The Nike logo is one of my favorite logos. The simple check mark has become an eye catching icon over its years of existence. Because of its minimalism, the check can have many additional designs within the logo and still be recognizable as Nike. Nike has graduated from selling shoes to sponsoring athletes everywhere and of every sport.
This is called the "k mark"by Ivan Bobrov. The k to the right is the lowercase and the k below is uppercase. While the Nike logo is much more simple than these, the ks are simplistic in their own way. The single "stroke" that the letters were designed to look like are similar to how the Nike check is just one swoosh. But the colors that Bobrov used in his designs allow the letters to have more dynamic. The letters are darker in the bend to highlight the curves and make the letters more 3-dimensional.
Helvetica, designed by Max Miedinger, is a font used by many companies in their logos and advertisements. Such companies, as shown above, include popular brands such as American Apparel, North Face, Toyota, and Harley-Davidson. (Check out this link for more company logos that use this font: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/40-excellent-logos-created-with-helvetica/)
How does Helvetica impact graphic design today?
Helvetica is used in a variety of company logos and advertisements. This font has become extremely common in the world of graphic design. Different effects can be added to this font, such as bolding and italicizing, to create a variety of appearances. This simple font has become extremely popular with graphic designers and companies everywhere.
In the past month, I have watched this video on repeat maybe thirty times a day. It serves as a reminder to me everyday that hard work and dedication will pay off, that in order to succeed we must want it to point that we have to be willing to make sacrifices to reach success.
In the video, the narrator quotes 50 cent saying, "Sleep? Sleep is for those people who are broke. I don't sleep; I might miss the opportunity to make a dream become a reality." This has really inspired me to push myself to work as hard as I possibly could to get to a point in life that I can truly claim to be successful.
Obviously everyone needs to sleep at some point. Not getting enough sleep is unhealthy; but wasting time on excess amounts of sleep is unnecessary. That's why I started getting my life together this past month. I've buckled down on my schoolwork, completing most of my homework by 10:30, the time I set myself go to sleep.
Thinking about this it really seems crazy to sleep at 10:30. It's considerably early for most teenagers. My reasoning? By sleeping at 10:30, I get to wake up early and practice before I go to school. I set multiple alarms for myself, the earliest being 5:30. By doing this I get an extra hour and a half to practice before I go to school at 7:30.
And honestly, there have been times when I haven't been able to drag myself out of bed to go out so early. Most of the time, I can wake up and tell myself: "Sit up. Put your feet on the floor and don't look back, because you have work to do." I remind myself that there is a reason that I set those alarms. There are reasons that I wake up every morning thinking about the same things: basketball. improvement, success. I know I have the ability to work hard. I have the ability to be dedicated. I have the chance to do right by myself and become the best that I can be and push myself to do even better. That's why I sleep at 10:30.
When do you sleep?
Side note: My favorite team, the San Antonio Spurs, inspire me to become not only better as an individual, but as a crucial member of my teams.
(My favorite play is at 3:06)
They inspire me not only to push myself but to also push my teammates so we can improve together.
For the first month of Graphic Design class, we were assigned to create a letter of our choosing in a manner that conveyed a concept. For this project, I chose the letter "e" and designed around the concept of elegance. To begin the project, we were tasked to draw 20 thumbnail sketches of our letter. This step led to peer review by members of our table in which we narrowed down the 20 sketches to two as our final. FINAL:
After these steps in our process, we were assigned to draw two initial drafts of the letter and design we chose. I ended up coming up with a detailed design for my letter while doodling in math class. After our two drafts were completed we had another peer review session to give feedback to others about their drafts. This process helped me decide which concept I should do for my final design.
This project was not too challenging for me because, honestly, I spend class time doodling letters and different fonts. I really like how the final product turned out. Initially I wanted to trace the entire letter in Sharpie, but our teacher, Ms. Lee convinced me otherwise so I did the final entirely in pencil. I really enjoyed this project because I spent a lot of my own free time looking at fonts.
This is called the "k mark"by Ivan Bobrov. The k to the right is the lowercase and the k below is uppercase. While the Nike logo is much more simple than these, the ks are simplistic in their own way. The single "stroke" that the letters were designed to look like are similar to how the Nike check is just one swoosh. But the colors that Bobrov used in his designs allow the letters to have more dynamic. The letters are darker in the bend to highlight the curves and make the letters more 3-dimensional.
