Critique
Another critique means another horrible time. Dorian took our work and almost exploded. Looking around the room, it does look pretty disgustingly terrible. My biggest problem is the stupid folio. The relationship between the folio and the page are incorrect. It doesnt sit in the grid but rather outside and should relate to the margin better.
-Holy grail = type is image and image is type.
-Make your type dance.
-crop your page.
-your image shouldnt force your type decisions.
Questions
I didnt have the worst work on the wall but my folio definitely needs work still. I am still slightly unsure of what my folio is supposed to look like on the page but looking at other peoples work has helped me figure it out I hope. My biggest question is how to effectively set up a system of type that doesnt change page per page?
Personal Thoughts
Being part of the "Do Not Pass Go" group sucks and for next class I am going to definitely try alot harder to stay at the top of the pack.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Day 18
Critique
So here we are thinking creating type on grids is going to be easy and apparently its not. All of our work looks terrible. Here are some of the general critique notes.
-Page number should never be larger than your copy size.
-never have any widows.
-The Folio is part of your design and not part of it at the same time.
-Print crop marks silly.
Dorian specifically called my study out and called it clunky and horsey which kind of sucks but considering its the first time ever really using a grid, it's a good start. Make mistakes first.
Dorian compared our typographic status as "Crawling out of the Slime" level.
Questions
I dont really understand the relationship of this folio. Where is it supposed to sit on the page? Is it in the grid or not? I think it is but im not really sure and no one else is either. I guess I will find out later.
Personal Thoughts
Grids are way harder than I thought and I feel like I might be putting a large amount of time and effort into this project.
So here we are thinking creating type on grids is going to be easy and apparently its not. All of our work looks terrible. Here are some of the general critique notes.
-Page number should never be larger than your copy size.
-never have any widows.
-The Folio is part of your design and not part of it at the same time.
-Print crop marks silly.
Dorian specifically called my study out and called it clunky and horsey which kind of sucks but considering its the first time ever really using a grid, it's a good start. Make mistakes first.
Dorian compared our typographic status as "Crawling out of the Slime" level.
Questions
I dont really understand the relationship of this folio. Where is it supposed to sit on the page? Is it in the grid or not? I think it is but im not really sure and no one else is either. I guess I will find out later.
Personal Thoughts
Grids are way harder than I thought and I feel like I might be putting a large amount of time and effort into this project.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Day 17
So for homework all we had to do was watch some Lynda.com tutorials on InDesign which I completely forgot to do but luckily I have used indesign before and know a good majority of the tools.
Dorian gave us a quick tutorial and promptly started to show us some of what we are going to be doing in the upcoming weeks.
Questions
Some questions to keep in mind while working on my type studies are:
how long should a line of type be?
How big should it sit on the page?
Where do you put tabs and how big should they be?
Personal Thoughts
I still fail to see the exact relation of learning how to design a book is going to do for us Motion Designers but I trust dorian knows what he is doing. So for now I will trek on and try my best at making some good typography.
Rules for homework:
No indents on first line.
No text in gutters.
Dont double space after periods.
stay inside units.
no widows.
rag should be random.
the larger the line length the easier to read.
Dorian gave us a quick tutorial and promptly started to show us some of what we are going to be doing in the upcoming weeks.
Questions
Some questions to keep in mind while working on my type studies are:
how long should a line of type be?
How big should it sit on the page?
Where do you put tabs and how big should they be?
Personal Thoughts
I still fail to see the exact relation of learning how to design a book is going to do for us Motion Designers but I trust dorian knows what he is doing. So for now I will trek on and try my best at making some good typography.
Rules for homework:
No indents on first line.
No text in gutters.
Dont double space after periods.
stay inside units.
no widows.
rag should be random.
the larger the line length the easier to read.
Day 15
We reviewed my demo reel in class today. It went alright. It's pretty obvious I finished it early this morning since the last 2 studies were awfully integrated. Anyways, Some of the notes I took where mostly about timing between animations and making sure my animations suited the studies.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Day 14
Critique Notes
So today in class we turned in our refined type studies and we each got a 1 on 1 review of our demo reel with Dorian. Here are some of my notes and you can follow along if you go to the previous post and watch the first pass of the motion studies reel.
Overall
Some of them feel low on the screen and also appear a little bit fuzzy.
The timing on some of these needs work as some are way too fast and some are way too long.
My type studies should also be finding the thirds but havent been really.
On a couple of my studies, the vertical elements are on the outside. To get a more interesting composition I should figure out how to push them into the inside of the screen.
Animate like an animator.
For some of the Depth of Field type studies, do more with it and make it slower and more cinematic.
Some of my entrances and exits can be more sophisticated.
Personal Thoughts
These type motion studies are a real great way to do some typography while directly relating to our field. I'm glad im not making books again even though it was a great experience to have. Unfortunately what sucks about these motion studies is the time it takes to get them to even move much less move intelligently and make interesting compositions and animations. In a perfect world I would have plenty of time to spend on each study and refine them even further but with 5 other classes and a job, I'm going to have to sacrifice a few of them.
Questions
Somehow we are back at square one with the studies in where I find myself asking the same questions like how long should the typography be on the screen? How should they animate on? Should they always be in movement or should they stop at a resting place where the composition is final? How do we take type studies made on paper and translate them to a large screen?
So today in class we turned in our refined type studies and we each got a 1 on 1 review of our demo reel with Dorian. Here are some of my notes and you can follow along if you go to the previous post and watch the first pass of the motion studies reel.
Overall
Some of them feel low on the screen and also appear a little bit fuzzy.
The timing on some of these needs work as some are way too fast and some are way too long.
My type studies should also be finding the thirds but havent been really.
On a couple of my studies, the vertical elements are on the outside. To get a more interesting composition I should figure out how to push them into the inside of the screen.
Animate like an animator.
For some of the Depth of Field type studies, do more with it and make it slower and more cinematic.
Some of my entrances and exits can be more sophisticated.
Personal Thoughts
These type motion studies are a real great way to do some typography while directly relating to our field. I'm glad im not making books again even though it was a great experience to have. Unfortunately what sucks about these motion studies is the time it takes to get them to even move much less move intelligently and make interesting compositions and animations. In a perfect world I would have plenty of time to spend on each study and refine them even further but with 5 other classes and a job, I'm going to have to sacrifice a few of them.
Questions
Somehow we are back at square one with the studies in where I find myself asking the same questions like how long should the typography be on the screen? How should they animate on? Should they always be in movement or should they stop at a resting place where the composition is final? How do we take type studies made on paper and translate them to a large screen?
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Day 13 Reel
This is my first pass at my demo reel. This is just a huge compilation of the motion studies we've done with some minor revision put in there. I will be taking the critique notes from the class last week and apply them to my studies to help improve them.
Critique Notes
Some of the things I already know I have to change right off the bat is the timing of some of the studies. I really need to play with the idea of leading the eye with the motion of type and think about some basic animation techniques like avoiding having any static elements and to always have something as the focus.
Critique Notes
Some of the things I already know I have to change right off the bat is the timing of some of the studies. I really need to play with the idea of leading the eye with the motion of type and think about some basic animation techniques like avoiding having any static elements and to always have something as the focus.
Right now we are between the print book revisions and the motion type reel, so there wont be as many critique notes to post on the blog here. Bear with us!
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