Monday, February 16, 2015

Natalie Daelemans - Assignment #2 - "Good Clean Fun"


Childhood is a different experience now than it used to be. Gone are the days of kids just going outside and making mud pies. Instead they seek constant entertainment from their gadgets, and are exposed to many awful things through the movies, music, and videogames that they now consume. I wanted to draw attention to the joy and innocence of growing up that I think has been lost on the current generation. The shear fun of exploring the outdoors and rolling around in the mud. The child in the picture may be dirty and covered in mud, but his happiness in that moment is pure.

I used a font called DK Lemon Yellow Sun, which has a very fun and childlike vibe to it. It is also very simple which was important because my message is about the simple joys of childhood. The text is a slightly brown, off-white color, to compliment the colors and tone of the image. The text is right aligned to match up with the right edge of the photo, and the top/right placement of the words balances out the bottom/left placement of the child. The image is a stock photo from Getty Images that I cropped.

People I commented on:
-Taylor Neuffer
-Spencer King
-Felix Lara
-Charlotte Duerden
-Lincoln Selk

12 comments:

  1. Your font choice is perfect for this! It's not overly childish, but it goes really well with the message you're trying to convey.

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  2. I like the alignment you used to balance the photo. The font matches the message perfectly.

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  3. I love the font you used! The color of the font also helps it to really stand out!

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  4. This photo is so cool! I love the alignment that you chose and how casual and fun the font is!

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  5. I want to be a kid when I see this photo. Great job, good use of type as well.

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  6. I love this! I really like that there are two focal points to the image. The kid's expression is perfect and the type goes great with it. Good job! I also like the coloring and font.

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  7. I think the clean and bold font plays perfectly with the picture you chose. You did a great job keeping it simple and letting the image speak for itself.

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  8. I love the contradictory word clean and the child in the mud. The typeface if really cool because it directs you to the proper meaning of clean fun by being a funner font.

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  9. the font is PERFECT!! I love that you used white - perfect contrast with the mud. I like that you toned down the coloration of the picture as well. awesome job.

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  10. I love your font choice! The font itself is not very clean, more playful which helps your message. Good choice using the off-white rather than a pure white to match the rest of the image.

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  11. The typeface feels like the photo-- personal, handwritten, and happy. I like the positioning of the copy, but I think I would make it a little smaller so as not to detract from the child in the mud.

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  12. Great image, It's a fun play on words with the image. It makes you stop and think for an extra second which I think make sit more effective.

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