Texture
I often feel like texture can really make or break a design I am working on. Or even a design I am viewing. Texture lends a great deal of depth and makes a viewer make a connection to something in their past to the design they are looking at now. Just by looking at the texture, and knowing how it must feel. You look at something with furry texture, for example, you know it is soft and cuddly. Same with smoothness or roughness....
Scale
I suppose one of the first things that comes to my mind when thinking about scale and using scale to establish heirarchy or to create an illusion, I think of how the Lord of the Rings movies had to be shot in “forced perspective” to create the illusion of people who were actually about the same size to be interacting as though they were very different in size. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMJj1ZmgxQE Understanding how...
Word as Image video
Very cool video for the typography nerds!
Rhythm & Balance
From page 29: Balance and rhythm work together to create works of design that pulse with life, achieving both stability and surprise. Such a simple statement, and a simple concept, yet can be so hard to execute. The importance of good balance and rhythm is one of those things you don’t notice (or at least I don’t) unless it’s really bad. A design can look nice as far as all the beautifully crafted elements, but if...
Entering my 4th semester in Graphic Design BFA
Spring 2012 I am taking the following classes at university: History of Graphic Design (ARTH) Graphic Design I (ART) Design Technology II (ART) Advanced Writing: Arts & Letters (WRI) I’m only a couple weeks in, but I’m already very excited for these classes. GD I and DT II will see me creating more posters and websites using new techniques and exploring new ideas, concepts, and styles. My advanced writing class will...