This semester, I learned how to use Illustrator and Photoshop. I became more comfortable with the computer. I enjoyed the Geometric self portrait the best. I liked using the contrast of colors to watch it come to life. My least favorite project was the Fantasy project in Photoshop. I wasn't used to using Photoshop, so the project was difficult for me. I think it would have helped if there was a better explanation on how to use all of the tools in Illustrator and Photoshop. The example tutorials made everything more difficult than it ended up being.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Post #18
Semester Reflection: What did you learn? What was your favorite and least favorite projects? Any suggestions for improvement?
Post #17
Identify 5 colleges that offer graphic design (or related) majors. For each, list the school name, location, graphic majors that are offered and requirements for admission.
1. Art Institute of Atlanta; Atlanta GA.; Graphic Design, Advertising, Illustration, interior design, digital design, residential interiors; Interview, application, high school transcript, SAT or ACT
2. Art Center College of Design; Pasadena, CA; advertising, fine art, graphic design, illustration, product design; Portfolio, application
3. Reinhardt College; Waleska GA; Digital Art, Advertising, Communication Arts, Graphic Communication, Graphic Design; 2.0 grade point average, SAT or ACT
4. Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah GA; Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration, Illustration Design, Sequential Art; Portfolio, Audition, Writing
5. Meredith College; Raleigh, NC; Graphic Design; SAT 970-1170, ACT 19- 24, recommendations, High school transcript
Also, answer the following questions in your own words.
What is a portfolio?
It's a combination of the art pieces that you have made.
1. Art Institute of Atlanta; Atlanta GA.; Graphic Design, Advertising, Illustration, interior design, digital design, residential interiors; Interview, application, high school transcript, SAT or ACT
2. Art Center College of Design; Pasadena, CA; advertising, fine art, graphic design, illustration, product design; Portfolio, application
3. Reinhardt College; Waleska GA; Digital Art, Advertising, Communication Arts, Graphic Communication, Graphic Design; 2.0 grade point average, SAT or ACT
4. Savannah College of Art and Design; Savannah GA; Advertising, Graphic Design, Illustration, Illustration Design, Sequential Art; Portfolio, Audition, Writing
5. Meredith College; Raleigh, NC; Graphic Design; SAT 970-1170, ACT 19- 24, recommendations, High school transcript
Also, answer the following questions in your own words.
What is a portfolio?
It's a combination of the art pieces that you have made.
What is the importance of a portfolio?
It allows people to show their work to the universities and jobs they are applying to.
Post #16
How many points are in an inch? How many points are in a pica?
72 points in an inch. 12 points in a pica.
Of the seven classifications, which classification(s) would best work as body type? Why?San serif because they are basic and not all fancy looking.
Identify the lowercase characters that have ascenders?
t, b, d, l, h, k.Identify the lowercase characters that have descenders?
q, p, y, g, j.
Classify the following typefaces and briefly explain why you believe it should be classified that way:
Classify the following typefaces and briefly explain why you believe it should be classified that way:
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| Modern serif, slim and thin letters with serifs. |
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| Blackletter, It has sharp angular lines and is thick with lots of designs. |
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| Script typeface, the letters are connected and looks like cursive. |
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| Serif, It's basic looking and has serifs. |
Post #15
Define typography?
The art of expressing ideas through the selection of appropriate type surfaces.
What is the waist line and what does it indicate? What is a base line and what does it indicate?
The waist line is an imaginary line draw at the middle of characters. The baseline is an imaginary line drawn at the bottom of characters.
What is counter?
The space inside a letter like O.
What is cap height?
The line at the top of capital letters.
What is x height?
The length of a lowercase letter.
What is an ascender?
Part of a letter that extends above waist line.
What is a descender?
Part of letter that extends below waist line.
Describe a serif?
Smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, usually at the top or bottom of a character.
What is leading?
Distance between base line of types.
What is tracking?
Adjustment of space between groups of words.
