Doodle Inspiration #12: Tangerine Tango

Every year PANTONE®, a color company, deliberates among thousands of colors a Color of the Year. They base it from worldwide trends and observations in fashion, home, lifestyle, cosmetics, appliances, electronics, design, current events and a lot more. For 2012, they declared Tangerine Tango (PANTONE® 17-1436) as the 2012 PANTONE® Color of the Year. According to Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®, Tangerine tango is “Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it. Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy.” Check out more about the PANTONE® Color of the Year here.



In my opinion, Tangerine Tango is a perfect color to represent 2012. I have seen the hue in Magazines for a while now and it is really a trending color. It is a good color for design because it gives an appealing aura that is classy and sexy and the same time. It's time to spice up our life with a twist of Tangerine Tango. And to pay tribute to the Color of the Year, here's a collection of  awesome artworks with the color Tangerine.

 


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Animahenasyon 2012 Poster

This is the winning poster that will be used as the campaign material for Animahenasyon 2012. The title of the poster is "Whimsical Dreams" designed by Pamela Reyes. Personally, it is one of my top picks and i'm satisfied that it won. The design is very cute and appealing to any type of audience. It's contemporary and very inspired by doodle-ish characters or those japanese cute characters. However I can still see the Filipino because of the salakot and the flag above its head.

I love the grainy texture, colors, depth and the mere layout. I just wish that the other characters look more Filipino. Their poses are not that dynamic and the swings remind me much of last year's poster. And my last critic is the typography. The text is very plain and mediocre. Good thing they changed it in the final design. Having said that, I'm still like it because it represents happiness, charm, festive, friendly, modern, and contemporary.

Anyways, I hope that this time I can make it to the competition. Next year's host is the School of Design and Arts of College of St. Benilde. It will be on November 26-29, 2012. Good luck to all animators out there and wishing the best for the Philippine Animation industry.

Doodle Inspiration #11

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