fJulia has 6 post(s)

The reason I am taking graphic design is for another passion. I wish to become better at communicating. I want to learn to communicate and express my ideas and thoughts more clearly to those around me, which can be used in any field or major. I am a nursing major, which does not really have much to do with graphic design. However, being expressive and well at communicating is greatly important in this field, and by learning the ability to express my ideas, I will be better equipped for my major. I also have always had a desire to be more artistic, but have never followed up on it. So, this class will also be helping me with increasing my artistic abilities.

Motion Design
I thought motion design was interesting. It is not only deciding how a picture should be designed, but adding sound and movement to the picture to tell a story. As an example of why motion design is interesting to me- I often think the trailer to a movie is more interesting than the actual movie, which shows how motion design advertises the movie well. This video, in the link below, shows how many different ways motion design can be used, and how long motion design has been used for (I thought that using it in a 3-D way was the best one). I have always wanted to create a short film from animation, so this was very interesting to me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzGXSpmNHzc

Type Design
I also thought that type design was very interesting. I thought so because I had never thought of fonts and typeface as graphic design. Fonts are always needed for anything and everything on a computer, and would be incorporated with basically every type of graphic design that has any word or number involved with it. I was interested to know how the designer would think of a font and write it out, so I searched for it. This is what I found: http://www.fastcompany.com/3028881/most-creative-people/what-its-like-to-design-a-font-from-scratch

This article explains one man who designed famous fonts, such as Times New Roman and Ariel. In the pictures on the side, it shows how they write out each letter, scan it, and get as close to the outline of the letter as possible. My aunt actually does calligraphy, which is another reason I thought this was interesting! My handwriting can be really nice (when I try…), so this would be a good design for me to work on.

I also found a few typeface design that I thought looked cool.