Friday, August 17, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Losurdo - Lichtensstein Review
I find the art work of Roy Lichtenstein highly iconic, capturing the golden age of comic book in different mediums. The set up of the exhibit took us on a journey following his career though his pieces, an illusion only broken by a guard coming up to someone telling them to delete the picture they just took because they didn't read the small sign next to the large piece of artwork that says no pictures. But i digress. My favorite part of the exhibit next to the art deco style sculptures was a small room that housed his rough sketches. With rough gestures drawings that make Mickey Mouse look evil and deformed, and show him testing out different patterns and colors for his haystack pieces. It is a small reminder that even though his work is know around the world and he is considered a modern day master, he still starts with a sketch.
While the beginning of the exhibit started big and flashy with famous works that are iconic to the Lichtenstein state. The primary colors catch your eyes. The pieces, ironic and memorable larger than life converse shoes and planner books. But it was the last room that I didn't want to leave. The room that I caught out of the corner of my eye when we entered the exhibit that I couldn't wait to see. The Chinese landscapes of Roy Lichtenstein.
Most people seemed to only take half a glance at the last room. A small white room that held some of the most beautiful combination of classic comic book and oriental landscape. With a bonsai tree in the center the room was calming and invites the viewer to take a step into a place where there is nothing but mountains shrouded in fog. I found this room to the be the best room in the exhibit.
I wonder how many people stopped to ponder 'what was the philospher on the hill thinking about?"
While the beginning of the exhibit started big and flashy with famous works that are iconic to the Lichtenstein state. The primary colors catch your eyes. The pieces, ironic and memorable larger than life converse shoes and planner books. But it was the last room that I didn't want to leave. The room that I caught out of the corner of my eye when we entered the exhibit that I couldn't wait to see. The Chinese landscapes of Roy Lichtenstein.
Most people seemed to only take half a glance at the last room. A small white room that held some of the most beautiful combination of classic comic book and oriental landscape. With a bonsai tree in the center the room was calming and invites the viewer to take a step into a place where there is nothing but mountains shrouded in fog. I found this room to the be the best room in the exhibit.
Losurdo Final
I was trying to go for an Art Deco theme when I started my music poster, but as I progressed in my work it took on a whole new feeling.
My compositions are more like pages for a child's story book. I like the feeling of the images. They are colorful and bright but still have the sad feeling of the song incorporated.
The song has a mellow tempo that picks up during a trumpet solo. I focused on more of the slower parts of the song.
The song has a mellow tempo that picks up during a trumpet solo. I focused on more of the slower parts of the song.
Nicolle Rezwin- Music Poster Final
Adele Rolling In The Deep
For my music poster project, I decided to do a poster on Adele’s song Rolling In The Deep. I chose this song because it has very deep meaning to it and I also love the sound of Adele’s voice. For the poster design, I decided to do a hand holding a scarred heart. The hand in this case is Adele looking at her scarred love life and how her boyfriend manipulated her heart when as she says “We could have had it all.” In the background, I decided to do fire because that represents anger and Adele had lots of anger toward her boyfriend who broke up with her. In the design of heart I decided to put her lyrics of sadness such as “ The Scars of your love” and “you had my heart in your hand…” because that shows she's looking at what could have been with her holding the heart in her hand. For the typographic image of the fire, I decided to put her angry lyrics in the song. Such as “ There’s a fire starting in my heart…” and “I wish you had never met me..” I also chose a gradient of black and grey to show that she's coming out of the dark. She went to sad to becoming very angry. I think the symbols I chose really represent the song well and have a deep meaning to them just like the song.
In Rolling In the Deep, There are many repetitive
choruses and beats. The repetitive choruses to the song include. “The scars of your love remind you of
us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love, they
leave me breathless I can't help feeling We could have had it all.” This chorus
happens twice in the song. Another chorus that is heard at the end of the song
is “(Now I'm gonna wish you never had met me) We could have had it all (Tears
are gonna fall, rolling in the deep) Rolling in the deep,” This happens three
times. Also numerous times during the song “Rolling in The Deep” is sung
throughout. Repetitive beats such as a drum playing like a beating heart is
playing steadily throughout the song.
