Typography is always weird for me to tackle in the design space. Mainly when I’m attempting to give it a reason to be used. So funnily enough I look at calligraphy to see how I can show the emotion I want to display so I can better display it in my typography. A good example…

1.https://youtu.be/1572-EzXh5Y?si=KnTO0t55gpNfugRA 2. https://youtu.be/IN3EKAKFXUE?si=57FgmVfMkkt9Qc3S 3. Paragraph shading so you don’t have to change the text against the background with a separate frame 3.https://youtu.be/IqxrzUAi2nU?si=xI9BeOM8CV9Xx_RY 4. Making text fit better into frames with ctrl b for editing 5. Using generative expand to fill in gaps in images instead of warping the image itself.

Something I wanted to learn is how to meld the text better with pictures in Indesign. There is probably a video about it but I want to try and find it myself, it’ll at least help me navigate, I want to incorporate more of my personality into the Indesign process.

Today’s creative exercise is one about colors, taking something you’ve previously made in design and turning it into something else without changing the content, just change the color. It makes you think about what emotions the colors convey and express with different pieces, adding more red or blue to a pallet to change the meaning…

I’ve been writing for a while and I wanted to show that in this 11×17 two page spread. As a kid I was never good at drawing but I’ve always loved the process of writing, especially writing songs. It’s been the most fun to dissect other artist and even write my own verses and that’s…

Today, I was speaking to a friend about international branding. Different brands or clever puns are often taken for granted but language barriers are a pretty hill to climb for marketing. An example is YouTube. Here in the states YouTube doesn’t have auto-translate for other languages, because of the vast pool of languages spoken here…

Link 1: https://youtu.be/NLz6PXwYnuE?si=cWkEoe_SlCvzcPYu -I learned how to put animated gifs in projects. -I learned how to make a table of context Link 2: https://youtu.be/fUzO7crWpgk?si=egfM9FMr8OMN90Id -I learned how to import files directly into indesign Link 3: https://youtu.be/4_Hi3tiCa7s?si=S1B8DMrTWln5KStJ I learned a lot of shortcuts which are very important in the ease of use.

This creative exercise is one I got from an old teacher called ‘trust fall’. Like the name implies you are to close your eyes and let your hand fall on an object. Normally you’d have to describe it to someone behind you and they’d choose wether or not to let you keep passing it, changing…

For this assignment, I wanted to show the comfort of my Mexican, Haitian and Italian flavors through typography. The concept is the comfort that people feel absorbing cultures so the typeface needs to feel inviting, expressive and easy to read. Typographic Direction 1: Home in a ladle Headline Sample- Sound Sizzles -Pally Bold Subhead Sample-…