Graphic Design Tutorials

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CLASS ASSIGNMENTSART INSTITUTE OF PITSBURGH ON LINE DIVISION

FND112FUNDEMENTALS OF DESIGNWEB DESIGN &INTERACTIVE MEDIA -ASSOCIATE

INSTRUCTOR: INGRID SUNDBERGGRADE: A+97.89%

FND112WEEK1ASSIGNMENT 3:CREATE A BASIC STRUCTURE BY OVERLAPPING TWO SIMPLE SHAPES WITHIN A FRAME.THEN, USINGONLY BLACK AND WHITE, CREATE EIGHT DIFFERENT COLOR DISTRIBUTIONS FOR THIS STRUCTURE.

THE POSITIONING OF THE TWO SHAPES SHOULD REMAIN FIXED IN ALL EIGHT VARIATIONS.

FND112WEEK1ASSIGNMENT 4:

USING ONLY BLACK AND WHITE, CREATE A DESIGN WITH EQUAL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE SOTHAT THE FIGURE-GROUND RELATIONSHIP OF THE DESIGN FLUCTUATES.BE CREATIVE WITH THE

COMPOSITION OF YOUR DESIGN.

FND112WEEK2ASSIGNMENT 1:THIS IMAGE WAS USED AS AN EXAMPLE FORTHIS DISCUSSION QUESTION:

DISCUSS TRANSLATION,DILATION,ROTATION, AND REFLECTION, AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE USEDIN A SYMMETRICAL DESIGN.POST AN EXAMPLE OF A SYMMETRICAL DESIGN THAT USES AT LEAST

TWO OF THESE TRANSFORMATIONS.


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FND112WEEK2ASSIGNMENT 2:CREATE A FORM GROUP USING 2-4 BLACK AND/OR WHITE CIRCLES OF THE SAME SIZE.THEN,

DUPLICATE THE FORM GROUP 2-4 MORE TIMES, UTILIZING TRANSLATION, ROTATION, AND/OR

REFLECTION TO CREATE A BLACK AND WHITE DESIGN.EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT FORM GROUPSAND LAYOUTS TO GENERATE A VISUALLY APPEALING COMPOSITION.


USING ONLY BLACK AND WHITE FORMS, CREATE A DESIGN UTILIZING FORMAL BALANCE.BECREATIVE WITH THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR DESIGN.


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THIS IMAGE WAS USED AS AN EXAMPLE FORTHIS DISCUSSION QUESTION:HOW CAN YOU UTILIZE CONTRAST IN YOUR DESIGNS, YET STILL RETAIN AN OVERALL SENSE OF

BALANCE?PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE FROM YOUR SPECIFIC PROGRAM OF STUDY.


USING ONLY BLACK AND WHITE, CREATE A SIX STEP GRADATION BETWEEN TWO SHAPES OF YOURCHOICE.IT SHOULD APPEAR AS THOUGH A SINGLE TRANSFORMATION IS OCCURRING UNIFORMLY

THROUGHOUT THE GRADATION AND THAT EACH STEP HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF VISUAL CHANGE.

FND112WEEK3ASSIGNMENT 3:USING ONLY BLACK AND WHITE FORMS, CREATE A DESIGN UTILIZING ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE.

BE CREATIVE WITH THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR DESIGN.


USING ONLY BLACK, WHITE, AND SHADES OF GRAY, CREATE A FIELD OF TEXTURE THAT HAS THEILLUSION OF BEING TACTILE. EXPERIMENT WITH SIZE, FOCUS, AND CONTRAST TO CREATE A

STRONG ILLUSION OF TACTILE TEXTURE.


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FND112WEEK4ASSIGNMENT 3:USING ONLY BLACK, WHITE, AND SHADES OF GRAY, CREATE A DESIGN WITH THE SPATIAL

ILLUSIONS OF BOTH DEPTH AND VOLUME.BE CREATIVE WITH THE COMPOSITION OF YOUR DESIGN.


USING ONLY BLACK, WHITE, AND SHADES OF GRAY, CREATE AT LEAST 4 DRAFT VERSIONS OF YOURDESIGN FOR THE FINAL PROJECT.YOUR DESIGN DRAFTS SHOULD BE INITIAL VISUALREPRESENTATIONS OF YOUR PLANS OUTLINED IN ASSIGNMENT 1:FINAL PROJECT /PROPOSAL.YOU

MAY WANT TO TRY 4 VARIATIONS OF ONE LAYOUT, OR4 DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS.BE

CREATIVE WITH YOUR COMPOSITIONS AND STRIVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES YOUHAVE LEARNED IN THE COURSE THUS FAR.YOURDESIGN DRAFTSARE THE INITIAL ROUGH DRAFTSOF YOUR COMPOSITION, BUT SHOULD DEMONSTRATE THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION OF ELEMENTS

YOU WILL INCLUDE IN YOUR DESIGN.


BASED ON THE FEEDBACK YOU RECEIVE ON ASSIGNMENT 2:FINAL PROJECTDESIGNDRAFTS,


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(ABOVE) SELECT ONE OF YOUR FINAL PROJECT DRAFTS AND CREATE AT LEAST 4 COLOR STUDIES.EACH COLOR STUDY SHOULD BE EXECUTED IN A DIFFERENT COLOR SCHEME.BE CREATIVE WITH

YOUR COLOR USE AND REFINE YOUR OVERALL COMPOSITION AS NECESSARY AT THIS STAGE.

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FND112WEEK6ASSIGNMENT 1:BASED ON THE FEEDBACK YOU RECEIVED IN WEEK5 ON YOUR PROPOSAL, YOUR DESIGN DRAFTSAND YOUR COLOR STUDIES, REFINE YOUR PROJECT INTO ITS FINAL STATE.ADD REMAINING

DETAILS, UNIFY YOUR COMPOSITION, EXTEND YOUR COLOR USE, AND FINALIZE THE PRESENTATION.YOUR FINAL SUBMISSION SHOULD BE A WELL-CRAFTED PORTFOLIO-QUALITY PIECE OF DESIGN

WORK WITH A STRONG COMPOSITION AND A CREATIVE USE OF COLOR.


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