First GIF

This is my first GIF. It says BLUE. Idea=BLUE.

Concept Board

Concept Board

-Lucian Bernhard- He was born in Germany in 1883 and was mostly self taught but studied briefly in Munich. He designed posters, type, packaging, textiles, interiors and trademarks for companies. He influenced modern art  and the poster styled art known as “Plakatstil” in Europe and the United States after he moved to America from Berlin in 1923. He preferred classic book typefaces but also developed a number of display typefaces that often included his name(Bernhard Gothic, Bernhard Fashion, Bernhard Tango, Lucian). After moving to the US he became an graphic artist and interior designer, mainly worked on painting and sculpting until his death in 1972.

This artist uses Bold lettering to catch the audiences eye and used simplified shapes and and objects. Most of his artwork involves the use of large bold letters, typically seen in posters, to send a message. Some of his propaganda posters were probably influenced by events like WWI in order to sell war bonds. Bernhard also uses simple colors in his lettering, making his work very modern and similar to some posters we see in our current time period.

Suprematism Movement(1920’s)

-Originated in Russia which mostly geometric shapes particularly squares and circles making the pieces look very simple.

De Stijl(1920’s)

-This artist showed simplicity and abstraction by using horizontal and vertical lines, and also by using only primary colors to show order in his art.

Good Graphic design

                                                     
This image shows graphic design because it uses it's colors to help show the food that is served at lunch. The green helps show vegetables and the color of the fruit helps it stand out from the green. The use of letters also help show the message of the poster and serve it purpose to shoe that there is food in the lunchroom.

INSPIRATION!!

The future is my inspiration. Everything I do now is so that I can a have a better future. Although things might not work out now in the moment, I look towards the future and know that there is still alot of time for improvement and time for change. The future inspires me to do the right thing and try to be a good person so that when I'm older things might be easier for me and I can take it easy. I mean things might get even harder in the future, but since its the future, I wont know until I get there so I might as well have fun, do something good, and hope for the best.

Letter Project Reflection

1) Describe your process when creating your letter project. How was the process helpful or not so helpful to you? 

I thought the process was fine because it let me see all the different paths I can choose for completing the project. At first the thing we did in class with the branching of ideas was a bit confusing because I wasn't sure what I could do, but then after I started, I could just keep building off my own ideas.

2) How did you arrive with your concept/idea for your letter? How did you represent this concept visually in your design? (Give 2 examples) 

After doing the branching off ideas thing we started off the project with, i noticed that I didn't connect it with anything I liked so then I thought to myself. GUNS. I like guns from violent video games. I also thought that it would show that I'm dangerous,and that "I AM THE DANGER"(Breaking Bad Reference) even though I'm really not. For example, I showed the danger by drawing two guns because 1 gun is pretty dangerous, but 2 guns are way more dangerous. I also wanted to show my serious side even though most people think of me as funny. For example, I showed my seriousness by drawing it in black and white, since black and white makes things always seem a little more serious. I also did two revolvers because their very classic and have a nice shape that form a "T" shape when standing next to each other which help show my letter visually.

3) What was the most challenging aspect of this project for you? Why?

The most challenging part of this project was deciding on my concept because the project was very open ended and we were only limited by our creativity. Also because I wasn't so sure on a particular letter since there were so many to choose from, but I eventually chose my initial.

4) Are you satisfied with your project?   Explain your answer.

I am satisfied with most aspects of my project because of all the time and detail I put into it. I also like how the shading turned out on the barrel of the guns because I tried to get the reflection of the light on the top part of it and I think i did it. 

5) If you can change anything about your design, what would you change or do differently?

I feel like if i used some color, it would've made my project more vibrant from a distance since graphite seems very light from far. I thought of making a pool of blood around the gun in dark red color pencil, but i ran out of time and I think that it might have distracted the viewers eye from the actual letter being formed.

Drafting proccess

Final piece