Typography has always been an interest of mine. I used to draw/copy band logos, make my own type, draw type on shirts, yadda yadda. My friends think it's one of my specialties. As much as I see how much they believe so, I surely don't agree because the world of typography is so precise, detailed, and complicated. But those facts won't stop my interest in type from growing.

I just finished my second week of classes. This semester is already underway, and I have to admit I'm excited. For this workshop class I'm taking, we were assigned to make and develop our own logo throughout the semester. Where do you even start with your own logo? Sometimes you just have to go with your gut and just make the first thing that comes to mind. I created a line drawing of my cat eye glasses and originally added a zigzag on top of my glasses to "represent" my bangs. After some tweaks, I made those zigzags spell out "mars".

Straights and curves make up lines, and those lines make sketches and drawings, graphics, typography, etc. Typography is graphic; graphics make up typography. It's astonishing, really.
A while ago I came across this quiz: What Type Are You.
My result was Universal, with characteristics of rational, understated, progressive, and relaxed.

I dig it.

After some web browsing today, I came across some typography websites and this cool type video. Enjoy.

Alphabet in motion - Barcenova type from Cecilia Brarda on Vimeo.

I think I made it clear at some point that last semester, I went through an aquatic illustration phase, right? Well, it happened. I just came across another Photoshop piece I did for my digital class last semester. This was the last deep sea diver piece I made.

For this piece, I wanted to play with line and space. I didn't want to go too crazy with the subject matter so I chose a simple 3/4 portrait view of a deep sea diver suit.
When I was pitching my idea to my professor, he recommended I look up the artist Shaun Tan. I pulled up Google, browsed through his work, and I fell in love with his art. His work is so soft, and so strange, and I love his rendition of the diver suit.

I browsed Google some more and found a short film that's based on his book "The Lost Thing". There is something about short animated films that are so amazing and so unique compared to full movie length animations. And I wanted to share this one because it's so damn charming.