Db3.1 book

The Design layout I choose to work with is very structured in certain ways, I'm trying to keep the book simple and clean, without too many distracting visuals.
the dimension are 7 by 7, with a 1 inch margin o frame the work.

on each page the page number is designed more like an image rather than text, with the title of the book being the constant text and the page number...




On the image below, he left side of the page is an example of a pull quote that has been taken out

iCuba

In my exploration of the arts, i was visiting the Montreal museum fine arts this week, and ran into an interesting typographic screen based installation that was featured in the iCuba exhibition.

It is by a Cuban Artist named Ernesto Oroza, the work is called from "Aachen to Zürich 2005"
the work is projected onto a wall and features the word "Revolution" in Spanish stylized in over 200 fonts
there is a brief intro on youtube that give you a taste of the work. unfortunately the quality is horrible and it dose not even captivate you in the least bit as the original, which was entrancing...




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9sUyNJ4ns

working class- Inspiration for finial protect!

Inspiration for finial protect

For the final I was thinking of doin an istallation or maybe a screen based work, using flash or even Processing to create a text manipulator involving user interaction, because those are more of my comfort zones,
but print based work might be the way I'm headed
I ran across this really cool blog of someone studying to do there MA in graphic design.
last Semester i tried working with text and plexi glass.... i learnt my lesson there..
this semester might i be wood?.... crazy idea, but this link was very inspirational when looking for ideas for my final project
She printed on a table....

http://myma2006.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Table

working class

db3.1 to be handed in today
type being set, find a structure and page elements for a foundation to build on

3 stages: for the design brief needs to be handed in in two weeks.
from db 3.1 to db3.3
the first being: the type being set
the second: your intervention on it
the third: to take the text on your own and experiment on it individually .

in class a quick lecture on type being set and structure being played with

re submit db 2 "texTPod"

After seeing the work of other students in class, i was allowed to rework the design Brief.
Taking into account the actual content of the story i wanted to visually represent what the concept of the article was about, yet still keep the work looking very simplistic.

I took the typical image of an iPod and decided o recreate it with words.
The reason i chose not to manipulate my original image was because acts perfectly as the screen for the ipod, or in this case the "texTPod"...
The headline in this case is used as the focal point around the screen and is read clockwise
"fabric could power your iPod"
I chose to use color on the first letter of each textual break. so that the reader would know where to start and then continue.
I also chose to leave a little bit of space on the "control panel" or the circular textual element.
I felt this gave room for the numerical elements and create a little bit of movement.
I used the weather information that was required as the numerical buttons, which worked out well.
Because we we're supposed to occupy 3 out of the 9 squares , bu not 3 in a row, i chose the one to the right and middle which i think also worked out well visually.

db2 printed version due

The article that i was inspired to work with has to do with technological advances in clothing .
as a cart student this interest me, very much because one of our professor " Joey Bertzowski" works in this field and there are classes in which Dart students can further there studies in this interest with her.


The article is called:

"Fabric Could Power Your iPod"

http://www.newser.com/story/18973.html

The size of the text goes from the title which has the most importance to the body text decreasingly, working its way inwards in a structured way which mimics the image element.

Creating the Font

The 7 letters i chose to create were " E.L.D.F.S.C.P"
The character i find to be most sucessful is the"E"
and the least sucessful is the "C" or the "P"
The changes that i would make to the"C" is slightly shorthen the top of the c, so that it would coinside with the top of the E and the F, also these two character are a little slimer than the others, which i did not notice until later.
The use of the drop shadow was done to create depth and emphasizes the character as a whole.
Although the word "SELF" seems to hold together sucessfully.



Experiements

These are a few of the sketches that were done before the final product was created. I had more of a difficult time working on paper than when i started in Illustrator.Because illustrator has the grid options and blocks to work with, i found the digital environment easier to work within.

Next Tracing

The inspiration for the final part of the design breif came from the text tracing we did in class. I took my "word" then outlined the characters, after doin so, i then filled in the lines to name the word more dominant.

Within working on our Db1, i ran accross this poster which illustrates the use of typography in an intresting method.
The layout of diffrent type elements, such as the thickness, weight, size, type style and space, tend to distract one from the actual text content or message.
For example, the word behold is very distracting and one's eye tends to keep on comming back to that spot.

Type basics

Basic issues in type design are pointed out on this site such as spacing, kerning, black vs. white, sizing, small caps, style, etc…

As we all know spacing is a very important element when creating a document in general, it’s the difference between success and failure, too many elements can create clutter which distracts the reader from the message, the type, the words, the characters.

I was not aware that type had rhythm, apparently much more important than the shapes of the characters, is the rhythm of the type.

"The white spaces inside and in between letters are defining the rhythm, much more than the black shapes of the letters. When you manage to create a good rhythm in your line of text, your type gets more readable and gives a balanced end result."

Digitizing sketches

It seems that it has always been easier to sketch out what you want fist with the simple use of a pencil and then digitizing the object, but when it comes to tracing your text with a Bezier based pen tool, too many points on the character can often become a problem, which i have run into in the past.

There were a couple of cool tricks along the way with this reading such as the "copy paste trick" although i found the the bottom of the "u" to be a little offsetting.

Next

This image was altered, to create more depth between the background the the letters itself. the hight contrast of the black backrground blending into the "t" and the blinding white of the"x" creates a sense of depth.


The word I've chosen to work with is"Next".

To me the word, surrounds the notion of evolving, constantly changing, such as what is to come, perhaps even exploring the unknown. Space when working with type is very important, when trying to convey a certain massage as well. For this part of the exercise i decided to play with the kerning of the type. Initially, each letter the "N", "E", "X" and the"T" are placed almost on top of each other, making the word almost unrecognizable. The kerning is played with so that one can eventually recognize the formation of a word, the word "Time". The images below illustrate this precess. some of the images taken came out blurry, but rather an remove then, i chose to keep them because the king of give a sense of depth to the images.

Commercails

For Db1, we we're asked to go around and find interesting character shapes.During the week i came across this commercial that i found fascinating in it's typographic content. It's the Zellers Campaign which task is to state the company "Offers Everything from A to Z"
The commercial is a 30 second add which uses objects to compose letters of the whole English alphabet. For example the Q is composed of q-tips, the T of Toasters, the C of cupcakes and so on... these are a few images captured from the commercial and the link to the video and more information on the campaign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jFFJ8ifgj8
http://www.pubzone.com/newsroom/2007/1x070614x013955.cfm

Letters

The letters I have chosen for this assignment are "O"," E" & “N".

Dart 331 week 1

My name is Sabreena Aneesa Mohamed; I am currently a third year student at Concordia University and in my second year of the specialization in Computational Arts program. In my studies as a CART student I would also like to balance out the design aspect of the program and pursue more design classes to better my skills as a graphic designer.

Before Concordia I did a three year program at John Abbott College in the field of Publication design and Hypermedia Technologies(PDHT). This is a program designed to combine print and web based media work. After my completion of the program I worked with the head designer of Alio tours, (a Montréal based travel tour company) to produce the seasonal catalogues and constantly update the company’s catalogue on the web site.The greater part of my work has been print based. After working with the company for about a year I decided to go back to school…and here I am.

I was introduced to the world of typography in my studies as a PDHT student. The program gave us a brief background into typefaces, but never really went into too much depth on the subject. As I entered into more design classes at Concordia, I realized how important the subject was in relation to the appearance of a final design project, hence the reason for my interest in taking this class.

Last semester I experimented with a typography course and had a great experience working with different fonts such as the Arabic font faces, this semester i hope to push my typographic skills further...