Fahrenheit 451

For my book I picked Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. This book is set in the future where firemen start fires and literature is frowned upon.  I felt this assignment was tough because many of the books out there have several covers already.  I tried to stay away from most of the covers I saw.  Since the main character was a fireman, I used a fire scene to set the background.  I also triend to use a gray tint to the text to make it look like smoke. In the text I textured the words to help with the smoke look. 

References:

Web. 27 Mar. 2011. http://www.backgroundpictures.org/p/fire/page-1.html.

"On the “march of the Thermometers”." Watts Up With That? Web. 27 Mar. 2011. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/03/08/on-the-march-of-the-thermometers/.

 

"Why Burning Qurans Is a Poor Source of Alternative Energy | PourRichard's Symposium." PourRichard's Symposium | Reviving the Art of Conversation. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. http://www.pourrichard.com/2010/09/14/why-burning-qurans-is-a-poor-source-of-alternative-energy/.

 

 

I chose the Wounded Warrior Project for my poster.  I picked this as the topic for my poster because my wife is in the military so I ave a vested interest in the well-being of out soldiers.  I think what stands out in the poster is the color images on a black and white background.   I feel it gives more meaning to the images.  I believe seeing the 2 contrasting images of a soldiers also drives the point home.

Photomontage

Since spring is on it's way.  I thought I would do a baseball themed montage showing the pitching motion of a right handed pitcher.  I found photos of several different players and put them together to show the basics of pitching. 

Something we like

The first blog post is of something we like.  I was originally going to post a picture of my wife and daughter but as most of you can assume, my passion for them is well beyond like.  So I choose cars as my first blog.  I do have a passion for cars and most "car people" have their preference, mine is Mopar's (Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Plymouth).  Below is a picture of my 1980 Plymouth Volare Roadrunner.  This is the last model built with the Roadrunner title. An interesting note to relate this to modern day, when this car was sold in 1979 and 1980, it would average 27 miles per gallon for a 2-door 6 cylinder carburated engine.