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Discover Design consists of four sections that explore different aspects that designers have to consider when designing a new product, namely appearance, materials, function or purpose, and impact.

So what exactly is the difference between art and design? In this post, we'll examine and compare some of the core principles of each craft. (thx mike)

Good visuals for a graphic design project.

Using the Golden Ratio, Phi, or Fibonacci Numbers in Web Design - Golden Ratio, Golden Rectangle, Fibonacci, Phi

3 common misconceptions about the role of visual design.

The YouthArts Toolkit is designed to assist agencies in designing and documenting effective arts programs for youth at risk, but it has other, related applications. The planning model presented herein can be used to support the development of effective funding proposals. Funders, likewise, can use the list of critical elements and best practices to inform their grant and program evaluation criteria. We hope the kit will prove helpful to other partners as well.

"Backward design begins with the end in mind: What enduring understandings do I want my students to develop?"

Commentary by critic Alice Rawsthorn.

Could easily be made into a creative art project for students!  Good use of line!

Here are seven exercises designed to introduce different tools and aspects of a Web 2.0 learning environment.

Explore how color affects emotions, appetite, vision, design, art, business, marketing, and trends. Learn about color theories in art, nature, science and psychology.

These lessons are designed to guide young children through an introduction to symmetry using a puzzle set of seven geometric shapes called Tangrams. As children manipulate the tangrams, they will visually learn about slides (translation), turns (rotation), and flips (reflection).

Marco Torres' (& students) studio dedicated to helping you tell your story through image, sound, design, and experience.

Artician is a new community for creative professionals! We provide an effortless way for anyone to build, manage, and fully customize their portfolio. We also like to promote and feature creative talent, let's show your work to the world. It's free...

Color is such a vast and vari­able ele­ment that it can be dif­fi­cult to cover it fully in any one post. It can also be a lit­tle over­whelm­ing when try­ing to imple­ment it into your designs. Below are some sam­ple color palettes, taken from clas­sic color the­ory based combinations. The color wheel is one of the first places I turn for color inspi­ra­tion and guid­ance when choos­ing a color scheme. Color charts and pre-made palettes are nice, but the color wheel is sim­ple and easy to under­stand and use.

This article contains a mixture of traditional drawing tutorials, drawing techniques and some methods for transforming and preparing your creations for screen design. Some are intermediate level and some are advanced tutorials that include general theory, useful tips, comic inspired art, sketch a pencil drawing, coloring processing, character sketching, shapes, proportional, perspective and much more. We hope that drawing tutorials and techniques in this post will be a great help to you.

List of tools, links, and examples of online drawing tools

Crafts Council of Irelan

Sculpted paper portraits of the artist, mapped in 3D, printed and assembled.

Secure VoiceThread network for students and teachers to collaborate and share ideas with classrooms anywhere in the world. Group conversations around images, documents, and videos Messages can be text-based (computer keyboard, phone text), audio (computer mic, telephone call, upload), or video (computer webcam, upload) Can be used to put "instruction" online.