Typography Process

KCAI • Typography2

March 2nd, 2011 • 10:28pm

It’s kind of crazy how my ideas evolved into something totally different since the beginning of this project. I’m always amazed at how much progress I make. First Round:   Second Round:   Third Round:     Final Crit:    

Digital Pictograms

KCAI • VisCom2

February 25th, 2011 • 8:49am

Here are my latest revisions. They’re digital now! No more Sharpie fumes! (Aww, man…) I went ahead and digitized all of them (instead of just the required 2/3) because I wanted to get feedback on every single one before I move forward. I feel better about their future that way.   All of them in  Read More

Pictogram Revisions

KCAI • VisCom2

February 21st, 2011 • 2:09pm

Here are the 12 I’m thinking about using. (I had 13, but that little guy got killed off pretty early. Poor guy…) Grid with dot pattern: Grid, curvilinear: We’ve decided to move forward with the curvilinear one with a few tweaks. Everything will be more squared so each icon will take up the same amount  Read More

Pictogram Process

KCAI • VisCom2

February 21st, 2011 • 1:08pm

My previous round of pictogram sketches were varied and diverse. This was necessary to establish a successful direction and move forward with it. Here’s those guys: Resistors: organic and curvilinear Hard drive: based on a grid, mixture of curvilinear (disk platter, screws) and rectilinear (case and read head thingy) Soldering irons: partial fill and fragmented  Read More

R&R: Pictograms

KCAI • Read&Respond • VisCom2

February 21st, 2011 • 12:25pm

Pictograms are supposed to be simple forms that give the viewer a sense of understanding. The pictogram directly represents an object, action, or emotion. The way the image is presented (with framing, positive/negative space, and composition) should give viewers all the information they need to come to a conclusion about the graphic. Does the image  Read More

Typography Inspiration: Dr. Seuss

Find&Share • KCAI • Typography2

February 13th, 2011 • 2:06am

The symbols from On Beyond Zebra! remind me a lot of the monograms we did last semester. I find this inspirational because it shows that someone as imaginative as Dr. Seuss played with letterforms the same way I have. And it gives me a bit more hope for my own future as a creative person.  Read More

Final book: Inner Workings

KCAI • VisCom2

February 12th, 2011 • 2:36pm

I originally started with “hacker,” but because it’s hard to photograph software (as it’s all abstract, virtual information or, more physically, a bunch of disks), I ended up going for the hardware version for more variety in images: a hardware modder. Hardware modders believe in the same things software hackers do: to find and exploit vulnerabilities  Read More