Blog Entry 17 – Final Project: Brochure Spreads

The colors in the brochure were meant to give more of a medieval look.  But I would have to say that with InDesign it was hard to get the texture I wanted like in Illustrator.  But the dusty brown and the gradient from brown to black give the look I was going for.

The alignment in the brochure was meant to be alined with all of the creases in the folding. the knight alined with the middle and the sword aligned in the middle.  Also there is alignment with the type so that the type can be in some type of order.  I think the unique alinement gives a cool look to the design of the brochure and I think it would attract attention.

Blog Entry 16 – Magazine Spreads

This article if from a Newsweek Magazine.  What makes this article successful is the brightness of the sparks.  The sparks draws attentions and they lead your eyes from left to right.  The article being nicely aligned vertically up and down it what you see after the sparks have lead your eyes.  And to top it off having the works Sparks fly as a bold type for a heading makes the reader more interested.

This article is from a Scientific American magazine.  What makes this article successful is the bright colors all over the page. It draws attention very easily.  Also the image in the middle of the right side is something very interesting and something that a reader would like to know more about why it is there.  Also the type that says "A measure of the creativity of a nation is how well it works with those beyond its boarders" is a quote that stand out from the nice aligned text to make other interested in the article.

This article is from Sports Illustrated.  What makes this article successful is the boldness of the title that ties into the boldness of the player in the picture.  By having that go together it already makes the reader want to know who the person is that is a "game changer".  Also the fact the picture is not bounded but type is on top of the picture makes the article more exciting to dive into.

This article is from the Gameinformer magazine.  What makes this article successful is the famous diamond shapes that Maxis is always known for.  By putting their type and picture in the diamonds makes the article so much more appealing to read.  Also by have the green color bolded "T" is another classic Maxis move that just shows their loyalty to the company.  by having 25 years clearly stated they must be doing something right that readers will love to read about.

This article is from the Scientific American magazine. What makes this article is the title combined with the really interesting images.  The images look like something irregular which is already going to pull in readers. Combine that with the title being fancy and scientific looking readers are going to see what Cosmic Collisions is all about.  To top it off the article has heading to the nicely aligned type to break down what this scientific thing is all about to readers that know nothing about the topic.

Blog Entry 15 – Revised Project 2 Logos and Brand Overview

Brand Overview

Combination mark

Monogram

 Wordmark

Blog Entry 14 – Project 2 Logos and Brand Overview

Brand overview

Combination Mark

Monogram

Word mark

Blog Entry 13 – Project 2 Research Sketches

Global Gamers

Global Gamers is a place where gamers of all places can come and enjoy a good time.  They will have the chance to chat with other gamers and be able to have the chance to demo games from all systems regardless of where they are from or how small the systems are.  Global Gamers may sound like something like other video game trade stores but it is so much more.  You will be a able to trade chat and best of all GAME!!

Possible Logotype

Combination Mark 1

Combination Mark 2

Monogram 1

Monogram 2

Monogram 1

Blog Entry 12 – The Non-Designer's Design Book: Type Categories

Most wanted signs are an example of Slab Serif type because of the thick horizontal serifs with very thick and straight forward stokes.

This is an example of Script type because of the calligraphy type of style involved with the long and fancy looking stokes in the writing.

This is an example of Oldstyle type because you can see that the stresses are going from the top left to the top right and the serifs are slanted downward to the left.

The is an example of Modern type because there are vertical stresses in the words combined with thin horizontal serifs.

This is an example of Decorative type because of the oddness in the word "great".  The word is informal and stands out but emphasizes the meaning of the word "great".

The is an example of Sans Serif Optima type because it has stresses staring from the top left to the bottom right like Oldstyle type but the serifs seem to be cut off or removed.

Blog Entry 11 – The Non-Designer's Design Book: Type

 This is concordant because the type is all the same very plain but the firs letter. and there is some slight italicized words in it but the main idea of being boring and plain is still there.

This is concordant type because the type is all the same, very bold, but the comment in the corner is much smaller than the rest.

This is conflicting because of the top and bottom line.  They are the same type as the rest of the writing but they are slight change of color

This type is a contrast because the type is the same but the bottom line is slightly dark and slightly smaller

The contrast on this is because the font are nothing of the same and there is several different colors and sizes of font

 This is contrasting because each line of type is a different font and size