These are the steps I would recommend for this project:Â
Research / Data Gathering
Compositional Layout – How are you going to present all this info?
Title Design
Typography + Color
Design Icons/Elements
Next week we will also do a technical demo on how to use the “Edit Colors/Recolor Artwork” feature in Illustrator so you can be sure you are certain about your color decisions.
Hello students! With this Illustrator typography project, you might want to consider downloading custom typefaces! Here is a great website that has thousands of options – DaFont
How to install:
1.Sift through to find a typeface you like
2. Press the “download” button
3. Find the file in your “downloads” – double click the .otf or .ttf file to instal in your FontBook.
4. Once installed in your FontBook – you can use the font on any platform on your computer!
Infographics Design Project: Charts, graphs and maps:
Continuing our studies of visual communication, our next assignment is to produce an infographic on a subject matter of your choice. You can approach this from anything to a scientific manner to a humorous/witty manner. Charts, graphs and maps are all part of graphic design – we see them as accompaniment to magazine articles, newspaper spreads and web graphics. Publications from anything such as the NYTimes, to National Geographic, to Maxim use infographics, not to mention countless information based and news websites. Try using a mind map for brainstorming to develop your design approach for this assignment.
First things first: Scour the internet or newspaper or a magazine for an article you think would be appropriate for illustration through an infographic. The best articles include statistics, literal communication devices and images as well as a sense of “measuring”.
Ideas to consider: 1. Monetary worth 2. Usage Statistics 3. Compare/Contrast (Something vs. something else) 4. A “How to” 5. Dissecting an object/idea/concept 6. Top 10 ____ 7. Percentage of _____ 8. Demographics.
Element your design must have: 1. Chart or Graph or Map – or combination of the three. Design must combine images and numbers to balance a sense of measuring.
Second step: Technical: Be sure to watch the following Adobe videos on
Hey students! Great class today to introduce some basic concepts in Illustrator. Remember that you can check back with the recording in Blackboard or see the links below or tutorials on the left menu if you get stuck.
Wednesday, Feb. 10: Live critique at 8 a.m. on Collaborate.
Please upload your .pdf file by Tuesday at 5 p.m. so I can get it onto our Critique Hub for viewing.
See you then! And know you can email me anytime with questions!
Clipping Masks with inserted Textures/Brushes, etc.
Making a Clipping Mask with a transparent texture from Photoshop is a great idea too. This way you can apply the texture to the interior of block text, a closed path or a shape.
We will be working on your skills “from sketch to vector” the entire semester. Everyone has a different way of working, but I am a firm believer in sketchbooks! I personally like old school ones, but you can even sketch digitally if that works for you.