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Illustrated Quote– Angela Ng

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I chose the quote, “Rule your mind, or it will rule you.” This quote really resonated with how I am feeling at the moment. I am currently going through some tough personal issues and it’s really difficult to not have that affect your daily routine. Some days I want to just stay home and not talk to anyone. I really do  need to remind myself that life goes on, I need to control your own mind and look on the positive side of things.

I chose the ocean as my illustration because it has a sense of emptiness to it. Yet, the ocean is so vast that it shows that there are much more things to look forward to. Endless possibilities with a sense of being alone.

The typeface I chose was helvetica, while i adjusted the boldness and the form of the text. I made the first part “rule your mind” very bold and stern, while “or it will rule you” was italicized to emphasize the alternative.

Expressive Word– Angela Ng

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I enjoyed this project because it was truly the first time I used Indesign to create anything at all. At first I didn’t really understand the project, I didn’t know what it meant to illustrate the word without actually creating a picture. Some of my sketches were actual formations of hearts, and flowers for the word romantic– but that was wrong. I settled with the word Quiet. I feel that this word is so simple but can be shown in so many different ways. I ended up placing the word quiet on the upper right hand corner, and copied it again and again overlapping each other while making the word bigger and gradually making it way down. It basically shows an echo in an empty room.

I used Helvetica Neue, I used this type during my internship because it was their set type of their labels and I really liked it. So I used it for this project, and I think it was a good decision. Overall, with this project I learned that even the slight positioning, the repetition, the sizes of words can really show the true meaning of the words. And I believe thats what Graphic Design is all about– showing the audience without actually showing it.

Trace Your Name– Angela Ng

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For my Trace Your Name project I chose the font Garamond, and the adjective that I chose was DASHING. I don’t really have a reason for why I chose Garamond, it just stood out to me. Maybe it was the serifs that I liked. This project seemed easy, but it was actually harder than I thought. Probably the hardest part for me was freely drawing my name. It was hard to get the strokes, and the measurements right.

This typeface I realize, has a foot to every letter. The base of the letter will always come out into a horizontal line which surprisingly was a little difficult to perfect. This made my letters a little messy. Overall I learned a lot with this project, we all give so little thought when we’re typing on the computer, but there is so much thought that comes into forming certain typefaces and creating each letter.

What is Graphic Design? – Angela Ng

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Reading this article, I realize how important graphic design is. You don’t really realize it, but a lot of thought goes into a wrapper of a candy bar, or a logo of a company. And being such a visual society, people are able to differentiate companies just from one symbol. Design is literally everywhere, and it plays such a big part in society. It’s a big business as well, like designing book covers. If the book cover already doesn’t stand out to someone, then more than not, they won’t pick up the book.  Different typefaces, fonts, colors, and sizes can instantly emphasis a simple emotion or word. Graphic designing is just a great way to portray to viewers what you want them to feel or attract the right people.

Something I would ask the author is if there is a high demand for jobs as Graphic Designers? In my mind, I have always known that “making it big” as a (fashion) designer is tough. I wonder if that is the same with graphics as well. I would think, in this time it would be in somewhat high demand. Since we are in such a digital world, everything requires a good visual presentation.