Week #8
Oct. 17: PROJECT B is due
1) Turn in mounted work, on a black (or white) board, sizes may vary
2) Turn in Ai files, with .pdf copies
What you have completed already (weeks 1-7)
- PhotoShop: magazine cover
- Illustrator: vectorized posters(for an outdoor area), more than 1 composition
- 1 mounted project
- 1 typed & printed paper, including copied sources
- At leats 2 works of "Typographic Art"
- 2 mounted Typographic works
What we are doing today:
New Doc. > More Options > Bleed & Slug
Bleed:
3 mm = .11811 in.
1/8 in. = .125 in.
http://duggal.com/connect/getting-started/how-to-design-a-print-with-bleed
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/indesigntutorials/ss/id_docarea.htm
Numbering with InDesign
(right click) > insert special character
http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/layout/basic-page-numbering-with-indesign-cs5/
http://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/layout-design-9.html
Paragraph Style Window
*Drop caps and nested styles
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSE33E49F9-94CE-4043-AA51-4761408A63F4a.html
Lorem Ipsum
http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html
Type > Create Outlines
Object > Pathfinder > Subtract
Assignment
( Due: Week #9, Oct. 24 )
Using the work from this class, you will create an 8.5x11 (or 8x10in.), self-promotion booklet.
1) For the cover, make a self-portrait
(using any application).
2) Pick 1 or 2 typefaces, and stick with them.
3) All pages should reference a grid
(using InDesign).
4) Images should be cropped & looking good
5) Overall graphic design should stay consistent.
Things to include:
- The cover image (self-portrait)
- Assignment #1 - PhotoShop: magazine cover
- Project A - Illustrator: vectorized posters
( more than 1 composition )
-1 typed paper, (including copied sources)
- Project B - Illustrator: typography drawings
( more than 1 composition )
What you will turn in:
- the .indd file (with placed images),
and a .pdf copy, all in 1 folder/directory
(nothing printed)
HOMEWORK:
(due next class, Oct. 24)
Using the work from this class, create an 8.5x11 (or 8x10in.), self-promotion booklet.
- Think about the cover, type & images, and the overall graphic design