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Typography is Everywhere

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Prof. Mary Brown

Once you begin to study typography, you begin to notice that it is everywhere.  Here is a good video that will help you understand why selecting the right typeface for your project is important.

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Some Basic Graphic Design Principles

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Prof. Mary Brown

In class we began to cover the basic principles of graphic design. Here is a video that may be useful to help you better understand some of the principles that we covered in class.

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Creating Thumbnails

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Prof. Mary Brown

As a designer, one of your first steps (after collecting all the information about your project) will be to create thumbnails sketches. Thumbnails sketches are small, quick, rough sketches to help you brainstorm and come up with ideas for your … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with InDesign

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Prof. Mary Brown

Before you can use InDesign for the first time, it is important to understand the application window and how to start a new document. Though we did a quick review in class, here are 2 great videos found on Adobe … Continue reading →

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