Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The cube (aka, why graphic design is my dysfunctional, abusive relationship)
So I had my neat little cube all ready to go over a week ago right before the deadline (my word was 'xenophobe'), and it was turning out pretty cool, I was happy with the direction...then, I dunno, life happened. Just as I was nearing completion, I kept getting an error every time I tried to save the file in illustrator. It just wouldn't save. I couldn't save in any format, export it, email it, save it to a jump drive - nothing. The best I can come up with is, I think there was a licensing issue with one of the many fonts I downloaded for the project. I had no way of knowing which one, and couldn't see any other option besides scrapping what I had and starting over. Even upon trying to open the previously saved file, I got a corrupt file error. So I snapped a pic of what I had done with the dig, kissed my little screen and waved bye-bye before closing out. I would've loved to start over (ok, maybe loved is a bit strong), but unfortunately I still had much work to do that same day, and sometimes you just have to keep moving forward. So without any further ado or excuse, here's what might have been / the cube dieline (the front would've simply said 'phobe' in small, simple typeface, with all the various 'xeno' fonts creeping in and around from the other side). I hope to revisit it for fun when I have more time.
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