Hello all! Sorry for the terrible pun made in the title, just trying to keep things entertaining! For this weeks assignment we are learning about creating different color tint swatches using InDesign! I was lucky enough to step outside at just the right time in order to snap a pic of the glorious sunset one night.
The Muse:
I used this image as my inspiration for creating the swatches in today's post. Something about those orange and yellow hues just gives me the warm fuzzies. Ahh HPU at sunset, you never fail to leave me breathless.
The Swatches:
As previously mentioned, the orange and yellow hues of a sunset really get me going, so I absolutely could not leave those out! I also decided to create some swatches of the brown-ish hue coming from the clouds in the background. I thought they would complement the other shades nicely when making the nameplates!
The Nameplates:
I found this to be the most fun part of the assignment as I loved looking to see which colors would complement each other nicely!
I chose my font based on the fact that it reminded my of the font that is generated when using a type-writer and I really liked the look of it. The secondary font I used for my headline was chosen because I felt that it gave the nameplate a more professional look when used with the type-writer font.
I felt that the colors had very warm qualities to them which really attracted to them. Even the lighter tints still had some warm aspects to them which really attracted me to them. I know contrasting is important so I tried to pair up darker shades with lighter shades so reading the typeface would be easy on the eyes. I took more of a risk on the last one by using a light swatch as the base and an ultra light tint for the font - nevertheless I think it still turned out nicely.
Concluding:
Overall I think the project turned out nicely, and I really enjoyed playing around with the tint swatch tools in InDesign. I can't wait to play around with them some more and use them on future projects!
Best,
Ally Pratapas
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