Sunday, January 31, 2016

Week 3 and Helvetica Response

Visions is really kicking off with Art designing in the Space-Deco Style. This change came about because the directors did not feel like the campaign was cohesive in its design. By picking a more definitive theme, Art has a lot more direction. This week, I taught Jack how to use Photoshop and Illustrator. Now that Jack is making his own graphics which allows me to work on the campaign designs (such as the T Shirt and Event Poster). I have already started working on the program and have met with Evonne about prices as well as paper options. I asked about the addition of one color page and she told me that it would increase the price. I've been considering dropping a page (the film page before the list of films feels unnecessary) which would help balance out the additional cost of the color page. I've also been working on a bumper and learning AfterEffects in the process. It's a  relevant program that will be an asset on my resume.



Helvetica Response:
I throughly enjoyed the documentary "Helvetica" and it's safe to say that I will never look at font the same way again. The film brought up many interesting design factors that fonts possess, one being the thickness portraying an emotion/feeling or emphasis. I myself don't utilize font thickness within my design, so the examples shown within the film made me examine design in a new way. Readability was also ephasized in the film. V6 has had font issues in the past, so I'm really striving for readability with the 1950s fonts we are incorporating.

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