Gas prices and devastated people

To start things off, I'll show one of my first projects for Graphic Design I. We were given a partner and then told to do some research to find one interesting national news story and one international story. Once we both decided on the stories to use, we had to create a project for each news story. The only requirements were that we had to use the American flag for the national story, the flag of the country in the international story, and we couldn't use words or numbers. After many sketches brainstorming, these are what me and my partner came up with.

This was our project for our national news story. Our story dealt with churches using alternative methods for ministry, which is gas and its rising prices. Churches were buying gas and selling it for ninety-nine cents. The gas can is painted as the American flag is used to symbolize American and it's need for gas. The cross coming out of the can is meant to show that even something like gas can be used to help a community and be Christ like. To read the full news article, click here.

Pictured above is our international story project. Our story was about Israel and it's cruelty towards Palestine. Israel has been building walls on Palestinian land and taking away all of their resources. We built a wall made of block and painted it the Israeli flag, and then we laid down bricks in front of the wall in the colors and form of the Palestinian flag. This is to represent that Palestine and its people are being broken down by Israel and their actions.

So that was my first big project of the semester, and there are plenty more coming up.