Sara Blake

New Inspirational Artist

Sara Blake

Typography 8/30

Weight: The overall thickness of the strokes, in relation to their height

Width: How wide the letterforms in a typeface are in relation to their height

Style: Broad term that refers to several aspects of a typeface

How is type measured in inches, mm, points, or picas: the point system

point: measurement used in printing, the meaning of which has changed over time

pica: unit of measure corresponding to 1/72nd of its respective foot

How many points in an inch? 1 pt = 1/72 inch

If a letter is set in 36 pts about how many inches tall is it? 1.35

how many picas in an inch? 1/72

How many points in a pica? 12 pts = 1 pica

x-height: corpus size refers to the distance between the baseline and the mean line

cap height: Height of a capital letter above the baseline

leading: distance between lines

Inspire

Gift for a past teacher of mine.

She was my Sophomore and Senior year English teacher. She became more than a teacher to me. She became a mentor and a friend. I decided to do a simple acrylic painting of words that could encourage and support her during her new position as Vis. Principal at our neighboring Middle School. I wanted to paint something for her in thanks for all the support she's given me.

Typography 8/23

Grid: A framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross each other; a grating. The grid serves as an armature on which a designer can organize text and images in a rational, easy to absorb manner.

Designers often use grids to insure that they keep an order with their subject matter. They can keep things precise. Grids can be used to differentiate the subject from the background. I often use grids to make sure particular areas are definite. I can use grids to separate negative and positive space.

Modular Grid: A grid that has four columns and four rows. An image or a text block can occupy one or more modules.

Margins: the space around the printed or written matter on a page. A limit in condition, capacity, etc. A border or edge.

Columns: A rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. A vertical row or list. An arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usually typographically justified.

Grid Modules:

Flow Lines:

Gutter: The white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages in a bound book, magazine, or newspaper.

Hierarchy: Any system of persons or things ranked one above another. The system of levels according to which a language is organized, as phonemic, morphemic, syntactic, or semantic.

Typographic Color: Apparent blackness of a block of text resulting from the combined effect of the relative thickness of the stroke of individual characters, their width and point size, and the leading used in setting the text.

To achieve clear hierarchy, one can enlarge specific text to emphasize it's importance. You can also achieve it by setting it apart from the rest of the text to have it stand out. You can change the color, shape, and texture of the type.

Typography

Sharpe//Photography

A dear friend of mine whom I've known since childhood has grown into an amazing photographer. Sara-Taylor Sharpe is a phenomenal young photographer eager to learn and grow in her field of work. She is inspirational and driven and pushes me to continue with my own passions. I had the privilege to be photographed by her this summer and being in her presence made me feel secure with who I am when put in front of the lens. She is a natural at putting her subjects to ease while keeping the entire shoot exciting and fun.

St.Sharpe.Photography@gmail.com

Nashville, TN 37212

636-399-1785

Sharpe Photography Blog

Commissioned Art Summer 2010

Graphite

16x20

Commissioned Art for Chelsey Medlock

Graphite

16x20

St. Louis

Acrylic

12"x16"

As a gift to a dear friend of mine, I decided to paint what she held closest to her heart. Her home. I wanted to try something new that I don't normally do. I used Impasto to create thick strokes of paint. I did several layers of this to build up the weight and texture.

Commissioned Art Summer 2010 Completion

Commissioned Art for Melina Loggia

gold leaf, acrylic, screws, yarn

7'x4'

Commissioned Art Summer 2010 Process

Process

Commissioned Art for Melina Loggia

7'x4'