Since I have a cat, I was introduced to the show "Kid vs Kat," which has proven to be quite hilarious for a cartoon show. My boyfriend thinks the cat in the show is my cat, however, I don't think so. What I really liked about the show was the "a" in the Kat. It's such a clever interpretation of a cat and to be honest, very creative. I love the flow and how it completely looks like a cat. Love it so much ... I might try to do this in illustrator and see what I can come up with.
I was trying to find a new wine to try and I came across this particular wine, which uses dark chocolate as an added "extra" to the red wine. Hearing this made my day. I'm a big wine fan and didn't even consider putting the two together. I also find the labeling of the wine very appealing too. It compliments the desired look for that warm chocolate feel. The flow of the text coloured with gold also gives greater appeal to the bottle. I'm not a big serif fan but this works very well with the label and the desired look. I've been going through a chocolate brown colour love lately and this just made my heart melt.
A friend showed this to me about a week ago and I must say, I'm addicted. It's absolutely hilarious and to much surprise ... is a LEGIT business. I'm honestly TEMPTED to give him $5 just to see what he produces. Looking at all his work really gives me a good laugh. If you look under the 'Questions' area of the site, he goes on to explain ...
Can I suggest a design for my Horrible Logo?
No. What I come up with at the time will be your new Horrible Logo. It will be a surprise, and it will suck.
I noticed you misspelled a word on my logo, will you fix it for me?
No, I spelled it wrong on purpose.
My logo doesn't suck as bad as I thought it would. Will you redo it for me?
No. What you get is the final logo. I will not redo any logos.
If you're looking for a good laugh, check out www.horriblelogos.com for some *amazing* illustrations and if you're brave enough ... he follows up the site with www.horriblejingles.com ... so bad they're good ;)
This was another type poster that I came across tonight and really thoroughly enjoyed. Again, I'm a sucker for type posters and this one really stuck out. I really, really, like the colour scheme as it plays nicely with the primary and secondary colours on the colour wheel. It's simple and clean-cut design allows for the evolution of type to truly come out. I really wish that I had more walls in my apartment to post this. Rather, I'd love to find an actual print of it online. Girls have problems with buying shoes, I have problems with type posters. I'm ok with it though, I think it will act in my favour later on in my career ;)
How could I resist posting this?! I came across this tonight when I was aimlessly searching the internet for type news (lame, I know). Playing off the Periodic Table, this typeface table playful labels the older and established faces based on their name and appearance. Even when you're searching for a typeface, inspiration can be drawn from posters such as these. I'm a more modern girl but even then, I can still look to this table as a means to generate some type ideas.
This is another poster that I have hanging in my apartment due to its 'font humour.' I'm a sucker for type jokes so this one really made me laugh. I even tried to recreate it just to play with the type itself. I'm usually not a fan of serif fonts (I'm more of a sans serif girl), but this ... this is very cool. I've seen multiple versions of this on the internet but this one seemed to be the nicest version. I'll even admit, I've seen t-shirts with this on it and no, I didn't buy it. I was tempted ... but ... might be pushing it (just a little).
I came across this poster months ago and as a result, it's been hanging on my wall in my apartment ever since. A lot of people know that typography is my weak point or rather my obsession in design. Since we've been using letters to create images lately, figured this would be a good posting. I love that the letters fit so nicely together that form the weapon as well as the very literal 'bang' that accompanies it. It's simple and clean, two things that I very much appreciate when it comes to type design. It just gives me such a smile when I see this poster hanging up.
This is probably one of the best examples of kinetic typography I've seen but also, one of the coolest videos describing type lingo. I love it, there's no other way to put it. It's as if my love of type could be made into a video. What I like most about it is its playfulness as well as visually explaining and showing the significance of type design. The old-school feel to the video is also a nice touch to it.
In the past, I've kinda been against website design opting more for print-based design. I'm not sure what in particular I didn't like about website, there was just *something* that wasn't the same. I'm more of a tactile person so I think touching and seeing the final product worked better for me. However, I'm coming to realize that I'm going to need an online presence in order to establish myself as an up-and-coming designer. I vowed that I would never make my presence online bigger than it had to be but lately, I've tried to see the benefits of moving myself online. I succumbed to Twitter, yes, Twitter to "re-tweet" designer information as well as to establish myself. The thing is though, the more I look into website design, the more I kinda like it. It has the ability to be creative as well as interactive. I really hope that throughout this two-year program that we learn how to work with as well as create websites. As students, again, we're encouraged to put ourselves as well as our portfolios online so thus, would prove to be a beneficial learning experience.
The two examples above are great at displaying the creative and playful nature websites can possess. The colour combination in both websites work very well and fall into the colour palettes that I'm into lately.
I was trying to find a new wine to try and I came across this particular wine, which uses dark chocolate as an added "extra" to the red wine. Hearing this made my day. I'm a big wine fan and didn't even consider putting the two together. I also find the labeling of the wine very appealing too. It compliments the desired look for that warm chocolate feel. The flow of the text coloured with gold also gives greater appeal to the bottle. I'm not a big serif fan but this works very well with the label and the desired look. I've been going through a chocolate brown colour love lately and this just made my heart melt.
I came across this poster months ago and as a result, it's been hanging on my wall in my apartment ever since. A lot of people know that typography is my weak point or rather my obsession in design. Since we've been using letters to create images lately, figured this would be a good posting. I love that the letters fit so nicely together that form the weapon as well as the very literal 'bang' that accompanies it. It's simple and clean, two things that I very much appreciate when it comes to type design. It just gives me such a smile when I see this poster hanging up.
