Lunch with Type

My brother and I went to lunch downtown (which we rarely do) and I brought the camera to take pictures of all the interesting typography along the way. Here's what I found:

-KA

Inspiration

After looking at other inspiration posts, I've noticed others have artists that inspire them or particular styles. I'm not as immersed and familiar with the art and design world as I would like to be but I am making steps towards becoming so.

None the less I do have inspirations of course. Otherwise I would not be able to create. However they may be a little less organized or orthodoxed than expected of a design student.

I have a love for stylized and animated intros and credits to movies and shows. A few that inspire me are:

Casino Royale Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnzgdBAKyJo&feature=fvwrel

Quantum of Solace Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RudiraIFhU

Naruto Intro 5- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7j5kXZH61U

Samurai 7 ending- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbQtVb9TJ8

Samurai Champloo Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3aNq4h0grs

The Losers Credits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SHoi5cK7-4

Men in Black Series Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-CCeiMIQhc&feature=related

Teen Titans Intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWaWvQuIVMI&feature=fvwrel

Some Music Videos:

Crazy- Gnarls Barkley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w&ob=av2e

Be By Myself- Asher Roth http://www.youtube.com/user/AsherRothVEVO#p/u/8/ka8ooi6DnO4

Go- Common http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCe1gC5VaW4

Bloom- Pogo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_htoSaQFf4

Now for some still artwork that inspires me. I follow some blogs that have inspiration posts. I tend to save those that interest me the most. Theses are a few of them combined with some comic book, anime and cartoon art:

-KA

Design Trends I've noticed

Thin Depth and Light Texture(Construction Paper Look)

Minimal Poster with Worn Out Texture

Full Bleed Words

-KA

My Improved Resume

I think this one is a little better and guides the eye better. Not as "exotic" as the previous.

-KA

My Resume

This is my first design resume. I would really love advice on it in both design and content. Please comment!

-KA

Self Portrait Made of Type

The assignment was presented to my class at the beginning of class. We had one class period(less than three hours) to create the piece. We had to take a picture with the camera on the computer in the lab for reference, then choose a typeface or a few and words that represent us and make a self portrait.

I chose Bauhaus for a number of reasons. I wanted to play with the my mixture of being silly and serious. Bauhaus to me is a typeface that can seem both serious and playful. Its also a geometric typeface(my favorite type) and the Bauhaus is very important in the design field...which obviously is my major and passion. My illustration is made completely from the letters in my name and the title.

As it developed it reminded me of a movie poster so I decided to make that what it is. Staring me in the feature "The Man Without The Plan"

 This the picture I used as reference:

-KA

007 Intros

These intros made me so excited. I really hope I can do a few stylized movie intros in my career. They will make for good reference for my flash animation.

-KA