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1 Elio L. Arteaga, MFA GRA1111c – Graphic Design 1

2 Images Photographs Illustrations Drawings Paintings Prints Pictographs Signs Symbols Maps Diagrams Optical Illusions Patterns Graphic Elements Marks

3 Classification of Images

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5 Pictograms Signs and/or symbols consisting of elemental forms.

6 Pictograms Talk Chart

7 Icon Design Who is the audience? What size will the icons be seen? Where will the icons be displayed? On computer screens? On display signs? What do the icons represent? How reductive can the icons get? Are they part of a system? Are they consistent?

8 History of the Prudential Insurance Logo

9 Icon Design for a Web Site Accurately depict the shape. Elemental form. Represent the object from its most characteristic angle. Recognizable images that people around the world would recognize. Impact, legibility, meaning, brand, etc. Consistent design. Color and B&W, at different sizes.

10 Media, Methods and Viz Illustrations – hand-crafted unique images accompanying a textual communication. Photography – visuals created using a camera to record an image. Graphic Interpretation – expressive signs or symbols.

11 Media, Methods and Viz Motion Graphics – time-based visuals integrating type, images and audio, and used for TV, animation, film titles, and commercials. Diagram – a graphic representation of statistical information, structure or process. In the form of: Chart Graph Map Thirteen Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics Thirteen Reasons Why Your Brain Craves Infographics

12 Stock Images and Photos StockByte iStock Photo Shutter Stock BigStock FotoSearch Photos.com FreeImages.com FreeDigitalPhotos.net Licensed Royalty-free What is cropping? What is a silhouette?

13 Line Quality

14 Cropping and Bleeding

15 Cropping a Photo

16 Cropping and Proportions

17 Color Wheel

18 Color Relationships

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21 Monochromatic Color Palette

22 Color on the Web Visit color.adobe.com to learn how to combine and manipulate colors for your graphic design and web design projects.color.adobe.com Visit paletton.com for another online color mixer for your design projects.paletton.com Visit pictaculous.com, a color palette generator from uploaded photos.pictaculous.com Visit mariaclaudiacortes.com to view her Master’s thesis project from Rochester Institute of Technology and learn how color is interpreted emotionally.mariaclaudiacortes.com

23 Color: Best Practices Color always must be appropriate for a brand, group, or organization as well as for the audience. Color is perceived depending on colors that surround it. Color can be used to create a focal point. Color can differentiate a graphic element from others in a composition. Using color is the easiest way to establish connections among graphic elements in a single composition or across multiple pages. Color can be thematic. Color can define a section of a website or publication.

24 Case Study – A Story in a Single Image

25 Case Study - Icons

26 Case Study – A Set of Posters

27 Case Study – Posters Began as Sketches

28 Project 6-1, pg. 142


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