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CD project
Started working tonight on the CD project for my InDesign class. I chose an artist based on a set of photos I borrowed from a photographer on Flickr. I wanted to make sure the photo for the CD was compelling and the musical artists was not well known. So far my designs are clean and straight forward. We're required to add a 4 page booklet for the ( Read more... ) -
Postcard assignment
It's been a pretty hectic day. I didn't get as much done as I should have. I stayed up until around two in the morning trying advance Photoshop skills and didn't effectively complete any of the three tutorials I tried. I think I'm trying to move to fast and need to get the basics down first. I did, however, successfully complete the tricky path ( Read more... ) -
Erykah Badu Art
Just discovered Erykah Badu's artwork on her website. Seriously digging it. Wish I could cut lose and express like this:
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Book meme
Book meme
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Use what's actually next to you.
Internal newsletters are created for narrowly defined audience of people already ( Read more... ) -
Exploring InDesign
Using my Spring break to work through Terry Rydberg's Exlporing InDesign CS2. I'm finding a very good book of exercises for learning InDesign and design basics in general. Unlike other books on InDesign, this one explains features of the program by having you apply them to actual layouts. The end of each chapter provides a few more exercises that ( Read more... ) -
Getting an A in InDesign class
It was great to hear from my instructor today by email that I'm one of the few students who is getting an A in the class. I think it largely comes from my having some basic understanding of design theory, whereas other students could use a class in it. However, though I think the A is well deserved, I still have so much more to learn. I still don't ( Read more... ) -
Display ad assignment
This by far was the most difficult InDesign assignment. Creating a silhouette, using word wrap, and just coming up with slogan using Why ...when you can... All very challenging, and don't like what I came up with:
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Dispaly ad assignment
Well, already we have a different assignment for Intro to InDesign. It's little overwhelming to have three different assignments in three weeks ( Read more... ) -
Test entry
Trying out LiveJournal using Xjournal poster.
