Typography

1. My font's name is "circles". My entire font is based off of a circle, each letter, number, and symbol is made from a perfect circle.

2. My font is more of a unique font. I've never seen a font like mine but I would describe it as more of a "bubbly" font or a bold font, probably used more for titles rather than typing an entire paper or something.

3. I've never seen a font made from circles so I thought it would be a creative, unique style to use so I just went with it!

4. I used a ton of colors in my font because I like to think I'm a very "colorful" person :) I also really like drawing bubble letters so these are sort of bubbly!

5. Making some of the letters that usually don't have any curves in them was super hard! Like M, K, W, etc.

6. Keeping the entire font uniform and sticking to my idea of always using a perfect circle.

7. I would make a font similar to this one but maybe try to use squares! And I would be super creative with the name and call it "Squares" :) 

Helvetica

1. You can create a feeling, mood, or emotion depending on what font you use on a poster or even in a paper. When the KONY 2012 posters came out the font definitely made me feel like the situation was really bold and important and that we needed to help and do something as soon as possible.
2. I almost always use Calibri because I think it's a very smooth and rounded font. It's easy to read and it's a little different than the usual Arial or Times new roman. I also like that it doesn't come to any points it's more rounded and seems simpler. 
3. Just like in the movie Helvetica was a font that represented coming out of the era of complicated posters and brought the United States and the rest of the world to a simpler way of advertising. Helvetica represented simplicity while politicians also want to represent cleanliness and simplicity as well- they want something that's easy to read and understand.
4. I would feel like it would be harder to find them and it would also make me feel like maybe they were taken over by new management or that the company was unstable and was trying to bring in new customers- but they would probably lose a lot of their old ones. It's easier to trust a brand if they're consistent.
5. I'll definitely notice how much work and effort had to be put into the making of a poster or sign and how much thought also had to go into the making of it. Fonts are something else I will really notice more. Which stores use what fonts and which places go for simplicity rather than trying to be overly-extravagent.
6. It made me realize how hard it is to be creative in a world where millions of people are designing new innovative posters and artwork. It also will make me notice how many different fonts there are.

Handyman

Ninjas!

Currency

Give each currency a name (identify fronts and back) and tell me a little about the designs:

• Why did you include the images you did in your designs?  What meanings do they have? My country was based off of a lot of things having to do with Mickey mouse. My country was also close to water so I incorporated all of those things into my design. The city of my country is beautiful and very lively at night so I also chose to incorporate that in my design.
• Which elements and principles did you use and why? I used a lot of blending and opacity adjustments to make my bills each look unique and creative. I also tried to incorporate a theme for each bill so that they all looked like they could go together but still be unique!
• What do you think you were most successful at during the creation of this project? I think it was easy to choose what colors to use on each of my designs. It was really hard to choose where to put each picture and object though.

Due at the end of the hour! 

Imaginary Country

Where is your country located? My country is located just off the east coast of Japan

Describe the culture/people of your country. Everyone in my country wears white gloves and has circular ears on the top of their heads. Everyone's favorite color is red and they love to watch and listen to Mickey Mouse!

What is everyday life like in your country? Everyday the children of my country wake up and watch the Mickey Mouse Club on Disney Channel then go off to school to learn how to read, write, and the other basics of schooling. When the children go off to school the parents leave to go to work. Everyone here works at a park called Mickey Mouse Fun House where tourists from all over the world come to go on the rides. When the kids get home from school they help their parents around the house and help to make dinner. At 7 pm there is a country wide broadcast from Mickey Mouse himself telling everyone the tasks for the next day to do when they all go to school or work. 

What does your country look like? What colors do you see? My country is shaped like the head of Mickey Mouse and the colors you see when you go there is mostly red and black but the people here strive to keep all the natural plants kept looking nice for all the tourists that come to visit so there is a lot of flowers along with a lot of green.

What does your country sound like? My country has regular music just like here in Minnesota or the United States but the people there also really enjoy music from all of the Disney movies

What does your country smell like? My country smells like fresh cut grass and really floral.

What colors are in the flag? Yellow, Red, White, and Black

What is your country's slogan? (for example: In God We Trust, etc) So much to discover

What does your country's seal/freedom symbol look like? a red circle with a black mickey mouse head shadowed in with white gloves on the left and right side 

 Name of person in charge of the country and their title. Mickey Mouse (the real mickey mouse, not just someone in a costume). He is the King

Denomination Name (you may not use one that is already in existence...) (1) MouseBuck, (100) CentiMouse

Animation Wrap Up

Lets Get Crackin'!

1. Jessica and I thought it would be really cool to try and crack eggs in stop motion, so we decided to make breakfast!
2. I thought our biggest success was making our video very fluid and smooth. Some parts of our movie actually seemed like they were filmed rather than individual pictures.
3. We struggled to move the camera from one end of the kitchen to another in a smooth way, it was really hard but we figured it out!
4. I would set up our scene a little bit more so that it looked more professional and prepared. I would also want to dress up as a chef maybe just to make the video a little more exciting and funny.
5. In our sequel there would be two friends sitting down eating the breakfast and enjoying each other's company!

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown.

And Jill came tumbling after.

I thought that Jack and Jill stood out the most just because they were the main part of my artwork. I made sure they seemed brighter than the rest of the artwork so that they were the main focus.

Vexel Project

Do you feel your vexel portrait is successful and why? I think my vexel is successful is some ways but there are still some things i would like to change. I think the computer didn't match my facial colors correctly so I look freakishly dark.. Oh well.

What was the hardest part of completing this project? It was really hard to try and get the colors to look as natural as possible using the color picker- I still don't like a lot of the colors.

If you could Vexel-ize anything else, what would you do? I think it would be really fun to vexel-ize a picture of nature or some type of scenery. Maybe a forrest or something!

Vexel Portrait Extra Credit

Howdy, 2012!

The Real World

Disturbing..

Nature