New Header for Blog

Now that we are turning over a new leaf with the new year, a new semester has started.  New classes, new formats, new ideas and challenges to take on.  Over the break I was inspired by different things I read, saw, and took part in.  Our first assignment for Design Visualization II was to design a new header for our blogs.  This header was pretty open ended with creativity.  We were instructed to pick a font that way liked and helped represent us as designers.  Along with the font we were to draw an image.  Something that inpsired as well as helped represent us as well.  For my font I wanted to choose something classic, but with an edge.  Something that could stand the test of time.  So I chose ENGRAVERS MT for the font.  For my image design on my header it was a tricky.  I was so undecided, because how could one image evoke what represents one person.  People are so complex and there is so much to choose from to narrow down to one image.  I then decided to go with something fun and playful, but artistic as well as something that I would never regret.  I was inspired by designer Zac Posen at the time when I started, because I had watched a talkshow on television where he was a guest.  He was showing how he was using Ombre techniques not only in his high fashion designs, but also in his home as well.  Ombre is a that takes a very rich deep color and it fades to a lighter shade  here in the photo is an example of pillow cases that have been ombred with shades of green.  The ombre technique can be seen in everything from clothing, to hair, to fabrics used in home goods.  I see it as very cutting edge as well as fun, warm, and appeasing to the eye.  For my header I decided to give it an ombre feel using shades of blue.  I chose blue because it is one of my favorite colors, I wear alot of blue because it suits my skin complexion as well as matches my eyes. 
Source for photo: http://microsites.hallmarkchannel.com/Microsites/Episodes.aspx?PageID=0&parentPageID=968&date=01/17/2011&simscode=MSLB