Author: balkin3

  • Project 3

    What did you learn? This project got me thinking a lot about the history of type design. I learned a lot about futura and fonts in general. After a lot of online research I started to better understand the design format that fits a certain font, and it’s always representative of the era it comes…

  • Project 4 Reflection

    What did you learn? This was my first time designing a book document. One of the first things I noticed was how important placement and symmetry are. All of the titles and paragraphs had to be put just right on the page or the alignment was off. I also realized how important it is to…

  • Project 2 Reflection

    What did you learn? I really enjoyed this project and was pretty satisfied with my finished images. I decided to make posters for the movies “Blade Runner” and “The Shining”. This was the first time I designed something where the letters/words were taking the center stage of the image. When working with text I’m surprised…

  • Project 1 Font Construction

    What did you learn? Throughout the process I started to understand how much goes into pulling off a successful font. Looking at examples online I tried to figure out how to create a look/theme that matched between all of my letters. I had to rethink everything a couple of times. I would find that my…

  • Forest Lawn Type Hunt

    This Grave has been labeled using a Decorative Typeface. I really like the letter design with this font. While some of the letters are separated it maintains a clean sharp look. This stone is a great example of a Sans Serif font. It has a very clean look and allows the name to be the…

  • Website Code

    Index.html illustrations.html videos.html pictures.html style.css

  • Typography Lab 1

    I am already realizing that there is a lot more that goes into typography than would appear on first glance. It takes into account the thickness of characters, spacing between them, roughness or smoothness, and much more. I realized while messing around in Illustrator that there are tools which allow a creator to make font…

  • 2D Graphics Project 4

    1. What did you learn?– This project employed many separate techniques. I used the pen tool to create many of the roads and different areas. I discovered some new uses that come along with the text tool in illustrator. 2. What was easy?– I enjoyed creating the roads. Throughout the year I have become a…

  • 2D Graphics Lab 8

    1. What did you learn?– This lab had us create a banner for a map in illustrator, implementing the text tool. 2. What was easy?– I thought the overall set up of the banner was easy. Using the shape tool and duplicates it took a clean form quickly. 3. What was challenging?– For this I…

  • 2D Graphics Lab 7

    1. What did you learn?– This lab employed the paint bucket tool to fill in spaces of an artboard with color. I had never used it like this before. 2. What was easy?– I created a lot of lines using the pencil tool. Just doing random strokes on the page generated some interesting patterns. 3.…