Category Archives: Fall 2015 Archive (336)

Poster Remix Critique: Katelyn Orum

The composition I chose to pursue for the final version of project 1, is this design. I believe this piece is the strongest of the three because it is clear and readable, yet still unique and “experimental.” I believe this … Continue reading

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Poster Remix Critique: Francisco Guerrero

During class when we displayed our poster on the walls, several people felt that this poster design was “different” and “eye catching.” I liked my other designs as well but my goal for this poster was to attract the reader’s … Continue reading

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Poster Remix Critique: Sydney Elliott

Between my colleague and myself, I chose to critique this poster from the Poster Remix Project. I chose this poster because though my others were creative, this poster flows the viewers eye about the page in a compositionally sound way. I … Continue reading

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Figure / Ground and Framing: Anna Villatoro

I chose has many elements. The first thing is the word “JAWS,” which is the first thing that your eyes get caught on, reason being that it is bolded and it is at a much bigger font compared to the … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Mark Midgett

For this blog post, I chose to go with a piece that really took the typographic elements of positive and negative space as well as framing and cropping and stretched them in ways outside of the ordinary designer. When looking … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Maryssa Beare

Choose a visual example that again primarily consists of typographic elements. Analyze all identifiable elements in the composition in terms of positive and negative space and the other terms from your reading that refer to these concepts. Also note how … Continue reading

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Figure/ Ground and Framing: Ryan P Schimack

The visual example primarily consists of typographic elements as well as positive and negative space. This picture strongly emphasizes negative space to highlight the positive space which is the type. There is just enough positive space (black) that the reader … Continue reading

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Figure / Ground and Framing: David Lee

In terms of artistic style, Walk Off The Earth loves to do things a bit differently in the current times. The piece itself makes good use of the negative space by inserting lyrics from the various songs included. This is … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Jamie Marks

When thinking about a visual example that primarily uses typographic elements, I immediately thought of Vitamin Water. Their brand is immediately recognizable because of their consistent use of the same typographic elements  and use of positive and negative space. Their consistently … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Sydney Elliott

In Zhang’s poster she designed for the 2o15Harbin Design Week, the viewer is initially captivated by the contrast of the black and white of the poster, or the positive and negative spaces, creating balance in the composition. Then, the viewer begins to question what is the … Continue reading

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