Category: Course Assignments

GD2-AW20 – Connecting To The Viewer

MA03 –  GD 5

Module assignment
This module assignment consists of five parts. The first four parts will be completed after each lesson, and the last part (part 5) can be done as self-study at the end of the week.
Part 5 (self-study)
Now that you have ideas for your illustrative design, you still might wonder how to actually do the work! How do you turn your rough ideas on paper into a finished design?
The course below is presented by Von Glitschka. He is a designer, illustrator, and creative director of Glitschka Studios, a multidisciplinary design firm in the Pacific Northwest, United States. He’s a popular speaker on design, creativity, branding, and marketing and has written six books.
 
In this course, he will break down the process of illustrative graphic design into beginner-friendly steps. He will show you how to prepare for the illustration task by defining your theme, subject matter, and style, and then gathering reference material.

He covers several drawing processes, stepping through deductive drawing, thumbnail drawing, rough drawing, and a final refined drawing. He also shares helpful tips on finalising your designs and presenting them to clients.
After completion of this module assignment (MA03), you will:
  • Be able to implement all that you’ve learnt in your course assignment.
  • Receive a LinkedIn Learning® Certificate you can add to your resume.
  • Have better knowledge of using illustrative design in your work (it will be especially helpful in logo design!).
WATCH

Course: Creating Illustrative Design (3h 10m) by Von Glitschka on LinkedIn Learning.

GD2-AW19 – Who Are You As A Graphic Designer?

MA02 –  GD 5

Part 1
In the previous module, we talked about different kinds of graphic designers who specialise in particular skill sets. They’ve shown you how broadly you can apply graphic design skills and hopefully have given you ideas on the type of work you need to take on to align with your interests. The first lesson task also prompted you to answer the following questions:
  • What kind of job do you want to wake up to every day? What do you want to do daily?
  • Which type of clients do you want to work with?
  • After pinning down your interests and vision of yourself as a professional, in which areas do you think you need more growth and experience?
  • What are your next steps to fulfil who you want to be as a graphic designer?

In this module, we’ll encourage you to pursue your dream and grow in your field of interest. Below is a list of recommended LinkedIn Learning courses. Choose one (or more) course from the list or any other course that interests you from LinkedIn Learning.

Part 1 of the module assignment will be to hand in the course certificate of your chosen course. Read or view extra material regarding your field of interest and use this week to submerge yourself in this field.

Animation
If you want to learn more about basic animation, take one (or more) of these courses:
Branding, marketing and promotional design
If you want to learn more about branding, marketing and promotional design, take one (or more) of these courses:
Fashion design
If you want to learn more about using design software for fashion design, take one (or more) of these courses:
Illustration
If you want to learn more about illustration, take one (or more) of these courses:
Infographics
If you want to learn more about infographics, take one (or more) of these courses:
Photography
If you want to learn more about photography, take one (or more) of these courses:
Videography
If you want to learn more about videography, take one (or more) of these courses:
Typography
If you want to learn more about creating your own typography, take one (or more) of these courses:
 

NOTE

You need the Glyphs App to do these courses below (request a student license to get a 50% discount).

Hand in the LinkedIn Course Certificate(s) on your chosen course as part of your Course Assignment report.
Part 2 (self-study)
As graphic designers communicating visually, we work primarily with pictures and words. The importance of knowledge and skills in typography can’t be stressed enough. You know by now that typography isn’t about choosing a pretty font. Using good typography adds immense strength to your design and gives power to the message.
 
Ina Staltz is a writer, art director, and Professor Emeritus at City College of New York. Her areas of expertise are typography, calligraphy and editorial publication design. She has written over 50 articles on design and typography, contributed to five books by Steven Heller, and authored 15 essays for Phaidon’s Archive of Graphic Design.

In the course, she will explain good practices in typography, how to develop an eye for type, and how to use it effectively. She’ll briefly discuss some topics you should already be familiar with, like serif vs sans serif, display type vs text type, kerning, tracking and leading.

She’ll even cover a bit of typographic history and trends. But, most importantly, she’ll teach you the principles of legibility, readability, and compatibility and how they should be considered when selecting and designing with type.

After completion of this course, you will:
  • be able to implement all you’ve learnt in your course assignment.
  • receive a LinkedIn Learning® Certificate that you can add to your resume.
  • have better knowledge of good typographic practices and understand how to use them effectively.

I also chose to watch the 2023 edition since the video in the assignments is 11 years.

CA04 – Photography

This task was about taking 10 different photos, at least one photo for each topic listed below.

Night photo, Freeze water, Misty/silky water, The golden section, Motion blur, Contrast, Low key or high key, Leading lines or curves, Drawing with light, Shallow Depth of Field

Then we had to create a composition of the 10 photos, and choose the three best and write the description with technical settings and the reflections on the three photos.

After the feedback I got I decided to change two of the images just because I was totally agree with the feedback. I took a new photo of “low key” and drawing with light. The drawing with light was a bit shaky so I decided to use some lights in the water instead. The low key is sort of the same but I wanted to light up the whole flower.

I also forgot to write down the setting for all of the photos.

CA02 – Logo Design – Food & Malt

Food & Malt is a new restaurant that two friends, Anders Braathen and Even Vehla is opening. Anders has a long experience in brewing and working in a restaurant. They want to introduce this trend in the Norwegian marked combined with brewing. They want to serve quality homemade lunches, snacks and with a great selection with beers. For this they want a Logo and a brandstyle guide.