Friday, May 5, 2017
Mission Statement for Project #4
Collection Basket is a company that sends donations to the military. The company will be associating and working with the United States Postal Service. This will help the personnel of the military remember that their actions and struggles are recognized and help them remember that many care for them. Although the company is based on donation to the military, it also will try and work with the Salvation Army to help the poor.
The Mystery Box
J. J. Abrams, American film director, composer, and screenwriter talks about why he is so invested in mystery. He was heavily involved in Lost as its co-creator and was involved with many other movies and TV shows which contain mystery. Abrams says that his love for mystery started with his late grandfather, Harry Kelvin, who owned an electronics business and would unscrew and open all kinds of electronics and got the young Abrams interested in all sorts of crafts.
Abrams then was given a Super 8 camera by his grandfather and later got a synthesizer which he used to make things. Abrams was also into magic tricks and his grandfather sometimes took Abrams to a magic store, Lou Tannen's Magic, in New York City. Abrams bought a box from that store but realized that he had never opened it. Abrams then realized that the reason he had never opened the box was because that it represented his late grandfather and also the unopened box represented the hope and potential of what was stored inside. It created endless possibilities which drew Abrams even closer to the endless possibilities stored in the mystery genre.
Abrams realized that mystery boxes were in whatever he did, like Lost. Mystery boxes were always present at points in the story whenever there were questions. These mystery boxes brought content and character to the screen.
I loved Abrams sense of humor throughout the whole video. He also liked how he used many references like "Star Wars", "E.T.", and "Jaws". He also had a very rich childhood where he molded his dreams into reality, something not many kids have the opportunity to do. His overall speech is something that I will forget in the back of my mind but It will surface itself again.
Abrams then was given a Super 8 camera by his grandfather and later got a synthesizer which he used to make things. Abrams was also into magic tricks and his grandfather sometimes took Abrams to a magic store, Lou Tannen's Magic, in New York City. Abrams bought a box from that store but realized that he had never opened it. Abrams then realized that the reason he had never opened the box was because that it represented his late grandfather and also the unopened box represented the hope and potential of what was stored inside. It created endless possibilities which drew Abrams even closer to the endless possibilities stored in the mystery genre.
Abrams realized that mystery boxes were in whatever he did, like Lost. Mystery boxes were always present at points in the story whenever there were questions. These mystery boxes brought content and character to the screen.
I loved Abrams sense of humor throughout the whole video. He also liked how he used many references like "Star Wars", "E.T.", and "Jaws". He also had a very rich childhood where he molded his dreams into reality, something not many kids have the opportunity to do. His overall speech is something that I will forget in the back of my mind but It will surface itself again.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
20 Design Rules You Should Never Break.
This article lists 20 important designing rules you should never break. The article has simple explanations for what you should never do and how to follow each rule. This article was posted by Mary Stribley, a graduate from Perth University.
The rules are as follows:
1.) Don't Forget To Kern: Space letters appropriately.
2.) Don’t Disregard Readability/Legibility For Aesthetic Reasons: Keep everything colored and well sized.
3.) Keep Your Line Lengths Short: Keep the readers attention by making sentences small and easy to read.
4.) Have Purposeful Hierarchy: Arrange colors and words to give various elements of the design importance.
5.) Practice Appropriate Word Spacing: This is similar to the first rule but the words should be spaced correctly.
6.) Use The Correct Alignment: Align everything correctly and use one of the four alignment types: left aligned, right aligned, centered, and justified.
7.) Always Use A Grid: Use a grid to help align elements in the design and as part of your design.
8.) Always Design For Your Audience: If you are making an invitation card then give the card balloons, cake, and confetti. Do not give the card a drab design.
9.) Avoid Widows And Orphans: Move the preceding word down a line to avoid widows and orphans
10.) Have A Logical Color Palette: Color can look very appealing when placed in the right way, and color theory can be applied to create certain atmosphere.
11.) Have A Consistent Front Palette: Write by using a small selection of word fonts (Stribley recommends around 2-3) to keep everything simple and easily for the eye.
