Cooking Eggs 1 from Dmitri Kozlov on Vimeo.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Mailer: First Full Model
I like the inside, but I'm still having issues figuring out how to depict all the characters on the first fold out. I know I want them there, but I can't decide how to do it best. Blurg.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Font Choice and A Bit of Facts
Baskerville!!!
Designed in 1757 by John Baskerville. It's basically a cooler version of Bodoni and Didot. I won't even talk about how much better it is than Caslon. It has a really awesome uppercase Q, which kicks all the other Qs asses. However, it was because of John's hard work that this awesome typeface became famous. Since the strokes are more contrasting where they are thick and thin the whole typeface rocks people's faces. The whole thing reeks of dignity and tradition. You can't crap on that. After a while people started forgetting how awesome Baskerville was, because Futura was melting people's brains with its own form of badassery. However, Benjamin Franklin invented a time machine and traveled to the future to tell people that they're being dumb. Now everybody only uses Baskerville.
Designed in 1757 by John Baskerville. It's basically a cooler version of Bodoni and Didot. I won't even talk about how much better it is than Caslon. It has a really awesome uppercase Q, which kicks all the other Qs asses. However, it was because of John's hard work that this awesome typeface became famous. Since the strokes are more contrasting where they are thick and thin the whole typeface rocks people's faces. The whole thing reeks of dignity and tradition. You can't crap on that. After a while people started forgetting how awesome Baskerville was, because Futura was melting people's brains with its own form of badassery. However, Benjamin Franklin invented a time machine and traveled to the future to tell people that they're being dumb. Now everybody only uses Baskerville.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Find & Share
I found this a while ago, but it is still entertaining. This is a clear example of a visual pun, because they're playing of the sound of the world "flu" and exchanging it for the word "flew," having it take on a whole new meaning. This was done by Skyskraper Design.
Storyboards+Rendering
I think I prefer the perspective of the egg the most. It's not often we get to see the world through the eyes of an everyday egg.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Jazz Visual Research
There are a range of items on this board that represent colors, rendering styles, choices of type and image that I will draw upon for my poster. I kept in mind not only my musician, but the roots of jazz - where it came from, its many styles, its rich history and most importantly, its complex structure.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Jazz Research
"The cortex of jazz consists of several layers, alternately hard and soft, complex in structure, and hard to take apart."
- Barry Ulanov, A History of Jazz
Christian McBride was born in 1972 to a father and uncle already richly involved in the Philadelphia Jazz scene. He grew up in that environment and attended Julliard. He quickly rose through the ranks of Jazz to become one of the most wanted Jazz bassists in the world. He played with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Sting, Kathleen Battle and Diana Krall.
The Quintet, also know as "The Inside Straight," consists of pianist Eric Reed, saxophonist Steve Wilson, drummer Carl Allen, and vibraphonist Warren Wolf. Combined with McBride, they released an album in 2009, "Kind of Brown." As well as a hit with the fans, this critically acclaimed album has been described as "his finest effort."
Like Ulanov's description of Jazz, "Kind of Brow" features both soft and hard, complex in structure songs, that vary in tempo, mood and rhythm. Overall it is one of the finest works of jazz I have heard.
- Barry Ulanov, A History of Jazz
Christian McBride was born in 1972 to a father and uncle already richly involved in the Philadelphia Jazz scene. He grew up in that environment and attended Julliard. He quickly rose through the ranks of Jazz to become one of the most wanted Jazz bassists in the world. He played with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Sting, Kathleen Battle and Diana Krall.
The Quintet, also know as "The Inside Straight," consists of pianist Eric Reed, saxophonist Steve Wilson, drummer Carl Allen, and vibraphonist Warren Wolf. Combined with McBride, they released an album in 2009, "Kind of Brown." As well as a hit with the fans, this critically acclaimed album has been described as "his finest effort."
Like Ulanov's description of Jazz, "Kind of Brow" features both soft and hard, complex in structure songs, that vary in tempo, mood and rhythm. Overall it is one of the finest works of jazz I have heard.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Gutenberg Press Response
Holy crap were those guys excited about that press. Admittedly it did make me want to build a printing press out of wood. It was interesting to learn all the work that went into making the press, the letters, and the paper. I never knew that without the paper, Gutenberg would have failed at making his machine popular, since velum was so hard to make.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Final Review! w00t!
This semester was about exploration. Exploration of type, exploration of image and exploration of a system. In all three classes I had room to experiment. Through my type, and interestingly enough, image classes, I had a chance to get a good grip on my typography. My type became a graphic element on the page, rather than static text slapped onto an image. I had a chance to explore expressive type, with many different approaches that ultimately ended up as applications. It was the same in Visual Communications. The ending result was applications of an already developed experiment. However, the path to that conclusion was different. I took many steps, and many more little steps in those, that all built up to a comprehensive system. Through this process I have learned something about myself. Upon reflection of my work and critical feedback of my teachers and peers, I have figured out that a systematic, step-by-step approach is the best way I can work. This semester, I set goals for myself to employ clean, simple type, immediate imagery and powerful, grasping concepts. I believe I have achieved those goals.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
How I Got Here: A VisCom Summary
The Object
The Icon
The Visual Inspiration
The Color Palette
This semester was a long build-up to develop cohesive and communicative system. We first started by analyzing what a system was. We then created a set of icons that could work across multiple application. In this final project we have taken those icons and applied them to a museum exhibit. This sums up the strength of our systems because we could see how effectively our choices show through. For example, I have chosen geometric shapes for my icon system, and now they have contributed by forming interesting patterns. Another example is my color palette. Because I chose to go with a more serious tone, I could focus on more serious subjects with my icons, such as poverty, death and corruption. It is easy to see the success and failure of a system in its applications.
The Icon
The Visual Inspiration
The Color Palette
This semester was a long build-up to develop cohesive and communicative system. We first started by analyzing what a system was. We then created a set of icons that could work across multiple application. In this final project we have taken those icons and applied them to a museum exhibit. This sums up the strength of our systems because we could see how effectively our choices show through. For example, I have chosen geometric shapes for my icon system, and now they have contributed by forming interesting patterns. Another example is my color palette. Because I chose to go with a more serious tone, I could focus on more serious subjects with my icons, such as poverty, death and corruption. It is easy to see the success and failure of a system in its applications.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Addition of Hats and Street Banner Layout
I wasn't sure about these two elements because I'm adding them last minute. Should I keep them and keep working on them, or get rid of them all together?
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Final 10
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I believe these selection best represent the 10 requirements and best represent the extent of my research. The numbers are matched to the requirements posted on the VisCom blog. In the end I decided to juxtapose words with patterns, as can be seen by my final product.
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I believe these selection best represent the 10 requirements and best represent the extent of my research. The numbers are matched to the requirements posted on the VisCom blog. In the end I decided to juxtapose words with patterns, as can be seen by my final product.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Further Color and Concept Refinement
The colors are now more muted, but still serious. It was important that the icons not be muddied by the background color, yet it add something to the compositions. The font is all the same across all of the words. I have also included the title of the exhibit to the compositions for clarification.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Colors!
I have further refined all my content. I have a consistent theme now, of big san serif font against a pattern set on a diagonal. I didn't know how excatly incorporate the smithsonian logo, so I tried big and small and all different kinds.
Friday, April 24, 2009
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