Contents
Lecture
Visual Communication disciplines are reviewed; cultural image and icon differences are discussed; history of icon usage.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1200-ol52-fa2020/files/2020/08/Icons_in_Use-1-791x1024.jpg)
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![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1200-ol52-fa2020/files/2020/08/Icons_in_Use-3.jpg)
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![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1200-ol52-fa2020/files/2020/08/Icon_Template_Icon-2_V2.ai-2-1-1024x773.jpg)
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Specifically: Critique of the developed black-and-white images and their suitability as icons in their reduced form.
Technical
- Production skills: resolution, file naming conventions, digital contact sheets
Preparation
- Finish their developed icons and review computer drawing skills.
Session 1
- Images are rendered in color.
- Color is discussed as an aesthetic tool to successfully render a miniature image.
- Start to assemble a color chart for your icons.
- The chart below shows what happens when you add the complement to the process colors and the pure RGB gamuts.
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1200-ol52-fa2020/files/2020/08/ColorComplement-1024x768.jpg)
Session 1 Homework
- Assemble a color chart for the image sets and apply them the image treatments. See below.
- In discussions, comment on at least two of your classmates’ work.
Session 2
- Improve drawing skills, creating the reduced image for mobile applications
Session 2 Homework
- Add color to the miniature images to conform to the color program developed.
Resources
![](https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd1200-ol52-fa2020/files/2020/08/Cats_on_Template_Final_Page_2-1024x791.jpg)
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