Learning About Design 5

 During this first week of design theory, I learned quite a bit about the importance of typography. For example, how vital font, typeface, Kerning, leading, and Balance are. I am so excited about this class, in particular, I have discovered a whole new world that I had always been drawn to but didn't have the terminology or slightest clue how to put into words how strongly I felt about how text is placed on paper and how imagery works together with text in a way that compliments each other and how to establish visual hierarchy  (again something I didn't realize was a thing until this class. ) I know that it has always mattered to me what the eye is drawn to first and then second and so on, what message is being conveyed and that the shapes and colors and type face reflect the intended message or emotion correctly.

 I was shocked to learn that there are so many parts that have names for everyday typeface anatomy! 

. ..There was a music video for a popular 90's band I had always loved growing up(and still do! ) . It was the song No Rain by Blind Mellon. The music and the music video depict a slightly overweight girl who is dressed up as a bumblebee and she travels through the city doing her little bumblebee dance for various audiences in her travels but to her dismay, no one seems interested or cares about her or her dance towards the end of the video as she's close to giving up and brought to tears she finds a great big open field with a gate and a whole bunch of people ranging in age young to old dressed up like her and little bumblebee outfits and doing silly little bumblebee dances like her I've always felt I was that bumblebee girl and switching throughout my life to find my bumblebee people and this class and most of the classes I've had the pleasure of taking so far have made me feel what I imagine the little gives me the feeling I think that girl has when she finds her bumblebee people at the end of the video:)