Well we read through Twenty Rules. A very nice design rule book that gives the top 20 basic rules to follow when your doing designs. So I will mention all of them, then tell you the 3 most important, the 3 i need to practice, and the three i will probably ignore.
1.Have a Concept
2.Communicate, Don't Decorate
3.Speak with One Visual Voice
4.Use Two Typeface Families Maximum, OK, Maybe Three
5.Use the One-Two Punch!
6.Pick Colors On Purpose
7.If You Can Do It With Less, Then Do It
8.Negative Space is Magical, Create it don't just Fill It Up
9.Treat The Type As Image, As Though it's just as important
10.Type is Only Type When Its Friendly
11.Be Universal, Remember That Its Not About You
12.Squish and Separate
13.Distribute Light and Dark Like Firecrackers And The Rising Sun
14.Be Descisive, Do it on Purpose, Or Dont Do It at All
15.Measure with Your Eyes, Design Is Visual
16.Create Images-Dont Scavenge
17.Ignore Fashion. Seriously.
18.Move It! Static Equals Dull
19.Look at History but dont Repeat It
20.Symmetry is The Ultimate Evil
ALRIGHTY THEN!
My Top 3 will have to be
#8 Negative Space is Magical- Very true, some of the best compositions Ive seen really use negative space well
#15 Measure With Your Eyes- I think thats the true sign of designer if you can just know in your head because of what you see
#7 If You Can Do Less With It, Then Do It- Anyone can throw crap on paper, or the screen. So Less Is More
My Top 3 I need to work on
#1 Have A Concept- I usually have an idea I want to portray but I cant really get it into words....
#11 Be Universal, Remeber its Not About You- I tend to dwell on my first idea and I love my own stuff. I need to expand
#14 Be Descisive, Do it ON Purpose Or dont Do it All- I tend to get a little figdity and put stuff in when i dont need to.
My 3 That I Will Ignore
#19 Look at History.... yeah its boring and i dont do it anyway.
#17 I really dont Even KNOW fashion, so following it wont be a problem
#12 Squish and Separte- well honestly I would follow this one, but its the lowest on the list that I wouldnt.
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I definitely agree with rule number 1 for you... you do like to float around between different concepts, but your gettin' better. Ha. I used rule number 11 as well and need to expand on my designs so that others will understand it. Nice work, dude.
ReplyDeleteI think this semester so far has really been helping everyone pick concepts and stick with them. I put be universal on my ignore list because I don't like designing for everyone. I would rather design for a certain demographic and have them understand it haha.
ReplyDeleteI think your ignore list is good but the history rule is important because it is good to know what has been done and the type of designs that were successful
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