Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Final Design


             
Assignment 2
Name : Gan Xiao Whua
ID : 1112701817
Artwork Title : Options
Artist treatment : Adobe Photoshop
Artist Statement : In this Assignment 2, we need to use different typefaces to express
                             emotion. I use different alphabet that represent different meaning .
                             Alphabet K that I used is represent the path because we need to
                             decide  which path and our  life how it should be while alphabet L
                             is represent the road stripe. Besides that,  alphabet V is it’s time to
                             decide the life or path that we want and red colour of V is warn
                             people to caution and  immediately to make decision, Then, the
                             alphabet O is represent obstacle and challenges that we need to face
                             it in our life although many difficulty  comes toward to us. Last but 
                             not least, red colour of the background represent an exciting and 
                             energetic of  life .

                          
                           

Sunday, 15 July 2012

The Making Process

Here are the process that i did for the Assignment 2. I am using Adobe Illustrator to draw. 


                                                   
                                             First, i choose red colour for the background.                           



                           Then,i choose main alphabet K and use Gii Sans Ultra Bold as my typeface.



                                       I choose alphabet L that can represent line of the road.


Alphabet V also choosen by me that can represent a person need to decide which options will he or  she choose. Red colour is represent warning.


                                    Alphabet O that represent i put between the alphabet V.



Final

                                                             
                                                         At first i try to use Snap ITC font


                                                                             Final 1


         But after study with many fonts ,finally i choose Gii Sans Ultra Bold as my FINAL typeface.

Ideations


                                                      Here are some ideas that i sketch 

                                        
                                                  I choose 3 of 6 from the previous.sketch.

Typeface Study



Tuesday, 10 July 2012

Reference 1

Here are the some references that give me inspiration to do this Assignment 2

       Two options with blank road signs facing a challenging decision symbol represented by a 
        forked road for turning in the direction that is chosen after facing the difficult dilemma.

Resource: http://www.123rf.com/photo_10892146_two-options-with-blank-road-signs-facing-a-challenging-decision-symbol-represented-by-a-forked-road-.html

Obstacles and Challenges
Resource: http://www.seoidiots.info/what-makes-obstacle-in-your-writing/


Typeface


Typeface
What is typeface?

In typography, a typeface is a set of characters that share common design features. Each typeface is designed, and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly. 


  




Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface                 
 




Sans Serif Typeface
Palatino Sans


Eurostile Next


Rotis Sans SerifDIN Next



Metro Office


Neuzeit Office



Here are some resources that i found :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samples_of_sans_serif_typefaces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samples_of_monospaced_typefaces