- Tell your partner three ways to make images (and type) look better in every project...
- Post to MyBigs
My Agenda:
- Google Apps, Internet Publishing and Design
- Blogger
Your Agenda:
- If you didn't do it already - Intro to Illustrator (Follow Along and do what I do!)
- Read this... twice: Become a Master Designer: Part 1: Limit your Fonts
- Type Rules (video)
- Typography in Illustrator (also works in Photoshop) (Follow Along and do what I do!) - font list
- Raster vs. Vector
- Intro to Photoshop (Follow Along and do what I do!)
Extra Time?
- I Shot the Serif (basic / beginner)
- Kerntype (aspiring designer)
- Type Connection (type design ninja)
Objectives:
- [1] You will learn & apply problem solving skills related to computer, application and network problems (FLEXIBILITY & ADAPTABILITY).
- [2] You will use online resources, such as the agenda, wiki, and videos, to guide & initiate your work (INITIATIVE AND SELF-DIRECTION).
- [3] Your work will remain focused on the tasks at hand and try to solve your own problems with the online resources and your seat partner (PRODUCTIVITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY).
- [5] You will use observations of examples of effective and ineffective design to develop strategies to improve communication, sustainability, and useability.
- [6] You will use the relationship between color, typography, layout, and tone to design for a specific audience and purpose.
- [7] You will employ good typography and color theory to design for impact and readability.
- [8] You will create and deliver an effective presentation, using Show & Tell techniques, such as the Pecha Kucha method.
- [13] You will participate regularly in an online social environment for the purpose of professional and academic growth.