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Yellow Shirt by The Icarus Account is one of my favorite songs and the lyrics mean a lot to me but the chorus is what initially caught my attention and I believe that was because the lyrics do an incredible job painting a picture in the audience's head. Just like a story or an essay, songs are better with descriptive words. I shaped the lyrics into a rain or teardrop (to be interpreted by the reader) because the lyrics speak of rain which sets a gloomy tone. This also could be interpreted as a teardrop because the girl that the lyrics are portraying is sad but does not realize how much her smile means to someone. I chose colors to put emphasis on a specific adjective or phrase. For example, "outshines" goes from a gloomy to a bright and shiney yellow. "sun is still ablaze is yellow, orange, and red to put emphasis on the blazing sun. I also utilized different style fonts to tell the story. "Gray" is a plain, traditional, boring Times New Roman. "shining star" is a fun, elegant font to portray the girl who is being described as the shining star.

The first thing that I notice when looking at Oakland's old logo is Pete. He is the largest part of the logo. He placed directly in the middle and brought forward from the "Friends of Pete" circle. Pete has strong, masculine features such as a big chine, defined jaw, and facial hair. His facial expression also help to portray Oakland and strong, fierce, determined individuals. His image makes the audience feel a sense of pride but definitely could do a better job of exciting the audience and really getting them passionate about what it is trying to portray. The intended audience consists of Oakland students, High School students and parents, and Oakland competitors. This logo is very basic compared to the current one and does not make the audience feel passionate about the school. Also, the "OU" is very small and pushed aside. This could be easily missed and the audience might not ever associate the logo with the school. The new logo is most definitely more effective compared to the old logo. It is updated, fierce, larger, and the audience can clearly understand that the logo is portraying the Oakland University Grizzlies.