For this assignment I chose two letters at random and the other three make up my girlfriend's name (Kim.) Overall I really enjoyed this project. I have to do a lot with type in my ads for the Cabaret, and it can be extremely challenging to make type look good with the rest of the elements included in the composition. Working exclusively with type gave me a chance to be a little more creative.
I did not rasterize my letters. Instead, I chose a letter and worked with it with the restrictions of a vector object in mind. You can still manipulate vectors in a surprising number of ways.
My favorite composition is the "i" even though I didn't really do much to the letter itself. It's sort of a ripoff...err tribute to some of Valve's Team Fortress 2 ads. They too were based on Apple's iPod silhouette ads.
I tend to gravitate more towards sans-serif fonts since I feel they're a bit cleaner looking. I really admire modern, elegant, and clean looking design when it comes to ads and I feel that using serif fonts gives off a much different vibe. Both styles of type are good for different situations. Though for work in this project, sans-serif seemed like the better choice for most of my compositions.
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