How elements and objects are arranged in design is called composition. This presentation is usually intended to be shown in a visually pleasing way with the goal being to present information in a meaningful way (Bowers 1999). The first chance to see how well a designer has incorporated composition into a board-game is on the… Continue reading Composition
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Conceptual Design
Conceptual design is a tool that, when used correctly can help to elevate content to a more complex level. It is in essence design that provides a concept or idea. Now applying this to board game covers and table top gaming in general, it became a first thought that this would be something designers would… Continue reading Conceptual Design
Design Portfolio
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Development Log
This is where my development log will go
Typography
The topic of discussion in this blog will be board games, and will be exploring different aspects of graphic design and how they are used well, and how they aren’t. This first post will focus on typography and will analyse what it argues to be good typography before moving and redesigning what could be considered… Continue reading Typography
Self-Promotional Image Poster
The purpose and intention of a self promotional poster is to show off who i am, what it is like inside my creative brain, and what type of designer i am. The first design is a familiar design. Placing myself into correlation with a product. I am showing that I want to sell myself to… Continue reading Self-Promotional Image Poster
Adobe Photoshop Self Portrait
Photoshop is the software I used first. Illustrator was always too daunting for me when I first began my interest in digital design, so I had a good idea of the tools at my disposal and the capabilities of what I could achieve within a self portrait in Photoshop. The ideas for each design came… Continue reading Adobe Photoshop Self Portrait
Adobe Illustrator Self Portrait
In both of my attempts at drawing a self portrait in Adobe Illustrator, I attempted to express an artistic style as an opportunity to practise and learn new aspects of design. This was the main decision in my approach for this section of the assignment. When designing the first self portrait I enjoyed the noir… Continue reading Adobe Illustrator Self Portrait
Conceptually Designed Personal Logo
Conceptual design is an aspect of graphic design I struggle with the most, so in the attempts during this section I tried to push my efforts as best as possible. The first design attempts to use negative space to provide information about myself. The negative space is intended to look like a jewel encrusted sword… Continue reading Conceptually Designed Personal Logo
Typographical Name Logo
The approach to the first design was less of a set course and more of a discovering journey. Having zero idea where to begin to overarching deadline forced pen to paper and the idea was to produce something, anything that could fit within the parameters of a typographical name logo. This is how we arrive… Continue reading Typographical Name Logo