The Elements of Art

A lot of vocabulary, but do not worry, we are going to work with the elements of art one by one:

1. Listen to the first video and create a list of keywords in your notebook (Title: Elements of art-vocabulary).
2. Send a comment in this article with the list of words.

To comment: 

Remember to write your NAME+ the first letter of your SURNAME + COURSE.

I will publish your comments when all of you have done the task.

Digital typographies

First of all... a game for all the group:

Alphabets - Typography on PhotoPeach

And now, some interactive activities:

Activities for the computer room

• Look, you will be able to build your name using letters from Flickr. Look at my name:

 

If you want to build yours, this is the link: http://metaatem.net/words/. You only have to write the name in the white box, click on "spell" and you will get your letters. If you want to change the type, just click on each letter and a new one will apperar.  Click right mouse button on each letter to save it as a jpg image. You can use them in your school homeworks, posters, in headlines, titles, headings... or just to write a letter or a greeting card to a friend. This is more original than using Word or PowerPoint WordArt. Isn´t it?.

• Periodic table writer. Try! 
  
• Try another one. Using the software CoolText, we transform a text into amazing icons. I have used it and this is what I got:

• The following one is in French, but I'm sure you will do with it: Coloriage Prenom.

• Scary fonts to download, for Halloween.

• Graffiti Creator. Create your own graffiti.

• Graffiti.

More:

Letters can be used to create whatever you like. Have a look:

• The Scarecrow

Do you want to try?

• Robotype composer

And more:

• Cool typography and words of wisdom in Pinterest.

Typography

TYPOGRAPHY is what language looks like. 

It is the art and technics of type design.

Type the sky
Type the sky is an original project by Lisa Rienermann, a student of Duisburg-Essen University. Each letter is an empty space in the sky of Barcelona surrounded by buildings. She says: "Todo comenzó por la Q. Estaba en una pequeña calle de Barcelona y al mirar hacia arriba vi las casas, el cielo y las nubes. El área oscurecida por las casas dejaba entrever una forma en el cielo que parecía una Q. Esa fue la idea de la técnica. Pensé que si una Q me había encontrado a mi, no sería difícil que yo encontrara al resto del alfabeto. De modo que pasé semanas mirando al cielo, buscando el resto de las letras entre las casas."

Eatphabet

Eating from A to Z! By Luiza P. (Flicker user). She says: “This project was conceived as a way to document my eating habits and routine, through the creation of an alphabet.“

Types
A pop-up book.


Human alphabets
Human Alphabets 3

Human Alphabets 3 from Sotirios Raptis

Human alphabets 2
Human alphabets 1

More examples:

• Draw me a song: take a look to these wonderful typography examples. Posters.
• Modular typography: Made typography using half moon shape as the negative space between box shapes. Then translated into cardboard sculptures mimicking the same design elements. Sculptures.
• Fillingraphy on typography. Cakes!

Have a look to examples from your last course classmates.