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For my meme, I incorporated the winner of the recent Daytona 500, Austin Dillon, along with a ghosted mask of Dale Earnhardt Sr. 20 years ago, Dale Earnhardt took car number 3 to victory lane in the 1998 Daytona 500, a race that he had failed to win for 20 years. 20 years after that historic win, Austin Dillon, grandson of Earnhardt's longtime car owner Richard Childress, took the 3 back to the Daytona 500 victory lane.   To create this meme, I took a picture of Dale Sr. and masked out the background. Using the Quick Selection Tool in Photoshop, I selected the picture of Dale, and transposed it into a picture of Austin celebrating. I then added top and bottom text to the photo with text boxes. The original photos as well as the final product can be seen below.

In this week's blog post, we were told to photograph something with a variety of contrasting colors, and use those colors to create swatches of different hues and nameplates in inDesign. For my subject, I chose to photograph Dale Earnhardt's racecar from the 2000 NASCAR All-Star Race. This car is on display at the Richard Childress Racing Museum in Welcome, North Carolina. I chose to photograph this car in particular because of the many colors on its paint scheme. For my color swatches, I chose the majenta, orange, and green colors found in the racecar's paint scheme. I then adjusted the amount of whiteness in their hues to 50% and to 25%. For the name plates, I inserted my name, and my title at the NASCAR news website I write for. For each element, I used a differing color from the swatch that came from the original picture of the racecar. This is just a small sampling of the many ways different colors can be found on inDesign, I hope you enjoyed this post! Race...

Peter Stratta's Brochure Writing Blog Limiting Fonts The tri-fold brochure I found is one detailing aquariums in North Carolina. The differing font styles on this brochure are very appealing to the reader's eye. The main font style is a soft, ocean-colored design that is attracting and draws the viewers in to the photo. The main topic of this brochure is aquariums, and the word 'aquarium' is front and center on the cover, in the largest font. The colored text on the cover complements the photo, since it is a bluish hue.  Limiting Colors As aforementioned,  this brochure has many different text colors. These include either white, robins egg-blue, and aquamarine. These colors are very inviting to the reader, and are appropriate considering the subject matter. The background color is a deeper blue/purple, emulating a deep sea effect. Contrast This brochure's visual contrast is very well done. Just simply on the cover, the dark blue background really ma...