Ria Ogle

Typepro 5: Poster for Tomorrow

2011-03-21T18:13:00.000-07:00

Idea 4
For my final idea I wanted to make the poster look like it was inside a classroom with a chalkboard and checkered tiled floor to show how a typical classroom would look, I got a chalkboard font and wrote the words 'I wish I could go to school' a number of times but mispelt it and shown how a child can make simple mistakes and learn from then until they get it right then I wrote at the bottom 'Everyone has the right to go to school' in Century Gothic font on top of what is meant to be the tiled floor of the classroom.

Typepro 5: Poster for Tomorrow

2011-03-21T17:04:00.000-07:00

Idea 3
For my third idea I wanted to have some jotter paper and use a different childrens handwriting font and I wrote the writing in line with the lines but not exactly on the lines as education is all about learning and its not about being perfect its about being the best that you can be. I then drew a little stick man and imported the image to photoshop and put it in line with the writing and resized it representing me from what it says on the page.

Typepro 5: Poster for Tomorrow

2011-03-21T16:21:00.000-07:00

Idea 2
For my second idea I wanted to represent the world with a range of different colours so I used hand prints of right hands to emphasise the word 'Right' as in early school years children would paint their hands for fun in art and use their favourite colour to express themselves. I used the same childrens font again but didnt put a capital letter at the start of 'everyone' I put it at the start of 'Right'.

Typepro 5: Poster for Tomorrow

2011-03-21T16:09:00.000-07:00

Idea 1
For my first idea I wanted to look at education from a child's point of view, so I got a children's font and used a picture of the end of a pencil and made little drawings of stick-children and placed them all as if they were standing on the edge of the pencil together showing that everyone has a right to an education no matter what their circumstances, I created this on photoshop.

Typepro 4: Self Portait

2011-03-16T06:33:00.000-07:00

I created my self portrait using Myriad Pro font only using letters from my first name (Ria), I used photo to help me with the location of letters around my face. I firstly did it in black and white, then I tried blue and white and then I used a blue background and kept the portrait in white to see the different effects.

Typepro 3 (Option B): Russian Vodka Label

2011-02-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

I put my labels on an example silver bottle to see what it is like.

Typepro 3 (Option B): Russian Vodka Label

2011-02-20T17:00:00.000-08:00

After having developed my original vodka label, I came up with a more stronger and simpler idea just sticking with the same font, colour and size. I created a longer label with a black background, still using the red star of Russia and having the word 'Vodka' going down the middle in white font. I created the back label also and put a little description of the Vodka on and the volume of alcohol etc. I used photoshop to create this label.

Assignment 3: Vodka Label

2011-02-20T09:51:00.001-08:00

For my first attempt I looked at Russian fonts and tried to use them in my label and I placed a star from the Russian flag and added shadows within the text making it different sizes and colour. I want to make my label more simple and more realistic so I will develop it further.

Typepro 3 (Option B): Russian Vodka Label

2011-02-15T14:00:00.000-08:00

I started looking at Russian Vodka bottles and I noticed they don't all look the same some are totally different and others are similar I guess it depends on what part of Russia they are from. Some bottles are unique shapes and others are straight, the type on some bottles are all capitals and bold, others are joined type with different colours etc.

From gaining the influence of these Russian Vodka Bottles I now know what I want for my own vodka label, I want to have a bold font, I want it to be clear and eye-catching, I also want people to recognize where it is from so I will use the Russian star.

Typepro 3 (Option B): East European Spirit Label

2011-02-15T13:00:00.000-08:00

Russian Typography

From looking at different types of Russian typography, I have learned that it is always to the point and relevant to the imagery or reason behind it. Russian type is very bold and striking, there is always a giant capital letter at the beginning and it always has vivid colours against the background to make the type bounce off it. There are lots of techniques used such as overlapping text, computerized and simplification, close spacing different sized letters and different colours etc.

I want to try and use some of these techniques for my own Russian vodka label to show the influence I have received through studying Russian Typography.

Typepro 3 (Option B): East European Spirit Label

2011-02-15T12:26:00.000-08:00

Vodka

Vodka is one of the world's most popular liquors originally made in Eastern Europe. It is a distilled substance made from water and ethanol. It was originally made in Poland/Russia and started being produced at the end of the 18th century. The initial uses of vodka were medicines and aftershaves and eventually became a beverage. The alcohol content in vodka ranges from 35 - 70% volume as it varies depending on where it is produced. In Poland and Russia the standard vodka alcohol content is 40%, in the European union it is 37.5%.

Vodka is usually drink straight, however it has been mixed in other drinks such as cocktails, soft drinks, tonics and martini. Vodka's can come with different flavourings such as fruit flavours including cherry, blackcurrant, lemon, green apple and watermelon. Other flavours such as chocolate, caramel, cinnamon, ginger and vanilla.

I have to design a vodka label using type so I will be looking at various Russian typography and how they make it work, I will also be looking at existing Russian vodka labels then coming up with my own design.

Typepro 2_B: Natural Typography (Cnvd)

2011-02-14T09:20:00.000-08:00

Typepro 2: Natural Typography

2011-02-08T11:09:00.000-08:00

Typepro 1: Everyday Typography

2011-02-07T11:48:00.001-08:00

Good and bad fonts

2011-01-28T03:44:00.001-08:00

(Google Images)

Bauhaus

2011-01-26T11:27:00.001-08:00

Bauhaus was a German school which specialized in arts and crafts. It was founded by an Architect called Walter Gropius. The Bauhaus style had a great impact on modern architecture and design as the design was based around how products would function most effectively hence ‘form follows function’.

It was in operation for over 20 years from 1919 – 1933 in three locations within Germany. The first was in Weimar (1919 – 1925), then in Dessau (1925 – 1932) and finally in Berlin (1932 – 1933). The school closed by its leadership as they were under pressure with the Nazi command.

The Bauhaus style was very simple with the use of geometric shapes and clean lines and the removal of clutter from products made them very unique and well designed. In the Bauhaus products were made by machines and massed produced because of the simple but efficient designs which boosted the functionality of the product.

The Bauhaus style had great influences on developments including art, architecture, interior & industrial design and also graphic and typographic design.

Info : wikipedia

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