Design Post #2

In keeping with the theme of finding inspiration while getting dressed in the morning, my next design inspiration came from my mascara wand. What I really liked about the design of the wand's label is the combination of the label colors, the shiny effect, and the typographic effect of in the "A."

The colors fade from green, to navy, to purple, to magenta. There is black in the mix as well; the effect is striking because it is dark, but also a bit feminine.  It makes me consider changing the colors of my blog to something a bit darker, because I tend to like darker colors myself anyway. 


The shine on the packaging is attention-grabbing, and although it would be hard to recreate a metallic shine in a blog, I could work on making my blog more attention-grabbing.

Finally, the "A" in the word "LASH" has a typographical effect; it swoops up beyond the rest of the letters, almost connecting to the brand name above it. This is a unique effect, and it inspires my thoughts of typography on the blog. Using dimensions outside the normal Roman fonts could be quite attractive, or at least set my blog title apart from other texts.