ACL Band Posters

In Typography II, we were assigned a semester long project where were submit 2 posters a week utilizing diverse typographic systems. Each week we are given a new system to work with a band of our choice. This week I have chosen the political and edgy band, State Radio. I wanted to create two different posters of different meaning. The first poster I wanted to capture the edginess of the band with a tilted linear axis for the type to branch off of. The second poster I created an illustration of Uncle Sam with inspiration from Ralph Steadman. It is created entirely out of a traditional quill pen and India Ink. I wanted to show the political side of the band and they're feelings toward American Politics. For this one, I used a offset linear axis to the left. The images are the rough draft copies and were later refined and edited.

Drop Cap of the Week!

The idea of this "Drop Cap of the Week" was first used by Jessica Hische when she began doing Daily Drop Caps. These are letters that she created and posts online for people to see. I love the concept of the Drop Cap and I was extremely excited to begin doing my own! So here's my first drop cap attempt. I didn't do much process because I decided to create it without thumbnails (which we traditionally use for EVERYTHING in class). This was a bit more open so I decided to just allow my hand to move the ink onto the paper and see what happens. It's done in india ink and a quill nib pen. It was fun to do

and just make up without having a clear image in

mind. I've been inspired by Ralph Steadman lately as well as the work of Dan Lisowski, so this is somewhat my experimentation with letters and making them with the styles of those artists. The top left is my work and the bottom left is an ink drawing by Ralph Steadman (one of the many pieces I was inspired by).

Ah! It's too bad too look at!

This is a flyer I discovered while walking to the elevator this evening. It initially grabbed my attention because of the bight red paper it was printed on. As I looked at it more, I found myself wondering why the consistency? Virtually all of the text is bolded and there is a lack of hierarchy. The point of the flyer is to get people to join the a'capella group "The Golden Blues", but the name of the group is hardly legible amongst a flyer that is bold and barely readable. The only thing that truly stands out is the curvature of the headline text, but even that is not a font much larger than the rest to separate it from the rest. The worst part is there is no grid, just centered text that all looks the same. Good flyer huh?