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  1. @BensonKaylie

    Weekly Summary 2

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    Week two was definitely more challenging than week one. I had a lot more on my plate this week, and finding the time to write posts about all of my projects were difficult. But I liked the actual assignments so that made it fly by! The week started off by a reading of the Vignelli Canon, and then writing about my opinions. As I mention in the reading, I was actually doing this assignment while waiting for my American Airlines flight, which is a logo Vignelli helped design! They have since then changed the logo, but it was still cool. via GIPHY Next was a design blitz, which really was a blitz. I started in the airport in Charlotte, NC, and completed it when I had landed in San Antonio. It made me realize just how much logos impact our day-to-day life. Once I had made a conscious effort to look at them, I couldn’t NOT see them! It really made me wonder about what all these logos that I’m so used to seeing looked like in their rough draft stages? What would the chic-fil-a logo look like if they hadn’t gone with the option they did? Makes you think. I looked it up and found this article that actually has some of the rough drafts of famous logos! Crazy to look at. https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-7-most-ridiculous-rough-drafts-famous-brand-logos/ The part of the week I liked the most was doing the design assignments. The Design Assignment bank to pick from is always fun to look through. This week I: Made my own logo to use, Went to sing some Karaoke (Greatest Hits of ABBA of course) in Egypt, via GIPHY It went something like that… Went to Amsterdam for a quick visit, Became a cartoon, Swagged out my pup, And sneezed a little bit. (Bless you) (Thank you) Not as cute as this sneeze though. I also did three Daily Creates. One for May 27th May 29th, And May 30th. However, my absolute favorite part of the week was doing two of the Gif assignments, because they called for me to do some reflecting on memories that I love thinking about. The first was the time Braden Holtby saved the entire Washington Capitals Stanley Cup run. I have watched this video a thousand times, because it just makes me get teary eyed every single time. So I had to do it for the gif assignment about the best sports play. Because it is THE best sports play. I also got to look at some old home movies, which I also like to do quite frequently. This one might be as cute as the panda sneezing video. via GIPHY The hardest part of the week, personally, was scrambling to edit all my posts after receiving the feedback from last week. I know it’s very very hard to grade everyone’s posts, but it was very late in the week, and was hard to apply those corrections when I had already written all of my posts for my assignments. Writing the actual posts about my projects still remains to be the part I struggle the most with motivation. I love doing the projects, but writing about them is still just like pulling teeth. I love to reminisce, so this week’s projects were fun for me to do. And as always, it’s great to look at the work other students are doing, not to copy, but to learn and gain inspiration, and mostly to encourage those around you. I commented on a couple blogs this week. Here, here, and here. The postcard from paris inspired me the most! I can’t wait for next week. via GIPHY
  2. @BensonKaylie

    Bryce diggity dawg

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    My dog, from the moment we adopted him, has been the biggest goofball ever. He has the biggest personality, and literally not a day goes by where we aren’t laughing at something he just did. We named him after Bryce Harper, because we are big Wa...
  3. @angelk1208

    Metaphors and Symbols

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    Earlier this week, I went to an ice cream place called, Moo Thru. The name title on the building reminds me of the Metaphors and Symbols concept. The main symbol of the sign is the cartoon cow’s head. Its eyes resemble the O’s in “Moo”. The bottom of the U in “Thru” has a cow […]
  4. @BensonKaylie

    Kartoon Kaylie

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    I’ve never been one for cartoons, but it’s always cool to see different versions of yourself! So it was a cool opportunity to do the cartoon assignment. I used the website Cartoonify.com, because I have no drawing skills whatsoever. I went through the process if selecting face shape, nose shape, eye color, hair color, outfit, and background. I think I did a relatively good job all things considered. If I had tried to draw myself, it would have just look horrendous and given everyone nightmares. The hardest part was just making decisions about what I look like. Of course you always want to spruce yourself up. Maybe I’ll use this as a new avi for social media!
  5. @angelk1208

    Thoughts on Vignelli Canon

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    As I read Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli, I realize that it is fairly complex. Many things go into the process of creating a design. Vignelli mentions that he focuses on the three main concepts: semantic, syntactic and pragmatic. For semantic, he explains that understanding the purpose and the intention before creating a design. This […]
  6. @BensonKaylie

    Oh yeah, we’re there.

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    For the “Are We There Yet?” assignment, I made us do some singing in Egypt. Somehow our singing was so good, we went from doing karaoke in Virginia, to the pyramids in Egypt? A good song can transport you anywhere. The original phot...

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