Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Monday, 27 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 3, Newspaper Research Part 2
What is a troll?
Trolling is a rather negative thing to do and can be extremely
consequential, People of this age can now hide behind a computer
to bully and abuse anyone they like - when normally most people
in there right mind wouldn't consider doing such a terrible thing.
"About 2,000 crimes related to online abuse are being reported
to the police in London each year, according to new figures."
19 September 2013
This was published more then a year ago and has almost definitely
increased.
There is already a law in place to prevent trolling but recently restrictions
have been mentioned to take place to prevent it further... This is Gary
Macfaydens comment on trolling
"In England and Wales, the Malicious Communications Act 1988
Victims of Trolling
Katie Hopkins is a victim of trolling but oddly enough she see's it as
quite trivial and not to take it on the shoulder.
Katie's opinion is quite the opposite to most she says it is merely a
joke and it shouldn't be taken seriously whereas sonia on the left
believes it is a serious threat and is dangerous. I mean if someone
threatens to rape you be it in real life or the virtual it is still an
extreme threat and should be handled by the police...
Although not a victim of trolling she was a victim of her own trolling
Brenda Leyland had been trolling the Mccann Family (Madeline Mcann)
she had sent thousand of abuse and threatening tweets to the family.
Unfortunately at the beginning of october Brenda Leyland was found dead
in her hotel room supposedly due to being outed on sky news for what she
had done, the guilt so bad that she killed her self it is arguable that
she was actually trolling or just well opinionated.
"The second problem is that the word “troll” has become shorthand for
describing any behaviour online that may cause offence. It conjures up
strong feelings of repulsion and disgust, and doubtless some watching
a bewildered Leyland trying to escape the TV news team last week will
have felt a grim satisfaction, and thought to themselves: “She shouldn’t
dish out what she can’t take.”
Was she really a troll? You decide.
Outed Trolls and there responses
When watching this video I felt disturbed that he had only slight
remorse as to what he had participated in, he does seem apologetic
but not quite enough.
Trolling is a rather negative thing to do and can be extremely
consequential, People of this age can now hide behind a computer
to bully and abuse anyone they like - when normally most people
in there right mind wouldn't consider doing such a terrible thing.
"About 2,000 crimes related to online abuse are being reported
to the police in London each year, according to new figures."
19 September 2013
This was published more then a year ago and has almost definitely
increased.
There is already a law in place to prevent trolling but recently restrictions
have been mentioned to take place to prevent it further... This is Gary
Macfaydens comment on trolling
Gavin Macfadyen: Indeed, almost everyone that one speaks
to has no idea how you define this because jocular speech,
small-scale derisive remarks can cause the same moral panic
as this apparently does. Therefore, it is rather dangerous because
the whole thing is ballooning out of control. The sad thing is that
the laws already exist to deal with this. If you threaten somebody’s
life on the internet or you threaten them with a serious crime you
can be done for it, you can do prison time for that. So nobody
understands quite why are the laws being proposed in this way.
It is particularly savage because there is a degree of hypocrisy
about these charges of online terrorism. From the very people
who are bombing others around the world, it is a little strange.
There is a kind of moral panic here, a political panic, could be
seen by politicians to deal with what is really a small-scale
social problem.
They want to politicize these anti-social, these small incidents
of anti-social behavior which nobody excuses. They all are very
unpleasant. Nobody would like to be subjected to these things.
But they are tiny, they are small scale, they don’t represent a
social phenomenon. It is really a few extraordinarily unpleasant
individuals. But then to construct, as they appear to be doing,
a whole set of laws of a draconian kind is most peculiar and
it raises the sense that they very much wanted to increase the
number of laws available on the internet to stop criticism, to
stop people who say things they don’t like. It seems to me and
for many others here that the internet is a public place, it is not
a private place. And in any public place there is a role for criticism,
there is a role for taking a different view... And that has to be protected
for anybody, no matter what they politics are. So what we have to
do I think is to teach people how to anonymize themselves, how to
be anonymous on the internet if they really want a peaceful life and
they don’t want to engage in social dialogue. They have to find a
place in a private sector of the internet… to conduct their affairs.
The new law to take place says internet trolls can now face a sentence of
two years in prison.
"In England and Wales, the Malicious Communications Act 1988
covers comments that cause "distress or anxiety". Similar legislation
applies in Northern Ireland. "
Katie Hopkins is a victim of trolling but oddly enough she see's it as
quite trivial and not to take it on the shoulder.
joke and it shouldn't be taken seriously whereas sonia on the left
believes it is a serious threat and is dangerous. I mean if someone
threatens to rape you be it in real life or the virtual it is still an
extreme threat and should be handled by the police...
