Futura

So I was watching the trailer to ‘The Wolfman’ and I noticed that the typeface on the trailer was Futura. The same type which I used in my Almanac. I find it to be quite and interesting coincidence since both subjects have the element of the Moon in them.

So why would Futura be used to convey the ideals of the Moon? Hmmm, the reason why I used it was because of it’s equal consistency in shape aswell as it’s sharp edges and when putting white type against the tone of black it is displayed more prominent. Also it fits in with the colour scheme of space (Moon=White, Space=Black).

The reason why I probably think the designers for the movie used it is possibly because the letter ‘O’ visually links with connotations of the Moon (being round) and since the film has the theme of a lycanthropy, the sharp edges of the text (M, N, W, V etc.) carry that theme of the advertising.

Here’s the link to the trailer and poster of the movie: http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/thewolfman/

Don’t you agree?

Quick Update on Almanac****

I noticed yesterday when I went through the upload of ‘the Moon’ Almanac, there was an error on the 15th page. It is only ‘minor’ but still major to me!!! The error was simply just that the word ‘caution’ was not underlined and it is on the print.

Please forgive my error and what I’ll do is keep the link on the previous post running until the end of the week and then replace it with the updated version in this post (I’m wondering whether to delete this post after when the amendments have been made. Though I might leave it just to keep a record of the error which I made.)

Here is the update.

Enjoy~

A5 Almanac

Damn… I’m late for class and from what I understand the studio is shut off and the lecturers are marking the work… Kinda angry at myself for this happening. This morning I was at the printers printing the final result and pretty much came in (went yesterday but the damn traffic made me run late so it closed 15 mins before I got there -,-)  Look’s like I came in way too late for my marks. -,-+++

Anyhow, it’s evaluation time. What do I think about what I’ve created. Well, I like it overall. What I actually think the type is too big in some places. Don’t you think that it is SHOUTING at you? The work was also printed on 270gsm recycling paper. I wanted to do this because I wanted the audience to feel the texture of the paper. This kinda was like a double edged sword because the center double page spead [RGB/On the screen] had a misprint. Otherwise the texture added to that rough natural and quite patchy look. Also the thickness of the card proved to also be quite a bad choice because it seemed to be a little inaccurate when it came to bounding/slicing the work.

Also, on the way here, I thought of a different way for me to approach this almanac: obviously a visual representation of myself is not needed for me to showcase what talents I have. But I thought that if I talk about myself combined with type and illustration then that showcases what kind of person I am as a whole… confusing? Here’s a quick example: I usually wear a beanie hat, my friends see this visual associated with me. So I suppose you could say that I pull ideas out of the hat (not meant to sound like a joke lol but I suppose that could also contribute to my personality in some points). And another example, I have/had an afro so I could have visually made it so that I was pulling design ideas from my head. These 2 ways of thinking [hair and hat] are close to my brain where I come up with design ideas so I think that this way of thinking is quite valid, not to forget mentioning the idea of describing oneself. When we talk to other people we give away our personality so combining that with a visual representation of ourselves should prove to be qute interesting.

Don’t you just hate it when you finish something and you come up with other ideas which you could have incorporated into a project!!! lol

Well, I’ve posted my Almanac for your viewing pleasure let me know what you all think about it…

I present to you…

‘the Moon’

Monday… Monday… Monday Monday~

12/10/09

Alright… Today’s crit went alright. If I had to analyze myself I actually think I’m a couple of days behind schedule… It’s not too bad, but I should have visuals prepared already (on a2 that is.)

I believe I’ve got a solid idea, the lecturer/client said that it was ‘off the wall’ which is a good thing I think. I’ve been labeled as an oddball in the past so I suppose that could be inputted to my personal identity.

So I suppose I should explain the project brief. Well in a nutshell, I am to design an Almanac which reflects on not only the my personal identity, but that of my ‘company’. The format which it has to be produced in is a5 and on recycled paper. I actually had abit of confusion as to how I should present myself but I’ve recently had a brainwave as to where I need to go~

Hence, ‘the Moon’. I decided to create a graphic and media company based on the metaphor and ideals of the Moon which satellites Earth and the space around it. I idea I came up with was that ‘the Moon’ has been watching Earth and it understands it. Through this level of understanding, it can create rich, thoughtful visual pieces to communicate with the audience.

Before in my previous institution (college not a mental asylum :p) I had to present myself on a website with my influences stated and one of them was the idea of ’space’. I find Space intriguing because it is (or seems) like an endless wave of… Space… lol Yeah anyways, I believe that the idea of space could be used as a state of thought and since Space is big the amount of thought one person can conjure would be endless.

I’ve also been thinking about the way I wanna work this year. Last year I pretty much only presented my individual work one or two times at most in criteria sessions (three if you include the end of semester show). So what I wanna be doing is talking more about my work and getting people’s opinions on my work in progress. It’s pretty much stupid to guard your work and wait for people to see it at the very end result because I suppose how will I know if my work’s right or wrong if no one is going to criticize it’s plus or minus points? So I suppose this semester. I’m gonna be more vocal.

Catch you guys next time~

Alphabet

Click on image for PDF

This is my created Alphabet. It is based originally based upon the controls of an arcade joystick aswell as arcade elements.

It uses a grid within its method of writing. All instructions are added in the PDF file made available above.

Re-Package Insults and Compliments

COMING SOON…

Festival

A quick graphic and review of the Birmingham festival Artsfest.

MECHANIC APPLE

Virtual Presence

JPG | PDF

STATE OF MIND

This project was set before the Xmas holidays.

The subject which I chose for my state of mind was confusion.

[click images for the PDF]

Research information:

I had an idea of making and leaving copies of my ’state of mind’ on the underground so the public could read it + it would lead them to this blog.