Sunday, January 31, 2010
TYPE 2: New font ideas
Trying out my own grungy font for my books. A lot of people have told me not to use the pre-made ones.... I definitely agree now after messing around in Illustrator.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
TYPE 2: Posters from the "Foundation" reading
I really liked these posters that were in the "foundation" reading and decided to throw them up onto my blog. I don't know what it is about them but I find that they are very appealing to the eye and show a lot of creativity.
Friday, January 22, 2010
TYPE 2: Revised Concept
"I'm thinking all the time about taking revenge. I have to do it for the many innocent people who have been abducted, the women who have been raped . . . revenge for people killed. It's very difficult to forgive. I'm not thinking about forgiveness. There will be revenge one day."
Tone:
Sad, Informative, Inspired to help, Serious, Strength.
I want these book covers to be serious and grab attention at the same time. They need to have a really powerful look to them where the reader will want to pick them up and want to have a feeling of HELP. They should make the reader want to take action and help all of those who are struggling. I would like them to also show the strength that people in Africa have. The tone will be completely serious and hopefully as you look through the series the tone will become more positive, since the last book is about a resolution. They will be all about the inspiration to help.
Audience Persona:
Payton is a 26-year-old woman who is just recently married to a man she has attended church with for many years. She grew up in a small town in North Carolina and had a traditional family-oriented lifestyle. She moved to Charlotte, NC once out of college then married a few years later. She lives in a basic middle-class subdivision and drives a 2006 Jeep Wrangler. Payton does not have any children at the time so she spends most of her free time, when not at work, doing missionary work for her church and traveling to underserved countries with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. She is a 3rd grade elementary school teacher so she is fortunate enough to have the summers off to travel. Her husband, as well, is interested in traveling and church organizations his passion for serving underserved countries is not nearly as great as his wife’s. Payton was fortunate enough to go with her mother, an Activist, and father, the Priest of her church she attends, on service missions all throughout her childhood. She became more interested in the Darfur Genocide after having visited Africa to aid in the fight against AIDS back when she traveled with her parents. After college and with her husband, she is now devoted to finding a solution to the Genocide. She is still paying off college loans and paying off wedding expenses on a teachers salary but donates to any and as many groups as she possibly can everyday.
To Suggest List:
To suggest that this problem can be fixed
To suggest that there are thousands of people that need desperate help
To suggest a sense of sorrow, disperse, anger, the wanting to reach out and help
To suggest thinking about others
To suggest learning and become more informed with the rest of the world
To suggest running a government correctly
To suggest finding answers for ‘why?’
To suggest looking towards the future/ a better tomorrow
To suggest eliminating all genocides permanently
Thursday, January 21, 2010
TYPE 2: (Journal 1) The Writer's Toolbox
"Learning never exhausts the mind" Leonardo Da Vinci
Mind Map:
"A mind map gives visual form to ideas. It is particularly helpful for initiating ideas in a project...mind maps needn't to be questioned until they are completed."
GOAL: To develop the diagram fast and then synthesize possible connections and directions.
Concept Map:
This is similar to a mind map. "The difference between them is that concept mapping allows for a more through investigation and analysis of conceptual relationships and meanings."
"Concept maps show relationships of concepts (objects, people, environments, events, etc.) in a hierarchical order, from general to specific. Each of these words is joined by a proposition or linking statement, such as "depends on," "can be," "made of," "from."
GOAL: Focus more on system thinking.
Free writing:
It "helps bring hidden ideas into the visible world, which is what art and design are all about."
GOAL: Allow thoughts to freely flow.
Focus on more specific questions and ideas.
There is a lot to talk about when it comes to the Genocide in Darfur but what I think is the most important is the question: How did the Genocide start and who is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people?
"The insurgeny began virtually unnoticed in February 2003; it has, over the past two years, precipitated the first great episode of genocidal destruction in the 21st century. The victims are the non-Arab or African tribal groups of Darfur, primarily the Fur, the Massaleit, and the Zaghawa, but also the Tunjur, the Birgid, the Dajo, and others." It started because "The Islamic controlled government, located in East Sudan, started the Genocide as an ethnic cleansing of the Darfur region in West Sudan. They "hire" militia groups known as the Janjaweed to attack villages, rape, kill and loot." The government is NOT paying the militias, this is something that the militias believe in doing. After reading this I honestly think that they have sick minds and deserve to go to hell. What is the worst part is that the government has not once stepped up and put an end to this. They have some nerve for letting thousands of innocent people be tortured and murdered! The whole government system is more messed up than any system should be or ever will be in any other part of the world. "They assist the Janjaweed in the attacks occasionally with air support. Though they deny it, we know that it is the government assisting them, for they are the only ones who have the knowledge and experience to fly these helicopters as the air support." Really? Is this the way to run a country? My God, what a messed up government. It is true that the attacks are government sponsored, but as of right now they are doing a pretty good job of covering up everything they are doing and threatening anyone who tries to get in their way.