The tempo
and Rhythm of Rolling In the Deep starts out slow and then picks up energy as
the song moves in to full force. Not until the very last note does the song
slow down and come to a complete stop.
The
structure of the music consists of Intro, Verse 1, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Verse 2,
Pre-Chorus Chorus, Chorus,Verse 3, and then the final chorus.
The
feelings evoked by Rolling In The Deep are normal feelings such as sadness, anger, and resentment. You feel sad for Adele because her boyfriend manipulated her and played
with her heart. They could have had a happy life together. Anger is evoked in
the song because of Adele’s lyrics such as “ I wish you would never had met me.”
And also “ Don’t Underestimate the things that I can do.”The song has a soul/pop genre to it.
Emily Ryan - Music Poster
For this project I was inspired by the very simplistic
example that was shown in class. I thought it was interesting to almost strip
the music down to it’s basic parts but still be able to convey rhythm,
emphasis, and pattern. I stuck with the theme of some Lady Gaga songs that I
had heard acoustic versions of, because again I wanted to take the simple form
of the complex music to turn it into the poster. For each song I wanted to try
to convey mostly the emphasis of the lyrics, which I did my highlighting them
with a certain font or style to the font. The only other form I used were some
simple lines in order to create breaks and structure. For “Hair” I wanted to
get across the sense of strength I hear in the song, especially from the lyrics
themselves. I wanted to use a bold typeface (without being too bold) because it
is in my opinion more impactful. I used a serif font called Hoefier Text, and
for each of the compositions I also used a script text I got off of dafont.com
called Never Let Go. For “The Edge of Glory” I used another serif font called
Trajan Pro, but this one had a great amount of kerning, because the song lyrics
are elongated on those certain words. In this instance I saved the script type
for mostly the background words, so to speak, and the other type for the
emphasis. For “Yoü & I” (I’m not sure about the umlaut, that is just how
the song title is published) I used Minion Pro and the script font again. This
song is slower in comparison so I put in the punctuation in hopes that it would
slow down the composition. Over all for this project I wanted to create a sense
of cohesiveness between the three separate pieces. I tried to do this by using
similar fonts for all three, and I also made them all the same size. If someone
did not know anything about these posters at all, I was hoping that by doing
that they could at least sense that they were a set. I really tried to make
everything line up for the most part as well. Overall I really enjoyed this
project, and I liked the challenge of the simplicity. (However I might be interesting
to go back and re-do this project using a different style that’s more complex!)
Mos Def Music Poster
Here is my Mos Def grafitti poster. I chose to do a grafitti style design poster because I feel that this not only represents the "Love" song more, it also represents Mos Def and hip hop. The beat has more of an urban feel to it which is why I had this poster look more urban. I also feel like this poster represents more of love in community as what Mos Def talks about. I honestly like this design better than my previous design. I chose this specific typeface for the word love because it feels more grafitti like and more authentic. I wanted to get that point of authenticity across with the different type designs that I have. What I've also done is put lots of grafitti like designs on my poster but I still have some space between the wall. The reason being is that when I was listening to a lot of the lyrics, Mos Def mentions more about building a community than a built community. I thought of building a community as a process of it's there but not quite. The reason why love is emphasized in this image is because love is what's emphasized in the song. Really he mentions many aspects of love including love of community and love of oneself which could manifest into love of community. Mos Def is one of my favorite artists which is why I chose to do this poster. I thought to myself, you might as well do an artist that interests you because you'll enjoy doing the poster more. I feel that this poster represents Mos Def's style because he's more of an urban poet than a rapper. This piece has more of that urban poetic feel which is what I was going for. I really liked how this poster turned out overall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGGsBSpg90
Bull - Typography Song Lyrics Final
Syeda N Ali- Typographic Music Poster - My Heart Will Go On.