What is kerning?
Adjustment of space between letters in a word.
What is a point? How many points are in an inch?
A measure unit that goes from top of the ascender to bottom of the descender. 72.
What is a pica and how many are in an inch?
Unit of measure. 6.
How many points are in a pica?
12.
When was Blackletter invented and how was it used?
1400s, resembles calligraphy.
Describe the characteristics of a Blackletter typeface?
Tall, narrow letters, letters formed by sharp/angular lines, and the letters don't connect with each other.
When was Old Style invented and what was is based on?
1500 and 1600 based on ancient greek scripture.
Describe the characteristics of an Old Style typeface?
Little thick and little thin have serifs.
When were formal scripts developed?
1700 and 1800.
When were casual scripts developed?
2000.
Describe the characteristics of a Script typeface?
Resembles handwriting.
When was Modern typefaces developed and why?
1800 and 1900 to break away from tradition.
Describe the characteristics of a Modern typeface?
Thick and thin strokes, serifs.
How early can Sans Serif typefaces be found? What happened?
500, the renaissance made it disappear.
When did they become popular?
1920s and 1930s.
What does "sans serif" mean?
No serif.
Describe the characteristics of a Sans Serif typeface?
All the same size and no serifs.
When was Slab Serif developed and why?
1900 for advertisement.
Describe the characteristics of a Slab Serif typeface?
Uniformed looks, have serif.
Describe Decorative typefaces?
Any other font not in any other category. Fancy types that are used for advertising and decoration.
The art of expressing ideas through the selection of appropriate type surfaces.
What is the difference between font and a typeface?
A font is sets of types that come in different sizes. A typeface is distinctive designs of visual symbols that are used to compose a design.What is the waist line and what does it indicate? What is a base line and what does it indicate?
The waist line is an imaginary line draw at the middle of characters. The baseline is an imaginary line drawn at the bottom of characters.
What is counter?
The space inside a letter like O.
What is cap height?
The line at the top of capital letters.
What is x height?
The length of a lowercase letter.
What is an ascender?
Part of a letter that extends above waist line.
What is a descender?
Part of letter that extends below waist line.
Describe a serif?
Smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, usually at the top or bottom of a character.
What is leading?
Distance between base line of types.
What is tracking?
Adjustment of space between groups of words.
What is kerning?
Adjustment of space between letters in a word.
What is a point? How many points are in an inch?
A measure unit that goes from top of the ascender to bottom of the descender. 72.
What is a pica and how many are in an inch?
Unit of measure. 6.
How many points are in a pica?
12.
When was Blackletter invented and how was it used?
1400s, resembles calligraphy.
Describe the characteristics of a Blackletter typeface?
Tall, narrow letters, letters formed by sharp/angular lines, and the letters don't connect with each other.
When was Old Style invented and what was is based on?
1500 and 1600 based on ancient greek scripture.
Describe the characteristics of an Old Style typeface?
Little thick and little thin have serifs.
When were formal scripts developed?
1700 and 1800.
When were casual scripts developed?
2000.
Describe the characteristics of a Script typeface?
Resembles handwriting.
When was Modern typefaces developed and why?
1800 and 1900 to break away from tradition.
Describe the characteristics of a Modern typeface?
Thick and thin strokes, serifs.
How early can Sans Serif typefaces be found? What happened?
500, the renaissance made it disappear.
When did they become popular?
1920s and 1930s.
What does "sans serif" mean?
No serif.
Describe the characteristics of a Sans Serif typeface?
All the same size and no serifs.
When was Slab Serif developed and why?
1900 for advertisement.
Describe the characteristics of a Slab Serif typeface?
Uniformed looks, have serif.
Describe Decorative typefaces?
Any other font not in any other category. Fancy types that are used for advertising and decoration.
Post #14
Who is Stephen Kroninger?
A writer and illustrator in New York. What kind of art/design does he produce?
