Where’s My Phone?
Apps Galore (3 Stars) For this assignment, I assumed that smartphones could actually be a thing in the 1950s because I felt this assignment sounded like a lot of…
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Canon of Reflections
The Vignelli Canon was a very good read. There were a lot of good quotes that stuck out to me. I also liked how Vignelli discussed the origins of different design techniques. In the introduction to The Vignelli Canon I liked how he discussed the various elements of typography and design that he learned from different countries. It… -
Blade Runner: Noir in Juxtaposition
Blade Runner is an interesting mix of science fiction and noir. It is set in Los Angeles in 2019 (so basically any day now they should be creating flying cars), and the design element of space plays an integral role in setting up the noir feel of the movie. There... -
Blade Runner and Noir
For the movie watching assignment, I watched Blade Runner which I found to be a pretty interesting concept and it kept me entertaining the whole time. I was surprised how many elements of noir I saw throughout the film! There was a lot of side of the face/object lighting, long extensive introduction with dramatic music. The … Continue reading Blade Runner and Noir -
Design Blitz!
I thought this project might be more unnatural than it was. I was surprised at how much more visually compartmentalized the world became when I started looking at everything from a design standpoint. Though I did find a number of posters around Fredericksburg that certainly demonstrated various elements of visual design, I found that many of … Continue reading Design Blitz! → -
Back to the drawing board – Weekly Summary, Week 5
Design week is finally over. Let me just say, the challenges were big this week and I wasn’t sure I would be able to complete it all, but I’m glad I did. And I must say, the results were pretty cool. 12 stars of assignments is definitely not easy, but I was glad to be […] -
Designblitz
Unity For starters, I took this picture this Friday at the gift shop in the Fine Arts Museum down in Richmond. We used to have some of those at our house and my grandma used to always point at them and say “They look the same but they have different sizes but together they are equal and … Continue reading Designblitz → -
The Tale of Ol Mick (my character)- 3 stars
This is a tale on tapestry of Ol Mick after he started to drink alcohol. Ol Mick used to be a brave warrior and he would never fail to find the culprit of the crime. This was until he he regularly visited bars and started to get drunk every night. He had fun for a … Continue reading The Tale of Ol Mick (my character)- 3 stars → -
15 minutes could save you %15 or more….
I am still not 100% sure if I grasped the idea of this reflection. I had a hard time figuring out what constituted as space. However, I did notice a […] -
Attention to detail
Double Indemnity was so full of unique design elements that it’s hard to summarize all of them into a single blog post. However, I think the most powerful and effective design element was the use of space in the camera frames. As Vignelli discussed, design must be thought out, intellectual, and detailed. This shot […] -
5 pictures, 5 concepts
1. Balance It is the arrangement of the objects in a given design as it relates to their visual weight within a composition. Balance usually comes in two forms: symmetrical and asymmetrical. This ring was a gift from my mother, and as soon as I saw it I was in love with its beauty. The … Read More → -
My Dearest Valentine…
I struggled finding a third assignment to contribute to my six stars of character design assignments this week. However, after much searching, I decided on “The Best Way To Spread Cheer Is Making Cards For All To See”. With Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought that the sexy and sultry “Jewel” would definitely have someone to send a … Continue reading My Dearest Valentine… -
The Blitz
For the DesignBlitz assignment this week I chose to use the design elements color, typography, proportion and balance, and metaphor/symbols. I went around town and campus to complete the photo challenge. Below are the photos I took representing each of the four design elements and a description of each. Color Drunken City opened this week… -
DeLovely Lyrics and the Story of Zach’s Life.
