Second infographic for thesis

Worked a lot on this!!! I think I made a lot of progress compared to the first version. Not done yet....I really want to tighten things up more and polish the type because it's still looking a little clunky. And I think my color palette might be slightly off, and may need to be muted down a little. But overall, I am much happier with it

Thesis blog: click here

More hand lettering and a feature story idea

Intro page and sketch (above). Still working on it
Idea for a feature story to follow the intro page (below)

My idea is an article on the iconic graphic images found in the world of music.....album art, posters, typography, etc. So I started cutting and collaging together some ideas for the imagery in this story:

3AM Mag - Feature intro pages

Went into three different directions.....

First direction was illustrated type with the word "Features"






Second direction was playing with image and a big letter "F" as in features




Third direction is a type only design where the title of the magazine, 3AM is used in a phrase that relates to music




Which do you like better and think would work better with my magazine's brand?

Hand lettering - progress

Been working on this for an editorial piece. It's supposed to go on the intro page before the well section (featured stories). Can't wait till it's done!




Here is the original sketch

Covers - 3 AM Magazine

I am currently taking an editorial design class with Arem Duplessis of the NY Times. We were to create a music magazine in a square format called 3 AM, and design the logo, brand it, and create type covers. Since the magazine had to be in a square format, I got the idea: why not design the covers almost as if they were album covers? And why not use lyrics from the artist or band being featured in the cover story? That way readers can get really excited if they see lyrics that they recognize on the newsstand. My target audience is a younger crowd who likes music that is a bit more indie and alternative, with a mix of old school classics.......these kinds of fans like to collect vinyl records, go to shows, and definitely like to pride themselves on being knowledgeable with their lyrics.








That last one is intended to be white on white with embossed lettering, so you'll have to use your imagination a little! Can you guess any of the songs or artists?

Type treatment for editorial design

Typeface designed from scratch. Getting pretty excited over how it's progressing! Not sure aesthetically which direction I want to go in

Poster for thesis

Working on a poster for thesis....

Latest silkscreen project

I haven't printed it yet, but this is how I (hope) it will look!

Go Lionel Richie

Tilly and the Wall

I slaved a long time today over this. It's still not how I exactly want it to be, but it's a start.

Infographic

Been working on an infographic for thesis. All of the information is still not in yet, but thought I'd post my progress

Food Freak

I was bored and did these randomly? Combining found food photography and photos of myself on Photobooth.

So I just started learning how to silk screen....

Here is the first successful T-shirt I have printed!!!! 2 color print

beginnings of my senior thesis book

the cover. Decided to do a type one. The title of my thesis book is "Now is Our Time"



Title page, or perhaps maybe a good place to put a table of contents?




Grid and type choices for my hierarchy. Grid is 7x7. Size of the document is 9x12

Typefaces used:

Headlines: History, Memoriam, Neutra Light, Neutra Bold
Subheads: Agency Regular Wide
Body text: Akkurat Leicht
Pull Quotes: Akkurate Leicht Kursiv

To follow my senior thesis, please check out my senior thesis blog: http://lizchantypography.blogspot.com

Some stuff from junior year

Clothing line packaging and branding




A book on asian stereotypes designed only using elements from the Yellow Pages




A love letter kit....comes with envelopes, pen, and a lipstick to "seal with a kiss"

Eisenberg's Menu

I never posted the final version.....so here it is! In all its newsprint glory.....

This is my Little Tea Book....

Hand made. Hand sewn. Pages dyed with different kind of teas. Collaged with type, drawings, tea bags, tea leaves, paper, and vellum. And some silly little tea poems and haikus that I wrote...

Art Director's Club

So SVA had a show which opened last night at the Art Director's Club, featuring junior and senior graphic design and advertising work. The show was AMAZING! The 3D work was mindblowing as usual, and I was overall impressed with all of the work in the show. I will post pictures soon, but for now, here are the two posters I designed that was accepted into the show.



FULL VIEW PLEASE! The above has small type!

Language of Color

x-posted on my type blog.

For my typography class, we have to create a project about the topic of language. I chose mine to be about the language of color. My idea is a language swatch book, which informs how color is used to communicate in different cultures and societies. Here is my current progress:
















more to come! keep updated with this book's progress here.

menu #2

What I've learned this assignment: Designing in a different decade can be really hard. I did tons of research on Art Deco graphic design during the 1930s, and was inspired to create a menu in that tradition. Again, the hardest part was getting the typefaces to work. I am so used to using typefaces that are popular now, that when I am presented with really old stuff, I honestly had to play around for 6 or 7 hours until I got something I am somewhat satisfied with. Still in progress.




Then one more menu to go! All three due tomorrow! Wish me luck

newspaper menu

For class we had to redesign a menu from a little diner called Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop in the Flat Iron District. The place is really old school, and has been around since 1929. I decided to go with a late 1920s newspaper look. After spending hours upon hours of attempting to choose appropriate typefaces, and setting type and making it all fit, I realized that newspapers are very tricky. The type is still not set perfectly, but I have another week to polish it, so for now this is how it looks.

