June 11, 2009

Final IMGs

Umbrella tag:





Book Covers:










May 12, 2009

Editorial Sketches + Mockups

Here some thumbnail sketches of my 2 page spread and table of contents, plus some mockups












May 2, 2009

Parasol Process Pictures

The process pictures of creating the type specimen parasol:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v315/AngelicaM/Process%20Images/

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April 21, 2009

Permelia Revised, Sketches, and Quick PS Parasol Mockups

I revised my typeface and did some sketches, along with some quick parasol pattern mockups in Photoshop..

Revised Typeface:

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Sketches:

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Mockups:

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April 16, 2009

Patterns

Some patterns from the characters of my Permelia type


April 15, 2009

Research Images - Bags, Parasols, Necklaces

Some images that I found inspiring for the promo..

Bags:

http://elitechoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/victoria_bag_luxuryjpg.jpg

http://www.shrimptoncouture.com/assets_d/15042/editor_files/KJ%20CD-%20bags%20&%20bracelets%20025%20Small%20Web%20view.jpg

http://i.ivillage.com/BS/accessories/bags_shoes/fall_bags/BS_BananaRepublic_366.jpg

Parasols:

http://www.battenburglace.com/parasols.htm

http://www.littlemissprincess.com/girls-accessories/girls-parasol.jpg

http://www.thinkwedding.com/images/Parasol-34in-woodhandle.jpg

http://www.arsenic-and-old-lace.co.uk/images/parasol.jpg

Necklaces:

http://nattiebleu.com/images/Openwork%20Victorian%20Neck.jpg

http://www.springmeade.com/se/pastwork01/sep30_custom.jpg

April 8, 2009

Reading Response | A Brief History of Type

Some of the things that I found interesting about the article were the categories of which several typefaces fall upon (ex. Baskerville falls under Transitional) as well as knowing what "Blackletter", "Fat Faces", and "Synthesis" refers to. Also, I like the fact that I got a bit of a history lesson in how printing and typesetting evolved/began and how the "standards" of working with type came to be..