For my Typographic music poster I decided to select the song from Titanic, "my heart will go on."There were several reasons why I picked this song in particular. The first one was that the moment I read about the project description, I wanted to do a song that touches the heart of an individual, and last forever in my mind, unlike many other songs. However, I wanted to also go for a typographic poster that is different than what I had done previously for my 7 deadly sins poster. I wanted to do something that is light, elegant, and memorable. When I listen to the song "my heart will go on", I picture water and the colors that come to my mind are pastel like blue and yellowish. Thus, I tried to give my poster a look that portrays romance, light heartedness, yet intensity. The fonts I chose for the background are faded to some extend, but are visible, and are in the limelight as that is the main theme of the song. Although the song does not has a lot of beats and sounds etc, it has a consistency of flow, and the lyrics are strong but are said in an intense voice and pitch. I also tried to focus on the way the words are said, for instance, the word "FAR" and "NEAR", I tried to use the kerning in a way that depicts what I was thinking in my mind. I also tried to give my music poster a look that is not jut straight text, hence I made the lyrics flow in a manner, I tried to use fonts that show some sort of connection between the lyrics and the words as well as the text. I chose a background that has a flare at the center, to emphasize of the significance of the main theme, that the "heart will go on" and that is the reason why I have the words written in bold in the background as well.
Syeda N Ali - Chapter 7 Summary
Chapter 7
talks about typographic technology and how it has changed through the years. In
the beginning, the chapter talks about how the invention of typography
industrialized advertising in that time. The designs of typography have been a
huge part to the evolution of the technology. The chapter informs us on how typography
has been a hand composition for centuries. As the chapter talks about the earliest
mechanism of handy craft, which is the hand lettering of books. It is also
interesting to learn that similar thought processes existed in that era as well
that exist today. For instance, the proper kerning and weight of alphabets had
to be balanced and on a particular level of equilibrium. However, today things
had changed and several online and purchasable software’s have evolved.
Especially in the world of photography and graphic design. A lot of work was
done manually previously, which is now much more faster than before due to the
invention of these software and computer aided design.
However, the existence of the computers does not make the process
better in any way as each letter has to be carefully designed through software
and specific details must be kept in line. One particular thing that caught my attention
in the chapter was that it is much more easier and faster to transform typographic
images through a designers computer work station, but if a minor change had to
be made before the existence of the machines, the entire framework had to be
re-done by hands.
As much as the computer software can make the work easier, they
can also be a confusing point for beginners and even experts at times. Lastly,
in my personal opinion I feel that although due to the presence of software, typography
has taken a revolutionary change in the form of digitization, it has to some
extent made humans creativity much more dependent on software only. Thus, I
feel that some level of manual typography such as hand drawings should be practices.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Ashley Soltis - Music Poster Final
My music poster is centralized around the song lyrics of Feist's "Mushaboom." The nature of the song is very airy and "tinkly," in a sense, as it incorporates a variety of undertones and shuffling beats from various percussion instruments. For the poster, I wanted to maintain that fluidity and keep it understated. I chose the same color palette for the entire piece to solidify unity, and used a gradient effect plus lower opacities to give it that open, airy feel. The word "mushaboom" itself is something of a whisper and I distributed the word in the background multiple times to imply a hushed sound, and portray the amount of times it is spoken in the song, under the main course of the lyrics. The font I chose was Sylfaen, which is a serif font similar to Times New Roman, but it is a litte more updated and reminds me of a storybook. The song talks about the woods and running away to a "little house barely on the map," so I imagined it rather fit the fairytale-esque tone of the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYF0qU5WSew
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Is anyone familiar with the show 'Adventure Time'?
