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AnimosityI gave you so many chances
To reform your ways
Knowing you would never
Be able to change

I gave you so much attention
To help you along
I thought you were fragile
But I was so wrong

I gave you so many reasons
To prove I was right
Instead of surrender
You decided to fight

I gave you so much of my love
To show you I cared
When my patience ran thin
Is when I got scared

I gave you so many warnings
To leave me alone
I was weary and drained
You had me so thrown

I gave you so much reflection
To honor your name
And now I remember
That you were to blame

I CouldI could kiss you
I could slap you
I could look you in the eye

I could trust you
I could fear you
I could turn my head and sigh

I could free you
I could stalk you
I could run away and hide

I could lift you
I could shun you
I could fade into the night

I could praise you
I could curse you
I could fall apart inside

I could love you
I could hate you
I could just break down and cry

I could heal you
I could wound you
I could choose to end my life

But I don't

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Oh man. So this sucker was made for my big presentation in History of Graphic Design. It's a visual
aid that features a truncated version of what I presented orally to the class: the differences between
art nouveau and art deco, as well as what they have in common. We were allowed to pick our topic
and I've always been inspired by both of these eras in design, so I wanted to find out more about
them. I learned a lot from researching both styles, despite being sleep deprived while I did it, lol.

I was pretty swamped this past semester and there were a lot of tight deadlines right in a row. For
this project, I had exactly two days to do all of the research, write a ten minute speech, and design
a visual aid. That may not sound like a lot, but I had four other classes to deal with and they had a
a fair amount of work for me to do as well. I would have worked on it earlier, but I had an eight page
research paper due the same day as the presentation and, well, time just wasn't on my side, sadly.

So I went without sleep two nights in a row in order to get this finished and gave my presentation
running on nothing but caffeine. XD Fellow students told me that I nearly fell asleep while standing
up and in the middle of it. I remember being very nervous and stumbling a little, but I came out with
an A so the professor must have taken pity on me. Haha, but anyway, back to the design above…

I wanted to divide the composition in half and have each side reference the era it talks about, so
the graphic accents are all intended to mimic the styles. I had fun tracking down the various fonts
for each side, and I definitely enjoyed making the two corner ornaments at the top center. These
colors were also new for me since I don't often employ violets in my work, but I really enjoy how
it looks with the orange. It almost feels like blackberry orange sherbet or something. Delicious!
All of the images are from prominent graphic designers from the time periods, but everything
else was made by me. I discovered a lot of really talented designers from these two eras.

So there you have it. A short and informative poster that compares and contrasts art nouveau
and art deco. Oh! The fun thing about this poster was that I had it printed—it was five feet wide!
It cost about $60.00 at the local printing house, but it was sooo worth it. They may be a small
business and have to outsource for post-press processes, but the quality is still really nice. It
was fun to work with something so big, I had never had that printed to that scale before. All in
all, it was a success, but I just wish that I had more time to work on the presentation aspect, lol.

_{Created in InDesign CS5 on April 10, 2012.}

_{Typeface(s): Bree (smaller text) + Rivanna NF (Art) + Legrand (Nouveau) + Aerovias Brasil NF (Art) + Betty Noir (Deco)}

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~e5r34t Jun 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

the more I look at it, the more I like it. It is just simply clever. You have used the visuals very subtle and intelligent way.

*SaraChristensen Jul 1, 2012 Student Digital Artist

Thanks very much! I do strive for 'intelligent' design.

*kittykittyhunter Jun 4, 2012

That really does sound like a huge poster. XDD

I love how you demonstrated the difference between the two styles by using the borders. Very subtle, and it gives the overall piece that little bit of flair.

*SaraChristensen Jun 4, 2012 Student Digital Artist

SO HUGE. So huge.

Thank you muchly! I'm all about that little bit of flair.

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