Creative quotes & fonts

 

 Here are a few creative quotes & fonts. I hope you're inspired!

Praise Who?

I thought this was cool!  What a great way to emphasize the  meaning of praise. The choice of  color and the cut outs with their hands up is symbolic to praise and worship. Lastly, the shadow illustrates that something has raisin, possibly a light source, the sun or God. I like  that this is open to interpretation of what the cut outs are really doing. Moreover, whose to say that they're praising God? Maybe its a dictator they're praising? All in all, I believe this is a great interpolation of the word PRAISE.

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Good Karma is In

 

Found this picture online and thought it was cool. I really like the use of typeface as clothing and its usage of color. In class, we've talked about emphasis and it displayed here in the words 'good' and 'IN'.

 

 

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HA!..So true!

I like the designers use of the font and cool colors. The needled and thread concept is a nice touch. The designer used emphasis on the word Men & Equal in a playful manner. Very Nice!

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Selling Vintage Coffins???

I saw this on the internet and thought it was interesting...

I really like the use of the typeface and text size to emphasize certain words in the advertisement for a vintage coffin. It's funny to me that someone had to think about how to market a vintage coffin...When I think about coffins, I think of death. How do you sell death and not have the ad gloomy? However, this graphic designer did a great job.  Also, I don't know if having the words form into an exclamation point was the goal of this advertisement but I think it's cool way to sell the message. I didn't realize that people shopped for coffins like you would shop for shoes..hmmm...who would of thought?

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Print Ads Featuring Excellent Use Of Typography

This website is showcasing 25 excellent print ads that feature great typography. What most of these ads have in common is that they use typography in a very interesting manner in order to get their message across."When you lose a leg, you don't just lose a leg. Help us win the fight for a complete ban on land mines." Below is additional information on the agency, creative director and art director.

 

 

 

 

 

Advertising Agency: Publicis Mojo Auckland, New Zealand
Executive Creative Director: Nick Worthington
Art Directors: Lorenz Perry, Derrick Kim
Copywriter: Karl Fleet

 

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KORINNA!

 

This is my concept for project 1 in the my Typography class. As a class, we were assigned to pick a typeface from the International Typeface Corporation (ITC). As you can see, I choose Korinna. We were to research the origin of the typeface and sketch a few concepts. My research led me to the once ravaged country of Germany. Rich in history, I wanted to bring out the colors of the German flag to make a powerful statement. Instantly, I knew that I would draw a women to represent a soft element. Lastly, I  wanted to design a concept that I could leave open for interpretation.


Below is a small paragraph from my research. I give a brief history of the (Korinna) typeface and  provide some information on the designers:

International Typeface Corporation (ITC) Korinna is the work of Edward Benguiat, Victor Ca­ruso and the staff of Photo Lettering, Inc., in New York. The original drawings for the typeface were made by H. Berthold AG in Germa­ny in 1904. ITC Ko­rinna is based on an older German design that was origi­nally cast at the beginning of the 20th centu­ry. This font was named after an ancient Greek female poet, Corinna, whose eloquently spoken words and beauty made her a muse to other ancient authors. ITC Korinna is a clear, legible typeface with a clean design. ITC Korinna is perfect for display and adver­tising typography, as well as for headlines in newsletters and maga­zines. Thanks to their keen reviving of this ever-popular style, computer us­ers can still use this type style today.

 

I am really looking froward to finishing this project. 

 

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MASTER HAROLD...and the boys

As I was doing my reading the other day for my graphic design class, I ran across a reference picture in the book and I thought it was an interesting composition.  I wanted to share my thoughts and the reference picture on my blog. So here we GO....

 

 If you look at the reference picture below, the continent of Africa is the head of a white young man and the inner part of Africa is the head of a black young man. My initial thought was... this is just another slave narrative of some slave fighting their way back to freedom, under my assumption that it was a book cover. However, as I continued to analyze the composition and mentally break down each element. I noticed the head of the white young man is slightly tilted down (as if he is embarrass or ashamed)  and without having to tilt the entire continent of Africa to get that effect...my thoughts were..WOW.. that is very creative. As my eyes scanned across the picture to the head of the black young man, his head is tilted upright (as if he is proud or undefeated). Needless to say, I felt extremely inspired.

Creatively, this reference picture is masterfully crafted. It's simple, it provides all the information, and it's open to interpretation & emotion. Let's consider some of the other elements used here in the picture.  First, color is limited to black and white only. Second, the use of containment is seen with the two young men head's. Lastly, the typeface is bold, large and gradually reduces in size. Overall, I think the reference picture is BRILLIANT!

 

Below is a summery and link I found on the Internet of the play Master Harold....and the boys. I hope I have the opportunity to see Master Harold...and the boys play, but until then, I plan to keep this play on my "must see" play list.  

"Master Harold" is what the black employees are ordered to call young Hally, the son of a well-to-do white couple who own a fashionable tea room. Hally wanders into the establishment one day and sees two black male workers practicing for an upcoming ballroom competition by dancing together. The two employees and Hally exchange kidding rebukes, not meant to offend anyone. But after Hally receives some bad news about his father, he takes out his anger upon the workers. Efforts to smooth out the situation erupt into an all-out racial conflict

 

Master....and the boys

 

I hope you are inspired as much as I am.

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I like to be creative

What's up world,

My name is Rick and I'm looking forward to this new experience. Just a little about me...I'm currently looking to make a career change, over the years I discovered that I'm a visual person. I've always like art and design, just never allowed myself the opportunity to explore this endeavor.

I've been flirting with the idea of becoming a graphic designer for awhile now and decided to take a class or two. I have a few samples of my work and will post some sample designs through out the school year. I hope you will like em'...feel free to leave a comment.


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I'm so excited....

Wow...I'm so excited {not really O_0} about having to maintain a blog for my graphic design class...whoo-hoo... I can hardly contain myself.