Elements And Principle Of Design

The elements and principles of design are EXTREMELY important in the field of graphic design and even art. They make up the basics, the building blocks of the professions. Sticking by these fundamentals will essentially always lead you to success. Thankfully I was able to get a good grasp of what they are and can be used for. I of course still have a long way to go in terms of following them but I'm making progress for sure.

Like mentioned before they are the building blocks to graphic design and so if I keep to them I know I can be successful in my pieces. I can use them as guidelines or suggestions. Thankfully they aren't strict rules you have to follow to the T which allows others and myself to try our best to get creative with what we make.

In-Person to Online Instruction Shift

Honestly, I haven't had any trouble with the transitions from the previous In-person to the now currently online instruction format. Personally, I do enjoy being home for everything. If anything I find many positives for in the current situation in general. The only negative thing I can think of is not getting to see my friends face to face and paying for that bus pass that I didn't and probably won't even get to use lol.

Currently, I can actually have an actual good night's sleep which I haven't had in months because I'm at home and I don't have to worry about transportation time and about getting to class on time. I have more time for myself to complete and completely immerse myself into the assignment I have been given and i"m having tons of fun with my work. Also, I've been able to save a lot of money on food since I've been eating what we have at home and I honestly feel physically better due to actually having time to exercise. 

Here is a piece that I'm very proud that I completed during the transition.

AD Design

The goal of this project to create an effective, eye-catching ad for any program, company or organization of our choosing. I chose to do my in-progress clothing line. We had to essentially use everything about design that we were taught into this project. I did my best to use such knowledge.

The Most Challenging thing about the project I would say is finding the right image to try and portray exactly what I was trying to showcase. In my case it was clothing and so I needed people wearing blank clothing but they needed to show some form of joy, something I want my customers to experience when wearing said merchandise.

I personally think I succeeded, I used colors that worked with my brand and image and did my best to display a message I wanted those who find this piece of work to find. While also seeing clearly what I want them to see and go act on.

Social Issue Poster

The topic for my poster was that of racism towards Asians during the coronavirus outbreak, due to the cause being from China.

I found my research by going through google and finding articles from trusted websites who documented several occurrences of racism towards Asians and the reason as to why it is happening besides the virus.

The font I used was " TitlingGothicFB". The reason I chose it was due to it's serious and professional looking type. The topic was very serious and I did not want to discredit it by using overly friendly or aggressive fonts. I wanted it plain and simple. The plan was to let the image and words themselves make the most impact and the font I chose proved to be a great ally in establishing the previously said goal.

I applied all the principles of design that I could use in such an instance. I wanted it more plain and simple to add to the power of the poster.m I would say the greatest challenge was also the main focus and strength of my poster and choosing how to deal with that, simplicity. Although I got what I wanted the poster does, to me, look a little simplistic but I hoped to aid that by adding the powerful image. Also, I'm not comfortable with social issues at all so this will definitely be the last time, whether it's for school or not, I will be addressing such topics due to the fact that my end goal is not to deal with such issues whatsoever and so the conflict of those thoughts also plagued me during the design.

The one on the left was the first design and with revisions, the one on the right is the final version.

 

Elements and Principles Of Design

The Elements and Principles of design are extremely important. They make up the basis for essentially every piece of art work. Artist wether professional or not do best to always keep them in mind in order to create something actually good. They are the rules of the art world and reign true to this day. Thankfully I was really able to get a good grasp of what they are and you can see that be "personified" through my poster down below.

By always keep these elements and principles I too can create great pieces of art/design. Keeping them in mind will always guide me in the right direction and allow me to make the best pieces I can make. They will also allow for my pieces to be professional looking and objectively interesting.

Font Poster

Apparently creating a font poster is like a right of passage into the world of design. Every graphic designer has created one, and so that it why I have made my own today. It's the one you seen on screen. A little while ago it looks very different but that was due to it being a rough draft/outline of what I wanted the poster to look like. With some colleague critic and hard work I was able to adjust what was needed, things such as balance and concept consistency were brought up not only from my peers but even I was able to notice the problems as I was reviewing my work. Thankfully, though, I was able to easily fix the problems and create the new or final version (The one you see on the bottom of the text). I used the Adobe InDesign application to do so.

The Text I used for the poster was Tekton Pro. I found it while searching fonts on the adobe website and just randomly scrolled by it and also discovered an interest in it and so it became the focal point of my Font Poster. Through my research of said font I found that it's actually a very popular font known for It's distinct factor of being extremely legible. It was made by David Siegel which based said font on the hand lettering of author and architect Francis D.K. Ching. It was at first frequently used by architects but later made it's ay into the mainstream as the vast majority of people found out about it.

When I was generating the piece I tried my best to keep all the principles of design in mind but the most prominent ones were most definitely balance and in a sense repetition. Another idea I wanted to keep was that of a building type design since it was not only used by but also based on an architect writing. I felt I portrayed that feeling well making good use of box shape letters and implementing it into my design.

Welcome To My Blog!

Heyo! It has come to my attention that I have never really introduced myself until now. So let's just start all from the beginning. The names Aiden Avila and this is my blog. I'm a current student at Los Angeles Trade technical Collage under the visual communications program. The program aims to help their students learn and turn into a profession different forms of communication through visual means. They Cover things like tradition/digital art, graphic design and advertising. My passions had always aligned within those subjects and so I decided to pursue learning to the best of my abilities under that program.

Ever since I was a child it has been my dream to create and sell my own art and I'm on my way to achieving that dream. This blog is a part of that journey. Here you will see my progress as I learn and make mistakes but most importantly continue to improve. Prior to this blog I had never started a blog. This blog I had created when I first started my collage classes and I don't intent on ever deleting it. Not only are blogs an interesting concept to begin with and equally interesting to run they can also be very effective for business purposes and I intent to make proper use of that aspect of my blogs.

I actually have some other platforms that I "blog" on such as an Instagram and twitter. My Instagram is where I am most active and I post art that I am really proud of. I will make sure to make better use of my twitter as soon as possible. In addition to those platforms I also have an art station and portfolium account. I'm doing my best to put myself out there and run straight towards my goals without stopping!

I hope to utilize this blog and my other "blogs" to the best of my power and to start a community of my own and have fun with everything! I hope people will see my ambition/passion and follow me, my progress and journey to share in the ups and down and celebrate the grind together!

Links to my accounts:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/red_avila_art/
Art station: https://www.artstation.com/cringe_sama
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cringe_sama
Portfolium: https://portfolium.com/RedAvila/portfolio

Here is some art I have done!