Thursday, January 31, 2013

Intro to Graphic Design

What is a graphic designer?
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design.


What are the job responsibilities of a graphic designer?
The job responsibilities of a graphic designer are:
  • Prepares work to be accomplished by gathering information and materials.
  • Plans concept by studying information and materials.
  • Illustrates concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts.
  • Obtains approval of concept by submitting rough layout for approval.
  • Prepares finished copy and art by operating typesetting, printing, and similar equipment; purchasing from vendors.
  • Prepares final layout by marking and pasting up finished copy and art.
  • Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment.
  • Completes projects by coordinating with outside agencies, art services, printers, etc.
  • Maintains technical knowledge by attending design workshops; reviewing professional publications; participating in professional societies.
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
 What are the skills needed to become a graphic designer?

The skills needed to become a graphic designer are style,leadership,typography,creative thinking,print design and layout,web design and photography.


What education is needed to become a graphic designer?
Creativity, communication, and problem solving skills are educations needed to become a graphic designer. What kind of experience is needed to become a graphic designer?
Advancement is a kind of experience needed to become a graphic designer.
The comic sans font is "not a good font" for designers.  Why? 
It's over used and corny.


Monday, January 14, 2013

Art elements

Texture: a quality of a surface, often corresponding to its tactile character, what may be sensed by touch.



     
Form: created by forming of two or more shapes of as three-dimensional shapes(cubes, pyramids, sphere, cylinder, etc.).

 
Space: an area that is provided for a particular purpose.

Shape: pertains to the use of areas in two dimensional space that can be defined by edges, setting one flat specific space apart from the another.

Colour: pertains to the use of hue artwork and design.

Value: or tone, refers to the use of light and dark, shade and highlights in an artwork.
 
Line: defined as a mark that spans a distance between two points (or the path of a moving point), taking any form along the way.