It explores the effect of using text with images in creating an original 2D art or design work. Participants will also learn how to identify examples of historical, social, and political type-driven work for inspiration toward a project idea.
Over 3 hours, you will learn how to use various free and publicly accessible online tools to create GIF-formatted graphic artworks. You'll experiment with typography and animation to understand its effects on a project's content, meaning, emotion, and function.
Come away from this workshop knowing the weight and potential of words, their social impact, and how to add your interpretation and spin on message-making design. Afterwards, you may discover that you are inclined towards a typographic voice and have a greater understanding of graphic design's role in social causes.
- how to convey emotion through typography and animation;
- ways of combining new tools and techniques in both digital and analog formats that yield interesting and experimental results
- how typography, automation, and animation can help transform one's creative voice
- Graphic Design
- Print / Publishing
- Visual Communications
- Digital Media / Technology
- Products / Packaging
- Sketchbook or paper surface for drawing
- Coloured pencils, markers, ink pens or paintbrushes
- Coloured paper, found images or collaging materials
Suggested but not Required Materials:
- Smartphone or scanner
- Digital Camera
- Found Text from emails, notes, text messages, newspapers or magazines
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