Rebecca Bledstein Artwork
Graphic Design: Year 2
By my second year of designing, I was comfortable with the tools I would be using to create artwork; the next step was learning to take advantage of them through the fundamentals of design. My second year as a graphic designer features a use of simple shapes and strategic composition, as these subjects are essential knowledge to any good designer.
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Exploration of typography
Understanding typography is easily one of the fundamentals of being a well rounded designer. During my second year as a graphic designer, I recreated various typographic designs with my own names via Adobe Illustrator
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Exploration of Shape and Color
Understanding shape and color are easily some of the fundamentals of being a well rounded designer. During my second year as a graphic designer, I translated various images with varying complexities into simple shapes and colors. The essential objective was to make the image recognizable while still being a simplification.
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Medieval Manuscript
Having an understanding of design through the ages is essential to being culturally aware when designing. After studying the techniques used to create medieval manuscripts, I created one of my own, "illuminated" it with modern day materials.
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Dissecting Typography
Before creating a font, it is important to understand typography as a compositional art rather than letters. This project was an introduction to this concept, where I broke down each piece of the letter by placement and use.
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Screen Time to Stress Levels
Using my knowledge of composition, I created a informational graphic to show the correlation between screen time and stress levels. I implemented a green color palette and an overall gross aesthetic to represent the overall toxic relationship between the two.
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Coldplay "Yellow" Album Cover Redesign
This design is a album cover for Coldplay's "Yellow". The cover shows a hand holding an umbrella shading from the rain, which represents the protective nature of the song.
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Paula Scher Typography
This piece was initially inspired by Paula Scher's use of typography and composition in her layouts, but evolved into a much more meaningful piece. This piece was created during the height of the pandemic, and anxiety was running high throughout the world, and I channeled this anxiety into the lines, shapes and colors of the piece.
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Monograms
Every business has a logo, including designers. I broke down my initials into their base shapes, and created various compositions with them. I ended with over 20 versions of possible monograms, and the ones featured are the final contenders.
