my oh my...
it's been quite a semester. I'm glad it's coming to an end but I really enjoyed working on some of these projects.
The final manual pages I expect are going to be somewhat hard. But I think I've said that about all of them.
Oh! should this information be too cumbersome for one page, can we make it two?
I'm hoping I can get inspired and do it quickly so I can focus on revising all my work for the final portfolio.
Until then...
Monday, November 23, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
For my final portfolio
I know I don't need to be writing this post but I thought I should do it now or forget about it later.
The portfolio is coming up... and as much as I really don't want to think about all the work that's going to be involved with it, I'm focusing on it now rather than later when I don't have enough time to focus on it.
We're supposed to have at least 4 items in the final portfolio and I'm thinking I may go with 6 or 7 items.
I'm going to put all three of my final tiles on one page, with the rationale on the back of the board. I think the tiles are some of my best work (considering I just redid them after a glitch with pantherfile) so I feel that putting just one in the portfolio will not be able to do it justice. Three tiles, with three different letters all going toward the same feeling will allow me to show diversity in my work and show off the different things I have the ability to do.
I also want to put in the flier design I worked on. After a massive revision, I think it's evoking the feeling that the brief wanted. I changed the layout to landscape, flipped the photo and moved the text around. This way it creates a circle in the form of the dancer's body, to the title, to the dates, to the paragraph and back to the picture. I enjoy this layout immensely more than the others.
I next want to put in the form. I enjoyed working on the form and I feel that it evokes the kind of person I am: very straightforward, simple and to the point which is exactly what I wanted this form to do. I didn't want any kind of frilly stuff added to it because it would give a patient the feeling that the document was not going to stay in a file for only the doctor's and/or insurance company's eyes. I'm leaving this form the way that it was when I handed it in and putting it into the portfolio.
I DO NOT want to put the literary reading layout in there. I've hated this design due to the mass amount of text and being constricted to only one page that I've never been able to find the happy middle needed for the design. Too much frustration has gone into this design for me to want to continue looking at it and I believe my portfolio will be just as strong without it.
Next will be the brochure. Again, after much revision (about three versions) I'm FINALLY happy with the work I've created. I may do some more changes to the layout but I'm very happy with what I've managed to produce. I'll put the two sides flat against the board and then have the folded brochure in a pouch on the board, much like what I'll be doing when handing it in.
I may be adding the manual page into the portfolio but I haven't come to that decision yet. I haven't gotten to work on it and make an attempt to be happy with it so I'll leave it out at this time.
That's all...
The portfolio is coming up... and as much as I really don't want to think about all the work that's going to be involved with it, I'm focusing on it now rather than later when I don't have enough time to focus on it.
We're supposed to have at least 4 items in the final portfolio and I'm thinking I may go with 6 or 7 items.
I'm going to put all three of my final tiles on one page, with the rationale on the back of the board. I think the tiles are some of my best work (considering I just redid them after a glitch with pantherfile) so I feel that putting just one in the portfolio will not be able to do it justice. Three tiles, with three different letters all going toward the same feeling will allow me to show diversity in my work and show off the different things I have the ability to do.
I also want to put in the flier design I worked on. After a massive revision, I think it's evoking the feeling that the brief wanted. I changed the layout to landscape, flipped the photo and moved the text around. This way it creates a circle in the form of the dancer's body, to the title, to the dates, to the paragraph and back to the picture. I enjoy this layout immensely more than the others.
I next want to put in the form. I enjoyed working on the form and I feel that it evokes the kind of person I am: very straightforward, simple and to the point which is exactly what I wanted this form to do. I didn't want any kind of frilly stuff added to it because it would give a patient the feeling that the document was not going to stay in a file for only the doctor's and/or insurance company's eyes. I'm leaving this form the way that it was when I handed it in and putting it into the portfolio.
I DO NOT want to put the literary reading layout in there. I've hated this design due to the mass amount of text and being constricted to only one page that I've never been able to find the happy middle needed for the design. Too much frustration has gone into this design for me to want to continue looking at it and I believe my portfolio will be just as strong without it.
Next will be the brochure. Again, after much revision (about three versions) I'm FINALLY happy with the work I've created. I may do some more changes to the layout but I'm very happy with what I've managed to produce. I'll put the two sides flat against the board and then have the folded brochure in a pouch on the board, much like what I'll be doing when handing it in.
I may be adding the manual page into the portfolio but I haven't come to that decision yet. I haven't gotten to work on it and make an attempt to be happy with it so I'll leave it out at this time.
That's all...
Monday, November 9, 2009
Design Brief 4
A brochure...
oy.
So if pictures can't go over the edges, that means we can't cut the picture off a bit-- having it look artsy with a little bit of it missing? AKA- cropping the picture is a no no, right?
What is the repetition we're going to have to do? Are we talking bullet points within a header and sub-head?
In the first paragraph it says the brochure can't be smaller than 8.5X11 then in the procedure it says '8.5X11 (or smaller)' Is this to allow for margins or is this brochure not to be trimmed?
Since this brochure has the ability to possibly be used, should we include out name and 'designed by for English 439' on the brochure somewhere?
OK... I think that's it.
oy.
So if pictures can't go over the edges, that means we can't cut the picture off a bit-- having it look artsy with a little bit of it missing? AKA- cropping the picture is a no no, right?
What is the repetition we're going to have to do? Are we talking bullet points within a header and sub-head?
In the first paragraph it says the brochure can't be smaller than 8.5X11 then in the procedure it says '8.5X11 (or smaller)' Is this to allow for margins or is this brochure not to be trimmed?
Since this brochure has the ability to possibly be used, should we include out name and 'designed by for English 439' on the brochure somewhere?
OK... I think that's it.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
what I changed
I didn't change much...
On one, I simply moved the text around and closed up the leading so it wouldn't be as though there was this huge weight on her shoulders as she's dancing. I also attempted to make the text larger for the title so it would stand out more and the reader would be able to see it from far away
The next one was, at first, my favorite because I (cheated the class) and used Irish Jig shoes instead of ballet or jazz shoes so the context is a little off. At first I had the large block of text as a diamond pattern between the two sets of feet, but realized that it took away from the photo, so I moved the items around so they created clear lines from the pointed toe to the text at the corner. I then created a block of text and moved it to the bottom- sort of a throw away paragraph so they don't have to read it should they not want to.
Finally, I moved the girl in my photo over to the right further and added a black box to fill in the space made on the page. I then was able to make the title text larger so it stood out more and I was able to justify the texts so they created a flow much like what the girls' body was doing.
On one, I simply moved the text around and closed up the leading so it wouldn't be as though there was this huge weight on her shoulders as she's dancing. I also attempted to make the text larger for the title so it would stand out more and the reader would be able to see it from far away
The next one was, at first, my favorite because I (cheated the class) and used Irish Jig shoes instead of ballet or jazz shoes so the context is a little off. At first I had the large block of text as a diamond pattern between the two sets of feet, but realized that it took away from the photo, so I moved the items around so they created clear lines from the pointed toe to the text at the corner. I then created a block of text and moved it to the bottom- sort of a throw away paragraph so they don't have to read it should they not want to.
Finally, I moved the girl in my photo over to the right further and added a black box to fill in the space made on the page. I then was able to make the title text larger so it stood out more and I was able to justify the texts so they created a flow much like what the girls' body was doing.
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