Positive/Negative

Seeing Color

The Language of Color Lesson

In class we watched a lesson on the Language of Color. It was a very insightful video which taught me several new ways to view and manipulate color. One of the main things to know when dealing with color is the color wheel. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. These colors are followed by it's secondary color of violet, green, and orange. Lastly, the final colors that complete the color wheels are the tertiary colors. The color wheel only have a grand total of 12 colors but we aren't restricted to these colors alone since we can adjust the lighting of those colors to create new types of colors. Another important part to know is that colors have 3 things going on which are the hue, saturation and value. Among these 3, the most important one of these is the value. The value is considered as important because without the value we will not have any color or form. Finally, the last thing I learned from the video was the importance of calibrating your monitor. Without calibrating your monitor, the image that is shown on the monitor might look differently when it is printed so having a consistent calibration between computers is key for designers.

Interaction of Color

Color Wheel

Typographic Texture

Texture

Jessica Hische Video

In class we watched a video about Jessica Hische and Erick Marinouich, who co-founded the Title Case: The Office of Typographic Artisans. Jessica and Erick discussed many things, such as, how they were able to customize their desk. Although, customizing a desk might not seem that important but in a profession where you are designing for a living, the layout of your desk is a key component for success. With the desk being one topic discussed, the main focus of the video seemed to be towards lettering. This was great since I didn't have any past knowledge of lettering before I watched this video. I learn that lettering isn't a task that has one simple way of being done. Experimenting with letters is very importance since there are always new and unexplored ways of drawing letters. It was mentioned that it will take time to find where lettering takes place since letters can have extraordinary details but with the right education, spotting the details can become easy.