Eras in Art History
August 11, 2011 in the category of Art, Thoughts
Last semester for my final in Typography One we have to do a collection of sixty two pictograms depicting the history of visual design. I was thrilled with the project even though I found it challenging. We were to take complex images and strip them down to simple illustrations. Minimal design is my bread and butter. I finished my pictograms, felt accomplished, but as time past I found them sitting on my computer and I couldn’t figure out what to do with them.
Then one night I couldn’t sleep - all my great ideas come to me this way - and I thought of doing a poster series called ‘Eras in Art History.’ I would use some of the pictograms I did in class and couple them with a cute phrase while giving the whole thing a retro advertisement feel. I started with this:
I felt they needed to be cleaned up a bit and given a little more pizzazz. Here is the work in progress for several of the pieces:
Then I coupled the pieces with cute sayings such as:
I still feel that the pieces need a little extra something, but I have yet to pinpoint it. Suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks!
