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Point, Line, Plane, and Balance: Savannah Wright

I chose this poster design because it was inventive and different from most. The main point is the dark circle in the middle of the main triangle, drawing your eye into the date of the concert (October 12th, 2014). Lines come … Continue reading

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Figure/ Ground and Framing: Douglas Kim

The image I have chosen is a fan made poster by Jerod Gibson of the movie Pulp Fiction. The piece itself is a very simple piece that is made up with many of the films most iconic quotes shaped into … Continue reading

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Point, Line, Plane and Balance: Dakota Rice

Typography is used to create the antihero Deadpool’s head in this piece. It uses different size, color, angle and alignment of letters to create the shape of his head, giving emphasis on words that are more prominent to his personality … Continue reading

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Design Blog #2: Too Cool to Spend

Blog #2, I decided to use 500,000 dong. The colors for this currency is bright light colors of green and yellow. It’s completely different to Americans’ currency. On top of that, I like how the currency goes beyond the value … Continue reading

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Too Cool to Spend: Mely Barajas

For this blog post I have chosen the Austratalian five dollar bill. Even though there were many beautiful bills that I saw online, it was hard to choose one because the true colors of the bill were not necessarily the … Continue reading

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Figure / Ground and Framing: Dakota Rice

Sunbather, is the second album from San Francisco based metal outfit Deafheaven. This cover uses a minimalistic kind of typography to convey the name of the album and nothing else. The use of shades of pinks through oranges in the … Continue reading

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Figure / Ground and Framing: Cesar Guerrero

The Castaway design is almost completely made up from its background, negative space this gives the image a passive feeling. What makes this piece interesting is that it almost has two kinds of backgrounds; a white box in the outer … Continue reading

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Figure / Ground and Framing: Jared Goodwin

Created to bring awareness to the lack of access to clean water in Africa, this poster uses only type and a solid background to communicate its message. While both the positive and negative space are quite well-established, the primary driving … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing: Ryan Stuart

This advertisement for Converse truly highlights the importance that negative space has in creating an image. The author of the image does so by using the negative space as the frame for the image. The white background contains the text … Continue reading

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Figure/Ground and Framing – Joshua Coleman

From the second I saw this photo I was immediately captivated by the framing. Every photo in this collage is separated by its own individual black line frame, but the collection as a whole is framed in that same line. Each photo highlights … Continue reading

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