Who Do You Want to Be?

When you think of the word legendary, what do you think of? Do you think of your personal heroes? Do you think of stories that have been passed around through the years? Do you think of people who have conquered the unconquerable?

Do you think of yourself? Do you think about how you are a legendary person? How you are a hero to others? Do you think of the stories of your life and the experiences you’ve had? Do you think about how you have accomplished things you never thought you could?

Think about it: YOU are legendary. YOU are important. YOU are amazing.

You have dreams. You have goals. You have a life that has unlimited potential. Now go out and start. Decide today to have a legendary life. Be your legendary self.

I found an ad through Nike about Lebron James stretching his arms from side to side, and he just looks up as if he has accomplished everything he ever wanted. I got an idea from that ad, and I made my own.

I used this picture of Lebron James for a few reasons. The first was because of the design.

As you can see, I drew over the original to show the parts that I liked with the design. The contrast of the black and white really just brings your attention to the center.

I also love alignment of this ad. James has his arms stretched out wide, and the words are right above it. They really go together very nicely.

The last thing about the design that I love is how James looks up and the words are what he’s looking at. It makes my eyes look to where he is looking.

For this draw-over I wanted to point out the color. Black and white images are very unique in what message they share. In my mind, they represent history or something important being shared. Since black and white pictures were the only kind of pictures people could take in the beginning, it shows how we want to connect with history when we purposefully use black and white as a filter for our pictures today.

Finally for my last draw-over I wanted to talk about the typography. There are hardly any words on this ad, and that’s important. It says very little about what its even advertising, but since it has the Nike symbol and the jersey in the picture it makes us think a little longer about what the ad is trying to say. Its talking about how everyone gets to see how great Lebron James is in this moment, and we have to assume that he is wearing some kind of Nike merchandise. And Nike is wanting us to see that when we use their products, we can achieve greatness.

It’s very simple, it’s black and white, and there is just a shadow of a person. We don’t have a face to look at. And that’s what I was wanting. When I look at this, I think of what I can add to it from my own life. I think about that being me, and where I might be if I was standing like the outline of the girl is standing. I wanted to spark hope and imagination.

In my design, I made it the reverse of the original with the colors. The original was all black with white as the picture, so I switched it with white as the background and black as the picture. It gives it a good contrast and still matches the original ad design.

I also made the alignment for my design go together. The type is right in line with the arm of the girl, it directs your focus to those. There’s a lot of white space, so the black parts of the ad are what you look at first.

For this draw-over I focused on the color. There isn’t any color except for black and white, but as I mentioned with my original ad of Lebron James I like the black and white look. I think it gives us a chance to, in a way, connect with history.

For my last draw-over I wanted to point out the typography I put in. Its small and simple, like the original ad. I used all capitol letters like the original ad, so I tried to match it.

In conclusion, I feel like my ad and the original ad go together very well. I feel like they both try to create the same message of working towards your dreams and think of what you can accomplish. They both are designed to inspire people.