Image Methodology: Cutter/Plotter

Like After Effects, the cutter/plotter was a methodology that I used for the first time in Image Methodology. Therefore, I felt that it would be appropriate to create a street art-esque piece, as street art was the medium that led me to graphic design. For this piece, I started with a crudely drawn set of letters and then traced it using the pen tool. While not intended, the letters seem to resemble the word “SEX”. The shapes and curves of these letters are very contrasty; some of them very curvy and loose and others jagged and stiff. My other piece that I created for this project was more creative but markedly less successful. The idea was to coat the words “Razzle Dazzle” in lighter fluid using a Q-tip and light it using a match, leaving “Razzle Dazzle” burned into the paper. Unfortunately the fire would immediately spread to the surrounding areas, burning the entire paper and not just the letters.

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Image Methodology: Photoshop Hybridization

This project seemed to deal with our abilities to synthesize completely different objects into one cohesive portrait. For the picture on the right I added shadows and blended several of the objects in the picture, detracting from the artificial, low fidelity look that was supposed to be achieved with unaltered photos. With this in mind, I attempted a second portrait, which came out completely differently. The left portrait is far less cohesive and has a classic “Photoshopped” look that is often characterized by objects that transition poorly from one to next. The quote from which I derived the image on the right pertained to laziness. I could not think of a more lazy looking figure than the blobfish. Additionally, potatoes are, in their own way, a particularly lazy symbol. Another facet of the quote was royalty. I wanted the symbols to be slightly ambiguous so that the viewer did not immediately derive the intended meaning from them. Royalty is often associated with a monarch of some sort, hence, ants, which are known for having hierarchical societies with queens ruling them. The symbolism on the left is far more apparent. The water/ant being poured out of the bottle is “lazily” being poured. Additionally, the crown represents royalty and the pinecone represents laziness as well.

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Image Methodology: SLR Camera

 

Unfortunately, these photos are an extremely poor representation of my photography skills. Each of these photos involve fairly contrasty light and textures, as well as a fairly small range of color. The assignment was to pick an object that resembled a similar object picked by someone else in the class, and photograph it, focusing on three separate qualities: depth of field, shutter speed, and aperture.

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Graphic Design I: Symbol Methodology

I tried to keep all of my designs moderately sophisticated but when that was not possible I would make an effort to keep my symbols relatively simple. In this context, “moderately sophisticated” refers to simple designs that have implied, rather than forced meaning. They are not too abrasive but get the point across. For these I chose to utilize negative space to create a more fluid form. While these wouldn’t necessarily work together as a set, they are fairly effective on an individual basis and have distinct enough styles that they could fit in other specific sets.

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Typography I: Commencement Pamphlet

For our commencement speech pamphlet we had was for the 2005 Stanford commencement, the commencement speech of which was given by Steve Jobs. For the title and body copy I used Crimson Text, the font used on the University’s website. It is very academic looking and is easy to read, making it ideal for body copy. The other font used was source sans pro, which is another font that can be found on Stanford’s website.

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Typography I: Typographic Poster for Classmate

This was the second assignment I completed in the St. Edwards graphic design program. This is quite evident given the poor job that was done in designing the poster. My poster used the font Flower Time New Regular by classmate Anthony Solano and was based on the quote “The hours fly around in a circle”. My color scheme consists of an off yellow and an off blue, as I the font itself is rather out of the ordinary. For the poster on the right I remember thinking of the shape of a planter, because the font is very floral in nature. Thus, I tried to the type out the alphabet in a way that resembled a planter while trying to keep the text looking organized in a rectangle formation.

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Typography I: Font Design

This was the very first poster I completed in the St. Edwards graphic design program. The assignment was to create a typeface using the online tool, FontStruct. My font was based on the quote “Singular Agitations and Common Vertigo”. I compiled a Pinterest board based on what I felt like this quote conveyed and used this to construct my font. Many of the images on my Pinterest board were graphite drawings, which feature a lot of fading from dark to light. I wanted my font to have a similar feel, and so I created a font that went from being very dense to very open at the bottom. I wanted my poster to be somewhat consistent with the font style, so I did my best to make it look as though the text was fading from green to purple, which I feel was accomplished because of the less dense lower area of the text.

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