Today’s Plan:
- Syllabus Review
- Quick Reading Review
- Sharing Designs
- Friday’s Class: Photoshop Fundamentals
- Homework
Syllabus Review
Hopefully this won’t take too long.
Quick Reading Review
A few points that stood out to me:
- The idea that, unlike the fine arts, graphic design has to be practical. It always has a purpose, that purpose should be evident, and design decisions should be focused on maximizing that purpose. Form should be dictated, or at least checked, by function.
- Readability, usability, and visual appeal are 3 critical components of design
- G&H’s three primary building blocks of any design? Visuals, Typography, White Space (which sort of map onto Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity?)
- From their assignment:
- What first captures your attention? [Focal Point]
- How does your eye travel? [Visual Flow]
- What kind of information does the design convey?
- What, if any, emotion(s) does the design evoke?
Sharing Designs
To Canvas! Let’s look at what y’all submitted.
Homework
Our next assignment is due Sunday at midnight (so I can review them Monday morning before class)–the “Layout Sins” assignment (check Canvas). We’re going to mess around a bit with Photoshop in class on Friday.
