Wednesday, January 28, 2015
(I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
- Creating a new canvas (document)
press Command+N to make a new canvas
3 sections of Adobe Illustrator (Toolbox [left], Menu bar [at the top], Panels [right])
PROFILE: Print, SIZE: Letter, ORIENTATION: Portait
- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
Rectangle Tool (M) - makes squares and rectangles with sharp edges
Rounded rectangle tool - makes rectangles with rounded edges
Ellipse tool - draw circles and ovals
Polygon Tool - draws convex regular polygons.
Star tool - draws stars; to add more edges tap the up arrow, to remove edges tap the down arrow; to control the sharpness of the star, hold the command key while drawing the star.
Selection Tool (V)- looks like a black arrow. Use to select objects that you want to move, copy or delete.
Pen Tool (P) - draws line segments and curves
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
First, select your object or line.
Second, click on the fill color box to set the fill color.
OR, click on the stroke color box to set the stroke color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)
Save for Adobe Illustrator = (.ai) <<Can ONLY be opened in Illustrator.
Save for the Internet/Your blog = (.jpeg, .gif, .png) << Can be uploaded to your blog.
- Creating a new canvas (document)
press Command+N to make a new canvas
3 sections of Adobe Illustrator (Toolbox [left], Menu bar [at the top], Panels [right])
PROFILE: Print, SIZE: Letter, ORIENTATION: Portait
- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
Rectangle Tool (M) - makes squares and rectangles with sharp edges
Rounded rectangle tool - makes rectangles with rounded edges
Ellipse tool - draw circles and ovals
Polygon Tool - draws convex regular polygons.
Star tool - draws stars; to add more edges tap the up arrow, to remove edges tap the down arrow; to control the sharpness of the star, hold the command key while drawing the star.
Selection Tool (V)- looks like a black arrow. Use to select objects that you want to move, copy or delete.
Pen Tool (P) - draws line segments and curves
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
First, select your object or line.
Second, click on the fill color box to set the fill color.
OR, click on the stroke color box to set the stroke color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)
Save for Adobe Illustrator = (.ai) <<Can ONLY be opened in Illustrator.
Save for the Internet/Your blog = (.jpeg, .gif, .png) << Can be uploaded to your blog.
Monday, January 26, 2015
(2) Get definitions for the following two terms, and copy 6 sample images of each to your blog.
Monochromatic- containing or using only one color.
Negative Space- is quite simply, the space that surrounds an object in a image. just as important as that object itself, negative space helps to define the boundaries of positive space and brings balance to a composition.
Monochromatic- containing or using only one color.
Negative Space- is quite simply, the space that surrounds an object in a image. just as important as that object itself, negative space helps to define the boundaries of positive space and brings balance to a composition.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Define the term calligram What is a calligram?
Calligram- a word or piece of text in which the design and layout of the letters creates a visual image related to the meaning of the words themselves.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Week 1 - Signs & Visual Communications, Part 1
Defining terms related to concepts in Visual Communication; for each term do the following:a.) type the word, itself, b.) explain the meaning, c.) give an example by re-posting a picture found online
1.)Alphabet- set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z.
2.)street sign- a public display of a message
3.)Advertisement- a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.
4.)Constellation-a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.
5.)ASCII symbols-(American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is the most common format for text files in computers and on the Internet. In an ASCII file, each alphabetic, numeric, or special character is represented with a 7-bit binary number (a string of seven 0s or 1s). 128 possible characters are defined.
6.)Electronic symbols-An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronicdevices (such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors) in a schematic diagram of anelectrical or electronic circuit.
7.)Morse code-
- an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound.
8.)American sign language
- a form of sign language developed in the US and used also in English-speaking parts of Canada.
9.)Glypha hieroglyphic character or symbol; a pictograph.
Describe the sign in brief. (What is the picture a symbol of?)
What does the image mean? (What does the sign intend for the viewer to do when he/she sees it?)
Where is usually found?
1.its a tent-you can find it any where when you go camping
2. a bench and a table -you can find it at a park so you can sit down at
3.its a school-you can find it anywhere
4.toilet sign - its a bathroom for girls, ladies ,boy and mens
5.parking- where you park your cars or trucks
6.hotel information sign-bedroom where you sleep in a hotel
7.restaurant sign-cafeteria where you cook and eat
8.map- showing physical features of cities sea's and roads
9.accessible route sign-disabled wheel route
10.information sign-assistance for information on brochures
11.food-what people eat day and night
12.telephone signs- contact people
13.hiking-where people walk for a long distance
14.boat-where people sail on the ocean
15. anchor -what sailers use in their boats
16.diver-where people go under water
17.boat-where people sail on water
18.cruise ship- you go on vacation and you see them on beaches
19.someone swimming-you see them at parks or your own home
20.fish and hook-when people go fishing
21.boat--docks or lakes
22.person skiing-snow parks
23.ice skating -where go in doors or outdoors
24.jet skiing-beaches
25.sled-where you go when there is snow
26.ice skating-where you go indoors or outdoors
27.horse back riding--ranches
28.horse-farms
29.bike-parks
30.metro sign-bus stops
31.train-train stations
32. car- parking lots
33.motorcycle-streets or parking lots
34.radiating water- car shops
35.gas-freeways or gas stations
36.airplane-airports
37.cup of water-
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In a few brief sentences, please explain what exactly do the stars, stripes, and colors present in the official flag of the United States of America symbolize?
the color means on the flag is
The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valor, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice.
The stripes mean
Meaning of Red and White Stripes on US FlagThere was an act that said that the flag of the thirteen United States would have thirteen stripes, alternated with red and white, and the union would be thirteen stars, white in a field of blue, representing a new constellation.
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