Monday, October 6, 2014

Good Graphics, Bad Graphics

So the title says "Good Graphics, Bad Graphics". Well, it's kind of a lie because I will only be showing one example of what I think is considered "good" graphics. This was a homework assignment and I'll be honest; I forgot that this was assigned. Naturally, I did what any teenager in junior year would do: I winged it, and I winged it with food. But I still think this is an example of good graphics:
So this is a Kraft Mac and Cheese box. Big whoop, am I right? Of course I'm (you're) not! This box is the finest example of graphic design there is. The person who designed this was a genius. While Issac Newton was too busy fondling around with calculus, the real genius of all time had created this masterpiece: something a high school student might appreciate instead of dread. So why on earth would I like this? Because it's about food, dummy! The real genius lies in their depiction of the food. They make the mac and cheese look so elegant and smooth it gets my appetite up and running. It makes me want to cook it, and that is something I cannot do. When I cook mac and cheese, it ends up looking something like this:

Pleasing right? Anyways, if an artwork can make me want to cook even when I know I can't, I know it has pushed me, and that's good graphic design. Catch you all later, and peace out everybody.


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