Typography Color Compositions

Assignment 4 - Reflections 3

We've decided on some locations which I posted earlier. Overall, our group agrees that Wescoe beach will probably be the best location. This is the busiest area of campus where there are always tons of students, events, and kiosks selling things. We think that if people were walking through our letters it might appear as being 'disruptive.' We will try several different ways of setting up the letters at this location. Another place that we think will work well is inside the library or a lecture hall/classroom. Both are quiet, structured spaces, so just the simple act of taking pictures would be disruptive, let alone the huge, neon word being placed in that location! Here are some pictures of us getting started on the construction of our word...

Assignment 4 - Possible Locations

Me, Andrew, Katlyn, and Katherine have come up with some neat locations for presenting our word. Since our word is 'disrupt', we want to be as 'disruptive' as possible. Possible locations are the library, Wescoe beach, a cross walk, inside a bus, and inside a lecture or during a class. We are painting them bright, neon pink and orange. I'm excited to see how the pictures turn out!

                                                 

 

Assignment 4 - Reflections 2

Today in class we worked with our groups on our type project. So far, it's going really well. My group is me, Katherine, Katlyn, and Andrew. We have a good mix of people -- some graphic, industrial, and photography majors. I think this will really help out for the assignment. Andrew is going to lead with the construction of the letters and Katherine is going to help out with the actual taking of the photos once we place them in the right location. Our word is 'disrupt' and I am so excited about it. We've been discussing a lot of possible places where we could present the word and coming up with really creative ideas. So far, we are thinking of putting it in Wescoe beach because it's such a busy spot. Other ideas are in the dining hall or in the library. We want to paint our words a bright color - probably orange or lime green - to really make it vivid and distracting. I think we are very fortunate to have such a cool word to work with. Next week we plan on finishing up the construction and then we'll be ready to take a lot of neat photos.

Assignment 4: Group Definition

dis·rupt

–verb (used with object)

1.) to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.

2.) to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt: Telephone service was disrupted for hours.

3.) to break apart: to disrupt a connection.

 

–adjective

4.) broken apart; disrupted.

Assignment 4: Reflections

So far, I am really enjoying this project. It is a lot different from assignment 3. It's been fun creating different ways of representing and portraying my word (which is 'support'). It definitely lets my creative juices flow and allows me to put my own input in as well. I also really enjoy using Illustrator and pathfinder for this project. However, I am still having difficulty with some of the techniques in forming typography. The shift technique in which you divide the word in half and drag part of it and the transparency technique are pretty hard and I can't seem to get them working. Hopefully, the class critique today will help and I'll be able to get some advice about finalizing my representations and getting help with some of these processes. Color is another part of this assignment that I have been enjoying. I picked three hues, blue, red, and yellow, and have worked them together to present my word in an attractive way. I hope to revise some of my representations and make them the best they can be for the final project.