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.

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

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