Brenda Leyland
Brenda Leyland had been trolling the Mccann Family (Madeline Mcann)
she had sent thousand of abuse and threatening tweets to the family.
Unfortunately at the beginning of october Brenda Leyland was found dead
in her hotel room supposedly due to being outed on sky news for what she
had done, the guilt so bad that she killed her self it is arguable that
she was actually trolling or just well opinionated.
"The second problem is that the word “troll” has become shorthand for
describing any behaviour online that may cause offence. It conjures up
strong feelings of repulsion and disgust, and doubtless some watching
a bewildered Leyland trying to escape the TV news team last week will
have felt a grim satisfaction, and thought to themselves: “She shouldn’t
dish out what she can’t take.”
Was she really a troll? You decide.
Outed Trolls and there responses
When watching this video I felt disturbed that he had only slight
remorse as to what he had participated in, he does seem apologetic
but not quite enough.
Some useful stories:
OUGD403 Brief 3 Newspaper Research Part 1
The Queens First Tweet
The story:
" It is a pleasure to open the information age exhibition today
at the science museum and i hope people will enjoy visiting"
The tweet was typed out for her accordingly she then removed
her glove to send the tweet.
In all newspapers I collated the story covered was the tweet itself
alongside the fact she had then minutes later been subject to
the latest troll incident. I am going to base research on 'Trolling"
Here are some of the excerpts I collated…
The Sun
On the right image from the sun excerpt they have defaced the
queen and placed an iPhone in her hand with a speech bubble
this could be seen as humorous or in the other direction offensive,
This picture is also on the same page as a story on soft core porn
and in my opinion is extremely controversial placing but The sun
is well known for its controvesy. Aesthetically suprisingly
it appears clean, fluid and organised although typical placing is
all over the place stories you would not expect to be together are.
Daily Express Daily Mirror
Daily Mail The Guardian
When comparing the stories together the overall tone varies from
every newspaper for example the sun is more jokey and light but
also uses much more explicit trolls as opposed to the use of the trolls
in Daily Mirror and Daily Mail as they have added light hearted
comments such as " Hey Liz, who are you loving on X Factor"
whereas in the sun the tweets are "Old **** hope you die"
"**** off and die" which are extremely offensive and aggressive
comments.
Queens Tweet - Internet Stories
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/queens-first-tweet-sent-by-man-telling-queen-to-f-off-broadcast-on-bbc-news-9817877.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH6rKHf__xk
The story:
" It is a pleasure to open the information age exhibition today
at the science museum and i hope people will enjoy visiting"
The tweet was typed out for her accordingly she then removed
her glove to send the tweet.
In all newspapers I collated the story covered was the tweet itself
alongside the fact she had then minutes later been subject to
the latest troll incident. I am going to base research on 'Trolling"
Here are some of the excerpts I collated…
The Sun
On the right image from the sun excerpt they have defaced the
queen and placed an iPhone in her hand with a speech bubble
this could be seen as humorous or in the other direction offensive,
This picture is also on the same page as a story on soft core porn
and in my opinion is extremely controversial placing but The sun
is well known for its controvesy. Aesthetically suprisingly
it appears clean, fluid and organised although typical placing is
all over the place stories you would not expect to be together are.
Daily Express Daily Mirror
Daily Mail The Guardian
every newspaper for example the sun is more jokey and light but
also uses much more explicit trolls as opposed to the use of the trolls
in Daily Mirror and Daily Mail as they have added light hearted
comments such as " Hey Liz, who are you loving on X Factor"
whereas in the sun the tweets are "Old **** hope you die"
"**** off and die" which are extremely offensive and aggressive
comments.
Queens Tweet - Internet Stories
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/queens-first-tweet-sent-by-man-telling-queen-to-f-off-broadcast-on-bbc-news-9817877.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH6rKHf__xk
Sunday, 26 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 3, Study Task 03 Newspaper Layout
Tesco's Profits Plunge 92%
Brief : To research into given story, make design decisions,
plan the layout composition, colour and typography.
Some websites relating to our story :
To start off we as a group created a basic mind map to help
us choose the direction to take our story.
We decided to use the metro newspaper as our basis, we wanted
to do something different then a newspaper story so we looked
into app design.
It was clear there was only a small amount of columns used
it varied from 2-4 colums on phone apps for the metro this is
because with the text being smaller it needs to be bigger and
easier to read so less columns means less text overall.
