Palettes are all about colors ! It is important to ensure that we can deliver our composition clearly to the audience. Each color had its own meaning. Minimizing usage of neon palettes in our design should be a great idea and make sure the contents can be readable ! 

In terms of type formatting, I had a chance to learn on type styles and families such as Oldstyle, Moden, Slab Serif, Sans Serif, Script and Decorative. There were slight differences between them which indicate their suitability in delivering message. In any one design project, limitation to only two typefaces must be done and make certain those two typefaces content obviously with one another. 

4. The more I learned, the more I gain information to create a better design. I was excited yet nervous throughout this week. It was very exciting for me to apply all the learning points in one design but it make me nervous and worried as well.

5. One good thing from what I did that I can practice now is making a plan before straight to design. Planning about the entire message that need to be deliver and make an action based on it. If there’s no plan make beforehand, it would not work out. 

6. The concerns that I face for this week were making decision in choosing appropriate suitable colors and type formatting. Sometimes, it’s all look same for me especially the type formatting. Choosing the wrong type formatting will make the design look either too informal or too formal depends on its main messages. However, its such an honor for me to learn from Sir David which make a clear description on how to choose a correct or suitable type formatting based on our own messages.

7. My plan for next week is to learn on how to make my design looks visualize my creating design ‘trick’. Trying to make my design to be a silent ambassador soon ! 😊

 

2. For this week, I learned about the fundamentals of typography. I have always been fascinated by typography ever since I was in primary school, always doodling quotes at the corner of books. For me, typography is the essence of graphic design - to convey your message as well as implementing design. Wether we realise it or not, good typography influences how we read and what we stress upon in our reading material. I learned about the difference between font and typespace, leading and kerning, as well as what to use depending on our purpose. For example, did you know that justified texts fit more words in one line rather than unjustified texts? That’s why most research articles and books use justified text - its the more economical option!

3. One interesting thing I learned was that some letters in our alphabet are inspired by the human body. When I found out, I vaguely remember a question someone asked a long time ago, “does life imitate art, or does art imitate life?” The fact that alphabets are inspired by the human body shows that art does sometimes imitate life. I think that is the beauty of art, inspiration is everywhere and something we see as mundane might be exciting for someone else.

 

4. I got hit with Covid this week, so I was a bit bummed at feeling under the weather. However I was happy that I still managed to get 9/10 out of a quiz that we were required to answer this week!

 

5. Since I was hit with covid this week, I was unable to push myself to explore the materials as much as I did last week. However, I realise that its important to also prioritise rest and it proved fruitful after getting my quiz results. Moving onwards, I must learn to prioritise rest when my body is not up for it and double my efforts when I feel better.

 

6. Other than Covid which had me bedridden for almost 4 days, I did not experience any problems with the materials or course. I must say this week has been more enjoyable than last week because I learned about one of my most favourite topics. 

 

7. Next week, I will be learning about the fundamentals of shape and colour.