12.) Never Use Display Fonts For Body Copy: Use display fonts for small areas of text to keep it simple and easy to read. Use other fonts for larger bodies of text.
13.) Never Stretch Type: Stretched fonts can ruin the design, so a different font is necessary to fill up the desired space.
14.) Avoid Color Discord: Do not clash colors that do not mix, keep the colors appealing and and easily readable.
15.) Don't Think Of White Space As Empty Space: Do not try to fill every square inch of the canvas with objects, use the empty space as an important tool in design.
16.) Don't Follow Design Trends: Trends can easily bring in popularity, but will eventually fade away. Try to make new designs based on what people like in certain designs and why they like them.
17.) Use The Right Tools: Always use the right tools to get the job done. An example used is how raster graphics are pixelated when zoomed in enough, and how vector can be scaled to any size without losing its quality.
18.) Consider Your Medium: With design it is important to know what you are working with. Stribley gives an example: words should be on both pages of a book instead of combined to be less appealing.
19.) Learn The Rules Of Grammar: When writing on the design, keep in mind the rules of grammar to correct any punctuation and spelling errors.
20.) Don't Use Too Many Effects: Effects may be a blast to play with, but there is a such thing as too many effects. Do not go overboard and use simple designs when needed.
These rules are straight forward, easy to follow, and are important to any designer. As a bonus, I think it is worth noting that many of Stribley's 20 rules are on grammar, punctuation, spelling, and word placement, all of these are very important but many forget to follow the rules of English.
The rules are as follows:
1.) Don't Forget To Kern: Space letters appropriately.
2.) Don’t Disregard Readability/Legibility For Aesthetic Reasons: Keep everything colored and well sized.
3.) Keep Your Line Lengths Short: Keep the readers attention by making sentences small and easy to read.
4.) Have Purposeful Hierarchy: Arrange colors and words to give various elements of the design importance.
5.) Practice Appropriate Word Spacing: This is similar to the first rule but the words should be spaced correctly.
6.) Use The Correct Alignment: Align everything correctly and use one of the four alignment types: left aligned, right aligned, centered, and justified.
7.) Always Use A Grid: Use a grid to help align elements in the design and as part of your design.
8.) Always Design For Your Audience: If you are making an invitation card then give the card balloons, cake, and confetti. Do not give the card a drab design.
9.) Avoid Widows And Orphans: Move the preceding word down a line to avoid widows and orphans
10.) Have A Logical Color Palette: Color can look very appealing when placed in the right way, and color theory can be applied to create certain atmosphere.
11.) Have A Consistent Front Palette: Write by using a small selection of word fonts (Stribley recommends around 2-3) to keep everything simple and easily for the eye.
12.) Never Use Display Fonts For Body Copy: Use display fonts for small areas of text to keep it simple and easy to read. Use other fonts for larger bodies of text.
13.) Never Stretch Type: Stretched fonts can ruin the design, so a different font is necessary to fill up the desired space.
14.) Avoid Color Discord: Do not clash colors that do not mix, keep the colors appealing and and easily readable.
15.) Don't Think Of White Space As Empty Space: Do not try to fill every square inch of the canvas with objects, use the empty space as an important tool in design.
16.) Don't Follow Design Trends: Trends can easily bring in popularity, but will eventually fade away. Try to make new designs based on what people like in certain designs and why they like them.
17.) Use The Right Tools: Always use the right tools to get the job done. An example used is how raster graphics are pixelated when zoomed in enough, and how vector can be scaled to any size without losing its quality.
18.) Consider Your Medium: With design it is important to know what you are working with. Stribley gives an example: words should be on both pages of a book instead of combined to be less appealing.
19.) Learn The Rules Of Grammar: When writing on the design, keep in mind the rules of grammar to correct any punctuation and spelling errors.
20.) Don't Use Too Many Effects: Effects may be a blast to play with, but there is a such thing as too many effects. Do not go overboard and use simple designs when needed.
