As our last assignment, we were asked to create an online portfolio. My website demonstrates some of my journalism pieces, a visual resume, and other projects. Check it out here!
Life of Bennie
Thanks for watching my video on Bennie the dog!
making an infographic
THE ASSIGNMENT: create an infographic THE PROCESS research information about color create a new document choose background layer color choose fonts KG Happy Regular / KG Eyes Wide Open Regular … Continue reading making an infographic
April 2, 2015
3 INTERRELATED SYSTEMS IN COMPOSITION
1) Information Value
horizontal
left –> right given (already agreed upon) –> new (can pose new questions and be problematic)
This stems all the way back to our roots of language.It is logical based on psychology and sequential knowledge.
vertical
top –> bottom ideal (pathos/ethos) –> real (logos)
center
center –> margin nucleus (concepts) –> subordinate (supportive details)
2) Salience: how much or how little certain elements draw your attention ranking of importance through strategies such as color, size, & contrast
3) Framing: elements represented as connected or disconnected, or disconnected to each other
So why delve into such gritty information? Each of these systems can be applied to our next assignment …
INFO GRAPHICS. Stay tuned for my homemade info graphic, which will be posted late next week!
theory and design and graphs, oh my!
// a discussion based on “reading images” by gunther kress & theo van leeuwen //
it’s my business {cards}
the assignment:
create {2} business cards / {1} personal and {1} professional
the results:
personal front & back
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“courtney such” is in sofia regular, a pre-existing font on adobe photo shop
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my contact information is in {skinny} jeans solid regular {lower case}, a font i downloaded for free
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the brackets hugging my contact information and “CS” initials are in {skinny} jeans regular {upper case}
professional front & back
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“courtney such” & “journalist” on the front and back are in hand shop typography A20_demo, a font i downloaded for free
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my information on the front and quotation marks on the back are in {skinny} jeans solid regular {the same one i used above in the personal card}
what’s so important about design, anyway?
//a discussion based on goodman’s essentials of graphic design//
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such a good day to blog is a communication student’s journey through communication studies 121 — digital communication. my goal is to make complicated communication theories easy to understand and dry design tips more … Continue reading welcome!
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