One of my friends posted this on Facebook (via Tumblr) and after our field trip I felt like I should share it with all of you! Even if you are not a fan of the show, I thought it was really cool that Lichtenstein's work was still being referenced using cartoon characters from today. And if you are a fan, even better! (Lumping sweet!) Enjoy :)
Chapter 7 - Typographic Technology
Chapter 7 is all about typographic technology. In the beginning, it mentions how the invention of typography has been called the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Then it mentions how typographic design has been closely bound to the evolution of technology. This chapter mentions typesetting machines such as the Monotype and the Ludlow. Typography design then evolved with the digital computer. I thought this chapter was interesting because typography design has really evolved today. Now we use it in photoshop, illustrator and indesign. Because of these software technologies, we are able to create really complex and very cool looking typographical artforms.
Syeda N Ali - Roy Liechtenstein
As a class visit to The
Art Institute of Chicago, Roy Liechtenstein's work was definitely one
that stood out from many of the other artists. Not only in the different
approach he had taken in terms of his paintings and drawings, but also in the
way he had tried to portray the artwork.
I really think it was amazing to see such
creativity and variety within the work of the same artist. His main focus was
artwork depicted through dots of different colors and sizes, which made up the
whole image. His work ranged from portraits and photos of landscapes as well.
It was outstanding to see how one can have so many variations through dots.
He also had pop art, which really attracted me.
Although the work was done in quite an older period of time, it still looks relevant
and modern in many ways. Something that also drew my attention to my eyes was
the fact that he had a lot of paintings that portrayed women in different
styles, either on daily home chores, or plating outdoors. It was interesting to
see how an artist of that era had given significance to women, and not just as
mere objects but as individual beings.
I appreciate his talents and can see from where
he was trying to show different forms of happenings around him. I also noticed
the detailed sketch he had made on a much smaller scale before actually painting
the large paintings, which I felt were fascinating as they were exactly the same,
besides the size. I felt like he had given a lot of abstract artwork as well,
and a lot of thought was put into each piece before being exhibited.
Personally, to me Roy Liechtenstein’s works were
one of the most memorable artworks I had even seen.
Nicolle Rezwin- Work in Progress Music Poster
For my music poster idea, I decided to do the song from Adele. Rolling In The Deep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjGEb4QtYg
Music Poster- Work in Progress
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyGGsBSpg90
Ashley Soltis - Roy Lichtenstein
The Roy Lichtenstein exhibit at the museum was phenomenal. I've always admired his work from afar, seeing snippets of his work on blogs online, but it was a rare treat to view these pieces in person. I especially enjoy his depiction of love versus war, and how both are portrayed as extremities in their drama. I'm not particularly a fan of his cubist work, but I did enjoy the one piece where he painted a woman in three steps, and she essentially vanished. His work feels very nostalgic, and reminds me of vintage ads or diners - this comes from the style of the people (hair, clothes) and the rotary telephones, for instance. I also enjoyed seeing the "dot" expression close-up, and how it appealed to the naked eye - for example, the half-tone dots had a gradient look, and it was almost difficult to discern the color. Overall, I really liked seeing his work and it gave me an additional inside look to this time period.
Bull - Song Lyrics WIP
I chose the song D.A.N.C.E. by Justice. My project represents a little of what is represented through their all around style and the style of this particular music video
Monday, August 13, 2012
Emily Ryan - Chapter 7 Reading Response
I noticed that since I have the 5th edition of the book, the chapter on Case Studies in Typographic Design is actually Chapter 9 instead of Chapter 7, so that's the one that I read. This chapter is about looking at posters that very
successfully integrate type and image. It mentions using layers of text and
image to create something more dynamic. It’s about integrating the type but
retaining its legibility at the same time. Use of a grid was also emphasized.
The provide order and structure. You can use type patterns to represent other
things such as the human body, DNA, and flight patterns. Type can be used to
portray a mood, especially with movie titles and motion. It is important to convey
a message and intrigue an audience into the movie. It talks about using easy to
read fonts and keeping things very neat and organized. This makes sure
everything is easy to understand. A poster can be complex but neat and still
put forth the meaning the creator wanted. There needs to be a sense of visual
unity but also creating a dynamic image. The simplicity is in the details.