These rules are straight forward, easy to follow, and are important to any designer. As a bonus, I think it is worth noting that many of Stribley's 20 rules are on grammar, punctuation, spelling, and word placement, all of these are very important but many forget to follow the rules of English.
Monday, May 1, 2017
My Favorite Movie Poster
My favorite movie poster is probably the one for Rouge One: A Star Wars Story. The reason I like it so much is because it conveys a different feeling than most of the other Star Wars Posters. The poster shows no force users with the exception being Darth Vader, but he has no character development or significant moments, (other than that totally awesome scene where Vader easily mows down the line of Rebel soldiers like it was nothing), but besides that taking him out would not change the story in the least.
The story is centered around normal humans with no force powers and does not include any light sabers like previous posters for Star Wars. The poster gives the main cast heroic shots that display them with calm but ready faces for the upcoming danger faced in the movie. From my opinion it also gives a small feeling of the crews fate, but to not spoil the ending, they are shown as legends that will be remembered forever.
Rouge One poster that is described: http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/10/rogueone_onesheetA.jpg
The story is centered around normal humans with no force powers and does not include any light sabers like previous posters for Star Wars. The poster gives the main cast heroic shots that display them with calm but ready faces for the upcoming danger faced in the movie. From my opinion it also gives a small feeling of the crews fate, but to not spoil the ending, they are shown as legends that will be remembered forever.
Rouge One poster that is described: http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2016/10/rogueone_onesheetA.jpg
Friday, April 21, 2017
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Cigarettes & Red Vines: Making 'The Master' Interview with Dustin Stanton
This interview was based around the creation of the movie 'The Master'. The interviewee was Dustin Stanton, an art director who was in charge of making movie posters for movies such as: The Master, Punch-Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood, J.K.'s Magical World of Fantastical Beasts And Where to Find Them, V is for Vendetta, There Will Be Blood, and many more.
Before he was an art director, Stanton loved movie posters in high school where he had a job to save some money for art school so he could be an art major. Stanton began to work independently in 2009, after he left the agency Concept Arts where he previously worked. He moved between various agencies so he could learn how to be a good art director. He then met Peter Thomas Anderson, the director and co-producer of the movie 'Magnolia', a drama about about people in search of happiness in San Fernando Valley. Anderson made a good impression with Stanton, and they have been working together for more than 14 years.
Stanton is first asked about the process of making Magnolia's movie poster. The movie's cast was made up of famous actors like Jeremy Blackman, Philip Baker Hall, Melinda Dillion, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, and Tom Cruise. To advocate that the movie was not a "Tom Cruise" movie, they wanted the whole cast be the strength of the movie. So they did not put Cruise's face on the poster. Stanton also did the ads for the newspaper, Golden Globe, and Academy and the dvd, vhs, and soundtrack packages.
The second question for Stanton was about the movie poster for "Punch-Drunk Love", a romantic comedy-drama starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmàn, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Stanton is tasked with creating a poster for the movie. He knew it was more light hearted compared to Magnolia (that is typically how Adam Sandler's movies are). The movie poster was decided to be the moment when Barry Egan (Sandler's character), and Lena Leonard (Watson's character) meet in the hotel lobby in Hawaii.
The Third question was about the movie poster for "There Will Be Blood" staring Daniel Plainview and Paul Dano along with Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillion Freasier. The film's teaser had many beta designs which can be found on Stanton's site. These were the result of Stanton experimenting with many different designs. Stanton explains that the final two designs that made the cut were the front of a book, a suggestion by a director and a shot of Plainview.
"The Master" is a psychological drama about an ex-soldier, Freddie Quell, who is struggling to cope with life after the infamous World War II. Quell then meets a religious leader, Lancaster Dodd, who advocates "The Cause". Quell then follows Dodd to try and change his ways. When Stanton was brought in the movie was mostly done. He even had the opportunity to watch the movie several times.
