Digital Art Inspirations (Late)

Taylor James
  

Sophie Standing

 

Jepchumba

RE: How To Choose A Font (Late)

I thought this reading was interesting... kind of. I normally would not think so deeply about text to be really honest. Usually I think I would just go with a font I already know and slap it on there. Of course, where it goes and the size would matter but I would not have even thought twice about how a different font would have been more suitable. This stuff is a bit dry in my opinion but I do think if you are considering working with type, the smaller aspects are very important. There are a lot of people who sort of know intuitively what looks good and what works with one another, but it is useful to be able to put into words why something is good and what makes it work so well, this also helps you to improve what you make because you know what types (pun intended) of things to look for that could make or break whatever you are creating, and choose something more appropriate.

InDesign Exercises

RE: The Oscars Showed Us Why Typography Matters

To be honest, I did not watch the Oscars so I did not get to witness this mistake as it happened. But they definitely should have done a better job. With all of the money and preparation already going into this production, which is kind of what it is, they were more than capable of ensuring that the cards were made well. As explained in the article, there is not a lot to fix, just some placement and sizing issues. I can see how they would have read the card wrong, at first glance you wouldn't know which is more important: the actress or the movie title. And I do agree that they do not need to write "Oscars" on all of the cards, people know what they're watching. It is likely that they simply underestimated how important it is to pay attention to the typography. Because they have never had this problem before, no one probably thought about clarity as being an issue. Well, hopefully they take note from this mistake and can prevent this from happening again.

Zine Sketches (Late)

Cover Page Exercises

InDesign Experimenting