Losurdo Chapter 7 Integrating type and images in posters.
As a design students we are required to blend functionality and legibility within design. We are given products and told to create a message with a few pictures and type. This can be a challenge to some while others seem to have been born designing. The good thing is we are in an age that has vast amounts of resources at the tips of our fingers.
Advice from chapter seven of Typographic Design.
Designer Jean-Benoit Levy was told to place the type into the design, the designer took the advice to heart and has created many successful pieces of work. He has the ability to use the content of the piece as inspiration and integrates the type and images flawlessly in his designs.
For the La Brea Tar Pits the signs are colorful and fun. They capture the viewers attention and give information that can be read from a distance without having to strain your eyes. Even the bathroom signs have different shapes and colors for men and women.
The US National Parks have created a unigrid for their park brochures. They design allows for information to be easily accessed and created in a uniform fashion. The technique applies information and pictures all to coexist together wonderfully.
Bull - Roy Lichtenstein
The Roy Lichtenstein exhibit we visited as a class was one of the most memorable experiences in taking this course. For the whole time the exhibit has been in Chicago, I have really wanted to go but have never got the chance until last week. It was an eye opening experience that I am so glad I got to participate in. Lichtenstein's beautiful way of combining comic book graphics with large canvas and paint was right up my alley when it comes to artistic interest. My favorite part of the exhibit was his cubist work where he really got into different textures and backgrounds. His dot approach was an excellent transition to the faux wood used in some of his later work. Towards the end of the exhibit there was a series of landscapes he did that were astonishingly simple but captured just the right deal of detail. Even in his later year Lichtenstein produced beautiful pieces of art. It was very special for me to view his work in such a beautiful environment.
Chapter 3 and 4 Reading Review
These chapters mainly dealt with the
technicality of organizing different typefaces in space to
demonstrate a story or communication. These chapters came is great
help when it came to the 7 deadly sins project. It was interesting
using typefaces and colors to make a piece of art that I could truly
be proud of.
Chapter 1 Reading Review
Chapter one was very interesting in
that it featured mostly familiar pictures of typefaces in media and
all around. It is interesting to look at some of the advertisements
in this chapter that were clearly from the 70s and 80s but are still
used frequently in mainstream media. My favorite one is Helvetica. It
is such a prominent font that can be featured so many unique ways.
Chapter 2 Reading Review
Chapter 2 talked a lot about the
structure of typefaces and fonts. This chapter was especially helpful
for the assignment where we had to make copies of the front cover and
one page in our book. I had no idea that fonts were measured the way
they are using points and picas. Now it is easier to understand why
they use the font size numbers on a word document or another program.
I also found the spacing between letters to be a fascinating aspect
of typefaces. A font that has unique spacing between each letters is
more diverse to me than a monospaced font.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Nicolle Rezwin- Roy Lichtenstein Exhibit
The Roy Lichtenstein exhibition was really interesting to go
to. I liked going to the exhibit and it made me become of a fan of his work. I love how Lichtenstein used mostly bold
primary colors and how he based his work off of comic books. I thought the use
of Ben- Day dots were really creative and something that no one has seen
before. I couldn’t believe that he
produced that many paintings during his lifetime. With that said, It is amazing that they were done with great detail and care.
In my art history class last year, we talked about two of
his art works. This included Whaam! and Big Painting. Some interesting things
that we learned was that in, Whaam! it was based off of military fighting and that
the painting normalizes war by not making it emotional. When I first saw this
painting in class, it reminded me of a James Rosenquist painting because of his
use of a military plane. Later, I found out that Lichtenstein was actually
influenced by Rosenquist in the Pop Art Movement. Another interesting thing I
learned is that in Big Painting, Lichtenstein was responding to Jackson Pollock
and his abstract expressionism. Like Pollock, Lichtenstein created Big Painting
on a big canvas. It was nice to actually see his work in person rather than
just talking about them and seeing them on the projector in the classroom.
