So remember that your first expressive type project is due on Monday. You should have three boards, each with one of your words/phrases displayed in both black and white (top) and color (bottom). Make your type do most of the heavy lifting...you can use illustrative elements, but they should be kept to a minimum.
Board sizes: 10.75" x 16.75"...at Sam Flax they have the superblack boards cut down to size; you just need to ask for them.
Good luck!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Out sick today
Just in case you don't get the email, I will be out today. We'll have a critique on Monday of your expressive type sketches so far, so have several options for each word/phrase ready to post up on the board. Have a good/productive day, and I'll see you next week!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Kinetic type is fun!
Of course the animation helps make these expressive too, but at times they are using fonts and composition to illustrate their point.
OK, so I like Fight Club...
American Beauty
Typolution
Requiem for a Dream
More to come!
OK, so I like Fight Club...
American Beauty
Typolution
Requiem for a Dream
More to come!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Choices for Project 01: Word Semantics
Melanie: Labyrinth, melodic, "Better late than never."
Shivani: Bubblegum, lachrymose, "Dead men tell no tales."
Saif: Magnetism, unstable, "Look before you leap."
Allen: Explosion, fierce, "Love is blind."
Christine: Filigree, gentle, "When it rains, it pours."
Tres: Shadow, distorted, "Time flies when you're having fun" or "There is safety in numbers."
William: Prism, mysterious, "Laughter is the best medicine".
Tasha: Insane, hallucination, "Great minds think alike".
Shivani: Bubblegum, lachrymose, "Dead men tell no tales."
Saif: Magnetism, unstable, "Look before you leap."
Allen: Explosion, fierce, "Love is blind."
Christine: Filigree, gentle, "When it rains, it pours."
Tres: Shadow, distorted, "Time flies when you're having fun" or "There is safety in numbers."
William: Prism, mysterious, "Laughter is the best medicine".
Tasha: Insane, hallucination, "Great minds think alike".
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Project 01: Word Semantics
DUE DATE: Wednesday, 01/28/09
Overview:
Fonts are not just symbolic tools that spell out our words, but they also possess the expressive ability to further describe the word or phrase that it represents. Your first project is going to have you explore and exploit this facet of type.
Objectives: To explore and interpret typographic form to express meaning.
Assignment:
Each one of you will pick one option out of the following lists, giving you three designs that you must complete. Visually interpret each of your chosen words/phrases using only letterforms, punctuation and vector graphics. The resulting pictorial representation should parallel the common verbal meaning. Some words will inspire their own visual solution, while others need more thought to bring about the ideas inherent in their meaning.
Adjectives:
Distorted, hyperactive, glamorous, unstable, insecure, buoyant, fragrant, exuberant, arrogant, lachrymose, crystalline, fanciful, moody, balanced, meticulous, mysterious, sonorous, insane, gentle, organized, organic, curvaceous, mercurial, introverted, grandiose, turbulent, jocose, fierce, melodic, reckless, ethereal
Nouns:
Explosion, metamorphosis, migration, evolution, vacuum, filigree, magnetism, electricity, magic, prism, feathers, levitation, gravity, charisma, technology, epicurean, glacier, popcorn, comedy, blueprint, labyrinth, bubblegum, bliss,vegetation, terror, narcissism, shadow, hallucination
Phrases:
Time flies when you're having fun.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Better late than never.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Dead men tell no tales.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Great minds think alike.
Love is blind.
Home is where the heart is.
When it rains it pours.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Look before you leap.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Pride comes before a fall.
Snug as a bug in a rug
There is safety in numbers.
Presentation:
You will mount the finished designs on the same board size/color you have chosen for your portfolio. Boards should be presented in a vertical format. Each choice will include both its b/w and color versions on a single board, so you will show three boards on the due date.
Overview:
Fonts are not just symbolic tools that spell out our words, but they also possess the expressive ability to further describe the word or phrase that it represents. Your first project is going to have you explore and exploit this facet of type.
Objectives: To explore and interpret typographic form to express meaning.
Assignment:
Each one of you will pick one option out of the following lists, giving you three designs that you must complete. Visually interpret each of your chosen words/phrases using only letterforms, punctuation and vector graphics. The resulting pictorial representation should parallel the common verbal meaning. Some words will inspire their own visual solution, while others need more thought to bring about the ideas inherent in their meaning.
Adjectives:
Distorted, hyperactive, glamorous, unstable, insecure, buoyant, fragrant, exuberant, arrogant, lachrymose, crystalline, fanciful, moody, balanced, meticulous, mysterious, sonorous, insane, gentle, organized, organic, curvaceous, mercurial, introverted, grandiose, turbulent, jocose, fierce, melodic, reckless, ethereal
Nouns:
Explosion, metamorphosis, migration, evolution, vacuum, filigree, magnetism, electricity, magic, prism, feathers, levitation, gravity, charisma, technology, epicurean, glacier, popcorn, comedy, blueprint, labyrinth, bubblegum, bliss,vegetation, terror, narcissism, shadow, hallucination
Phrases:
Time flies when you're having fun.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Better late than never.
As you sow, so shall you reap.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Dead men tell no tales.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Great minds think alike.
Love is blind.
Home is where the heart is.
When it rains it pours.
Don't cry over spilled milk.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Look before you leap.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Pride comes before a fall.
Snug as a bug in a rug
There is safety in numbers.
Presentation:
You will mount the finished designs on the same board size/color you have chosen for your portfolio. Boards should be presented in a vertical format. Each choice will include both its b/w and color versions on a single board, so you will show three boards on the due date.
Monday's class: 01.12.09
Hi all! I just wanted to post a few notes before class tomorrow.
Our agenda:
1. Intro Typography lecture (hopefully I will figure out the projector this time!)
2. Discussion of TWT pp. 2-34 (I thought this might be a better stopping point)- be ready to answer questions!
3. Go over your homework exercise
4. Give out your first major project
5. Assign Wednesday's homework assignment, which is...
A. Take 2 sheets of graph paper
B. Divide them into 2" squares
C. Take any letter of the alphabet, upper or lowercase, and write/draw it in as many different fonts as possible; your goal should be to fill both sheets. They can be based on other typefaces, but each should be your own hand drawn creation. Make them as different as as you can. Name your five favorites. Be sure they are neatly drawn, even if the line character is rough.
Our agenda:
1. Intro Typography lecture (hopefully I will figure out the projector this time!)
2. Discussion of TWT pp. 2-34 (I thought this might be a better stopping point)- be ready to answer questions!
3. Go over your homework exercise
4. Give out your first major project
5. Assign Wednesday's homework assignment, which is...
A. Take 2 sheets of graph paper
B. Divide them into 2" squares
C. Take any letter of the alphabet, upper or lowercase, and write/draw it in as many different fonts as possible; your goal should be to fill both sheets. They can be based on other typefaces, but each should be your own hand drawn creation. Make them as different as as you can. Name your five favorites. Be sure they are neatly drawn, even if the line character is rough.
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