This week I was asked to delve into the Adobe program InDesign. I was able to do this through videos as well as interactive assignments that involved learning the layout style of a newspaper and then implementing what I learned by filling in the template of a newsletter. I responded by watching videos and doing […]
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Bootcamp Reflection
At bootcamp this week we were tasked with learning the basics of indesign and photoshop. After struggling to make it through 3 hours of Lynda instructional videos, I found myself tasked with recreating a newsletter in indesign. Fortunately, with my one semester of high school yearbook under my belt, I flew through the assignment – hopefully with moderate accuracy.
The toughest part of this unit was working through the multiple Lynda videos. A few times I realized I had stopped paying attention and had to rewind the video a few times.
All in all, I managed to keep my cool throughout this unit’s assignments, I even managed to help a fellow classmate out in the process. I’ll enjoy the calm because I know there’s a storm coming. I’m sure I’ll be feeling in over my head in a few short weeks (days). Let’s do it!
Design eye
For this assignment, I chose three advertisements for events that were displayed across campus and at my apartment complex (but bare with…
My type of typography
For the typography assignment, I decided to play “Shoot the Serif” (what a fantastic pun), “Kern Type” and “Type War.”
Let the Games Begin
I had NO idea that there were actually games that were focused on typography. I have to admit that they were actually pretty fun and I can see how after playing them for awhile one could learn a lot! Shoot the Serif I liked how fast paced this game was. There was not much […]
A Guide to Design: Bad Puns and Comic Sans
There are many concepts that come together to create an ideal design. These elements have the potential to give the piece a voice and to evoke the proper emotional response from the viewer. In this blog I will be addressing five concepts: typography, color, rhythm, balance and form/function. What Am I Even Reading If design was […]
Unit 1.3 Reflection Post
1. What were you asked to do? In this unit we were asked to go through “bootcamp” watching videos that would help us understand Photoshop and InDesign. We also looked for different aspects in a Newspaper and then worked to recreate something on InDesign. 2. How did you respond to what you were asked to …
Design Blitz
On a university campus you run into a million examples of how design is used to convey messages, attract attention or simple please the eye. For this assignment I looked into multiple ways, color, typography, balance, contrast and other kind of concepts were used. Color/Contrast/Proportion: When I tried to think of the most colorful places […]
The Week Is Done!
This week I was asked to play some typography games, find pictures that were examples of some of the concepts we learned this week, do a newspaper markup and do my first graphic design typesetting assignment. I actually had fun with every assignment, although I was most nervous abut typesetting. I have this irrational fear …
Design Blitz: PRO-TIP
The design blitz assignment was very helpful because it really made me think about how important it is for design elements to be effective to convey the intended message. The five elements I provided examples for are: color, typography, metaphors/symbols, balance and the F3, form/function and message. Color: I thought the background on this flier …
