YOU (by Andre Bohrer)
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I think this week’s design speaks for itself.
The photograph was taken in the beautiful town of DeLand during their annual Christmas parade. Families gathered around. Friends chased each other in the grass. Little kids stood in awe with all the flashing lights. It was beautiful.
While I was attempting to figure out what message this design would attempt to convey, I was stuck. I spent close to an hour solely changing the text around.
Then, I saw Tin Tin.
It certainly changed things — quite a bit. There was specifically this one quote I couldn’t get out of my head. It was directed at Tin Tin when he was determined that he had failed.
Failed. There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool. A loser. A hopeless souse. Don’t you ever say it of yourself. You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up. Don’t you understand? You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There’s something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you.
So listen here: You are not a failure. The things you once did do not have to define who you are now, or who you can become. No matter what your age, you contain the power to change this generation — the future of this world. Don’t let people discourage you. If you need someone to believe in you, I believe in you. Now stop settling for the common in your life. Stop watching, and start doing. God has a wild imagination, and he wants you to be a part of it. Don’t let words, things, or people stop you from what you were always created to do — it’s in your DNA.
Realizations of Rounded Rectangles
But why is it so visually appealing?
Sure, there is a certain synesthesia to a shape which has no ‘sharp’ edges to poke yourself on, even if it’s just rendered out of pixels on a screen. But what of the aesthetic? Rounded rectangles simple seem ‘easier on the eye’ than the square-edged variety. Why?Time for an expert: I asked Professor Jürg Nänni, author of the exemplary Visual Perception, a book detailing our best-to-date scientific understanding of the processes involved in visual cognition. “Could rounded rectangles actually take less effort to see?”
Nänni confirmed my theory: “You are absolutely right. A rectangle with sharp edges takes indeed a little bit more cognitive visible effort than for example an ellipse of the same size. Our “fovea-eye” is even faster in recording a circle. Edges involve additional neuronal image tools. The process is therefore slowed down.”
Artists, Imagineers, and Amazing People Alike: I would love to have your help
There have been tons of things going on lately in my life, hence the reason I’ve been pretty absent on the blog as compared to the previous months. These things, though, aren’t just small little things going on in school; they’re short films, websites, music composition, and everything in between.
One of the biggest things, however, is the rise of a new production company. Alongside Rachel and Garrett, we are together forming this production company that aspires to create inspiring, distinguishable, and relevant media to the world. I don’t want to reveal too much just yet, but I do want to ask for some help!
We’ve got some great ideas bouncing back and forth, and we’re ready to create a website and some business cards, but first and foremost, we need a logo. That’s what I’m “responsible for.” (Yeah, give the responsibility to the one kid that wishes he could draw! Hahaha). I know pretty much exactly what I want, and I have the vision in my head of how it’ll turn out, but my crappy sketches aren’t translating well on paper.
So, to make a long story short, as I know there is a ridiculous amount of talent contained in this beautiful community of Tumblr, would anyone be willing to help a dear friend out? Even if you think you can’t draw well, anything at this point would help out immensely. There’s absolutely no pressure. We would like to get everything going as soon as possible just because we’re so excited, but it’s not like we have a set date for anything right now.
If you’re at all interested, please let me know! I’ll give you more details about what we’re aspiring to become as well as the name of the company, and I’ll send you whatever sketches that I have; I just really don’t want to settle with my mediocrity.
My email is andrebohrer@gmail.com, or, more evidently, you can reach me through my ask box.
Thanks so much! I really, really, really appreciate it already.
TIME IS OF NO IMPORTANCE (by Andre Bohrer)
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I was debating uploading this or not. It’s a shot I got with my 50mm lens (reverse macro) of this cool watch that I found at this abandoned ranch. I’m not even sure if I agree with the quote, but the words matched the gritty, leftover look of the watch.
The initial process of creating a design for my 52 weeks.
A Hundred Letters (by Andre Bob)
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I truly apologize for this week’s design. I’ve been consumed by my school group’s first film project: A Hundred Letters. I start day #3 in just a few hours (yes, 9PM to 9AM. My sleeping schedule’s all out of whack).
Anyway, I whipped this out literally under 4 minutes, so I say sorry for not living to any expectations anyone might have had.
The woman in a photograph I took yesterday behind the scenes of our (amazing) actress. I can’t wait for the finish product. (The trees photograph was taken while driving. I don’t condone that kind of photography at all, hehe).
I’ll make sure next week’s has a lot more thought put into it. Again, sorry.
Source: Flickr / mrandre36