We started by designing a simple grid...
...and then designs that we could possibly use to make it appear
app like for example, scroll bars and tabs. (shown top right)
We then took this to the computer our initial composition is shown
on the left this I feel didn't work so well the type did not speak
out or express the story in any way the layout was over complex
for an app and could do with being simplified further, I feel our
design in the end didn't work it progressed better then our original
concept but wholly it wasn't simple enough and could not work as
an app, I feel it would of worked better if there had been much less
text, And rather than having small boxes for other articles just having
a scroll bar to see where you are in the article and having a further
page with a choice of articles like my idea earlier on. I feel we worked
well in a group and could of improved on this as our ideas where
there just not correctly formatted.
OUGD403 Brief 2 - Crit, Grid for my typeface chosen.
Rough Grid for my individual typeface.
This is my grid for Bodoni typeface, a little complex but has
worked on majority of letters to adapt this for my wonky type,
I have added diagonal lines to try create order.
This is my developed
grid. From feedback in the
crit it was said that there
was no need for the diagonal
lines in my grid for me to
continue my wonky characters
as they are random and don't
need a uniformity. I am going to
keep one stem of the letter the
same to keep the letter looking
grounded but wonky.
This is my grid for Bodoni typeface, a little complex but has
worked on majority of letters to adapt this for my wonky type,
I have added diagonal lines to try create order.
This is my developed
grid. From feedback in the
crit it was said that there
was no need for the diagonal
lines in my grid for me to
continue my wonky characters
as they are random and don't
need a uniformity. I am going to
keep one stem of the letter the
same to keep the letter looking
grounded but wonky.
Saturday, 25 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 2 Study Task 02, Massimo Vignielli
Research: Massimo Vignielli
A quote from Vignelli's book Canon “organization of information.”
this is what graphic design is and its important for it to flow well with
consistency and this is why we use grids to organise, the grid is the
basic structurefor graphic design.
A quote from Vignelli's book Canon “organization of information.”
this is what graphic design is and its important for it to flow well with
consistency and this is why we use grids to organise, the grid is the
basic structurefor graphic design.
"The basic understanding is
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that the smaller the module of the grid the least helpful it could be."
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"Conversely a page with a coarse grid is a very restricting grid
offering too few alternatives. The secret is to find the proper kind of grid for the job at hand." | ||||||||||||||||||
I feel there isn't a great deal to say other then Vignelli is completely
correct in his ways and many other designers follow his words. Here
are some of his grid systems/layouts
Vignelli's grids are
quite simple but all follow
the same rule, format and
principle 'organisation'
the grids are fluid and
consistent and could be
applied to almost anything.
are some of his grid systems/layouts
Vignelli's grids are
quite simple but all follow
the same rule, format and
principle 'organisation'
the grids are fluid and
consistent and could be
applied to almost anything.
Friday, 24 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 2, Study Task 02 The Golden Ratio
Research: The Golden Ratio
The golden ratio is a similar concept to the rule of thirds,
like in the rule of thirds there are 4 intersecting points which
are main focal point of design, in the golden ratio without
explaining looks like this...
Inside the curved area is the golden ratio this is what is
accosiated with things that are defined with beautiful
things, arguably it can be applied to almost anything
so you could argue it isn't really pliable. For example the
apple logo...
As you can see it fits perfectly but when the designer of apple
logo Rob Janoff when janoff was asked how he design the logo this
was his response which clearly suggests he had no intention or used
the golden rule to design the logo.
"The apple shape changed slightly from my original design in the
early 80's. The design firm Landor & Associates made the changes.
They brightened the colors, they made the shapes much more symmetrical,
much more geometric. When I designed it I pretty much did it freehand.
The golden ratio is a similar concept to the rule of thirds,
like in the rule of thirds there are 4 intersecting points which
are main focal point of design, in the golden ratio without
explaining looks like this...
Inside the curved area is the golden ratio this is what is
accosiated with things that are defined with beautiful
things, arguably it can be applied to almost anything
so you could argue it isn't really pliable. For example the
apple logo...
As you can see it fits perfectly but when the designer of apple
logo Rob Janoff when janoff was asked how he design the logo this
was his response which clearly suggests he had no intention or used
the golden rule to design the logo.
"The apple shape changed slightly from my original design in the
early 80's. The design firm Landor & Associates made the changes.
They brightened the colors, they made the shapes much more symmetrical,
much more geometric. When I designed it I pretty much did it freehand.
