Helvetica

 

            Helvetica-Andrea Szwejbka

 

Helvetica is the most commonly used fonts in the world for its simple look. Created in 1957 Switzerland by typeface designer Max Miedinger. The Stempel foundry purchased the original fount. In the 1960’s Helvetica made is way over seas to America where it was altered. Mergenthaler Linotype added many new designs to the now popular typeface. Creating Helvetica, as we know it today.

            Helvetica is known for its all-purpose design and can easily be found on any newspaper, billboards or advertising. The design is based on grotesques of the late nineteenth century. However, because of the changes made to the fount it can be put in the sans serif sub-category of neo-grotesque. Helvetica can get your message across in a clear and easy way without misunderstanding. 

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For this project I was told to make a list of things that are important to me. Naturally the first thing on my list was family then second came friends and third came my boy friend. After looking over my list many times I finally realized that what they all had in common was that I had relationships with all of them in some way. However, my project was far from complete. I then had to create two pieces one in geometric and the other organic. For my organic piece I chose three hearts all going off the page to show infinity, since you never see the hearts end. I also added chains to suggest the bonds I have with each of the people I thought of.

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Rampaging Circle

Rampaging Circle

Typography Abstract Composition

I chose the song So Small by Carrie Underwood I chose the line “it’s like a river that so small it swallows you whole”. I chose to do a river to really emphasize the word in the lyric. I chose to make the right side of the bank the words where as the left side of the bank are not. My words on the left side signify grass while the word ‘whole’ is supposed to appear being washed away. I made ‘whole’ clear to read to indicate the importance of the word in the song. The words that make up the grass have depth with one letter being darker then the rest, however this does not happened in ever word.

Affirmative Action

Typographic Abstract Composition

For this project I was told to make a list of things that are important to me. Naturally the first thing on my list was family then second came friends and third came my boy friend. After looking over my list many times I finally realized that what they all had in common was that I had relationships with all of them in some way. However, my project was far from complete. I then had to create two pieces one in geometric and the other organic. For my geometric I chose a heart in the middle signify the importance these people are in my life with chains in the middle since I find my self very attached to them.

Fantasia

Andrea Szwejbka

 

Fantasia

 

 

In the 1940’s Disney was well on it’s way to fame when they created Fantasia, directed by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer. The film consist of 8 different animations all set to music which were conducted Leopold Stokowski, and seven out of the eight pieces were preformed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The concept of created when the production of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice one of there many Silly Symphonies. Was first released in theatrical roadshow engagements in thirteen cities in the US on November 13, 1940. Because of it’s release date being so close to the US’s involvement in World War II the reception was varied.

Fantasia has eight short animated storied including Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, which used music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Abstract patterns, animated lines and cloud formation amongst other things illustrate this short. Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky this I depicted by the changing of the seasons dancing to selections of the ballet. Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky which shows a visual history of the earths beginning set to a ballet score. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas, which depicts Mickey Mouse as a young apprentice for Yen Sid and attempting and failing to do magic.

The film had changed much from the original Disney short the sketches used gouache paints. They also redesigned Mickey giving him pupils this time. The whole film had a three color spectrum and many layers and masks. But what stood out the most was the cell-animation that was used through out the film and the multi-plane camera that was used most of the time. Also like much of Disney’s early work the rotoscope was used secretly.

This work was not received well until the 60’s and the drug revolution in which it made a profit of 2.28 million dollars. The film was promoted with a psychedelic-styled advertisement becoming popular amongst those using drugs for a psychedelic experience. After that the film became and a classic favorite of many. In 2000 the film was remade was new animation and some new shorts.