Hello! There were a few times when I was writing my previous posts that I wanted to talk about video games, but I was worried that doing so would come across as unprofessional. Well, considering that the course I'm in teaches game design, I figured it's time to stop being so scared.
In my first post; I mentioned that a design can be solid on its own, but ineffective for the thing it's used for. I was thinking of Mario Party...
Hello! Today I'm going to talk a bit more about why I chose the designers that I did in my previous post.
I mentioned that my favorite cover in the collection was Everything Matters!. The first thing I like about this cover is that it uses only four colors. Whenever I draw, I always try to limit the number of colors I use, and I really like character designs that use only three colors. Designs like these are simple and memorable.
As part of my first assignment in Digital Design, I was told to pick three designers from the AIGA Design Archives that inspire me. It was hard to choose when there was so much material, but I really liked the book covers, so I choose my designers from there.
The designers I chose were Isaac Tobin, John Fullbrook III, and Rodrigo Corral. My favorite design was the cover of Everything Matters! As you may be...