David Carson says "do not mistake legibility for communication."
Just because you can read it doesn't mean it is communicating, or communicating the right thing.
CRIT
My worst study up for crit today was basically illegible, it was reading as "Comporositions" rather than "or compositions" -- although most people agreed that it felt playful. It was a case of "where's the punchline?" There was too much going on, too much variation, though it looked like it was trying to make a point
None of my studies apparently had awful dead space, cool beans.
NOTES
- sometimes it's better to play it safe & fly under the radar if you're clueless
- say it out loud how it reads visually, what exactly are you saying?
-diagonals are inherently sexy
Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.
Essentially it's all subjective. There is no right or wrong.
- mixing a sans serif with another sans serif isn't variation, it's an inconsistency
Other than that, Elijah Wood came to school today and my mind is in another place right now. Also, my stomach is too, I'm starving...but I have a couple more things to try and keep in mind while moving forward with the next exploration. Hooplah!
"...Essentially it's all subjective. There is no right or wrong."
ReplyDeletewell, with a grain of salt. Think of it this way, there are traditions that are base on optimal reading of text. The degree to play by the rules is a question of how confident you are going out on a limb.
As you go forward with your blog, it would be nice to see you discuss the /your work and the process that you are going through for each of the projects in more depth; images of the work (at least samples) would be nice.
ReplyDeletesamples.....for the ugly stuff? but it's ugly...
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