Basically, there is no reason for why this should have ever started and there is no reason for ANYONE to ever need to kill massive amounts of people for NO REASON AT ALL! This is one of the most heated problems that needs to be fixed right now before the ENTIRE country of Africa becomes extinct... except for the government, who could potentially raid other countries and continue on their killing sprees. It needs to stop. Now.
Word List:
Darfur
Genocide
Sorrow
Death
Struggle
Poor
Red Cross
Alone
Broken
Torn
Blood
Helpless
Innocent
Unfair
Heartless
Child Soldiers
Torture
Rape
Murder
Combat
Bombing
Devastation
Peacekeeping
Extermination
Ravish
Lost
Hope
Barren
Ruined
Desolate
Overpowered
Militia
Grief
Tears
Wretched
Anger
Extermination
Labor
AIDS
Sickness
Kill
Action
Protest
Selfish
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
GD1: "Generating" Research and Analysis (Presentation)
This is my quick presentation about the KU Biodiesel Initiative
1. Audit existing visuals
2. Audit visuals of competition
3. Audit visuals of area of practice (Moodboard)
4. Identify the mission of the organization and Identify the audience
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
TYPE 2: Font Study, Audience Personal, Concept Statement, Color Palette
Type Study:
Title: Enough Excuses (Third book title)
Author: Eric Reeves
Payton is a 26-year-old woman who is just recently married to a man she has attended church with for many years. She grew up in a small town in North Carolina and had a traditional family-oriented lifestyle. Shen moved to Charlotte, NC once out of college and married a few years later. She lives in your basic middle-class subdivision and drives a Jeep Wrangler. Payton does not have any children at the time but spends most of her free time, when not at work, doing missionary work for her church and traveling to underserved countries with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. She is a elementary school teacher so she has the summer off to travel. Her husband, as well, is interested in traveling and church organizations but is not as passionate as Payton. Payton was fortunate enough to go with her mother, an Activist and father, the Priest of her church, on service missions all throughout her childhood. She became more interested in the Darfur Genocide after having visited Africa to aid in the fight against AIDS back when she traveled with her parents. After college and with her husband, she is now devoted to finding a solution to the Genocide. She is still paying off college loans and paying off wedding expenses on a teachers salary but donates to any and as many groups as she possibly can everyday.
Concept Statement:
First try...
It's not uncommon to see spare change lying in the cup holders of a car or left over after a dollar has been broken. It is not of any importance because it is just tiny little circles of metal that can't buy much. Usually, it is forgotten or thrown into a pile in a bowl back at home. Then there are the subtle commercials with a child, dirt-covered and emaciated body, sitting in the corner of an abandoned shack, recently bombed and almost completely destroyed. That child sits there and prays to get away from the killing and fighting that he/she has witnessed while sitting, alone, in the abandoned shack. What IS common is the feeling millions of people get from watching those commercials. It is crazy how underserved people can be forgotten about and left to suffer halfway across the world. After watching commercials like these people look at their spare change a little differently and see that it does have importance....
Second try...
"I'm thinking all the time about taking revenge. I have to do it for the many innocent people who have been abducted, the women who have been raped . . . revenge for people killed. It's very difficult to forgive. I'm not thinking about forgiveness. There will be revenge one day."
Third try...
A commercial with the sad face of an abandoned child, shoeless and emaciated, comes on someones brand new HD TV. For a second, a rush of sadness and dispare runs through the body of the person watching the commercial. They hear a voice on the television describing the horror and tragedy that has struck this innocent child and how his/her parents were killed for no reason at all. The more and more the voice speaks about starvation, illness and death on the television the more emotion the viewer feels. A thirty second reminder on the television is all it takes to change the lives of millions who are suffering.
Color Palette:
I have decided to use a lot of earth tones and simple colors for the book covers. I want portions of the book covers to have maybe bright splatters of blood or something that will draw the reader in and make them want to read the book. Overall, the colors will be mostly browns, greens, and burnt reds and yellows. I want to portray the vast dry lands, emptiness, bareness, and Isolation throughout each cover. I think that this color palette will work well with my concept.
Images of Darfur:
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