For the free-style project, I decided to go with a very simple motto, "don't stop believing." My idea for this motto came quite easily, as in my head I was humming tunes of Journey's "Don't stop believin'," and so I decided to go with the trio of words right away. This was also the first time I tried something out on a black piece of paper, so it was definitely felt like a challenge at first.
I wanted to use the previously learned concept of contrast in the piece, as I felt like I had success doing so before. The obvious choice was for me was to contrast "don't" and "believing," so I did. Since the word of emphasis in this quote is "Believing," I wanted to make it stand out more, in terms of font.
For "stop." I used the octagonal stop sign, which I thought worked out very well. Also, in order to show contrast, I decided to colour in the space surrounding "stop," and leave the actual word black, as opposed to the two other words.
At the end, I added the "fast forward" and "rewind" buttons in order to spice the piece up a little bit. I thought it fit in with the motto quite well, as they are signs of continuance, which reiterates the point of the motto.
I was fairly pleased with how this turned out for something this simple. I don't think I overused anything which I may have in the past, and gave it a nice, clean look. If there was anything I could change, it's the colouring scheme of "believing," I wanted to colour it a different colour for contrast, but it ended up being lighter, which defeated my purpose of having it as the word of emphasis.
I wanted to use the previously learned concept of contrast in the piece, as I felt like I had success doing so before. The obvious choice was for me was to contrast "don't" and "believing," so I did. Since the word of emphasis in this quote is "Believing," I wanted to make it stand out more, in terms of font.
For "stop." I used the octagonal stop sign, which I thought worked out very well. Also, in order to show contrast, I decided to colour in the space surrounding "stop," and leave the actual word black, as opposed to the two other words.
At the end, I added the "fast forward" and "rewind" buttons in order to spice the piece up a little bit. I thought it fit in with the motto quite well, as they are signs of continuance, which reiterates the point of the motto.
I was fairly pleased with how this turned out for something this simple. I don't think I overused anything which I may have in the past, and gave it a nice, clean look. If there was anything I could change, it's the colouring scheme of "believing," I wanted to colour it a different colour for contrast, but it ended up being lighter, which defeated my purpose of having it as the word of emphasis.