THE LEG WORKOUT
I was assigned the typography term "Leg" and was told to illustrate it to people through a motion graphic approach. We were told to use Adobe After Effects to illustrate and teach others the terms that we were randomly assigned.
So this is my second creation. A very loose, more expressive way of showing people what a leg is in terms on typography.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
T Y P O G R A P H Y . A N A T O M Y
I was assigned the typography term "Leg" and was told to illustrate it to people through a motion graphic approach. We were told to use Adobe After Effects to illustrate and teach others the terms that we were randomly assigned.
So this is my creation. A very loose, more expressive way of showing people what a leg is in terms on typography.
So this is my creation. A very loose, more expressive way of showing people what a leg is in terms on typography.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Monday, September 10, 2012
B O O K C O V E R . A R C H I V E . C O M
I was assigned the task to find book covers that used the typefaces I planned on using on my project on constructing a composition on The Glass Jar. The typefaces I plan on using is Cheltenham (designed in 1896) and Akzidenz Grotesk (designed in 1950.) The suggested website Book Cover Website. Unfortunately I could not find too many books using this typeface.
Akzidenz Grotesk
Cheltenham
These unfortunately were the only two book covers I could find. Must not be a huge hit in the book cover industry.
As well as finding books in the typefaces I chose, I was also asked to just find book covers that caught my eye on the suggested site. These are my findings, and to my surprise, some of the books I documented in the book stores popped up on this website as well.
Other Finds
Akzidenz Grotesk
Cheltenham
These unfortunately were the only two book covers I could find. Must not be a huge hit in the book cover industry.
As well as finding books in the typefaces I chose, I was also asked to just find book covers that caught my eye on the suggested site. These are my findings, and to my surprise, some of the books I documented in the book stores popped up on this website as well.
Other Finds
Saturday, September 1, 2012
B O O K . D E S I G N
But before doing some serious design I was also given the task to seek out books that are well designed.
So I set out, camera phone ready, and took tons of images of book covers that I found were well designed. Through my searching I have found a handful of book covers I find clever, pleasing, or at the very least, uses a typeface that strikes my fancy.
And I left my explorations with two books.
Just my Type a story about typefaces by Simon Garfield and Planet Shanghai a photo documentary book by Justin Guariglia.
I also noticed that my skills with a camera phone is atrocious. Need to learn how to handle this thing better.
All images taken on my phone. Top image/banner/panorama stitched with Photosynth.
F I R S T . S T O P :
The Dusty Book Shelf
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It was so hard finding a children's book cover that was appealing to me |
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Children's section |
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Children's Section |
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Children's Section |
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So simple and effective. |
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Walked out of the store with this. |
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Fell in love with the design inside of this book |
L A S T . S T O P :
The Raven
I felt like I was in the Urban Outfitters of bookstores.
While I was going through looking at covers I found a lot of treatments to the typeface either playing with an idea or trying to illustrate a point. With the earlier designs it was mostly typefaces that I enjoyed lined up on a grid but with a lot of these the designers found ways to have the type be more expressive and illustrative mixing imagery along with type.
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Book about typefaces. Walked out of the store with this one. |
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Fan of the use of space and shape |
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Huge fan of the handwritten/handmade approach |
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love the type treatment here and how the hands play them like a piano. very clever. |
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