Monday, February 18, 2013

Drop Caps

Three of my favorite drop caps from the site dailydropcap.com.



Charettes

Here are two charettes I made in typography class. My favorite is the second, with the words crisis.


Monday, January 28, 2013

Helvetica

Helvetica is found around the world, on signs, posters and in all sorts of other places. Here are three examples of Helvetica found in my everyday life.

Hardman Hall Sign outside art building
Two posters in the art building.


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Non-Traditional Type

This is the beginning of my posts for Typography class.



Monday, September 24, 2012

Cheryl Goldsleger

Cheryl Goldsleger's work stems from her interest in architectural space. Mazes and labryinth's also interest her because they are symbolic and captivating. Her website can be found here.
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Sol Lewitt

Solomon "Sol" Lewitt was an American minimalist artist. He is most famous for his wall drawings and 'structures.' The structures are Lewitt's three dimensional work. His work began as mostly geometric neutral colored forms and eventually evolved into curved and highly saturated forms. The wikipedia article about Sol Lewitt can be found here.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Leonid Afremov

Leonid Afremov is a Russian-Israeli artist. He uses oils and a palette knife to create unique and colorful impressionistic paintings. He paints mainly landscape, city scenes, seascapes, flowers and portraits. His website can be found here.
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