Monday, January 18, 2010

Graphic Design Whim: Writer Identities

I'm writing up the unofficial Xanga user poll on the best ten popular music albums of 2000-2009. When I present the results, I want to try something different. Usually I would just let the album covers stand as their own visuals. But that will be a lot of little jaypegs. Each Xanga writer's distinct personality comes through in their music choices. Why not show that visually? The Whole Brevity Thing is my formal blog [link]. Usually I accent its white landscape with colorful entries. So I started compulsively creating flashes of color that I would feel okay sharing as my design work but would also represent the personality or style of each blogger as I displayed their top 10 lists. All my projects are unwieldy, so who knows if these will ever be posted anywhere but here? Links to each blogger are below each banner prototype.


drakonskyr


CallMeQuell


psalms5289


roninism


skittlesruletheworld


bongo5


elelkewljay


iStephanieMarie

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

KATE MACDOWELL

Elegant but eerie - Kate MacDowell's work reminds me of Pompeii, her concept-creatures arrested in incongruously violent yet serene preservation ...


"idea"


"cuckoo"


"casualty"


"canary"


"bad seed"