Type and it’s forms and contribution to design concepts
Just had a chance to sit down and watch the incredible documentary Linotype: The Film by director/producer Doug Wilson and cinematographer/editor Brandon Goodwin (audio and sound by Jess Heugel). Filmmakers Wilson and Goodwin deftly capture the spirit of the Linotype, Ottmar Mergenthaler’s 1890 invention that forever changed human communication. They achieve this feat through both the visceral … Continue reading
From SLATE Magazine: Striking Designs from the World’s Typewriter Artists This came through in my daily browsing of favorite, Slate Magazine, who have been slightly ahead of the curve on some interesting design and typography pieces lately (they ran the Gov’t typeface vs. Garamond story a week before ilovetypography.com, though admittedly, ilovetypography.com had the fuller story). … Continue reading
So here it is, the final product, with some final revisions and adjustments as detailed in my type specimen poster drafts page. I do like the poster, but I also have qualms that I didn’t adhere strongly enough to the spirit of the assignment to use only type without images to create the final result. … Continue reading
While looking for images on the internet for my Dystopian Novel cover project and catching up with my Facebook feed, I ran across a pretty interesting hybrid of typography, graphic image, and dystopian vibe. It all comes together in a style of tattoos called Trash Polka, which a relative of my significant other is trying … Continue reading
…stay tuned for updates and additional color studies… Continue reading
Sifting through the incredible images for typeface design, I wanted to post one that is a favorite…it doesn’t just cover the fundamentals, it looks amazing as a piece on its own. The use of color with grayscale is fun while retaining a draftsmanlike quality, and I love the combination of spare and whimsical details in … Continue reading
Let’s face it gang, winter has us on the ropes, and we’re just trying not to go down for the ten count. By tomorrow, many of us here in the Hudson Valley will be moving from cabin fever to cabin malaria, complete with hallucinations. However, around these parts we’re all a little bit foodie, a … Continue reading
Fitting that one of the projects in my Typography class will be to illustrate a dystopian novel. As I was flipping through one of my typography textbooks, Typographic Design: Form and Communication by Carter, Day and Meggs, I found the book cover from a novel that later became a favorite film of mine, The Swimmer … Continue reading
here are a few travel collages I found online which I thought were nice. They’ve included tickets, stubs, and other written scraps which I thought about including and now after seeing a few examples I probably will. I also like the patina over some of the collages, and effect I will try to achieve with … Continue reading
…and having fun coming up with color combinations and type. Clipping masks trap the sectioned brain coral in each rectangular color. Type on a path was used to get the NPO name to crawl along the coral surface. When I feel good with the positioning I will then create outlines to correct some of the … Continue reading
…and adding the elements I want to see without making the overall composition too busy…people have to read it after all! here is the latest poster layout with one of my logo iterations in the bottom right of the poster…more variations to follow I hope! Continue reading
….is something I thought would be fun to do as a collage. However the assignment is deceptively simple and I have so far struggled to come up with a good mix of images. I’ve put images and favorite maps down on the “canvas”, but now I need to go back and find inspiration on how … Continue reading
…and trying to find a logo. I need the essence of coral with a very atypical illustration, and challenge is to make it iconic. Simple and clear, yet organic and alive. The pursuit continues… Continue reading
….of rough drafts. Hyperrealism, Cubism, and Basics/Line Studies, all the work that’s happening in the last week. Next I’ll be moving on to fonts and really digging in to the logo design work. Will be posting that progress soon… Continue reading
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