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This website is a simple representation of how emphasis can be used for a designer.

I really liked this site. I have quite an extensive art background, but the book allowed me to see it in type form. What also caught my eye on this page was the Emphasis of Isolation. I think when one object is seperated from a group, it creates great emphasis and meaning. Also color.

This website gives several illustrations, some in color, to illustrate emphasis in design and focal points.

This site is very, very helpful. It gives so much detail on emphasis. There are different lessons on emphasis. In each lesson there is an example of good and bad so it is a great site.

A brief overview of the book, Data Flow 2, Visualizing Information in Graphic Design. Shows some photos and charts that illustrate good flow and uses the words "Eye Candy." Includes links to three other sources, such as Clothing Maps of Europe and London Tube Maps. There is a link to information on their review of the book, The Visual Miscellaneum.

I thought this blog was interesting because it shows how blogs are becoming an alternative communication method for corporations, advertisers, politicians and journalists. It gives you a brief definition of all the tools in blogging, how to involve your company in blogs, examples of blogs, benefits, and much more. It illustrates how communication of blogging through the internet is really changing the way we communicate in the corporate world.

This site seems to helpful towards project #1 because it gives different website links for examples. It covers main points on remembering the audience and being consistent. It also covers a little bit of incorporating diagrams and illustrations which I will be using on project #1.

This website gives clear views on the best way to write instructions.This will help with project 1 because it tells me the best way to give instructions without having the people look away before reading it all.

This was my favorite of the different sites that I found on the topic of repetition. I thought that this site very closely followed what the Basic's of Design taught on the subject. The site gave a background of what repetition is and why it is important. It also gave great examples of different forms of repetition such as; repetition of a image/icon, border, or decoration. It really helped me understand why repetition is such a key component in design!

I like this article because it gives visual examples of repetition used in books, movies, and ads. 

This website has good examples of repetition and they explain it better when having an image. They have good images and good explanation.

This website was good at describing the definitions of repetition and also it provided some good picture examples

This article is a basic intro to repetition but it also goes into how to create repetition in various graphic programs out there such as Illustrator, InDesign and QuarkXPress. It's nice and short and provides visuals for reference.

The page is a great illustration of the western flow of reading. There is not much that distracts the reader from the information being given out. The covers of the books guide the viewer to continue downward despite there being any actual guiding line of any sort. Each book is accompanied by a short caption that distinguishes the title of the book from a brief quote or description of the book. All this information is in a easily written font. This whole page is an un-ranked list and it just flows downward allowing the reader to follow the books downward. 

Great description for the basics of design with illustrations for how to do a layout.

This page explains contrast and its importance when creating visual interest. It discusses examples of contrast in web page design and how contrast in color, size, and alignment can be achieved.

Here is another article about contrast in web design from WDL. This article is much like the first I shared as it uses various webpages as examples to illustrate the various types of contrast.

This is a great website that highlights the different aspects of contrast, including alignment, color, and size. It also gives examples of how each of these are used.

This is a really simple how to site. I feel that I can learn a lot from this type of instruction. It is simple and an easy way of understanding.

This webpage is very helpful because it uses examples throughout the article and gives tips about each detail that clear instructions need. I also thought that the paragraph about layout at the bottom of the article was very informative and something that I will keep in mind when creating my own how-to instructions.

This site gives a clear example of how to write instructions. Not only does it give you tips, but shows you an actual scenario.

I like this article because it gives real examples of contrast. It shows images of how contrast applies to art which I think is helpful because it gives a different perspective. It also talks about what happens if you use too much contrast. 

short page describing what contrast is and what it does as it pertains to design. gives a list of common ways for creating contrast: * size * value * color * type * texture * shape *alignment *direction *movement also gives examples of the effective use of contrast

This site describes that contrast occurs when two related elements are different. It talks about contrast in art is very important because it captures the person looking at it and makes it interesting. There are many different uses of contrast and this site shows different pictures.

This page is more of a resource than an example of aligntment. The examples that Kayla(the author) shows looks like good examples however the resolution they were posted in makes it blurry and hard to judge. Kayla however breaks down in a few brief paragraphs how effective and important alignment is within an article, or project. One aspect that she hits on that makes a lot of sense to me is the images in alignment and how they can also be placed into alignment even though it is a photo. There is a lot more that goes into alignment that first expected. 

This site gives some interesting views on alignment and some examples that I'm not sure I like. In saying that though I really do like some of the notes for instance, that there are many points to align to on a layout. It also is much nicer to use color contrast and other features along with the alignment.

This website is very helpful when it comes to explaining alignment.  Even if you have other good elements going around your picture/website, it might look cluttered and there can be a bad use of alignment.  This website gives you examples of how to use proper alignment in pictures and on a layout by using the lines, shapes, and contrasting colors.  

This website gave graphical representations of repetition from different aspects of design.  I found the poster of the movie "The Ugly Truth" rather humorous.

A page on teaching what design flow is and how it works. Teaches you how to keep the reader's eye and make them follow the 'flow'.

This is a good website to help you understand what flow is and the different types of flow. It talks about verbal flow and visual flow. It also goes on to explain how to improve your verbal flow and your visual flow.

This webpage incorporates more details about many key aspects of flow that were also mentioned in chapter seven. There are tips to improving visual and verbal flow within a page and also how to add flow across an entire site involving many pages.

I liked this article the best. It discuses flow within web designs and it covers all the basis for smooth flow for people that are trying to create their own web page. It covers what design flow is and gives an image example of how flow flows within a graphic design. The author states that it is important to create an entry point, "something that stands out from everything else so that most people look at it first". The author also gives advice on controling flow within a design by using arrows, people or faces that look in a certain direction, and perspective. Using space to control flow is something that I found interesting the author states that "varying the space between a series of elements can be used to create rhythm and motion".

I found this website to be very helpful when it came to discussing flow and how to achieve that. Besides talking about using visual cues to guide the readers eyes, using space to control flow, and creating harmony using flow, it also gives examples of various websites that have demonstrated good flow of design.

Control the way your eyes moves through a design by starting off with an object that will catch the viewers attention. How to control the flow oif your design by using visual cues to guide the eyes in that direction. Creating space to control flow and also creating harmony using flow.

An important part of this project will be creating an interesting guide that illustrates just as well as directs the user how to accomplish a task in the application.