Not only in blogging (thanks for the motivation, Grace) but in my study of design in general. I’ll begin by doing a short run down of some interesting things I’ve been looking at recently.
I am currently reading a book on Abram Games and have really grown fond of his work. I don’t see a lot of posters that activate 3-D dimensional space so well, and he was doing this 60 years ago. My hope is to develop some posters that use similar techniques, marrying design with some 3-D renderings, to achieve some work with a lot more depth.
His environments are so expansive, yet the ideas put forth in the posters read immediately. Balancing that act is something I am not able to do yet, but through the study of his work I hope to gain some sort of understanding.
Though it isn’t carried in Knoxville, I’ve seen a lot of spreads from Newwork Magazine and completely love it. When I get some money, I am thinking about ordering a copy or two. The large format of the magazine is incredible, and the use of photography, overprinting, and whitespace is amazing.
But that’s enough talking about things. I need to get back to making. I have various projects on my plate right now, and I really feed the need to push forward with my design. Rather than wishing for more time to do things, I have to figure out how to do more valuable things with the time that I have available. On top of that, I really want to see Watchmen this weekend.
March 7, 2009 at 10:12 pm |
It’s really interesting that you mentioned 3D in this post here… you’re really very passionate about 3D rendering, and I haven’t really seen it appear too much in your work so far (save for some of those posters in typography). I really think it would be interesting to pursue that avenue.
PS: That Newwork Magazine spread is amazing.
March 8, 2009 at 1:38 am |
Yeah, I’m still finding ways to introduce it into my work that works well. I think working on some architectural elements and creating some sort of digital environment in my posters is my next step. I only wish I had a heavy duty system to render with, it becomes hard when you have such quick deadlines for class.
March 11, 2009 at 7:46 pm |
you should do all your posts in comic sans
March 12, 2009 at 1:09 am |
I would rather quit design forever than do that.