Stanton was asked how he came design the teaser, a bottle of alcohol that represents, in Stanton's words, "the ocean and this toxic liquid and this sense of drowning or failing OR healing and getting better. The water line through the title is kinda that divide that creates sink or swim, that point of tension." He used a picture of a bottle and edited it with Photoshop, and he also worked on the covers for the Blu-Ray and DVD holders. Stanton even put together a newspaper, "The Cause Footpath", which was inspired by Mike Kaplan's "Orange Times", a newspaper that was about the movie "Clockwork Orange". "The Cause Footpath" is a newspaper that was made for "The Master" which was planned to keep everyone talking about it.
Dustin Stanton has long since found his place to practice and improve his talent of making interesting poster teasers. He is someone to look up to an aspire to be if said person is going for graphic design as a major. And with the help of Peter Thomas Anderson, he had created many new posters for many different movies since 2013.
Before he was an art director, Stanton loved movie posters in high school where he had a job to save some money for art school so he could be an art major. Stanton began to work independently in 2009, after he left the agency Concept Arts where he previously worked. He moved between various agencies so he could learn how to be a good art director. He then met Peter Thomas Anderson, the director and co-producer of the movie 'Magnolia', a drama about about people in search of happiness in San Fernando Valley. Anderson made a good impression with Stanton, and they have been working together for more than 14 years.
Stanton is first asked about the process of making Magnolia's movie poster. The movie's cast was made up of famous actors like Jeremy Blackman, Philip Baker Hall, Melinda Dillion, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, and Tom Cruise. To advocate that the movie was not a "Tom Cruise" movie, they wanted the whole cast be the strength of the movie. So they did not put Cruise's face on the poster. Stanton also did the ads for the newspaper, Golden Globe, and Academy and the dvd, vhs, and soundtrack packages.
The second question for Stanton was about the movie poster for "Punch-Drunk Love", a romantic comedy-drama starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzmàn, and Mary Lynn Rajskub. Stanton is tasked with creating a poster for the movie. He knew it was more light hearted compared to Magnolia (that is typically how Adam Sandler's movies are). The movie poster was decided to be the moment when Barry Egan (Sandler's character), and Lena Leonard (Watson's character) meet in the hotel lobby in Hawaii.
The Third question was about the movie poster for "There Will Be Blood" staring Daniel Plainview and Paul Dano along with Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillion Freasier. The film's teaser had many beta designs which can be found on Stanton's site. These were the result of Stanton experimenting with many different designs. Stanton explains that the final two designs that made the cut were the front of a book, a suggestion by a director and a shot of Plainview.
"The Master" is a psychological drama about an ex-soldier, Freddie Quell, who is struggling to cope with life after the infamous World War II. Quell then meets a religious leader, Lancaster Dodd, who advocates "The Cause". Quell then follows Dodd to try and change his ways. When Stanton was brought in the movie was mostly done. He even had the opportunity to watch the movie several times.
Stanton was asked how he came design the teaser, a bottle of alcohol that represents, in Stanton's words, "the ocean and this toxic liquid and this sense of drowning or failing OR healing and getting better. The water line through the title is kinda that divide that creates sink or swim, that point of tension." He used a picture of a bottle and edited it with Photoshop, and he also worked on the covers for the Blu-Ray and DVD holders. Stanton even put together a newspaper, "The Cause Footpath", which was inspired by Mike Kaplan's "Orange Times", a newspaper that was about the movie "Clockwork Orange". "The Cause Footpath" is a newspaper that was made for "The Master" which was planned to keep everyone talking about it.
Dustin Stanton has long since found his place to practice and improve his talent of making interesting poster teasers. He is someone to look up to an aspire to be if said person is going for graphic design as a major. And with the help of Peter Thomas Anderson, he had created many new posters for many different movies since 2013.
Friday, April 14, 2017
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Tim Brown: Designers - Think Big
Tim Brown is a CEO of the IDEO firm, a firm of "innovation and design". As a kid, he was inspired by trains and railroads. Isambard Kingdom Brunel made the Great Western Railway, his greatest creation. Brunel had said that he wanted passengers to feel as if they were flying through the countryside. Brown based his own professional designing on the idea of creativity. He explains how Roger Martin, a professor at the University of Toronto, came up with the term "integrative thinking" the ability to exploit opposing ideas and opposing constraints to create new solutions.
