Converting between colors is tricky. RGB and CMYK never quite match up, and Pantone is a whole different concept. At least CMYK does get close to Pantone. That’s because they’re both subtractive color. Converting from subtractive color to another kind of subtractive color is easier than trying to flip between additive and subtractive. If I Read More
Here’s my color star with the addition of Pantone colors. I’m starting to get the hang of this Pantone thing. The number system is starting to make sense.
Here’s what I think of these colors: Red 186: Passion fire love Fruit punch happiness nostalgia Orange 1585: spicy energetic Yellow 116: Happy Sunny Playful Brown-Green: 438 adventurous grassy dirty muddy fun Blue 2747: smooth calm watery fluid Chartreuse 584: party playful fun Violet 267: authority royalty Gray 425: gloomy cloudy bland boring sad White: Read More
This project was pretty fun. I always wanted to name colors. In fact, I’ve done this kind of thing before in the past. On ColourLovers.com, I created a few palettes relating to my life (mostly food, really…), and I chose colors that had names that were relevant to my themes. (Because it’s fun, that’s why.) Read More
This week, I learned about sacrifice.I’ve had intense classes and projects before, but it always seemed to magically work around my schedule at my job. I’d get everything finished while still making some money. Not this time. For the first time ever, I had to take the whole week off work to devote extra time to Read More
In the chaos of this week, it was good for me to just sit down and read for a moment. So, what did I read about? Well, graphic design, of course. Specifically the role that layers and transparency play in design. In Graphic Design: The New Basics, Ellen Lupton writes about how layers can transform a Read More
Saul Bass was a ninja.He designed a lot of logos that are still in use today, in their original form or slightly updated. And that says a lot about his genius. If you do something right the first time, there’s no way to improve it; only tweak it for the changing times. Bass (1920-1996) lived Read More
I’ve decided that I will change my book’s title to Interface. I think it better alludes to the relationship between humans and technology (or robots, as is the case with my book).
This is pretty much going through my head nonstop while I’m working on my technology robot themed book.
My first real taste of “cut & paste”analog typography a few days ago: My word was obviously stitch. To illustrate the word, I wanted to show elements of it weaving together. The straight lines come together for a cross-hatching jam session. However, the bold T doesn’t really help. It’s unnecessary and doesn’t make much sense. Read More