Typefaces: Bernhard, Caslon, Times, Trade Gothic, Clarendon, DIN

I tried.

ZAR Mag - cover

For editorial, we are designing and composing our own magazine. So far I only have one cover that I like so far. I have a lot of work ahead of me

Flashback

Due to the terms of service, I pulled off a photo album from my facebook account of all of my artwork from highschool. The result was a feeling of nostalgia, and I couldn't help but fall in love again with some of my work from 3, 4, even 5 years ago.

Liz-Chan.com revamped!

Check it out and let me know what you think!

www.liz-chan.com

Lolita Type Book

x-posted in my Type Class Blog.

The book itself has a shiny cover and some pages of acetate with overlapping design elements. I haven't jpeged the acetate pages yet. Will post photos.

The Incognito Lampshade

The INCOGNITO LAMPSHADE! The assignment was to take a household object and give it a new function; rebrand, repackage. This thing is huge....goes up to my waist.





Step 1: Remove lamp shade from its base. Step 2: Migrate to an inconspicuous corner with the lamp shade. Step 3: Place lamp shade over head so that it is completely covered. Step 4: Stand up straight, move as little as possible, and be silent until the situation is safe

Luxey - Clothing line branding and collateral

Sorry for the lack of posting. Here we go!



Luxey: my girly evening wear line brand and collateral based on the idea of "playing dress up" as a kid. The assignment was to pick 5 pieces from a thrift store and then brand a clothing line. Every box or bag comes with a charm that you can collect whenever you buy something from the store. I spent FOREVER on this assignment. I was so sick of gold foil, pink ribbon, and tissue paper afterwards.

For class, we've been keeping a journal for a couple of weeks now. It's a free association exercise we do in the dark or with our eyes closed. Taking three of these sketches, we had to "bring it to life" graphically.

I miss summer already

Sneak Peak

So my website, liz-chan.com has been needing a rejuvenating facelift for awhile. I finally got crackin' on it, and I am pleased with this mockup. Now I just need to make it happen and bring it to life.....the slicing, coding, etc. Hopefully I will get to all of that soon because I am pretty excited about how it's going to look. I was still going for playful typography, but designed it in a way where it was still fun, very "me", and (hopefully) memorable, while still maintaining the neutrality that a portfolio site needs so that it doesn't overshadow the work. I think scale wise, the images are going to be larger than it appears in the mockup at top....right now the sketch looks rather top heavy. Navigation will follow a similar structure as the current one.

Typeface used was Radio.

work in progress - poster

Posters

For my communication design class, we had to go to the New York Public Library, gather images from there, and then pick three to use in a poster. We had to use one word, and only that word, and integreate type with image.

For Play, I experimented with ink, brush, and bamboo pens until I got the spontaneous and gesteral effect I wanted that would go with the line quality of the image. I also tried to visually combine them, by making the stem of the P part of the neck and the descender of the y go into the shoulder.

In Anxiety, I did not want to compete with the powerful image, so I repeated it (because anxiety is worrying about the same thing over and over again) and molded it into an organic shape that would imitate ripples of water. Typeface used was violation.

The lettering for Sex was also done by hand. My goal was to do lettering that would match the style of the illustration and I borrowed shapes and lines from her tattoos and hair that would fit and wrap around the figures.

Each poster is pretty large....28 x 40 inches.

The more I think about it, the more I want to go into poster design too. I think I enjoy that along with editorial design the most.

New Typography

Check out what I've been working on lately.

Lately I've been feeling really inspired. I'm becoming more of a type nerd, day by day. My goal is to experiment as much as possible and play around with type this year. I mean REALLY stretch my limits. Letter forms are such interesting things to play around with.

Type Blog

For my third year typography class, each student has to have his or her own typography blog to update on our classwork and give each other feedback. We can also post things that we like that are type related. Here is a link to mine:

lizchantypography.blogspot.com

Candid

Rooftop Garden at the Met. 2 couples and 2 singled out dudes.

I don't know.

I am pretty sure there's 2 or 3 paintings/drawings underneath of this. And I am going to continue building more on top of it.

Pastel, cut patterned paper, acrylic, sharpie marker on canvas

A trip to the MoMA

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Social Life Magazine with Whitney Port

On Saturday, May 24th, Social Life Magazine had a party in the Hamptons, where I was able to meet our Memorial Day issue cover girl, Whitney Port from MTV's The Hills. She was a total sweetheart, and when I told her that I designed her cover story, she kindly autographed a copy of the magazine for me. Here are the spreads:

Social Life Spring Issue featuring Kim Kardashian

Beginning with the spring issue, Social Life is beginning a facelift! As design editor, my goal was to update the magazine in terms of layout and most of all, typography. We tossed the old outdated typeface, Ville de Geneve, and introduced new typefaces to the magazine, like Didot and Avant Garde. I learned a lot of things from this issue. High, elevated, and elegant design is A LOT harder than it looks, especially when you are trying to also make it refreshing and modern. It's a challenge I don't think I have completely solved, but I do know that SL mag is heading in the right direction.

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