Serif

My collage is a satire piece targeting the phony idealistic character, prince charming. I portray the fraudulence character by having the prince take off his helmet to reveal a skeleton body. An idea of ‘prince charming’ is unrealistic and just a fairytale. The ideals females place on males while looking for “the one” can get unbelievably ridiculous and expectations can gravitate toward a ‘prince charming’ character. The expectations females have put on his personna, have rot away at his skin,…

The typeface I am picking is the Arial font. The Arial typeface was drawn in 1982 by designer Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders. It was original called Sonoran Sans Serif and was renamed Arial in 1992. Arial was made similar to the Helvetica font design, some say copying it for thickness and height. It started off as a bitmap font. The bitmap were high-resolution laser comp fonts that were used as a starting point to sample down give it a 240dpi or 300dpi font. Arial was original…

The Civil war was the deadliest war in American History, with over 600,000 American deaths. There is no one certain event that lead to the civil war but there are three major events that drew closer to the war. These events were Economic differences between the North and the South, The fight over slavery in new states, and the growth of the Abolition movement. The first major conflict that led to the Civil War were the economic and social differences between the north and the south. The…

15,000 - 10,000 BC The first known visual communication, with symbols discovered in the Lascaux caves in southern France. These images showed the appreciation the civilization had toward animals. 3600 BC The Blau Monument is the oldest monument known to incorporate both words and pictures. 105 AD Paper is invented by the Chinese government official Ts’ai Lun. 1045 AD Movable type is invented by Pi Sheng, this allowed individual letters to be used in printing work.…

“Moving to Australia” is a presentation designed for overseas students that are hesitant to come to Australia for their undergraduate preparation. I have been invited by an agency to talk to students about my experience when I moved to Australia. I will focus on giving students the good aspects and the bad, but especially persuade them to make the decision to come to Australia. My target audience are 18 to 25-year-old international students. Using Duarte’s (Duarte, 2008) template to map my…

How you would describe LCEF’s current visual identity via social? How does that compare to what you may envision? Source: Pew Research Center Why is establishing a visual identity important through LCEF’s social media (SM) platforms important? The visual identity of LCEF communicates who your organization is to a global audience. You want your visual identity to communicate how your financial organization is excellent and what sets you apart. The visual identity for LCEF…

a highly expressionist movement known as post-modernism. These drastic changes in design can be examined based on their technical, aesthetic, and sociopolitical impacts. Swiss style design can be characterized by its heavy use of grids, sans serif type and cold compositions. This style is best known for its ability to convey complex information in an easy to understand manner. It developed in order to offer complete functionality, Swiss style does not draw attention to itself, however…

It was designed and cut by Nicolas Jenson in 1450. It is an old-style serif typeface drawn for Adobe Systems and it’s a Roman style that is based on a Venetian old-style text face, which is cut by Nicolas Jenson in 1470. The result is an organic, somewhat idiosyncratic font, with a low x-height, and there is an inconsistency…

The rule of thirds, the golden proportion, and the basic grid, are the primary methods of laying out designs. When faced with a large amount of information to present in an aesthetically pleasing format, one cannot simply follow their artistic whims. The use of specific rules to follow is important, in order to construct a clean, clear, interesting design. The point of interest is positioned based of these concepts. The most popular method is the basic grid. The basic grid is simple, clear,…

For the 82 years Paul Rand was alive, he influenced many fields of art from art director and advertisement to graphic design and corporate identities. However, it wasn't his goal to revolutionize any forms of art, all he wanted to do was create great work and become the best that he can. In doing this, Rand introduced America to the modern Europe styles of the time that heavily influenced his work. Paul Rand is one of the greatest graphic designers of all time and is remembered through his many…