Brown's firm is based around both Martin's "integrative thinking" and the term "design thinking", a combination of business, design, and social studies. His company specializes in helping other companies think up of a business or a product. He encourages all designers to not start by thinking up a prototype and drawing up a plan, but use their creativity and build prototypes before based on integrative and design thinking.
Brown's firm is based around both Martin's "integrative thinking" and the term "design thinking", a combination of business, design, and social studies. His company specializes in helping other companies think up of a business or a product. He encourages all designers to not start by thinking up a prototype and drawing up a plan, but use their creativity and build prototypes before based on integrative and design thinking.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Montygog Interview
Dave Perillo, or his artist name Montygog, is a professional artist. He is known for his "pop-culture-themed vector pieces". He first debuted on Deviantart, an art sharing website. In his youth, art was on his mind constantly and he even drew art in other classes. Perillo was inspired by many old cartoons and TV shows and creators like Walt Disney and Jim Henson.
His art style boasts a "cartoonish" theme that portrays each drawing in a new light by changing the common associated design and redrawing it in his style. Perillo's art combines the aspects of an older culture with a crisp style that is simple, fresh, and innovative.
Perillio has had the opportunity to work for companies like Disney and Target. And he has done stuff related to Ghostbusters, Breaking Bad, Adventure Time, Paranorman, and Star Wars. His job is one that many dream of but never can achieve.
His art style boasts a "cartoonish" theme that portrays each drawing in a new light by changing the common associated design and redrawing it in his style. Perillo's art combines the aspects of an older culture with a crisp style that is simple, fresh, and innovative.
Perillio has had the opportunity to work for companies like Disney and Target. And he has done stuff related to Ghostbusters, Breaking Bad, Adventure Time, Paranorman, and Star Wars. His job is one that many dream of but never can achieve.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
Rethinking The Way We Sit Down.
Niels Diffrient is a designer who first talks about his life story and later presents his invention in this video. He first explains how he, as a child, had loved airplanes and explains about the "romance" of the airplane. Diffrient then proceeds to talk about how his obsession with drawing airplanes and building models had led to him studying aeronautical engineering, and how he briefly tried his hand at art (which he says he did not do well in), architecture, and design. Diffrient chose to stick with design for 25 years before dropping that and going into furniture.
He developed swivel chairs for offices that would comfort the workers as much as mechanically possible by making them comfortable for the human body. He believed that an association with his childhood dreams and ideas had helped him acomplish what he had done. Diffrient passed away in 2013. Though he was also known for plenty of other inventions, he would be remembered in the field of invention as a legend. And could serve as an inspiration to us all as a man who was an innovative and acomplished person who had grown and lived a childhood dream that many would never accomplish.
He developed swivel chairs for offices that would comfort the workers as much as mechanically possible by making them comfortable for the human body. He believed that an association with his childhood dreams and ideas had helped him acomplish what he had done. Diffrient passed away in 2013. Though he was also known for plenty of other inventions, he would be remembered in the field of invention as a legend. And could serve as an inspiration to us all as a man who was an innovative and acomplished person who had grown and lived a childhood dream that many would never accomplish.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Friday, January 20, 2017
Hello world
1.) I can operate a computer, use Microsoft Office, navigate the internet, and use other computer programs.
6.) I do not know.
7.) Weird Al Yankovic
9.) I am a male human of 19 years who can be very reserved. I like food, video games, and drawing.
10.)
2.) I have never touched Photoshop and Illustrator in my life.
3.) No, I use my computer for the internet and video games.
4.) I am undecided about my major.
5.) I hope to be proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator.
5.) I hope to be proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator.
6.) I do not know.
7.) Weird Al Yankovic
8.) I can hold pencils or pens when my hair is mostly grown.
9.) I am a male human of 19 years who can be very reserved. I like food, video games, and drawing.
10.)
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