Another interesting thing to see at the exhibit was how Roy Lichtenstein
created most of his paintings. It was amazing how he took the time to sketch out
his paintings first, and then reproduce them at a larger scale. It was
interesting for example to see the sketch of, 'Mirror in Six Panels' and
'Brushstroke with Splatter.' And then actually looking at the actual finished
product.
The Art Exhibit
I really enjoyed the Roy Litchenstein art exhibit. I thought it was wonderful. I enjoyed so many of the artwork there. I thought the Roy Litchenstein illustrations of women were very interesting to me. I liked the color that he used for those pieces. I thought that the color was very appropriate in order to catch the liveliness and mood of each of those images. I also enjoyed a lot of the sculpture and fashion pieces as well. My one complaint about the fashion pieces is that a lot of them seemed to drab and dreary. That what I first thought to myself but then, I thought about how fashion is art as well. As artists create artwork to communicate what they want to communicate, I think that the fashion clothing designs had the look to them in order for them to look more serious and more professional. Plus fashion can be worn on different occasions. For example, a black dress would usually be worn at a funeral. The comic book art pages are the ones I particularly enjoyed as well. The comic book that referred to the Holocaust and Nazis as animals had amazing typography in it. Specifically, on the cover, the typography title I felt really fit the mood of whole comic book. That's how well designed it was. What I really appreciated was how a lot of the illustrations were done in pencil. I felt that the fact that they were done in pencil really gave an illustrative feel to the artwork. A lot of it was done in paint colors as well. My favorite piece was the giant one where it featured two men and a lady in a jungle and there were snakes wrapped around the two men. I loved the piece because it had a real biblical sense to it. It almost seemed like something from the bible. I enjoyed a lot from this art exhibit from the photographs to the light sensory artpiece, etc. I think that Roy is a very enthusiastic artist and I looking forward to seeing more artists that are influenced by him to release a lot of their artwork.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Emily Ryan - Roy Lichtenstein Exhibit
The Roy Lichtenstein exhibit at the Art Museum was wonderful! I am so
glad I got to see it. I really enjoy pop art and comments on society. I think
it is so interesting that he managed to take something like a comic strip and
reproduce in a way that brings attention to what he wants us to see. I really
enjoy the seemingly simplistic work when in reality it’s very intricate and
requires skill and dedication to create such works. I thought it was very
interesting the progression of his work. Although the inspiration changed
slightly through out his career, most notably I remember the section on Van
Gough; I thought it was very cool he translated his own aesthetic throughout. I
love the half-tone dots, it is amazing how many different things you can
accomplish with just them. I thought the mirrors series was interesting, I wish
I could have looked at that more in depth. I really liked the art deco
influences pieces as well, because I have always enjoyed that look. I also
enjoy the simple colors. I really liked the last room of the exhibit, too, with
the Japanese style works but incorporating the Ben-Day dots. His sketches were
interesting to look at, as well. They are sure a lot better than any of my
sketches! Overall it was a great exhibit, I loved the way it flowed from
beginning of his career to the end. I really enjoyed it.
Emily Ryan - 7 Deadly Sins Final
For this
assignment the characters from the musical and movie Sweeney Todd inspired me.
The three sins I chose were Wrath for Sweeney Todd, Lust for Mrs. Lovett, and
Pride for Adolfo Pirelli. My main goal for this assignment was to try to
portray the sins in a way where you would not necessarily have to know the
characters to understand the message of each image. I used several different
fonts, using both serif and sans serif, such as Herculanum,
Zaphino, Myriad Pro, and Brush Script. The technique I used was type on a path
in Adobe Illustrator. I placed images into the file and traced them, then
converted the paths to type. It was my first time doing this technique
extensively and it took a great amount of time, but once I got the hang of it,
it went more quickly. For the figures themselves the words I used were the name
of the sin, as well as synonyms for the sin. For the background I used quotes
and songs from the musical/movie itself. I tried to highlight the most
meaningful and impactful words. In general, my design philosophy is very
simplistic and minimalist, so I gave myself a very restricted color palette
because I wanted to practice and experiment using only black, gray, and red. The
end result is something I hope is dynamic and interesting, as well as clear as
to what sin I was trying to portray. Overall I really enjoyed this project, I
think it was a great challenge.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Losurdo Seven Deadly Sins Final
I chose to illustrate the sins that I encompass most. Wach of the following images are created out of the name of the sin repeated in many different languages.
