Unit 3 Final Image and Justification

I chose the first Challenge Activity on page 245 for this unit. The image in the center is the Longue Vue in New Orleans (http://www.ianadamsphotography.com/store/page23.html). It is the architecture I chose to resemble a letter. The users could be a class like ours on Creating Images. Ages are from 18 and up. Users would have some computer experience. This was created for the purpose of showing how text can also be an art form, and that text can be found in the most beautiful architecture.

The image on the left is close to my original image. I thought that this piece of architecture looked like an upside down "i". I used a San Serif font because the fountain has a rounded shape (221). I made the text thick and kept the fill color black for contrast (215), and I thought that the black resembled the color of the water.

The image on the right of the piece of architecture is a revised image. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to alter the original text (the "i"). I wanted to change the style of the "i" to more appropriately match the picture. I rounded the top of the column of the "i". My partner also suggested making the dot larger to match the pool of water. I used shapes to form a new "i", and tried to show depth (215) by the smaller end of the column of the "i", and I made it wider as it approached the round pool. I used proximity with white space in between the column and the circle (203). I tried not to leave too much white space in between because I wanted it to keep the form of an "i", to show that the column and the circle were related. I aligned the shapes in the center to show they were related and to show unity (210).

I included both images because I wasn't sure if I was allowed to alter the text to create a more fitting example.