Well it was my last class today and it was a bit sad to know I wouldn't be going back for another few months. Being at Emily Carr was an experience I couldn't possibly get tired of. Emily Carr is like my mother ship.
For the last class today we discussed page layout and working with a grid. This was something I never learned in my diploma course which is very strange but I learned it eventually through trial and error.
It's such a simple concept to keep things organized and give things structure it amazes me that it wasn't common sense to me way back when, but since it's not necessarily out in the open for all to see, a person may miss it if they're not taught properly. This is why I recommend going to a great art school.
All-in-all this course was a great starting point for communication design and gave a really nice mix of information. Even though it was an intensive, it sure didn't feel as overwhelming as I thought it was going to be. It was just enough of a challenge to keep me wanting more and I did learn a little more theory than I had going into the course.
Now I think I'll relax and await my next design challenge in September; more school and submitting my portfolio to the GDC to finally become an official member.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
DAY 4 : Identity
In today's class we discussed logos, identity, and branding. What was really interesting was the fact I totally missed something in the FedEx logo that I should have really picked up on earlier. It's very subtle but it does exist for a reason; very tricky. Can anyone tell me what it is?
We then got into the creation of an identity and applying standards across letterhead, business cards, etc. Our assignment was to create a letterhead and a business card based on 3 logos that were given to us.
Class was let out early and I strolled through Granville Island before heading home.
Working on my assignment tonight I came across a temporary glitch; my computer chair literally split in two. I went to sit down and it just leaned over on itself and fell to the ground. I'm still laughing about it. It was just too funny. Being so involved in designing these identities and having a computer chair break on you. A true test to potential real-life pressures in the design field. LOL! Luckily I was able to steal my boyfriends chair for the night and get my project finished.
Since I've done a few identities, I'll be interested to see what everyone says about my stuff. I'm really hoping for lots of critique so that I can learn lots of new things.
Tomorrow is my last class and I'm a bit saddened it has to end so soon. Just when I was getting into the swing of things and having so much fun. But I plan to sign up to some more courses in the fall so this isn't the end by any means. It's just the beginning.
More to come...
We then got into the creation of an identity and applying standards across letterhead, business cards, etc. Our assignment was to create a letterhead and a business card based on 3 logos that were given to us.
Class was let out early and I strolled through Granville Island before heading home.
Working on my assignment tonight I came across a temporary glitch; my computer chair literally split in two. I went to sit down and it just leaned over on itself and fell to the ground. I'm still laughing about it. It was just too funny. Being so involved in designing these identities and having a computer chair break on you. A true test to potential real-life pressures in the design field. LOL! Luckily I was able to steal my boyfriends chair for the night and get my project finished.
Since I've done a few identities, I'll be interested to see what everyone says about my stuff. I'm really hoping for lots of critique so that I can learn lots of new things.
Tomorrow is my last class and I'm a bit saddened it has to end so soon. Just when I was getting into the swing of things and having so much fun. But I plan to sign up to some more courses in the fall so this isn't the end by any means. It's just the beginning.
More to come...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
DAY 3 : Typography
The topic of the day was typography. What a juicy topic!
Typography to me is like reading a mystery novel. You kinda have a sense of who dunnit and why but then as the story progresses, it reveals more details and throws more twists and turns in the plot, making you go "hmm!" or "aha!"
I know typography is an extremely complex area of design which was why I was excited to discuss it today. We delved into how and when to use certain typefaces, talked about how to make a page more readable, technical jargon, how to recognize a typeface by certain letters, and expressing feeling with type. It was a pretty fun day and our in class exercise was to name 10 typefaces that were given to us. I got 9 out of 10 :)
Our homework for the day was to write down a sentence that described ourselves and give it to our partner (and visa versa). Using that sentances context we needed to create a typographic representation of their name. So if they were artistic, they're name would have to be designed with an artistic typeface or designed to look somewhat artistic.
I'm really looking forward to the reveal tomorrow. I can't wait to see what everyone came up with. I'm also looking forward to seeing how well I did on mine.
Typography to me is like reading a mystery novel. You kinda have a sense of who dunnit and why but then as the story progresses, it reveals more details and throws more twists and turns in the plot, making you go "hmm!" or "aha!"
I know typography is an extremely complex area of design which was why I was excited to discuss it today. We delved into how and when to use certain typefaces, talked about how to make a page more readable, technical jargon, how to recognize a typeface by certain letters, and expressing feeling with type. It was a pretty fun day and our in class exercise was to name 10 typefaces that were given to us. I got 9 out of 10 :)
Our homework for the day was to write down a sentence that described ourselves and give it to our partner (and visa versa). Using that sentances context we needed to create a typographic representation of their name. So if they were artistic, they're name would have to be designed with an artistic typeface or designed to look somewhat artistic.
I'm really looking forward to the reveal tomorrow. I can't wait to see what everyone came up with. I'm also looking forward to seeing how well I did on mine.
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