Sloth - While I try to be a focused and high energy individual I do find myself succumbing to being a sloth. Weather it is lying around my apartment or sleeping in a little too much I find I feed this sin a little too much.
Wrath - I get angry. I like getting angry. When I get angry there's a release of emotion and energy that helps to calm me down. Sometimes yelling feels like the best way to let something out.
Pride - I have a great pride in who I am as a bright, colorful individual. I standby my values and have no problem justifying myself when needed.
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| Pride |
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| Sloth |
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| Wrat |
Revised 7 Deadly Sins
Ashley Soltis - Seven Deadly Sins Final
My Seven Deadly Sins project is composed of three iconic Disney villains. The villains I decided to pair with a sin are Maleficent (wrath), Cruella De Vil (greed), and the Evil Queen from Snow White (envy). I was inspired by the recent release of the Disney Designer Villains collection, as well as MAC's makeup line of Venomous Villains. The font I used is Incised Black Wide, which I downloaded from dafont.com. The text I used for inside the character is Georgia, to maintain a polished and legible appearance. The tutorial I used to assist me in this process is located at this address:
http://www.webdesignfact.com/2012/01/typographic-portrait-in-photoshop.html
I found dialogue that represented the character, typed it out, and used blending modes in Photoshop to distribute the text over the image. I also utilized an inner shadow for the main text of the sin, to give the piece more depth. I felt I should keep the larger text simple, yet I wanted it to have a devilish look. I applied the same effect to the image. I feel this aided in making the piece more shadow-y and not just stark blackness.
Ashley Soltis - Seven Deadly Sins Final
http://www.webdesignfact.com/2012/01/typographic-portrait-in-photoshop.html
I found dialogue that represented the character, typed it out, and used blending modes in Photoshop to distribute the text over the image. I also utilized an inner shadow for the main text of the sin, to give the piece more depth. I felt I should keep the larger text simple, yet I wanted it to have a devilish look. I applied the same effect to the image. I feel this aided in making the piece more shadow-y and not just stark blackness.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Nicolle Rezwin-Typographic Expression/7 Deadly Sins Final
For my design, I
decided to find quotes from all the movies that show why the character was greedy,
envious, or displayed wrath. I outlined the character with these quotes. I also used individual letters for the eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and mustache. On the
inside of each of the characters, I did a typographic image of the character
with the letter I. For Lotso' Huggin' Bear, I put a regular "I" pattern and then I placed another set of "I's "on a diagnol. I did this because I wanted the letters to look like fur. I also used the filter effects, sprayed strokes for each of the characters, I did this
because I liked the look of it and it fit in well with the Toy Story theme.
I wanted a simple and unified look for each of the characters.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Fun links!!
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Thisiscolossal.com
Typogrophy
Thisiscolossal.com
Typogrophy
- So you need a typeface
- Typographic Portraits
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Bull 7 Deadly Sins
LUST
RAGE
PRIDE
For my 7 Deadly Sins project, I chose Marvel superheroes to encompass three of the sins. Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man, represents "pride" due to his strong sense of self awareness, cockiness, and pretentiousness. Bruce Banner, AKA the Hulk represents Wrath because of his uncontrollable rage and ability to transform into a super human who exhibits extreme strength and power. Natasha Romanova AKA Black Widow represents Lust because of her strong use of seduction and sex appeal to attract her foes
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