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KCAI • Online Presence for the Artist

September 1st, 2011 • 12:33pm

Web Design: ErikaGoering.com: 2010 | HTML, CSS, WordPress PHP VegBlogs.com: 2009 | HTML, CSS Francis Designs: 2007 | HTML, CSS Public Art: Stop (Collaboration with Davin Watne and MyARTS Youth): 2007 | 8×8′ | Inkjet print on paper Printed Work: Knowledge is Nourishment poster: 2010 | 12×18″ | Laser print on paper InspiRational Lisa Strausfeld  Read More

Type Inspiration

KCAI • Online Presence for the Artist

September 1st, 2011 • 11:49am

Serif: This rocks my socks because it conveys how I (and a lot of designers) feel about type. It’s got a mind and body of its own. And it must be studied to fully understand its potential.   Sans-Serif: This captures the essence of the word essence. Pretty straightforward.   Hand-Rendered: Apparently, this typeface took  Read More

My Goals for My New Portfolio

KCAI • Online Presence for the Artist

August 30th, 2011 • 12:13am

I want to reach people who are interested in what Kansas City has to offer, while showing off my mad HTML/CSS skills. I want my portfolio to be proof that I can create an atmosphere with the web. I want people to know that I have some serious love for my digital tools. I want  Read More

Bio: About Me and My Work

KCAI • Online Presence for the Artist

August 30th, 2011 • 12:05am

About Me: Learning Design My goal at the moment is to take in all I can as a graphic design junior at KCAI. Before KCAI, I was mostly self-taught, and I’m slowly realizing that I taught myself some bad habits. Every class I take gives me a bit more power as a designer. I feel  Read More

Just a Thought…

KCAI • Narrative/Sound&Motion • Random • Typography3 • VisLang

August 28th, 2011 • 11:01am

For those who don’t know, we’re working with Gertrude Stein’s poetry in Type3 and Narrative in Sound & Motion. Gertrude Stein’s poems are based on sounds and rhythms and tones, rather than meaning. The meaning is very loose, if existent at all. Reading her work, I find myself rocking back & forth and tapping my  Read More

Find + Share: Rhetoric

Find&Share • KCAI • VisLang

August 27th, 2011 • 1:55pm

I’ve recently fallen in love with Milton Glaser’s work. Here’s why. The AIDS symbol, created in 1987 (the year I was born!), is an example of multiple rhetorical tropes. Antithesis: The juxtaposition (and combination) of the hearts and the skull intensify the negative relationship between sex and AIDS, and shows that sometimes love can lead  Read More

Kinetic Type

KCAI • Narrative/Sound&Motion • Typography3

August 26th, 2011 • 1:12am

What’s more appropriate than a kinetic type video about language? Although this post is technically for Narrative in Sound & Motion, it makes sense to also tag it for Type3, because it’s about the appreciation of language and using the meaning of the text to influence the typography. The most intriguing thing about this one  Read More

Grace Kelly

KCAI • VisLang

August 24th, 2011 • 8:55pm

From my group’s presentation: Grace Kelly Grace Kelly is a 19-year-old saxophone player and vocalist with the talent and experience of a seasoned veteran. Her mother guided her to jazz music at a very young age. Her vast list of musical influences includes Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and Ella Fitzgerald, and spans a  Read More

Baby’s First Mind Map!

MyARTS • Working

August 24th, 2011 • 8:55pm

Today was the first day of getting un-stuck from a rut we were in. We’re designing a logo for an e-book reader company, and my high-schoolers all kept coming up with logos that looked like books with a big shiny E. Boring! So, at my own desk, I was mind-mapping and sketching, and I thought, […]