Typography in Graphic Design

This was the outcome of our physical studio work in which we had to transcribe shapes to form letter forms from a variety of art. We then had to develop this to create a ANESG. First I did some initial transcriptions and then developed them further to form a consistent typeface. Overall I felt like I struggled with this given by limited skills at drawing. 

Kinetic Typography - Where's Wallace

                             

This was the outcome of my kinetic typography work produced on Adobe After Effects. I chose to do an interview scene from The Wire. Because my experience on after effects is quite limited, I felt restricted when it came to animating the type. Because of this, in order to illustrate the context, I felt typeface choice and style was important. For example, I made the type larger if there was more emphasis placed on a word. As well as this, I used a slab typeface for important aspects of the text.

Overall, I felt somewhat pleased with the outcome of the task - I felt the text was in sync, although if I could improve the work, it would be to improve on the composition of the layout. I didn't know how to centre text on after effects, forcing me to manually place the type. 

Animated Character Tutorial

In this exercise we animated a vector based graphic. In this instance, I used a rocket from an earlier tutorial, and decided to develop it by adding thrusters onto the rocket which I would intend on animating. I also created a background of stars which I would also animate. 

First, I imported each individual layer in after effects. It was important to have each layer available to edit on the composition, rather than just the illustrator outcome as I would be animating individual layers.

Developing on my keyframing skills from previous tutorials, I adjusted the scale of the flames coming from the rocket to help to show acceleration, which I combined with adjusting the positoning of the stars layer to show the rocket passing the stars.

This shows how I adjusted the size of a specific flame layer to indicate acceleration.

Overall, I was satisfied with the outcome of the tutorial. I feel the animation of the sky worked better than the animated flames, although if I was to improve the animation of the sky, it would be to make the passing by of the stars appear faster. 

rocket from Jack Barnes on Vimeo.

Illustrator Rocket Tutorial

In another Adobe Illustrator tutorial I created a rocket. Overall I felt the tutorial was quite challenging because the Illustrator is quite intricate and complex, although I like this because it allows for more varied outcomes in your work, as well as giving you more control over your work.

Advanced Adobe InDesign Tutorial

In an advanced tutorial session in Adobe InDesign, we were asked to design a publication of our choice to illustrate our understanding of InDesign, as well as our understanding of the basics of typography.

I designed a fanzine on Manchester United. Overall, I felt the tutorial went extremely well. I believe I showed my understanding of typography my making the fanzine coherent, maintaining clear levels of legibility throughout the publication. 

Physical Studio - Grid Layouts

During my physical studio workshops, we have been working with grid layouts in terms of page layout to present a story.

This was the grid layout that I used in order to construct my page layout. 

This was a mockup of my page layout. I used conventional standards of page layout, such as bold headlines and subheadings. 

This was the final outcome of my 

Adobe InDesign Tutorial

Today I had a tutorial in Adobe InDesign. We had to create a newsletter and covered various element of Adobe InDesign. Because I have used InDesign in the past, I knew most of the things we covered. Despite this, I did learn some things.

I learnt about the use of master pages which applies things such as text and shapes to all pages within the document. I found that this would make my workflow more efficient.

I also learnt about text wrapping in InDesign which helps to arrange text around image. I feel this will come in useful when laying out my work for magazine in my Citys in Flux brief.