My quote was “Adults are obsolete children” by Dr Seuss and so I chose an image that had a had a message of having an inner child, and lucky I found this image that shows it really well. I then played around with the type , I knew that I wanted to be deliberate with my font choices. I separated the quotes in three characteristic groups and I wanted each one to represent their word. For adults I made it all in capital cases, in Bodini and I made larger in size than the others. For the second grouping of words I made it Helvetica Neue Ultra light because 1. I wanted to make almost not there and bring to much attention to it and 2. I wanted to make it ‘obsolete’. I made the ‘CHILDREN’ in way where it was all fallen and clutter on the floor. I chose to put it in red & white pattern because the quote is by Dr.Seuss, so I wanted a design element that was associated to him.
Author Archives: Marc T.
Expressive Word – Marc Tarigan
This project was a very interesting project, one that I feared at first but then I came to find it actually enjoyable. The assignment had a few restriction, which I thought would limit my creativity but I found it really helpful in focusing my design and the task at hand, which was to make these word expressed them self. When I went to into designing each word I really paid attention to their meaning and how I could mirror those meaning with my design. I tried to be intentional with my typeface choice. Its size, its placement and even it spacing was purposely chosen based on what the word means. I tried not to stray from the meaning of the word.
I use Helvetica Neue Light for the word ELEGANT. I chose the typeface for the simplicity and light quality it has. When I saw It, it exudes the word elegant. I also notice that the word had a symmetrical quality, to the left and right of the “g” there are three letters each, so I knew I wanted to do something with the “g”. So I decided that to capitalize each letter except for the G, and it really made the word mean what it means, it added some “umph” to my design. I chose to bring the text to the bottom center because I really liked how there was alot of negative space and how it made the whole design feel. It made it feel much more elegant.
Trace Your Name
Bodoni was the typeface that I chose for my descriptive word that I was given, Regal. I remember using Bodoni for a different project in which I was trying to find a similar typeface to the one use by VOGUE magazine. So I thought that the word ‘regal’ was going to be best represented that word. I wanted to chose a serifs typeface because it would look more decorative and fit well to the meaning for the word.
I found that this assignment was challenging. I also found that the tracing part was actually much harder to do than freehand. However it open my eyes to the fact that everything in designing a typeface the devil is in the details. Every single details matter, the amount of spacing each letters have, to the curvature of some of the letter. And also the movie that we watched on Friday really help me understand how these people who design typeface was so purposeful in their process. All in all it really makes me more appreciative to this art form, which many people are not even aware off.
What is Graphic Design- Marc Tarigan
This article really solidify my understanding of Graphic Design and what it entails. I’ve always loved the phrase “A picture is worth a thousands words” and these designs embodies this phrase and graphic designers live by this phrase. I really liked how these article went to explain how there is some such that goes into creating design, but also how purposeful the designer is with every choose he/she makes. The ultimate goal is to communicate a message through your design using the least amount of words but whole a lot of creativity
A question I would like to pose is: When is it the best time to ask for fresh eye’s opinion? Should it be at the Final stage or during the middle stages of the project? I ask this because I have heard from previous designers that they only show finished projects to others because if they show it during the process, people opinion would actually distract you and cause more confusion than help