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Bits of Research: Blackletter in Manga Covers

I tried brainstorming blacklettter(s) that I  stumble upon in my daily life routine. I instantly remember blackletters in several manga (Japanese comics)  that I read and enjoy. I noticed that all of them share obvious similarities in which they are historical mangas that involve supernatural and/or fantasy elements with a bit of mystery and a hint (or maybe a lot EMOJ) of dark and Gothic themes and vibes. Moreover, small fragments of Europe (be it the culture, race, background setting, era, etc) exists in these mangas. Overall, I do think that blackletter suits each and every manga that I’ve included here as the stories and the artworks and  blackletter’s distinctive style complement one another.

Figure 1&2. Black Butler (The Book Hangover, 2017 & Toboso, 2011)

Figure 3. Gosick (Gosick Wiki, 2011)

Figure 4. Claymore (Comic Vine, 2001)

Figure 5. Black Clover (Simon and Schuster, 2018)

Figure 6. Vampire Knight (Hino, 2009)

References

The Book Hangover (2017). [PRE-ORDER] Black Butler, Kuroshitsuji: Volume 18 by Yana Toboso [Online image]. Retrieved from https://sg.carousell.com/p/pre-order-black-butler-kuroshitsuji-volume-18-by-yana-toboso-123721097/

Comic Vine (2001). Claymore [Online image]. Retrieved from https://comicvine.gamespot.com/claymore/4050-21739/ 

Gosick Wiki (2011). Gosick Manga V06 cover.jpg [Online image]. Retrieved from http://gosick.wikia.com/wiki/File:Gosick_Manga_V06_cover.jpg 

Hino, M. (2009). Vampire Knight, Vol. 6 [Online image]. Retrieved from https://www.viz.com/read/manga/product/vampire-knight-vol-6/7728 

Simon and Schuster (2018). Black Clover, Vol.2 [Online image]. Retrieved from http://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Black-Clover-Vol-2/Yuki-Tabata/Black-Clover/9781421587196 

Toboso, Y. (2011). 黒執事 XIII [Kuroshitsuji XIII] (黒執事 [Kuroshitsuji - Black Butler] #13) [Online image]. Retrieved from https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13035053-xiii-kuroshitsuji-xiii

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Just realised a lot of manga’s cover are using blackletter! Nice discovery and observation. :) haha

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Ask Me Anything!

I thought it would be a good idea to share the finished product of my Ask me Anything! assignment, I created a jam-packed and vibrant interactive A5 book to represent the colourful and paper filled world of Tommy Perez.

All images were taken from the Instagram page and Website of Tommy Perez, I am quite pleased with how the book turned out, the binding was by stitching in the centre of the pages and hard folding of 200 gsm paper. 

[sxngpxiyaa]

The colours are so vibrant they immediately grab your attention! Love how you used coloured paper to produce an interactive and fun zine :)

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This is crazy good! Love how professional it looks and love the craft that you did on his name. 

[anastasia-stanislaus]

The layout is amazing and effectively creates a world for the designers work! Great job 😍

[cheukyiupoon-blog]

The 3D effects are really cool and the book is full of surprises. Nice work!

[stefcheng]

♫ THE FINAL COUNTDOWN ♫

// Reflection //

It’s reflection time!

Grap2199 has been one heck of a ride! An awesome, emotional, intense learning experience that I’m so happy to have had. 

Throughout this semester, Andy and Karen pushed me to re-evaluate my thinking and approach to design. From typography to bauhaus, from xylography to zine making, this whole experience has made me become so much more open-minded about design. I’ve met so so so so many new artists, friends and teachers that I will never forget. And instead of inhibiting each other, we’ve come together as a community to expand each other’s ideas. 

Communication Design studies has made me realise that the measure of success in a design is not just about how the final product looks. It is the ideas, the history, origin of each aspect that make it successful. This course has made me realise that i will never be 100% happy with my work, but it doesn’t mean its flawed, it just means it can always improve. Just like design has evolved, we will all evolve as designers. 

Thanks guys for this awesome semester, i’ll see you soon! Peace x 

FINAL ZINE

Before i forget, heres the final of my zine! Thanks to everyone who helped and gave me feedback along the way. This project was super fun, and its made me discover how endless the world of zines are. 

rip my zine fell out of the box

[cheukyiupoon-blog]

This zine design is very cute and it look fun and interesting to read along with it’s comic style. Also love the combination of yellow and black! 

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Assessment Task 3: Demographic Appeal

Already spent $60 on printing. l am so broke right now. Please at least give me a decent grade @Will : )

[cheukyiupoon-blog]

This packaging design for sleep enhancement product looks great and I love how the use of clouds relates to dream. Nice work!!!

[cosmo-nautic]

This is fractal animation of the golden spiral, meaning no matter how much you zoom in – the golden spiral will always repeat.

