Due 11/25, 8:30

Topic: Meaning

Goals: Create a dynamic composition with meaning

Objectives: Use proportion to highlight “intention.”

  homework

1. 1. two posters
   2. resume
      3. sketches

1. Poster

revise 2 posters

1. 1. If your poster has been approved, add a very small amount of color to reinforce hierarchy 

2. Use a 1-point hairline rule to define the outside of your compositions

3. Save as jpg Post both versions to Miro

be sure to use this criteria

1 Typography

Use a typeface your designer would use in a typographic system

Align type asymmetrically, to the grid, not the page

use a proportion of 2 to 3: 2 columns to 3 columns, 2 rows to 3 rows we should have a sense of the grid, even when it is not showing check that you do not have the same space above and below

2. Hierarchy, Three dramatic levels

Make sure hierarchy is clear from a distance Use no more than 3 sizes of type

3. Position hierarchy on an intersection based on a proportion system

rule of thirds or golden mean

4. Mass your white space

make sure you have a large area of white space

5. Integrate your image with your type.

Do not use your typography to surround it.

 

2. Finalize your resume

see instructions in last week’s homework assignment
Examples of resumes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Bring all sketches from your letterform studies to class

photograph and crop sketches