prosmosis homepage

I like to multitask (as you can see) during my projects which is why everything is in initial stages so that ideas in all sectors can keep developing as I keep toying with the idea and designs. So moving along, I decided to also tackle the VFX that would be involved in creating a believable design for a liquid prosthetic, for the purpose of promotional material.

The four images above show different processes that I was attempting to get closer to the look I am trying to achieve, which is a solid limb, yet liquid in texture.

For this last image, I attempting a small demo of the way the liquid limbs should look and move. A short video will be up soon. 

More updates in the next few days! The whole project is due by next Thursday so I will have the finished product by next Friday. 

Welcome + About Me

To begin with...

My Artist Statement:

Hi, my name is Gloria M. Gonzalez. I am currently a senior at the University of Texas at Austin working towards a BFA degree in Studio Art, with an emphasis in printmaking and digital illustration, and Digital Art and Media. In my work, I tend to draw from my enjoyment of film and cartoons. From films, I seek inspiration for the composition of my pieces, as I tend to be influenced by cinematography. In addition, cartoons fuel my desire to also inject humor into my pieces in hopes of keeping my critical remarks lighthearted. I like to explore a variety of themes in my work, such as, egotism, beauty, and as of recently, amputation and prosthesis.

Enough of the serious stuff...

When I'm not busy working on prints, paintings, or digital art, my time is usually occupied with:

• watching movies + cartoons
• crying mulling over pictures of dogs
• reading (mainly thriller/mystery novels)
• messing with bits of code (HTML + CSS)
• playing video games, especially handheld

What you can expect on this blog:

• work in progress updates and an open discussion of themes in my work (constructive criticism is very much welcomed)
• snippets of work I find inspirational/influential

I hope you enjoy as you explore the rest of my blog. Thank you for showing interest in my work!