VT1300 - Communication Design

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Week 3 - Jan 24th

January 24th, 2007 by testMonkey

Follow-up from Week 2:
Way more info on Vector Graphics than you can use
Way more info on Raster (Bitmapped) Images than you can use

Week review / web conversations
encounters with design?
anything of note (perhaps pertaining to Proximity)?
design constraints?
Company Profiles

Theory
Joshua Trees and new cars
Review of Proximity
Discussion on Alignment
Time permitting - Color: RGB/CMYK/Pantone/oh my!

Illustrator
review of text boxes, basics, modifier keys, shortcuts
Use Illustrator to reinforce Alignment
-strengthen Ted Nugent’s business card
-design simple book cover (using Proximity and Alignment):
Title: How Superman Contributes to Communism
Subtitle: And why Nickelback harms any potential relationship you might have someday
Author: Hando Bale

Time permitting - intro to the pen tool

For next week:
Assignment 3

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