I've been out of the loop for awhile, so I guess I better post! Eventually I'll be starting a new blog on my personal WordPress site. Been busy, so maybe I'll start posting some work soon.
In the mean time, check this out: www.myriadecc.com
It's the website for one of El Camino College's annually published magazines "The Myriad".
I'm the student web developer for this site, so check it out! It's still under development, but the full version will be out once the magazine is published.
As for what I will do for this blog, I think I will use it to show just purely student work. I split my blog up into different one's earlier this year, but I'll be merging the contents back again later.
My personal WordPress site address will be posted once that is done...
I think I should also redesign the look of this blog too.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Art 41: Assignment 1- Final
For this project I used the typeface: Lucida Sans Italic. The letter I used is a capital "B", and I used it to express 4 different elements of design: direction, line, size, and shape.
Monday, February 27, 2012
New Blog
I needed to have separate blogs for my Flash and Typography assignments, so I created a new blog to post my Flash projects.
You can find it here: Dan's Moving Pictures
I will post anything related to my animation projects to this new blog.
You can find it here: Dan's Moving Pictures
I will post anything related to my animation projects to this new blog.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Good and Bad Typography
Good:
I like how the logo for Gran Turismo 5 looks, since the "GT" as the logo is shaped in a way a car would be shaped. This is important due to the fact that the game is mainly about collecting and driving cars. Notice that the "GT" lacks hard edges like how a modern car lacks hard edges in it's design. The letters also appear to be made up of the same material as a car's body.
Bad:
This is example that I saw from reallybadtype.blogspot.com.
This is a blog that posts examples of bad typography from the world around us.
If you took a quick glance at this label, you will likely read it as "ireless accessories". The company logo is supposed to be used as the "W" for the word "wireless", but it becomes lost due to the way the "W" is spaced far from the rest of the word. It also does not help that there is a contrast between the color of the negative spaces of the "W" and "ireless".
I like how the logo for Gran Turismo 5 looks, since the "GT" as the logo is shaped in a way a car would be shaped. This is important due to the fact that the game is mainly about collecting and driving cars. Notice that the "GT" lacks hard edges like how a modern car lacks hard edges in it's design. The letters also appear to be made up of the same material as a car's body.
Bad:
This is example that I saw from reallybadtype.blogspot.com.
This is a blog that posts examples of bad typography from the world around us.
If you took a quick glance at this label, you will likely read it as "ireless accessories". The company logo is supposed to be used as the "W" for the word "wireless", but it becomes lost due to the way the "W" is spaced far from the rest of the word. It also does not help that there is a contrast between the color of the negative spaces of the "W" and "ireless".
Examples of Flash: Newgrounds.com and some of my favorite animators
I decided to use newgrounds.com as an example, since it showcases some of the best and some of the worst Flash projects on the web. Here you can find many Flash based animations and video games. Submissions are open to anyone, and the community chooses their favorites. (Caution: Some of the works can be VERY offensive! Viewer discretion is advised)
Here are also a few animations from some of my favorite Flash animators (YouTube links):
Egoraptor - "Ryu: Then and Now"
Harry Partridge - "The Justin Bieber Show"
Yotam Perel - "Meme City"
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