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Marian Bantjes explains in her TED Talk that her ego is what drives her work. Marian only takes on projects that she is genuinely interested in, as well as creates her own pieces on the side. Her yearly valentines are … Continue reading →

The piece I selected was “Restraint” by Marion Bantjes and Ross Mills, because I thought the letters and their interaction with one another was absolutely beautiful. I have always found Celtic knots and designs to be very interesting and elegant, … Continue reading →

I chose Marian Bantjes’ Party in the Garden for this post.  The lettering is an example of type as tool, or Teip (Modularity).  This type of lettering can be remixed into nearly endless combinations.  In other examples, the lines can … Continue reading →

“Valentines 2017” features an image of two ears facing each other to form the shape of a heart. This is a series of hand-printed linocut design printed on different colored paper, reds and pink, with different colors of ink. Bantjes … Continue reading →

For this post I chose Marian Bantjes The Vivid Word. She “was asked to do the cover for the US design magazine, Print, as well as given [almost] free reign over eight interior pages.” This resulted in some truly beautiful typographic … Continue reading →

This pattern caught my attention because while looking at the different designs within the pattern my eye starts to wonder and change my perspective of the image. The contrasting of the three primary colors make the image appear more geometric … Continue reading →

Like many different art forms comics are a form of art that can and will exist in many different mediums. Something that I have taken away from “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud is that comics are supposed to be very … Continue reading →

I think that comics are something that not a lot of people really read because they do not know much about them. I would definitely say that this was the case for myself before reading Understanding Comics. I thought that … Continue reading →