I greatly enjoyed doing the four-star Lyrics Typography assignment and utilizing the skills I gained this week, but not imposing them as strictly to this design and letting my own... Read more > -
Caleb’s Wallpaper
The last assignment that I completed was called Create Your Own DS106 Wallpaper worth 4 stars. The wallpaper that I did represents my noir character and it is what I would expect him to have as his background. This assignment was an interesting one and... -
Taco Bell + DelTaco- 4 (1/2) stars
This assignment really tested my creativity. I took a while trying to come up with a combination of restaurants that would be humorous but couldn’t find two logos that had to do with the same food and looked like they could actually be together. That was until I was searching through Google images of Taco … Continue reading Taco Bell + DelTaco- 4 (1/2) stars → -
Daily Create 2/15/15: Food Jewelry
today’s daily create was to create some jewelry using real food. I made this one out of unraveled paracord and a raw egg. Spring is just around the corner, and the egg symbolizes spring, birth, and life. The egg rests in a loose and frazzled hammock symbolizing the fragility of of life. Read more →
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Expected More, Paid Nothing, and They Didn’t Even See It Coming.
First off, I had once again misread directions, so I thought I was supposed to find all 10 elements for the design blitz this week. I reread the post before I left to complete it, luckily, so it took less...
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Lyrical Typography
Another assignment that I completed was called Lyric Typography Poster worth 4 stars. This assignment asked us to make a typography using our favorite lyrics. I just took some lyrics out of the song I was listening to when I was doing this homework (Me Against the World by 2Pac). I really like doing things like […] -
Rockin’ ROBBIN.
The final three of the six stars contributing to my noir character involved me taking a modern approach on Cat’s favorite book, The Adventure of Robin Hood, and creating a brand new... Read more > -
James… Julia James
As part of the twelve stars required for design assignments this week, six needed to be devoted to our noir characters. Considering the nature and profession of my character, “Jewel”, the “Create your own business card” assignment was ideal. The assignment states: We’re reaching a time in our lives where where professionalism is key. Use photoshop to … Continue reading James… Julia James -
Apples to Oranges
I did today’s Daily Create, playing with your food. I took to the Sharpie and and drew little cartoon faces on the fruit. Because I can. -
Straight Down The Line
One assignment we had to do this week was watch one of the three movies provided. I chose to watch… -
What’s Inside Sasha Kellogg?
Creating a magazine feature about what’s inside my character seemed pretty simple, but it forced me to think long and hard about what Sasha Kellogg would have inside her. The assignment “WIRED Feature–What’s Inside you” (3.5 pts) would have been easier if I was talking about myself because throughout life... -
The Big Lebowski: Noir?
The Coen’s the” Big Lebowski” has long been one of my very favorite comedies, transcending genres and tones to stand as an entirely singular sort of film. Somewhere along the line I’ve heard it referred to as “slacker noir,” but I’d really never held the film in the same class as traditional noir, such as … Continue reading The Big Lebowski: Noir? → -
Old Noir Book Cover on Ol Mick- 3 stars
For this assignment I had to create a book cover that was noir. I decided to make one about my character Ol Mick who is an alcoholic detective. I tried to make the cover as noir as possible with the black and white, the suit, and the suspenseful facial expression. I imagine that in the … Continue reading Old Noir Book Cover on Ol Mick- 3 stars → -
Blade Runner.
The thing I noticed while watching Blade Runner, is most of the scenes capture a singular person. The space is causing different lighting, and causing your eye to focus on the character in the frame. The helicopter scenes would have the camera facing down, onto the towering buildings and the streets below, giving you the … Continue reading Blade Runner. -
Intergalactic Gasoline
The Ultimate Merger assignment (4.5 pts) seemed pretty easy at first because all you had to do was combine two famous logos. However, I found that it was difficult to choose two logos from the millions out there. Many other people chose two companies that directly compete with each other,... -
Designing my weekly post
Its that time of the week again folks. The time when I gather up all of the work I have done over the week and put it in one neat, organized blog post. This week covered design which is a concept that is unique to everyone. Everyone has opinions on what looks good and what […] -
If We Could Only Turn Back Time.
AHHH THIS ONE WAS MY FAVORITE! In light of awards season, the Oscars next weekend, and my ever-growing obsession over cute boys with accents, I knew exactly what I was going... Read more >
