Thursday 29th September

Some notes I took in class last Thursday...

Drawing

- line work
- mark making
- shapes: relationships with each other - FORM
Texture
- light qualities
Graphic Elements
- photography
- typography
- visual elements
- graphic devices
“Explore line work and manipulate your medium of choice.”
Reference
- look at existing photographs, life drawings etc to gain experience and knowledge
VISUAL DEVICES
consider design principles:
- position
- form
- relationship with the page
MAKE A FINISHED PIECE
e.g a zine, advert, poster etc
Tone of Voice- make your work have a voice
LEARNING- one project per day- not about refining skill but improving upon them.
- graphic image making
- using type
PHOTOSHOP
- custom brushes
- gradient tool
- pen tool
- masking tool
ILLUSTRATOR
- shape making
- path finder
- snap to grid
- pen tool
Things to look at:
- hand drawn type
- paper craft- cut paper
- working in 3D
- fabric
- wood/metal
- laser cutter
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
- gifts
- interactive web design
- ipad magazines
collage fabric with existing images- photoshopped
Look at the QUALITY OF LINE MAKING