Wednesday, October 29, 2008

select image w/ direct tool:  go to transform on the right side of indesign. and you can change the size of your selected image.
 if not on sidebar go to window, object layout, align.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

concrete-literal
iconic-less obvious; lines and shapes; basic shape; simplified forms
abstract- extremely reduced; form; almost completely unrecognizable without knowing word.

Friday, October 24, 2008

designers to look up.

shephard fairey- uses the sunburst lines in a few of his designs, does a lot of obama posters, 
BIO: Shephard Fairy went to the Rhode Island School of Design, where he created The Giant Has A Pose sticker.   These stickers were what made him popular, at least in the design world.  Now Shepard works at a design firm in Los Angeles called Black Market.  He's done designs for clients like Pepsi, and Universal Pictures.



the small steaks-the shins album, flaming lips album,
ryan mcginness-
koloman moser-
armin hoffman-
james victore- hand generated line making,
vienna secession-

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Project 3 Vis Com

Mother of pearl shells                                      (sea shells, pearls, marbles)
both black and white sand beaches                (sand paper, sand)
place holds me captive.                                    (netting, hooks, rope)


Mother (provider, comfort)
pearl (beauty, jewelry, marbles)
shells (sea, ocean, liquid, fragile, beauty, protection)
both black and white (diversity, opposites)
sand (salt, fun, dirty, rocks, castles)
beaches (relaxation, sun, sea, seaweed, ocean, heat, vacation)
place holds me (rope, arms, ribbon,)
captive (hand cuffs, rope, ribbon arms)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Flash notes.

command shift 4=does a screen shot, from anywhere and it'll save to desktop. 
in Flash= go to Modify-Document in order to set document to 600 x 600.
insert-timeline-frame in order to add ONE frame.

Double click on rotation tool to show you what the last rotation was.
    divide by n to make an even rotation for this project.