OUGD403 Brief 3 - The Brief
MESSAGE AND DELIVERY - BRIEF 3
Create a body of visual research in response to a story, issue
or theme found in the national press tomorrow, Saturday 25th October..
CONSIDERATIONS
The willingness and ability to formulate informed opinions about your
Create a body of visual research in response to a story, issue
or theme found in the national press tomorrow, Saturday 25th October..
The willingness and ability to formulate informed opinions about your
subject matter is an essential skill for a graphic designer.
In addition to being aware of events, concerns and the (un)popularly
In addition to being aware of events, concerns and the (un)popularly
held opinions of the world around you, you also need to consider the
tone of voice with which they are reported.
It is important that you read the stories thoroughly and research issues
It is important that you read the stories thoroughly and research issues
that are raised fully before committing your self to a visual opinion.
You can be serious, humorous, questioning, opinionated, bold, or subtle.
Your research should be broad and varied and should include but not be
You can be serious, humorous, questioning, opinionated, bold, or subtle.
Your research should be broad and varied and should include but not be
limited to; statistical, empirical (opinions), and personal.
Use a variety of approaches to your gathering of research, including
Use a variety of approaches to your gathering of research, including
editorial coverage in local, national and international press via both print
and web. You should aim to observe the trends and differences between
different formats of communication. Be aware of and include in your
research and documentation the tone of voice, the use of images,
typography and layout/composition.
REQUIREMENTS
The story, issue or theme must come from a newspaper published on
Saturday 25th October..
DELVIERABLES
- A body of research into the story, issue or theme of your choice.
- A physical copy of the newspaper.
MY BRIEF ANALYSIS
To buy and read several variations of newspapers from Saturday 25th
October, to compare stories and chose an interesting story/topic to research
further. Create a in-depth body of research supporting the story and its
possibilities, To collate the research and present it in any way I choose.
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 2, Study Task 02 Rule of thirds
Research - Grids
The Law of Thirds, The 4 intersecting points within the
composition are the optimal points of focus.
For example...
Monday, 20 October 2014
Sunday, 19 October 2014
OUGD403 - Brief 2, Type Terminology
Type Terminology
The Basics
Typeface - A collection of letter, symbols
and numbers. etc.
Font - For example what I am typing with right now,
a complete set that has uppercase, lowercase etc. whereas
a typeface is referring to the design of the actual letterforms.
Cap Height- The hight from the baseline to
the top of the uppercase letters.
Base Line - The imaginary line which the
letter rests on.
X height - For example a large x- height
appears larger than it is s you could use a
smaller point size.
Serif - The extra stroke on some or all
letterforms used to mimick handwriting.
Sans Serif - Basically without serifs.
Terminal - The end of any stroke that
doesn't have a serif on.
Roman - Known as a normal font.
Oblique - Slanted and sheered type
designed differently from upright and
roman fonts, reflects calligraphy.
Descender - Any part in a lowercase letter
that extends below the baseline.
Ascender - "
" above the baseline.
Diactric - Mark/sign that is added on top
of thë letter. On letters it can change the way
the word is pronounced.
e.g. Años pronounced an-yos.
Small Caps - X height uppercases in lowercase
similar to italic letterforms.
Superscript - A letter figure or symbol is placed
above the normal print line.
Subscript - The opposite.
Underline - Slightly below the infinity line.
Strikethrough - Signify a mistake.
between specific letters/characters.
Orphan - Block of text that is on its
own.
Leading - Vertical space between lines of text.
Baseline to baseline (linespacing)
Counter - Enclosed/partially circular or curved
space.
Eye - the bit in the 'e'
Bowl - The curved part that encloses the counter.
Aperture - Partially enclosed, negative space.
Crossbar - Stroke across the middle, 'H'
Ear - Like a serif.
Link - Connects the bowl and loop of the letter
'g'
Tail - Q ascends below the baseline.
Colophon - Information about typefaces used to
identify the publisher, date.. etc at the end of the
publication.
The Basics
Typeface - A collection of letter, symbols
and numbers. etc.
Font - For example what I am typing with right now,
a complete set that has uppercase, lowercase etc. whereas
a typeface is referring to the design of the actual letterforms.
Cap Height- The hight from the baseline to
the top of the uppercase letters.
Base Line - The imaginary line which the
letter rests on.
X height - For example a large x- height
appears larger than it is s you could use a
smaller point size.
Serif - The extra stroke on some or all
letterforms used to mimick handwriting.
Sans Serif - Basically without serifs.
Terminal - The end of any stroke that
doesn't have a serif on.
