In the pre-internet era, the only medium for graphic design was print, so type just sat on the page. To make letters stand out from the others on the page, you could change font families, size, color and kerning. Within … Read More
I love trying new special effects and plug-ins in After Effects, my motion graphics program of choice. As a graphic and product designer, it stretches my imagination in new ways and is the perfect mesh of my “line” and “form” … Read More
My last post was about the “reveal”, so it seemed appropriate to write about the “dissolve” for this post, its partner at the other end of the visual experience. If the reveal is an opening event, exposing something new, then … Read More
Whether Sherlock Holmes , Hercule Poirot or any mystery or suspense story, the big reveal at the end answers all questions. It’s the final revelation of information that has previously been kept from the characters and/or the viewers— ”Soylent … Read More
Chinese Buddhist monks developed block printing around 850, carving their intricate characters and images into the surface of wood blocks to print their scriptures. But it was Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press, with its movable type in 1440, … Read More