Visual Techniques.

LEMAR AND DAULEY BRAND.

 

Visual Design Techniques:

Contrast; Harmony

Simplicity; Complexity

Subtlety; Boldness

VINTAGE DEADSTOCK SNAPBACK HATS.

 

Visual Design Techniques:

 Economy; Intricacy

Contrast; Harmony

Simplicity; Complexity

                                                                   Subtlety; Boldness

 Repetition; Episodicity

I chose both of these images because each showcases a different article of clothing that I'm truly interested in and appreciate. Both types of clothing demonstrate extremely similar design techniques, which is why I feel like I have an appreciation towards them. For the most part, both have intricate and complex styles/designs, but also have a tad bit of simplicity and economy as well. For the shirt, it's an extremely bold and loud design, but somehow the basic graphic of the hand, rings, and stars compliment one another to demonstrate simplicity. With the texture relative to the design of the shirt, the top portion and bottom portion contrast one another making for appealing aesthetics. I like how the shirt is complex in terms of texture and shapes, yet it's still just a mixture of different colors and shapes to create something entirely different. Snapbacks wise, they're extremely simple hats that implement small graphics, animals, and bright colors to transform the hat into something new. What I enjoy is the straying away from basic letters and fonts for teams and the transition into animals to showcase a particular mascot/logo. Also, I enjoy how there are the basic snapback hats with a simple logo, but there's also the ones with more detail and design to the hat in general. The snapback hats tend to have more visual techniques because of the fact that there's more of them and it's a smaller canvas to show the designs. But, with the smaller canvas, there's a more dramatic portrayal of subtlety to boldness, complexity to simplicity, and repetition just because of the consistent implementation of elements in different fashions (snapbacks tend to use the same logos, colors, and fonts but just place them in different locations). Furthermore, these two different articles of clothing demonstrate very similar design techniques (hence the reason I chose both), yet still have their differences in terms of how they're developed within the clothes.