Illustrated Quote–Chian Huang

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This final design was totally different than my first draft. Also, the picture I chose in the beginning has changed to the one you see now. Before, I used a picture with a skydiving person and jumping down from the sky; however, my meaning of the quote did not fit to this picture. Therefore, I started browsing on the internet to look for a better one. Later, I chose between two pictures: a businessman walking on a string in the sky and a businessman standing at the entrance of a huge maze. Finally, I decided to use the picture with the huge maze.

The typeface I chose was Bodoni Smallcaps and I placed them on two sides of walls and put “You” perpendicular with the man. The reason I enlarged the word “Challenge” and “Change” was to show their importance. This two words were the key words and I wanted them to be large and emphasis. Therefore, I chose Bodoni as my typeface since it showed seriousness and sharp. The word “You” was placed perpendicular with the man and it meant to be the shadow of the person. It showed his fear of facing the challenge.

I wanted my audience to feel that when they faced to a challenge that can lead them to success, the situation would be similar to the image I presented. A huge maze in front of you and you showed your fear by struggling if you should enter the maze and face the challenge. Accepting the challenge, you might change and led to your success.

Expressive Word – Marc Tarigan

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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.

 

Design Samples

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Photograph at least five examples of what you think are excellent design. It can be magazine pages, posters, store signage, book covers, directional signage, anything that has as a part of it, TYPE.

Write BRIEFLY about why you thingk each design is successful.

Post you images and accompanying text in the category, Design Samples.

You can post at anytime, but the deadline is October 25.

Expressive Words – Sandy Huang

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For the expressive word project, I used the typeface Helvetica LT std in black condensed oblique. My design approach was to create something simple that could also capture the eyes. I used different sizes of the typeface to create the feeling of the word. I wanted to express the opposite feeling that the words meant to create oxymoron effect. For example with the word “quiet”, I made the wanted to make the words loud and bold. I tried used all caps and big lettering for certain letters like the “T” and “Q”.

This project made me really learn about how sizes and typefaces can really effect the feeling that a word gives off. I was surprise to know how much thought and time it really takes to put a simple word together, in order to really express the emotions of a word correctly. Everything from the sizing, the spacing of the letters and the negative space plays in huge role in the outcome of the emotions you’re trying to show your audience.

Trace Your Name – Nicole Chicon

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For this project I chose to design my name and word, the lively, with the typeface Bodoni. I chose to do this typeface because of how strong it looked. I learned that this typeface is different from the others because its x-height is smaller, and also the letters are wide and black. The serifs of Bodoni is very thin. While tracing my letters I could notice on how it has a very clean appearance to it. Bodoni has a strong emphasis of the vertical strokes as well. I felt like this typeface was easier to do, than the other typefaces. But it was a bit harder to hand draw it than to trace it. It was a very interesting project, to learn about a typeface while drawing it because you learn about.

Trace Your Name-Pablo Vasquez

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While doing the tracing assignment my observation was that i had to do a lot of paying attention to details in the way the letters are written and the space between them. I saw that while doing the tracing i had a harder time doing the upper case letters than with the lower case letters. when doing the tracing i saw that it was a little hard to make sure that you trace the letter perfect. It told me a longer time then i thought it was going to take. The assignment was interesting to do.

I decided that i was going to used the typeface century expanded. I decided to use that typefaces because i felt that the one was easier to do and i liked the typeface. While using this typeface i saw that the base of most of the letters are boxed. while doing the freehand i saw that i was having a hard time at first while doing the assignment.

 

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.