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QUIZ PREP | CDMG 1111

Analog vs Digital Signal

 

Design Process:

Pre-production

 

Production

 

Post-production

 

 

File types:

BMP

 

PNG

 

JPG

 

TIFF

 

Type formats:

Postscript

Type 1

TrueType

OpenType

Web fonts

 

Type Classifications

Type Foundry

 

Color Spaces:

Bitmap

 

Grayscale

 

RGB

 

CMYK

 

What are they measured in?

What is Gamut?

Week 3 | Type or Fonts (or Both?)

Try the  the Kerning Game at http://type.method.ac/

Classifications of Type at http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/classifications.php

Type Formats

Type or Font?

Web Fonts vs Print Fonts

What Classification of TypeFace do you think is used for the Gray Magazine name, “Gray” on
its website homepage below? What classification of Typeface is used for “Bloxtown”? What do you think  the target demographic for the gray website vs. The Bloxtown website based on the design of these pages (without going to their webpages to find out on your own!) ?

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Type Foundries

Font Font (Erik Spiekerman)

House Industries

Hoefler & Co.

Sasha Frere-Jones

You Work for Them

Font Bureau

Lost Type Co-op

Design Inspiration

Banksy

Braun Logo

Under Consideration

Shephard Fairey (Obey Giant)

Saul Bass

Design Organizations & Publications

AIGA

Art Director’s Club

Communication Arts Magazine

Society of Publication Designers

ASME

Creative Mornings (Swiss Miss aka Tina Roth Eisenberg)

More

Inspiration for your ePortfolio banner

JPG vs PNG vs GIF

 

Week 2 | Production Workflow

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Jake Parker: Finished Not Perfect

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The Design Process

  1. Pre-production – research, securing assets, budgets, schedules, building a team, etc.
  2. Production – Creating, editing, content, design, photography, files, printing, uploading, etc.
  3. Post-production – fulfillment, delivery, going live, etc.

 

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Graphic Artist’s Guild Ethical Guide to Pricing

Graphic Artist’s Guild

Jessica Hische: the dark art of pricing

 

 

Week 1 | Homework

• Readings:

  1. Molly Crabapple’s Rules for Creative Success

2. An Open Letter to Young Freelancers

3. Please finish reading Chapter 1, “Introduction” in Digital Media Primer the required text for this class and begin reading Chapter Two “Fundamentals in Digital Imaging pages 23 -28.

4. Please also read this article on the Apple site regarding the location of fonts on the Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201722

5. Begin thinking/reviewing about a quote you would like to visually enhance.

6. Register at a photography stock agency such as Veer or Corbis (registration is free) and download an image from two stock photo agencies one of the two subjects discussed in class and bring these in on your flash drive next week.

Think about these questions:

What is Open Type

What is TrueTypeout

What is ClearType

Learn More about Fonts and Typography

• Written/Visual Homework:

1. Please create a banner design concept for your OpenLab site, one that you feels reflects your goals & personality. This banner, after revisions and changes, will ultimately be uploaded onto your E-portfolio web site. Your logo design should be accompanied by a paragraphs describing the rationale behind your design. This design should be sketched by hand initially and then you can use the computer. Use the Before and After Article discussed in class as a reference and the AIGA site shown in class. Take a picture of your sketches and upload them to your OpenLab portfolio.

2. Write your logo history report and have it email it to your Professor by the beginning of the next class, September 13.