Journal Entry #8

Since I haven't found a lot of inspiration for my Disney idea, I have been just doodling in my sketch book and from my last entry where I talked about typography, I have been drawing a lot on calligraphy. I think I have also revived my interest in drawing figures. So I have been going back to looking at my favorite figure drawing artist. This artist don't just draw any ordinary figures but figures in the fashion realm. Her name is Katie Rodgers and I guess you can considered her as a fashion illustrator. I really like her style of drawing and her combination of water color. I really like the fact that you can see her pencil sketches underneath her water color. I like the aesthetics of the drawings from fashion illustrator. When you look at fashion illustrators, the one thing that is common is slender and elongated quality of the women. Obviously, the women are models and models are meant to be thin and that is something that is looked at as beautiful in our society today.

I think maybe I can take all my ideas and somehow combine them together. However, I think that could be a bad idea because then I don't have a clear direction of what I want to do and no clear idea that I want to express. At least for now, I really do want to do something that involves drawing and illustration. Even though I am a design major, I want to go back to my drawing roots and perhaps I can add in some digital effects that I learn through Design class this semester which was dealing with digital aspect of design. 

Journal Entry #7

For the past week, I think I'm getting a little stuck on my idea with Disney. I still haven't quite figure out which direction to take with the Disney concept. So I decided to take a break on Disney and look at other stuff to see some inspiration.

Before I get into that, I wanted to blog about my experience during the studio tours that we did in thesis class last week. Last week, we went to three different design firms. Two of the studios were small and the other one was a medium size. The medium size studio is actually an In-House studio in the Whitney museum. I felt that I could relate more to the the Whitney In House studio because over the summer, I interned at the In House studio of Prudential. At that place, we worked with a lot of internal marketing but  also worked with potential clients. It was really interesting to be exposed to two different kinds of business environment. On one hand, by working in a smaller studio, you get to see your result from start to finish. You also do a lot more consultation with the client and you are able to build a closer relation to the client. One the other hand, obviously you don't make a lot of money by working in a smaller company. In terms of working in a bigger company such as that of Whitney Museum or Prudential, you don't have a much creative power over your work as you do in a small design firm but there is that financial advantage in a bigger company. Overall, I do think it was a helpful trip in terms of actually seeing the different professional design environment.

Since we are working on html and css in design class, one thing that is very important when dealing with website design is typography. So recently, I have been drawn to stuff that has to do with typography. Typography when done right can look like an art piece itself. I found this image which I thought was really interesting, the combination of a bold typeface paired with the delicate woodblock drawing.

As a graphic designer, I really appreciate when designers are able to combine hand-drawn type or images with solid shapes. The Poster below also give the similar feeling. I like the movement in the type, it conveys the feeling of jazz which I think it's really interesting.