Roman - Known as a normal font.
Oblique - Slanted and sheered type
designed differently from upright and
roman fonts, reflects calligraphy.
Descender - Any part in a lowercase letter
that extends below the baseline.
Ascender - "
" above the baseline.
Diactric - Mark/sign that is added on top
of thë letter. On letters it can change the way
the word is pronounced.
e.g. Años pronounced an-yos.
Small Caps - X height uppercases in lowercase
similar to italic letterforms.
Superscript - A letter figure or symbol is placed
above the normal print line.
Subscript - The opposite.
Underline - Slightly below the infinity line.
between specific letters/characters.
Orphan - Block of text that is on its
own.
Leading - Vertical space between lines of text.
Baseline to baseline (linespacing)
Counter - Enclosed/partially circular or curved
space.
Eye - the bit in the 'e'
Bowl - The curved part that encloses the counter.
Aperture - Partially enclosed, negative space.
Crossbar - Stroke across the middle, 'H'
Ear - Like a serif.
Link - Connects the bowl and loop of the letter
'g'
Tail - Q ascends below the baseline.
Colophon - Information about typefaces used to
identify the publisher, date.. etc at the end of the
publication.
Saturday, 18 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 2 - The Brief
STUDIO BRIEF 2 - VECTOR TYPE
Produce an alphabet based on one of the letterforms you
created from the Alphabet Soup, Visual Thinking brief.
You are restricted to working in black, however you may
experiment with opacity and half tones.
Considerations
Think visually. Consider what the visual essence of your subject
matter is and how best to communicate it. How can these letterforms
that you created be developed further now that you are working
digitally? The following terms may prove useful:
Trace, edit, layer, combine, outline, silhouette, positive/negative,
contrast.
Make mistakes in order to learn from them.
For this workshop the emphasis is on investigation and experimentation.
You will develop a quantity of material that will allow you to
maximise your understanding of the applications potential within
the time available.
One of the problems with software is that everyone has access to
it but not everyone knows how to use it creatively. Abode
illustrator is primarily used for the generation of vector-based images
and as a type tool. When used as a means for visual investigation it
offers the potential for rapid generation of visual variations. The
possibilities of which can used as a springboard for further visual
research.
Requirements
In preparation for the first session you must (by scanning) digitise
the series of ten letterforms from the Alphabet Soup, Visual
Thinking brief (Studio Brief 01).
Also in preparation for the session you must create the bespoke
grid for your chosen letterform, this will assist in the creation of
the remaining letterforms.
Each resolved letterform should be supported by a broad range
of visual investigation in the form of design sheets and notebooks.
Deliverables
A3 poster (4x7 grid) printed in the digital print resource.
The bespoke grid you have created as a basis for the typeface.
A quantity of visual investigation/research relating to each letterform.
My Analysis of the Brief
To make the initial ten letterforms digital by scanning to use as a base,
to then create a grid for my chosen typeface 'Bodoni' but my version
that can be used to create all 26 letters, this needs to be supported by
screen shots of development and original sketches of the chosen typeface
before being digitised. The final outcome to print on A3 my final design,
present the grid and research.
OUGD403 Chosen typeface - Brief 1
Clumsy Type
Out of my 10 final letterforms I felt this letterform depicted
humour more then any of the others letterforms appear silly
and clumsy , and would work good as a typeface possibly even
a body copy in further development.
Out of my 10 final letterforms I felt this letterform depicted
humour more then any of the others letterforms appear silly
and clumsy , and would work good as a typeface possibly even
a body copy in further development.
Friday, 17 October 2014
OUGD403 Brief 1, Final Crit - The chosen one
Final 10
Letterforms
These are my final 10
letterforms, (from left to right) the first one
I have exaggerated the
bottom half of the letter making it wider
and more dense. The 2nd
letterform is repeated letters due to the
significance of when you
laugh you elongate the speech etc
Haaaaaaa, The next
letterform is based on banana's and the
comedic sketch of falling on
a banana skin.
The first of the set here I have
squished the letter horizontally
to give a long thin effect
as a reminder towards clowns with their
varying height and weights.
Next is an exaggeration of serifs (top)
heavy. Lastly also
exaggerated serifs but free-er due to the silliness
it reminded me of humour
although less effective when filled as
appears more negative and
sadistic.
The first and second type are also an exaggeration on height I
have moved crossbars and up
on the first and reduced the size of
the second to like condensed
and bold, Lastly clown type this
is a direct link to humour
universally it is linked to comedic representations.
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