The golden spiral is logarithmic spiral whose growth factor is φ, the golden ratio. The golden ratio exists two quantity's ratio is the same as the ratio of their sum to their maximum (which sounds confusing but is basically expressed as (a+b/a = a/b = φ = approximately 1.61803989)

This ratio is often observed in painting, architecture, many forms of art – and surprisingly is frequently noticed in nature. It has been proposed that the golden ratio is even connected to human genome DNA.

This number, and its geometric representation are very interesting – and I strongly encourage you to read more about it.

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Another mathematical example to show how golden ratio is formed for design 

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Unfolding a Golden Rectangle with @geogebra #Fibonacci.

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Good Design relates to Mathematics.

[whatisdesignabout]

How To Communicate Hidden Gestures in Mobile App

by Nick Babich

Hidden gestures on mobile are challenging to convey to a user in a simple way. This article provides some great ideas on how to communicate these gestures successfully. 

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There are so many ways of communication. 

Some hand gestures are now recognised by smartphones to enhance our day to day lives.

[ronk]

A reconstruction of what Gutenberg’s hand-powered printing press probably looked like.

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Here’s the machine that changed the world. 

Will be so cool to have one at home instead of my WiFi printer

[teded]

The real turning point in book history was Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press in the mid-15th century. The concept of moveable type had been invented much earlier in Eastern culture, but the introduction of Gutenberg’s press had a profound effect. Suddenly, an elite class of monks and the ruling class no longer controlled the production of texts. Messages could spread more easily, and copies could constantly be produced, so printing houses popped up all over Europe, introducing books to the masses!

From the TED-Ed Lesson The evolution of the book - Julie Dreyfuss

Animation by Patrick Smith

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Interesting read on how Gutenberg’s printing press changed our lives

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Folding Techniques for Zines, Books, Journals, Leaflets, Posters and more.

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Reblog for future reference, amazed by how many different ways you can fold

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One of the examples for Bauhaus for previous lecture 

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EVERYTHING IS DESIGN – Editorial

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Swiss Design. 

Just as the book says, everything is design.

[tailoredmisfit]

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I found it intriguing, especially in the era that people like pointing fingers to others

[colin-vian]

 Johnson Tsang

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One of my favourite artwork made by Johnson Tsang. I am glad to have interviewed him for my final project. 

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SUMMARY

WEEK 12 - WHAT JUST HAPPENED ? 

I aim is simply to improve my design and I am grateful that this course urges me to look at things the way I have never thought of and also encouraging me to experiment more to improve my designs. I think the main thing that I gain from this course is that there is a strong connection between the audience and the piece of design in any designs, which urges me to take more considerations in materiality. typography etc.

 My favourite part of this course is that I get to learn from experience and activities with friends, which makes things more enjoyable, understandable and memorable for me. I also love about how we looked at the evolution of communication between people in the area of typography from week to week and see the great improvement took place thiese years.

I am inspired by the way Karen and Andy add twists to thir books which urges me to stop sticking to the traditoinal format or form of design. Postmodernism has also inspired me to think outside the box which I would love to look further into the concept and thinking behind these designs.

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ASK ME ANYTHING ! . . . FINAL

To express Johnson's love towards clay, I decided to make this zine completely by hand. My interviewee, Johnson Tsang, as a ceramic artist, creates all his works by hands, and the hand-made zine is going to have the same ways of making to make reference to his way of making artwork. The use of masking tape at places strengthen the idea of handmade and it is the material he used for markings. The hard and thick cardboard cover and back, and the thin Japanese paper (1st and last page) have uneven and random marks like dirt mark on it. I think the material makes the design relatable to Johnson’s working environment and the colour helps to link the zine to the clay. The cardboard, canvas and masking tape have a unique sandy texture which forms contrast with the smooth paper texture of the zine representing the flexibility of ceramic. It makes it coherent to Johnson’s thought about ceramic – be soft. The brown colour of the paper for the inner page links to ceramic. Since the paper has a dark colour, the semi-transparency of the tracing paper help balanced it out. The semi-transparent characteristic of the tracing paper also adds visual interest to the zine, giving the reader a hint of the answer to the question. The irregular way of placing the image and texts represents his unrestricted ideas and free working style. The use of blue colour thread links to few of his works such as ‘gifted’.

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WEEK 11 - WHAT’S NEXT FOR DESIGN ? . . . LECTURE

PARAMETRIC DESIGNS

These designs gives me sense of satisfaction and I love the application of mathametics behind these designs that makes them perfect. They are always very interesting to observe as there are so many different angles that I can look at with surprises.

GENERATIVE DESIGNS

The key is to experiment with possibilities and it is great to see the minor differences between options but it is these small changes that pushes the design to another level, which encourages me to keep experimenting with my design and I should never think my design is ‘finished’ or perfect as there are always more to them.

SOURCE:

http://chaoticatmospheres.deviantart.com/art/Strange-Attractors-The-Shimizu-Morioka-Attr-376573902

http://www.behance.net/gallery/MathRules-Strange-Attractors/7618879

http://www.idesigni.co.uk/blog/top-ten-generative-designs-2014/