ENG 328 1.W: Syllabus, Sharing Designs, Layout Sins

Today’s Plan:

  • Syllabus Review
  • Quick Reading Review
  • Sharing Designs
  • Friday’s Class: Photoshop Fundamentals
  • Homework

Syllabus Review

Hopefully this won’t take too long.

Quick Reading Review

A few points that stood out to me:

  • The idea that, unlike the fine arts, graphic design has to be practical. It always has a purpose, that purpose should be evident, and design decisions should be focused on maximizing that purpose. Form should be dictated, or at least checked, by function.
  • Readability, usability, and visual appeal are 3 critical components of design
  • G&H’s three primary building blocks of any design? Visuals, Typography, White Space (which sort of map onto Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity?)
  • From their assignment:
    • What first captures your attention? [Focal Point]
    • How does your eye travel? [Visual Flow]
    • What kind of information does the design convey?
    • What, if any, emotion(s) does the design evoke?

Sharing Designs

To Canvas! Let’s look at what y’all submitted.

Homework

Our next assignment is due Sunday at midnight (so I can review them Monday morning before class)–the “Layout Sins” assignment (check Canvas). We’re going to mess around a bit with Photoshop in class on Friday.

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