Firefox_logo_reflection

This is my grey scale rendering of the Mozilla FireFox logo with a reflection of the logo onto a surface. I was able to render this effect by using a group of gradients with a low opacity. I believe this was my most successful grey scale study. 

Quality vs. Quantity

I have always been the kind of person who focuses in on the quality of my work opposed to the quantity. I find myself being limited by this attention to quality. I plan to take what I learned about quantity in my critique today and explore the idea of quality vs. quantity. Hopefully this will produce a better quality of work for me.

Edited word list for my new theme. Can you guess what it is?

1. Confusing
2. Difficult
3. Challenging
4. Bewildering
5. Vexing
6. Mysterious
7. Pieces
8. Objective
9. Addicting
10. Satisfying
11. Perplex
12. Enjoyable

Finished Clarendon "F" anatomy

This is the begining of my Clarendon uppercase "F" anatomy project. Showing a little scale.

My third drawing of the Bodoni uppercase "F"

My Second drawing of the Garamond lowercase "F"

This is my first drawing of the Clarendon Uppercase "F"

It all began with a single "F" that was stored in the uppercase.

MInd Mapping!

Determining a set of words that together represent a narrative.

Nature:

1. Instinctive
2. Organic
3. Tranquil
4. Growth
5. Fruitful
6. Natural
7. Inhabited
8. Colorful
9. Polluted
10. Living
11. Dying
12. Fearful
13. Free
14. Vast
15. Beautiful
16. Destruction
17. Refreshing
18. Open
19. harmonious
20. Pollution


Family:

1. Caring
2. Proud
3. Confusing
4. Disappointing
5. Selfish
6. Loving
7. Supportive
8. Crazy
9. Helpful
10. Deceitful
11. Hurtful
12. Nagging
13. Judgemental
14. Annoying
15. Dependable
16. Encouraging
17. Busy
18. Embracing
19. Honest
20. Awesome

response to readings and Sagmeister video

I strongly agree that graphic design is an interdisciplinary art. Being able to creatively solve problem with a vast amount of skills is essential to being a good well rounded  graphic designer. Graphic design is problem soving. The designer is responsible for finding a creative way to express a feeling or idea.

Stefan Sagmeister is one of my idols. I have seen of few examples of Sagmeister's work in the past and it blows me away. Like he said in his video he tries to show a process in his work. I think that process is one of the most intriguing parts of a design. I always find myself looking at a great peice of design and wondering to myself how it was created. Sagmeister said in his work, "Everything I do always comes back to me." I think this says alot about practice. The practice of graphic design will always serve you in the future as a way of progression. there was also a comment made about Sagmeister only taking clients who were smarter than he is in order to ensure that he is learnig. I think this is great. Why do something if at the end of it you have not learned anything?

Why graphic design?

I jumped into graphic design spontaneously. The first class of the first day of attending community college I had my drawing teacher ask if anyone was interested in taking a graphic design class. At this time I had no idea what graphic design even was or what it entailed. I met with my teacher after class to see if I could fit it into my schedule. I made some slight changes and managed to get signed up for graphic design 1. I immediately fell in love graphic design. I loved everything from hand drawing type to creating page layouts for magazine articles.  Graphic design was the perfect for me. I had always enjoyed graphic design work but I hadn't realized that the things that I was looking at were all a part of design. I really  owe my drawing teacher alot for getting me hooked on graphic design. I have a lot respect for my teacher and the design community.