Nik's work

Questions: Switzerland Latin for Switzerland 1957 Modernism Post-Modern, Grunge, Modernism “There is visual disease everywhere, it’s a graphic designer’s job to cure it.” Think Deeper: After watching the documentary Helvetica:The Movie, I’ve been noticing graphic design in a whole new way. Though my eyes are young, I can’t offer much critique to a lot of signs. But, my eyes are still instantly drawn to signs. It’s very similar to skateboarding, after learning about grinding down a handrail you’ll never look at one the same way again. Even if I can’t physically grind down the rail,  I’m imagining it. It is the same with Graphic Design. Activities: Wim Crouel http://www.iconofgraphics.com/wim-crouwel/ Massimo Vignelli http://designobserver.com/?entry=2647 Mathew Carter http://www.fontbureau.com/people/MatthewCarter/ Rick Poyner http://www.economist.com/bl...

Typography D o ’s strive for clarity and legibility stick with time tested fonts serif is used for smaller text sans serif is used for bigger consider eye movement across the plain Start left to right balance font weights Properly Space letters(Kerning) Global letter spaces(Tracking) Use columns to make pretty D o n t ’s Too many fonts spoil the design Don’t use too similar fonts Don’t use capital letters, no large bodies of text with capital letters Distort fonts past clarity The Mac is not a typewriter ! E m p h a s i s ! 1.Italics 2.Bold 3.Size 4.Color 5.Typeface/type style change

           The three primary colors in my photo are Black, Blue and Green. A secondary color in the photo is green. Some tertiary colors created were dark blues and light greens. Additive means you start with black and end with white. Subtractive means you start with white and end with black. Color can affect our perception by influencing different emotions with different colors. A colors brightness and shade is heavily dependent on it's surrounding colors.            Here is an example of greyscale and how it shows a flashback. This is a monochromatic photo This Pokemon has Complimentary colors

Co lor Th e or y -displaying on a screen or paper have different color patterns screens use red green blue print uses red, yellow blue Color Mixing -RGB -RGY -CMYK(really cool) Color Modes -Monochromatic -Grey Scale -Web Safe RGB Color Modding Tints: adding a white hue Shades: adding a black hue Tone: Color Harmony Complementary split complementary Analogous Triad Tetradic Quadrilateral Color Properties Cool, warm, bright, dark, saturated, desaturated Color Intensity “Color intensity changes in relation to its surrounding color” Color Associations -color associates with emotion   -Color and marketing is very large -73% of items sold were splurge buying Color Appetite -Blue food is rare for foods in nature -blue makes food look nasty Color Affects -Pink is tranquilizing -Used in prisons, holding cells, opposing team's locker room etc.  

Design! Principles and design -Graphic design's point is communication -"To inform and delight the viewer" Design Elements Space :  -How much space an object takes up to -Foreground and background -To give depth               White space -To create emphasis Line : -a continuous stroke on the surface Color : -Color schemes and palets to create emotion Shape : -inorganic, organic, or geometric -important for selling -"portion of space divided by a perimeter  Texture : -in print world you must imply texture Value : -used to give depth -shadow and light Balance : -visual weight  Design Principles Unity : -Everything has order -All the elements are there to serve a purpose Variety : -differences in repetition Repetition : Harmony : -similar elements to create a proper piece of work Proximity : -can disrupt unity -hierarchy! -Understanding...

I've deduced that different file formats have strengths and weaknesses. Also, some formats have less detail so they can be loaded faster. All in all, I have realized that JPEG high is the best for a still photograph.