ART320 Visual Communications I

  • Quotes #4

    October 9, 2013

    Quotes #4 The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness       -Massimo Vinelli   Stop looking at yourself as a designer and start thinking of yourself as a deliverer of ideas       -Stel Melvr   Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere   … Read More →

  • Printing the World Travel Newsletter

    October 8, 2013

    Setup your document in Reader spreads in InDesign. When you are ready to print, go to Print Booklet to print your Printer Spreads: select Print Setting, chose your PPD as Acrobat 9: this will make a postscript file and setup your page size as tabloid. Than you distill the file and print your spreads in … Read More →

  • HW – World Travel Newsletter

    October 7, 2013

    Center for International Education needs a newsletter to be created to help Truman students with study abroad experience. Here are the reqirements for this newsletter: – here is the information  Download World Travel – show grid lines; NO alignment lines!!!  use InDesign – 12 pages newsletter, 3 tabloid pages, double-sided – no bleed, folded, saddle … Read More →

  • Quotes #3

    To create a memorable design you need to start with a thought that's worth remembering       -Thomas Manss   Good design is all about making other designers feel like idiots because that idea wasn't theirs       -Frank Chimero   Remember it takes a lot of shit, to creat a beautiful flower … Read More →

  • HW- News letter

    October 4, 2013

    You have by the end of class on Monday to get your newsletter approved, 10/07. You DO NOT have till the end of the day on 10/07. New homework will be assigned on Monday. 

  • An addition to SS

    October 3, 2013

    I also want you to print out your logo in black and white 3 inches in 4 inch square. This should be flush mount to the foam core and print this on white matte paper. This is an addition to your stationary set. 

  • Newsletter redesign.

    September 25, 2013

    I have a web article from a blog and it needs to be redesigned in newletter form to be printed. Here is the link to the article an should be able to be copied and past the content into InDeign.    Here are the reqirements: – one color (black) , printed on 11×17, double-sided – … Read More →

  • Basic Terms for Mac, printing and basic shorts

    September 22, 2013

    Download Basic shortcuts, printing and computer terms

  • stationery set

     example: Big Brother & Sisters A logo is a the point of entry to the brand. Milton Glaser, designer You will be creating an identity for a non-profit organization.  You will have to figure out the key characteristics of the organization and how you will be integrating them into logo.  Keep in mind how the logo will be translated/interpreted by the viewer.  What defines one’s identity? (characteristics)     • … Read More →

  • HW – Spider’s Web

    September 20, 2013

    Download Spider web You need to redesign this flyer for the next class period. Black and white, no bleed, you create the graphics, print the grid lines and all the information except the logo at the bottom. You must use the Theatre logo which in up on my server space. The finished size is letter … Read More →