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.

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".

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"