Sequental Process (& what I have learned)

Things I have learned throughout this project:

1) Measure, measure, measure! Take it slow; make sure it's all correct, exact measurements. This goes along with my craft. I am improving, but at this point I feel I should be much better. Practice makes perfect...I need the practice.

2) Line tracing is a pain, but very worth it. Along with craft, the processes I went through to get to my final projects always amazing me. Tracing allowed me to "craft my craft" and ultimately improve my digital lines.

3) Multitasking is key. I have greatly improved on this since I have entered KCAI. But I know I am still improving and continue to juggle everything, in hopes to succeed.

4) Patience. This is something I feel I always need to work on, not just in school. This goes hand in hand with this project. You spend so much time perfecting, vectoring, and cutting; that without staying clam and collected, all would be a disaster. But when it comes to measuring and craft, patience is a trait that will allow me perfect my pieces. And ultimately succeed.

Horizontal Lines:

Combined Lines:

 Manipulation:

 

Cropping:

Tracings:

 

 

 Vectored and paired:

Final/mounted:

"Na" processes

 

 

I tried to use fonts that were simple and mostly without serifs (except Utopia). I think the top grouping with the cut out of the "N"s are my most successful idea. I want to stay in the cube/rectangle shape to mimic a salt lick or salt cubes.

Which is one reason why I chose to try doing 3D symbols. I do not think are as successful as the first grouping.

Sodium (Na) progression

I have been working on my drawings for typography. I thought drawing 30 sketches for my element (Sodium, Na) would be difficult, but it turned out to be somewhat fun.

I think these are my final fonts, but I am not 100% sure. I really like DIN 1451. Sodium seems like a very loose font, and no serifs. Mostly because I think of table salt, and that seems like a loose laid back kind of imagery. 

F + S TYPE

The Typography Manual has several useful features and resources for designers, including a visual type anatomy glossary, a font size ruler, an em calculator, and enough content to fill a 60-page book. It has all the essentials of a desk reference in a regularly updated pocket resource.
I think this is a pretty good idea for beginner designers, but I don't see an experienced designer ever having to use this app.

TYPE APP FOR IPHONE

Stuff I really enjoy:

 

Just a few things I found very delightful.

12" Letter Photos (Progress)

These are my first photos of my 12" letterform. I am planning to take another set, using white paper. I have already done two sets, using black and gray paper. I believe the white paper will really look nice with the white letterform.

 

F+S: juxtaposition

I chose two images. I really enjoy the first one though.

I think this shows a great example of juxtaposition because it obviously shows contrast between the image of the girl, and the lines. I also chose this one because it dealt with black and white and lines.

This is also a juxtaposition piece. The left blue side of the face is contrasting the black side of the face.

VISCOM TITLES AND SUCH

1) Riverfront
2) Man Made
3) Concrete River
4) 3rd and Wyandotte
5) 3rd and Woodswether

1)  Up close and personal with the concrete sculptures. Those settle juxtaposition you never noticed. Cold hard concrete and plastic fill the streets. Manufactured shapes hidden along the river. Under bridges, above the cars, within the organic dirt.

2)  Rigid man made forms loom around the river. Unyielding structures protrude from the organic foliage along the banks; hiding within the organic elements of the damp surrounding. Cold metal rusts from the weathering. Tracks trail along the banks. Bridges hover above the murky water, supporting our manufactured creations.  Our growth is seen through the technology we create. We are growing so fast.

3)  Concrete: existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract : concrete objects like stones | it exists as a physically concrete form.
Metal:  a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity.
Plastic: a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers.

Progression; color form 6 " Letter

These are a few shots of my FIRST 6" letterform for Color Form class. My 12" is MUCH better, I promise.

Now my Ortho shots:

"K" Animation; first flash animation

Violent "K" from Loren Cook on Vimeo.

I named it "Violent K" for now, cause it is a pretty dark animation.

Progression; "K" animation

Pairs so far:

I have been pairing up my line studies with my photos I have taken. I am enjoying the process. I thin I need to take more pictures though. I have taken over 260, but I just don't think I have my finals. I know I can push them more. But these are what I have so far:

 

 

 

  

 

Responses to the readings | lines and rhythm

Jumping right into lines: I like how Lupton broke down the line in many aspects. There are just principles dealing with lines that you really don't think about. Like that a single line can be a positive and negative element to a composition. Or the explanation of line weights. Transitioning from lines to planes, saying that depending on the line weight, a line can really be a plane.
I really enjoyed the picture examples of a plane, using the planes to create type. Lupton explained that a field of a text is made of points and lines. Designers use planes to experiment with type, using different line spacing and width change.

(Really liked this)

We usually think of music when talking about rhythm. Designers use layer and repetition of shapes and lines, including width changes and sizing to display rhythm. Instead of audio we use our sight to see the visual rhythms.
Placing is used to lead the viewer throughout the piece. Designers use placement to keep the viewer interested and to portray their meaning. We are also using placement as a key element in our current line studies and throughout the overall project. We will be using placement across our spreads to create a unified piece.

LINES!

I am aslo going to post a few photos for VIS COM.
We have started on lines, which is very soothing after seeing dots for weeks.
I am sure I will be sick on lines by the time we wrap up this project though. Ha.

RANDOM

RANDOM

BALANCE

BALANCE

These are just a few. I am really enjoying the black and white also. Very simple.

K words; Type II

Decided to post a few pictures pertaining to out type project. Just a few pictures to go along with my "K" words:

Keyhole

Knife

Kamikaze

Kindergarten

King Kong

Kiss

Haha, they are random, but they are getting me to think about ones the might condinate well together.