Monday, February 24, 2014

12) Gathering Information

When gathering information about your client, you should ask:
  • Who is the audience? 
  • What is the message? 
  • How many pages is the piece? 
  • What are the dimensions? 
  • Is there a specific budget? 
  • Is there a deadline for completion? 
  • Can the client provide examples of design they like? 
  • Is there an existing corporate brand that needs to be matched?

11) Steps and Phases in Creative Process

8 Steps or Phases that are involved in the Creative Process:
1) start with several rounds of sketches
2) gather information and investigate the client
3) create an outline of the project and the content needed for the client
4) think of good creative designs for the client
5) narrow it down to a couple good sketches and designs
6) take those sketches and make multiple different copies of them
7) revise your work, and pick the best pieces to show to your client
8) follow these steps and only go on to the next step after completing the previous one

10) Types of Graphic Design

10 different types of Graphic Design are:
1) Digital Design - creation of highly manipulated images on a computer.
2) Multimedia Design - design for websites and online newspapers, blogs and forums.
3) Type Design - the design of type and letters and alphabets and the formal construction of the typeface.
4) Film Title Design - the design used to create title for movies and films , using designs that represent the movie or film.
5) Exhibit Design - the design used to frame objects, statistics, photographs, labels,and  headings.
6) Signage Design - how to design signs that will make them user friendly and self explanatory for the user.
7) Package Design - the design of a package that will display the item well, yet still protect it
8) Environmental Design - the use of two and three dimensional graphic designs to make a point.
9) Educational Design - the design used to create textbooks, and other material used in school, with the purpose of peaking a child's interest in it.
10) Magazine Design - how a magazine is organized and how the lay out and colors describe the magazine and its articles.
Example of Magazine Design:

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