Anatomy of Typography

Anatomy of Typography

The first quiz I took in order to figure out my "type", I got the font Contrary. After looking for this certain font for a while, I found that the only one I was able to download was a similar one called Contrary Mary. I noticed while labeling my name in this font, that I couldn't line up the lines of "Cap Height", "X-Height", or "Baseline". The description of Contrary above states that it "doesn't fit into a box". The letters were spread apart and not at even spaced with each other, leaving it kind of tricky to figure out where the letters started and stopped from top to bottom.

The four words that I was given to describe who I am were; Emotional, Assertive, Traditional, and Disciplined. Emotional describes me because I always put my heart and passion into everything I do. Assertive describes me very well because I don't like to sit back and be told what to do. I like to get involved, help and lead. I am disciplined in the ways that I like to save the good things for the end, and that I understand good things come to those who wait.

Inchworm Animation

Inchworm Animation

     This project consisted of us using our skills we learned during the Bouncing Ball animation in AfterEffects, and creating our own inchworm to slide across the screen. It was difficult at some parts because there were so many things you had to remember. A lot of the steps were easy to bypass, but in the end made a big difference on the outcome. We learned how to change the effects in order for our worm to have a shadow, and how to change the body of the worm to make it look realistic.

Bouncing Ball Animation

Bouncing Ball Animation

     For this project we had to make three different versions of a bouncy-ball. We used Photoshop first to create a ball and grass. Using the effects layer to give it a more realistic look. After we finished the basics in Photoshop, we imported it into AfterEffects and positioned it out to make it bounce across the screen. All the while, we were saving all the different versions we were creating. 

     The first bounce was just a ball bouncing up and down in the same place. The second was having the ball gradually slow down and have the bounces get smaller and smaller. The third version was the same as the second, but then we made it go across the frame, stretch/squish when it hit the ground, and tried to make it look at realistic as possible.

Pencil Project

       For our pencil project we had to design three separate pencils. The first pencil was simply a practice, the second was a creative version of your own pencil, and the last was something completely your own to make. I chose to design a guitar and microphone, because I can play and I used to sing in talent shows and perform with my step-mom.
       We learned how to use a lot of different tools, and this was my first time using Adobe Illustrator. Here are some of the biggest take aways that I found:

--connecting separate line segments with Command-J

--filling in shapes with the Live Paint Bucket tool

--deleting certain pieces/segments of shapes or lines with the Direct Select tool