While working on this project I feel like I was able to learn a lot. One of the first things I came to understand was that I had always thought that these first two projects and the alphabet project in Graphic Design were just to get us thinking creatively. I remember thinking that they do not really have much to do with what we will really be doing in the graphic design world but I decided that is not the case. I learned that these projects are to show us that we don't have to only use the computer. I think we are in a time when we rely on a computer so heavily and we are afraid to break out of that comfort zone. With this project I was able to do majority of it by hand. I designed the type for the invites and the tickets on the computer but I just used it so I could transfer it onto the Lokta paper. Another thing I learned was that I was able to apply a lot of the different things I've already learned in this class, previous classes and classes outside of graphic design. I remembered how we built the box for the 50 cards project and that was how I based this project. I took stuff from Typography and Graphic Design about scale and leading. I also used what I have learned so far in book arts to wrap the book. Because of my book arts class I was able to know about the Lokta paper for the invites and I feel like they added a really nice touch to the piece rather than them just being regular paper or card stock.
I really enjoyed this project and I had a lot of fun with it. It was fun to think up the story line and plan out how I wanted to do it even though it changed a whole lot from my original idea but I am OK with that because I think my final turned out way better than I had imagined at the start of this. I can only hope that it will survive the delivery!
No comments:
Post a Comment