personal geography

perceptual map

In creating this version, I wanted to convey both the intensity and duration of each sense. I used opacity to express the intensity of certain events, where the more opaque icons represent more stimulating things or feelings. The rectangles represent the duration of each sense.

cognitive map

My cognitive map was created based on some of the decisions I make on my way to class and their relationship to various factors. As seen in the map, each determinant influences my decisions, and thus produces different outcomes, or events.

artifact map

For this map, I was influenced by my actual drive to campus and the feeling that I was driving in a single direction on the interstate, ignoring its actual shape and direction. So, in creating the map, I opted to eliminate curves and solely use lines.

material studies

For this project, we had to explore various materials through the creation of typefaces. In constructing the various letter forms, we were forced to analyze the materials and notice the nuances that set it apart from others. For example, I took advantage of the malleability of plastic toothbrushes after being boiled. I ended up choosing the keys as my final material because of the fact that they could actually be used once the letters were constructed. Thus, I chose to illustrate that in the form of an animation.

type specimen

Mrs. Eaves reminded me of a type face you might see in a fairy tale, so that notion influenced the color and design of my book. I made a point to use every facet of the Mrs. Eaves font family to ensure an accurate representation of the type face in this type specimen book.

prototype

The title of this prototype is "Four Square", after the square units seemingly stamped out of each letter.

illustrator excercise

This exercise was our first real lesson with the pen tool in illustrator. We had to learn to use the anchors and handles correctly to essentially trace over the image of the duck.

symbol methodology

My topic for this project was agriculture, which I broke down into growth/tending, organic farming, and genetic modification. Each subtopic was transformed into a symbol through a series of drawings, illustrations, and vectors.

scales: russian constructivism

Do you take baths or showers?

 

What annoys you most in others?

What is religion?

For this project in Image Methodology, we utilized our skills in Photoshop as well as various images we generated to answer a set of questions in a specific, historical design style or movement. This particular set was to be modeled in the vein of Russian Constuctivism. To do so, I used geometric shapes,  black and white images as well as a pale yellows and bright reds, a color palette found in nearly every Russian constructivist poster. The questions answered are listed above each work.

scales: tactile

scavenger hunt

line-emphasis-shape-color-value

design culture now

new poster

original

In typography class, our first project was to create a poster focusing on hierarchy while incorporating a contemporary modern design aesthetic. The poster I designed below illustrates the Do-It-Yourself scene prevalent in Austin through a geometric type I created in Illustrator and a charcoal brush stroke on the dates, lines, and designer's names.

I made changes to the original poster in attempt to make it a little bit more refined.