The WTC Goudy

A G is a wondrous character.
Its lower form has two stories
They are curvy but flat.
A steady hand is required navigating your curves.
Your upper serif is a horn that shrinks as you grow
You come in gift and glory and great.

The Helvitica I i

A sans serif you are
You stand straight as can be
As an upper you have no break
As a lower you pause before before your top point.
You take little room.
Your angles are as straight as your lines

The Avante Garde K

The K is a great letter
After all it leads my name and word king.
Like the law it has a long reaching arm.
While is has a short one to guard itself.
It is straight lines and various angles.
Even when it lacks serifs.

The Slimbach S

Oh S, how do I delight in your ways.
You are full of curves like a dangerous highway.
Even your serifs are curved.
You have your thins and your thick in all the right places.
You come in lower and upper sizes
Like all letter you have uses.
You lead and you follow.

Color: A design principle

I seem to have trouble grasping the design principle of Color even though I have received a fair amount of education on it.  I can struggle through it by consulting references but it certainly has not become second nature for me.  Each symbolizes various things but those thing may differ by cultural .  It sometimes goes together and other times clashes so it is wise to be careful in the color scheme you choose.

Color can be irritating as a color scheme that work on a monitor may not work on a printer.  Even different printers can render the same color differently. 

Am I creative?

I don't think of myself as creative and yet I have little or no trouble coming with ideas when I am assigned a project and given perimeters.  Often my ideas are based on the works of other though those are not necessary in the field of what I am doing.  I have some trouble judging how good ides are but at this point that could be due to inexperience.  I cannot really call my ideas innovative as they are often inspired by the works of other.  Still they seem creative to me.

Exploring for the man

I find doing research interesting though I need a reason to do it and a goal to obtain.  A project can give me both but I am weak on creating my own reason and goal.  In my opinion I lack discipline that is necessary to do so as I am easily distracted when I have no firm goal or reason.  I find too many other things I want do.  That is one of the reasons that fine art does not appeal to me and commercial art does.