Collages of different pictures to make one big picture. In what publications/media studios has his work been featured?
TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsweek, New York Times, etc. Post 2 samples of his art. Answer the following questions for each piece...
Was this piece published? Where?
What principles of design were utilized within the piece? How?
What elements of design were utilized?
A writer and illustrator in New York. What kind of art/design does he produce?
Collages of different pictures to make one big picture. In what publications/media studios has his work been featured?
TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsweek, New York Times, etc. Post 2 samples of his art. Answer the following questions for each piece...
Was this piece published? Where?
What principles of design were utilized within the piece? How?
What elements of design were utilized?
This piece was published in the Boston Sunday Globe. Proportion is used because some body parts are bigger than others. Texture and space are used.
This piece was published in Time. There was contrast of color to make certain parts pop. Space, lines and color are used.
Post #13
How can you as the designer use principles of design to help compose a page?
I can use C.R.A.P. to create harmony, unity, or variety. What are the principles of design (define each in your own words)?
Contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. For each of the 4 principles of C.R.A.P., find an example that utilizes the principle within the design. You should have 4 DIFFERENT sample designs. For each, discuss how the particular principle is used.
I can use C.R.A.P. to create harmony, unity, or variety. What are the principles of design (define each in your own words)?
Contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. For each of the 4 principles of C.R.A.P., find an example that utilizes the principle within the design. You should have 4 DIFFERENT sample designs. For each, discuss how the particular principle is used.
Contrast: This uses the contrast of bold colors to make a popping piece of art.
Repetition: This uses the repetition of the same box over and over to play a trick on the eye.
Alignment: The straight and precise rows of red boxes make this a very neat piece of art.
Proximity: The closeness of the pink boxes on the right show the example of proximity in art.
Post #12
Define principles of design?
Principles that make or break a design; contrast, repetition, proximity, and alignment.
What do the principles of design affect?
How people look and think of the design.
What is the difference between the principles of design and C.R.A.P.? How can contrast help a design?
Principles of design consist of C.R.A.P. It stands for contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. Contrast gives the design a focal point.
What is wrong with having too much or too little contrast in a design?
Too much contrast may confuse the audience as to what the focal point is. Too little contrast makes the design not have a focal point at all.
What is the key to working with contrast?
The key is to have a focal point.
What are some common ways of creating contrast?
A light color within a dark color of a dark color within a light color.
What is the principle of repetition?
It is repeating the same shape or design over and over again.
Describe ways that the principle of repetition helps the composition?
Repetition makes a cohesive piece.
What are ways that you can incorporate repetition into your designs?
Repeating the same shapes around the focal point.
What should you avoid when working with repetition?
You should avoid using too much repetition or weird repetitions.
What is the principle of alignment?
Everything has a visual relationship with the other principles on the design.
What is the principle of proximity?
Grouping shapes closer or farther apart.
What is the principle of proportion?
The size and proportion of a shape/design.
Define symmetrical balance?
Making the design equal and that one side of the design doesn't have more decorations than the other side.
What is another name for asymmetrical balance?
Informal balance.
Define asymmetrical balance?
Placement of objects that may not seem equal on the design but they are equal around the focal point.
What is a focal point and how is it created?
The center or the thing that pops out the most on a design. It's created with contrast; the focal point is different from the rest of the design and pops out more.
How many components of a composition can be a focal point?
3.
What ways can emphasis be created in a design?
It can be created using contrast or it can be created by using the other principles around it.
What is the principle of harmony and how is it different from unity?
Harmony is using the principles together to make a simple look. Unity makes the principles work together as a whole.
What is the principle of unity?What three ways can unity be obtained?
Unity is making sure that all the principles work together as a whole. It can be obtained with contrast, repetition, and alignment.
What is the principle of variety?
Making different designs and using different principles in one art piece.
What three ways can a designer add variety to a design?
Changing colors, focal point, repetition, and alignment.
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