I saw this and I have to share. Just go here and type in your address.

Worth 1000

http://www.worth1000.com/contests/26024/band-name-literalisms-7

Just one of the galleries of a pretty sweet photo composite website. If anyone is interested they hold contests frequently for themed composites.

04: Photo Composite

Final Due Nov. 10

Objective:

The objective of this assignment is to increase knowledge and skills in Photoshop, using multiple photographs to create a single image.

Due Oct 20: 3 concepts / sketches to discuss in class.

Due Oct 27: revised / final concepts and photos to work on in class

Requirements:

You are required to photograph your own images.

Final file must be printed and mounted, at least 10".

Edible business cards

http://www.bestbusinesscard.net/unusual-business-cards-10-edible-card-ideas

I would love my business card information printed on an almond!

Here is my daily inspiration slash obsession.

NotCot.org

It has graphic design, architecture, fashion, packaging, and lots of bueno stuff.

I saw this today:

http://designlenta.com/post/print-advertising-cornichon/

There are a couple others.

Using luminosity to copy textures

Hey guys, I know of this website that many of you guys might already know (and forgotten).
Here's the website link:

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/

Here you can find a lot of good tutorials, and the guy who gives them is pretty good at explaining stuff. There I found this tutorial that uses the luminosity of objects to copy textures and reflections (for underwater stuff? maybe or fabrics ?) He uses a mug but you could try it with whatever.

http://www.planetphotoshop.com/graphic-on-mug.html

Good Luck!

Very cool/inspirational photo manipulations!

http://www.alltelleringet.com

Check it out! He was obviously influenced by M C Escher. I love many of his ideas and its fascinating to try to figure out how he made these images.

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Does anyone remember what a gutter in indesign is?

Raven

What Type are you?

http://www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you/

Brand New

Great site about branding—rebrands, in particular.

BrandNew.com

Go there. Be inspired.

Graffeine

From Dan Evans...

\\\\\\\\\\ GRAFFEINE...

The AIGA U of U Student Group is pleased to announce “Graffeine” … a

24-hour “design-off” done for a real client in the community. All Graphic

Design students are invited to participate.

Project Oreintation: Saturday, October 16 at noon in room ART 273, the client

will be in attendance to answer questions and give direction.

Social: Monday, October 18 at 7:30 pm in room ART 273, and continued at 9:30 at

the Urban Lounge

More information:

Student Show

Grain edit exploration

Thanks for the cool site Adrianna- I went to the website and started reading an interview on this guy:

http://shop.lumadessa.com/

Weekly iphone wallpapers

Here is the interview: http://grainedit.com/2010/02/17/josh-brill-studio-visit/

Love it. He is making a weekly piece based off of the flora fauna series.

Found this and wanted to share...

http://grainedit.com/

A quick plea

I've been all but bedridden since late Tuesday, and seeing as we're now going into Fall Break, the timing couldn't have been worse. Would anyone be willing to talk with me over email/etc about what I missed in this class and others?

intresting picture found on line

Redesign Blog

The link above is a design blog by my old classmate and friend. We had several classes together at the Art Institute.

Riley (the blogger) attempts to post everyday a redesign of something he finds that day. Anything from a billboard to hairspray bottle. The goal is to complete the redesign in an hour or less.

I have to admit that the redesigns aren't that impressive. But the fact that he is doing this is inspirational. The daily experience will, without a doubt, accelerate his ability in the long run.

I talked to Riley the other day about this blog. He says he's having a hard time maintaining it with his busy schedule. I bet every one of us has a busy schedule too. Even doing something similar to Riley's blog but only once a week would be great too.

This would also be an excellent example of hard work/dedication for a resume!

Class on Wed the 6th

I've gotten a couple emails from students requesting help on some of our projects and on projects that you're working on in Carol or Dan's class. This is fine, I'm happy to help out wherever I can. I'm going to dedicate almost all of this next Wednesday night, Oct. 6th to lab time where you can bring in any assignment that you're working on. I'll try to get to everyone, whatever you want help with. I want to make sure you feel like you're learning your way through the design apps and doing okay in this class.

It is important to note that you should be spending at least 8-12 hours each week outside of this class doing these assignments. I can tell who puts in the time and who doesn't, and I'm going to be much more likely to help you out if I can see that you're putting in your time and effort.

So bring in your questions. Also, bring in progress on your InDesign catalog spread. We'll be digging into those more.

03: InDesign/Catalog

Due Oct. 20

Objective:

The objective of this assignment is to increase knowledge and skills in InDesign by recreating an existing catalog spread.

Choose a catalog spread that has various photos and plenty of text. Do not use a magazine spread. After mounting the spread to board, draw in any apparent grid lines and measurements. These will help you set up your grids and guidelines in your InDesign file.

Once you've made your measurements, open a new InDesign file. Make sure that you create it based off of the size of your catalog spread. Drag your guide lines in place and use them for reference as you place in photos and text boxes. As you insert your text, stylize your it to look like the printed catalog. Eventually you will apply paragraph and character styles to your text.

Requirements:

Turn in a printed catalog spread with marked grid and guidelines.

Text needs to have paragraph and character styles applied where applicable.

Photos need to be inserted (you may use alternate photos if you can't find originals).

Printed/mounted final.

Assignment

Hey guys I was sick last week. It would be great if someone could let me in on the assignment?

I mounted some magazine articles... but don't know what to do with them now...

oh god i cant stop crying ;;

Thomas Broome

I ran into this artist's website and if you are interested in Typography (I am) I really suggest you check out his website! CLICK HERE

Here is a little taste of what you'll see

Graphic Design Resume

I've been getting together a portfolio and resume to submit to get an internship, and a couple of things I've found online have been quite interesting.

http://www.youthedesigner.com/2008/04/29/the-graphic-design-resume-guide/

http://www.lifeclever.com/the-7-deadly-sins-of-resume-design/

Cool Artist

Ford Smith is more of a fine artist then a graphic artist but some of his designs are awesome. His use of color, pattern, and line could easily be used in graphic design. Ex:Mosaic Impulse and Endless Possibilities.

Raven

InDesign Keyboard Shortcuts

Here's a link to a pdf of InDesign keyboard shortcuts.

Enjoy. I'll look for one for Illustrator and Photoshop as well.

If you find and post them before me... you're cool.

Influence

In doing some research for a project I'm working on, I found these. I love the textures and the aged feel. Check out this site, you'll love it.

Just click on something you like and go.