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Here's my sign! It was fun to make, but some of the steps were a little hard to understand. It's not EXACTLY like the original sign, but it's pretty close! Anyway, hope you like it!

SPLAT!

Here's my splat text thing. It was pretty fun to make, but the letter "P" was being really annoying; the 3D effect on it got messed up somehow so I had to erase it and make a new letter "P".... and yes, I know the shadows look really bad; they're really hard to make. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it!

Quote... 2.0!

I wasn't really sure what to change for the revision of the quote. I left the words "afraid" red with a black outline and a different font to make it look scary. I left "heights" vertical and in a thin, blue font to make it look tall and remind you of heights. I changed the word "me" from brown to purple because I think the author of this quote is trying to make himself look good by saying he's not afraid of heights... and for some reason that just reminded me of royalty and purple. I also changed the words "widths" to a lighter, olive-colored green because olive green symbolizes peace; I think this makes it ironic because the author is saying he's afraid of widths, but widths aren't very scary, so I put it in a color that evokes the feeling of peace. I also outline the author's name in the background with a darker colored gray to give it more emphasis and to make it easier to read. Anyway, here's quote 2.0!

Spiral Type

Here's my spiral type thing. I guess this is all we had to do... it was pretty easy. I just wrote random stuff on it, but the font is really small... I guess I wrote too much. I made a copy to put in the center of the spiral, but you can't read it. I made the picture X-Large since the font is so small. Anyway, there it is.

Glyph Monster

This is my glyph monster. I based him off of the jester picture. To make him, I first made the base structure of him using all the shapes and symbols so that he looked similar to the picture. Then I added shapes all around him and changed some shapes so that he looked abstract. I tried to use as many small shapes as possible so that the picture looked sort of hectic and exciting. I chose green as the background because I think green is more of a happy color, and jesters are happy.

Quote

I chose to make the word "afraid" red, outlined and black, and larger than the rest of the words because I felt it was an important word in this quote, and red is a very exciting color.  I made "heights" blue and vertical because it makes you think of heights, and the blue reminds me of the sky, which goes on forever and makes me think of heights.  I made me larger than the rest of the words and a different color to grab people's attention because I feel it is an important word because the author is trying to make it clear that he isn't afraid of heights.  And finally, I made the word "widths" green and very wide.  It makes me think of a wide field of grass because it is green. I think the way I laid out the quote is asymmetrical because there is a lot of open space in the middle and there is nothing on the left side. I think it has a linear rhythm because there are a lot of straight lines to represent "heights" and "widths." I tried to put a lot of emphasis on the words "afraid", "heights", "me", and "widths." I tried to align things so that it portrayed "heights" and "widths" well, and I left lots of open space in the middle so I could position the author's name so that it is in the background but still very visible.

Elements of Design

Direction

This picture of a car has a lot of diagonal lines that represent movement and action, parallel lines that gives it a feeling of speed, and curved lines that give it a graceful look.  The direction of the lines also gives the image a perspective. This picture creates an emphasis on the car; the company wants you to focus on the car because they are trying to sell it.

Line and Color

This picture has a lot of narrow, sharp, and jagged lines going in all directions that give it a feeling of excitement and chaos.  The color of this image is very blue, with the center being lighter and the outside being darker, which makes the background more interesting and gives it a cold feeling. This picture is very asymmetrical. There is lots of negative space around the picture, and there is nothing that looks like a duplicate of something else. There is also a rhythm of repetition because they use the same straight, jagged lines on the "hair" over and over and over again.


Texture

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 I think that this picture of seashells has a rough texture.  The ridges on all the seashells makes it feel rough but also orderly because the ridges are spaced very evenly.  There are lots of broken fragments of seashells which adds to the rough and jagged feel of the image.  The sand scattered over the seashells also adds a gritty texture to the picture because of how sand looks and feels. I think this image has a rhythm of repetition. It uses the seashells over and over and over again to create a patter, creating a sort of uniform look.

Shape

This picture of the house "Falling Water" has a lot of square and rectangular shapes.  It think that all the squares give it a feeling of stability, uniformity, and rigidity, so even though half the house is hanging precariously over a waterfall, it still looks stable. I think this picture represents unity because of the way everything fits together. The house was built over the waterfall, and it looks like the house was meant to be there. The house also fits well in the forest and river.

Size

 This picture of a chameleon on a person's finger helps you see how small the chameleon actually is using comparison.  This also helps because if it was just a picture of the chameleon, you wouldn't be able to see how small it actually is. This picture is in proportion; it is a real chameleon and a real finger. It shows how this chameleon looks compared to the finger... very small.

Value

 The lighter hue of the grass shows that it is sunny outside, but the darker hues in the sky, the mountains, and in the bottom of the clouds make it seem dreary, like a storm is coming. This picture uses a rhythm of gradation because it is darker at the top and gets lighter towards the middle; however, from the bottom it goes from lighter colored to darker when it reaches the horizon. I think this focuses your attention on the center of the picture.