the first thing we did in type 3 was an expressive typographic exploration with a given piece of text.
"born in amsterdam– a city that's steeped in history, yet prides itself on being quite progressive. a place where open mindedness always trumps convention. a city that doesn't know the meaning of status quo. a unique spirit indeed."
here's what i came up with:
this... did not go particularly well for me. the first assignment in a class is always somewhat terrifying, nevermind being under a new teacher, and expectations are hard to predict. these three compositions are the result of me ignoring my instincts for how i wanted these to look and pushing and pushing and pushing because i was afraid of looking like i hadn't done enough. they were also almost last in critique, so the class had already heard "too much! saying too many things all at once!" over and over again, so by the time we got to mine, i was just kind of like, "sorry... we don't have to say it again," and felt foolish. so, with the rocky start, i set the bar low for mr. kidwell's expectations of me, so hopefully from here on out, my work will look much better.
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