Class Info

• Date: Oct 10, 2024
• Meeting Info: 2:15 to 5:35
  P 114

Topics

• Vendor Poster Design– EDIT. We all need to edit our posters.
  • Be reflective: What is working? What is not working?
    • Following a grid?
    • You are limiting the use of typefaces to two?
    • Is visual hierarchy clearly established?
    • Is type size appropriate?
    • Is there contrast between foreground and background?
    • Alignment is organized or does it seem scattered?
    • Is anything out of proportion?
    • Are images credited? and can be used?
• Motion (First talk about typography and motion)

DO NOT DO– WILL DO NEXT CLASS
Participation activity> During Class

After Effects: First Looks at type in motion

1. After Effects Basics TRANSFORM tools

I have to layers (COMD3505 and TUESDAY. Select Typeface, size, variable such as weight or posture)

NOTE: THE ANCHOR POINT determines where things move from. By default it is placed lower left of the layer.

If you need to move your anchor point to the center. Click on the layer hold command and double click on the pan behind icon

Due next class

Menu Design:
We will now design a MENU for Shake station. You choose the size. Make sure it’s easy to read and branded. Print out for next class.

Use your logo, colors and fonts from style guide.
Full color ok
Image or vector illustatons

Edits to one VENDOR poster— Hand in to me printed. This is the one I will grade

YES DUE: Due next class

Edits to one posters— This is the one I will grade

Take a screenshot (with no guides please) of the artboard

lastname_name_poster_final.jpg

and

Series of Banners

Take ONE screen shot of your banners side by side (with no guides please)

lastname_banners1.jpg

Place in Dropbox
DROPBOX COMD3527 Spring 24

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FYI Grading Rubric Posters

Schedule/ Items must be completed and Placed in Dropbox -5 for each missed step (late or not done) Naming Convention and format (-5 each)

Aesthetics / Typography / others   From -0 to -25

Edited Posters No edited version  -10

FYI Grading Rubric Banners

Schedule/ Items must be completed and Placed in Dropbox -5 for each missed step (late or not done) Naming Convention and format (-5 each)

Aesthetics / Typography / others   From -0 to -25

Edited Banners No edited version  -10

Print will follow printer’s spreads, rather than logical order of reading

CLASS Last day remarks 🙂

by Prof G

NOTE:
Graphic Assignments are always due the day before class at 11:30 pm, and must be placed in class DROPBOX drive unless indicated otherwise. Assignments done or uploaded during class time on the day that they are due are marked as late.

Participation Activities are due during class and are named and posted as indicated by instructor.

Class Info

• Date: Oct 31, 2024
• Meeting Info: 2:15 to 5:35
  P 114

Topic

Midterms grades and Vendor posters grades are in. Today is the last day to review menus. We will review your 3 totes printed and pick one for final next week.
New project use class 6 to make a after effects design.

Adjust typographics (correct tracking/leading/others)
Edit Speed
Edit Color and foreground and background relationship, so that the typography reads well.
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Continued Uniformity with Design

• The Typographic Grid
  • Why do we use a grid?
  • Columns, Rows, Modules and Zones

• Style Sheets
  • Why do we do style sheets?
  • The difference between paragraph and character style sheets

Participation Activity

2nd part of class- use class 6 to make a after effects animation. Practice in class, when finished place file in your folder- do this during class.

SKIP THIS—-In InDesign

Create a a new document
11″ x 17″ document

Margins: .5 inches all around

8 columns
.25 gutter

2 pages

NO FACING PAGES

Should look like this

You should add additional rows (with gutters) if you are working with zones and modules)

THEN

Start placing this for position only copy. Start to think of hierarchy, placement, use of negative space (within the page). Create a good and attractive typographic composition!

We will review how to maintain copy together (linked), rather than copy and pasting pieces of the copy, and how to place accurately to the grid.

Once you have a good typographical composition.

Take a screenshot

PA_lastname_march14_grid_indesign.jpeg

PLACE in DROPbox (not Open Lab)

Due next class

Print out 1 tote bag for final review, hang up in class and place a jpeg in your folder.

Place 1 Animation made with after effects in your folder. Use steps from class 7.

Make a shake station 1080×1080 social media ad.

Use copy: For you SEAFOOD lovers! FISH FILLET. Come try our new menu.

Design this with type, color and logo. Use your style guide.

Compressed version as specified class 6.

lastname_firstname_animationposter_final.mov

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Print will follow printer’s spreads, rather than logical order of reading

CLASS Last day remarks 🙂

by Prof G

NOTE:
Graphic Assignments are always due the day before class at 11:30 pm, and must be placed in class DROPBOX drive unless indicated otherwise. Assignments done or uploaded during class time on the day that they are due are marked as late.

Participation Activities are due during class and are named and posted as indicated by instructor.