Assignment #2

For this assignment we had to recreate letter forms using only circles, squares, and triangles. The adjective I choose was 'Light'. I choose this because it has more than one meaning and interpretation so i used this assignment to make a play on the word itself.  The only one that isn't necessarily a play on the word is the first one, but the other two are.

 

Color Theory

Since I wasn't here for this assignment, I still kind of did the assignment the week before in class. (I'm just that good!) Here is what I was working on the week before that applies to this week since I wasn't here.

Vintage Advertising

Here is the beginning of my vectorized piece of old Crayola crayon box. This was the original box design that Crayola used. 

How to Choose a Typeface

Upon being shown this article at Smashing Magazine on the correct and incorrect way to choose a typeface I know have a better understanding on the technical side of choosing the correct type. I believe that I have always had a knack for choosing typefaces, i've been taught the proper way to choose since my junior year of high school. I have taken that knowledge and expanded it over the years and still use those techniques everyday at my job, and full time with my career choice. This article helped kind of map out and explain why you do or do not want to use a serif or sans-serif typeface. These are things i've known how to do, but have never really read anything that is so accurate and simple on the do's and don'ts of using text. 138 Another aspect of this article that I found to be really useful even at an experienced level working with type, was the fact that the article compared the right ways to use type right next to the wrong ways. It helps get their message across and helps show individuals who have never worked with type before what to look for when working with type, Since let's face it most of us are gonna be visual learners here! :)

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/24/how-to-choose-a-typeface/

^Here is a link the the article I am referring to in this post!^

Working in Illustrator

Of course this is not my first time working in illustrator so this assignment was fairly easy for me to do. Here is my name that I created in Illustrator using the pen tool by tracing a scan of my name that I drew. I like the stylistic qualities the image has, it is very true to my style of writing and drawing which is using lots of curves and wide gestures!

Passionate

A word I use to describe my love for art and my art style is passion / passionate. 

I love being able to be creative and express my passion for art!

Alphabet Letters!

A B C D E F G... Admit it, you sang that instead of reading it! 

Here is the Alphabet I created for my Digital Media class. What I did was I took some potpourri and arranged it to create the letters. I really like the way the potpourri turned out because of all the colors that appeared and how vibrant some of them can get. So here it is..