Emphasis

Emphasis

During my research into emphasis I found some great examples.

This movie poster makes great use of emphasis though by constructing the woman's dress from a scribbled pattern and aligning the text up it's edge, heavier at the top. The resulting effect draws the eye much like an arrow, It gets bonus points for being reminiscent of Gustav Klimpt's "The Kiss" as he has long been one of my favourite artists.

Here the use of strong block colour; Black on Red, draws the eyes between the two armed children to the highlighted word destroy and finally up to the war child logo before the eye settles on the image where the white text is read and an discreet arrow draws the eye up to the word Donate. The black borders also help frame the image, keeping the eye from straying. A very effective advertisment.

For an audio only podcast Welcome to Night Vale has some great design, perhaps necessitated by the lack of visual representation for their cast. Their logo scales excellently to fit prominently among other podcasts on your iphone up to posters and desktop wallpapers. Straight line and curves, and white and black divide the image and contrast strongly highlighting the clear bold font and looming moon while the iconic colour palette balances with the black, while hinting a great eye over the town, representing the pervasive weirdness that permeates the series and perhaps the perception of Cecil Palmer, the narrator. Through layered emphasis the designer hints at many of the show's core precepts, and makes it very representational of the show.

A productive evening Part 1

After our typography session today I decided to play around with various compositions of my name, having been steering towards an alias in many of my previous designs.

My first attempt gave fruit but lacked in it's integration with my forename. Unperturbed I continued confident that I was heading in the right direction.

Much better, but it still needed something!

This was great, though heavily typographic it resonated with me. Its seamless integration of numerous inspirational elements; from Japanese architecture to Norse Futhark runes and alchemical glyph, it used them all without being too in your face about it. The Block background is reminiscent of the Marvel logo while its rough edges give it a decidedly grungy aesthetic.

Personal Analysis of design

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Balance

Balance

Balance is a key concept in art and graphic design as seen in ancient imagery such as the Yin Yang. This one in particular especially with it'd use of retro 60s fonts to form the shape.

I really like this example as using colour to create balance while grounding it with the foreground image with the background uses proximity to create the the illusion of a profile shot.

This image finds balance between the starkly defined man and his dog against the greyscale blur of the train.

Finally this poster for inception achieves balance asymmetrically by balancing colour and density.

My first design utilises colour balance across both sides with the inverted colour White on Black on the front and Black on White on the back. The icon itself is also shows balance through limited symmetry as does the Futhark brackets around my name on the reverse.

These designs use variations on the same, the first uses symmetry in the reflected owls as well as the askew Futhark brackets which make a return. The second balances the dark focal point with the white canvas.

Principles of Good Design: Composition Workshop

Balance

Isolation

Chaos

Unity, Stress and Joy

Typographic Composition

Dave Campbell: "Narrative, Power and Responsibility"

In his talk "Narrative, Power and Responsibility" at Coventry University Dave Campbell talks about
narrative in relation to photography and photojournalism.

Jason Travis: Persona

For his project "Persona" Jason Travis approached members of the public requesting to photograph them and the contents of their bag and in doing so manufactured some unorthodox portraits,

Each item in their possession tells you a little about who they are, what they do and where they are going, its a wonderfully simple yet illuminating inclusion of a personal narrative to a portrait.

The Wade Bros Part 2: Welcome to Room 107

In their "Room 107" project the Wade Brothers document the life of a seedy model room.

The scenes range from a mix of dark and subdued to funny, wild and bizarre but the locale becomes a strange world all of it's own imprinted upon by those who occupy it for their short stay, oblivious to the plethora of stories that room 107 has played host to.