Class Info

  • Date: Friday, 10/25
  • Meeting Info: In-Person, Pearl 112

Topic

  • Typographical solutions /3D
  • Fix Dropbox

Objectives

  • Continue to learn about strategies and skills that will help us make typography a bit more playful.
    • No cheap tricks. Keep a solid understanding of the letterform. Textures and effects do not mean good typography.
  • Continue learning tools in Illustrator

Activities

  • Demo — 3D tools in Illustrator and Typography
    • EXTRUDE/INFLATE/MATERIALS/LIGHTING
  • Type Challenge — Illustrator Tools (Extrude)
  • Project 2 — Part 4 — 3D (Start in class, complete for HW)
    • Create an Illustrator doc with the following specs : 
      • Size: 3″ x 3″
      • 4 Artboards
      • .5″ between artboards
    • Once document is open:
      • Save as: Lastname_Firstname_3DWord
    • Create A Sequence (You’ll be working from Left to Right):
      • Choose ONE word from your Four Words exercise in Class 12.
        • Feel free to redesign or edit to make the design stronger.
      • On Artboard 1, paste your selected word in black and white.
      • On Artboards 2-4 : Experiment with different solutions.
        • Remember, this is a typography exercise so your word must be legible, and the solution must make sense to the meaning of the word. You can use color.
      • Example of Original Four Words
      • Example of ONE word in four styles.
    • Once finished, save your work in Illustrator.
      • Take a screenshot of your Illustrator file
      • Name image: Lastname_Firstname_3DWord
      • Place in Dropbox

To-Do After Class

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