Dr. Seuss

My Type III has Dr Seuss like imagery. I was surfing the web, trying to find images to help me imitate his drawing style. I found this.

Yes.

Final website click-through

http://people.ku.edu/~mstenzel/north_cascades/home.html

Disastrous photos on PsD

http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/
My brother sent me a link to this site. He made me promise to never do this when I "become a big famous graphic design artist." So that's my new goal in life. I don't care if my designs are well known; I just want to make sure that none of them show up on this site.

The Font Bureau, Inc.

So while I was wasting time on the Internet, not working on Type homework like I was supposed to, I stumbled across the website The Font Bureau, Inc. You can choose a font from their drop down menu on the left side and and it will show you a brief history of the font, what type of media they recommend using that font for (magazine, etc.), the different styles, the characters, and a few real-life examples of how the font has been used. Some of the examples are rather horrendous... They focus mainly on fonts that are popular for magazines and newspapers. They also have a decent blog.




Why, AARP, why? Your type looks so... uncomfortable... especially the L's on "Belly Bulge." Hurk.

PostSecret

Here's a nifty site I found:

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

Apparently people mail in a secret on a homemade postcard. Some of them show a pretty good relationship between type and image.

Book

So here is a book I made with some pictures I took while on my study abroad trip. Comments? See anything that I could have done to make it better? It is an accordion-style book so there are like twenty pages glued together to make a band. It can be looked at like a book or displayed fully extended so the viewer can see all the pictures at once.

I was able to print an almost seamless texture on the back. Yay for printers that feed and print accurately. Unfortunately, I got some glue where it wasn't supposed to be and while I was prying apart some pages I tore a small hole. Does anyone know any nifty trick for repairing holes in paper with out adding a patch?

Type 2 (due May 5)

Last type 2 post! OH YEAH!!

I found it interesting how often writing came into play in 100 Ideas - I think I sometimes get stuck in a rut when it comes to thinking about new ideas. I'm so worried about coming up with a visual that I forget that writing is a great way to explore and "sketch" my thoughts.

I have done a few of the 100 ideas, but there are tons that I want to try out. I have never actually written about my relationship with my washing machine. Thought of, yes. For anyone who wants to know, I happen to get along much better with our new washer - I swear the old one had a grudge against me... breaking and leaking water all over the basement (twice)... eating my socks... shrinking my new t-shirts... grumble grumble...

I guess my usual way to come up with new ideas is to day dream. I'll see or read something and it makes me think of something else. I used keep a sketch book with me (and actually use it) but I've kinda gotten lazy.