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D#10 HW#5 - 0 views

  • Scientists and engineers routinely have the need to express themselves clearly, concisely and persuasively in applying for grants, publishing papers, reporting to their supervisors, communicating with their colleagues, etc.; in experimental science, formal reports are the primary means by which experimentalists communicate the results of their work to the scientific community.
  • condensed, compact and brief presentation
  • The report should be no more than 800 words, (3 pages of double spaced type) and 2 pages of graphs and/or diagrams.
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  • 1.) Title: This should be short, but precise, and convey the point of the report. It could be either a statement or a question. For example, a title like "Voltage-current relationship of a transistor" is good, as is "Does the transistor obey Ohm's Law?". But simply "The transistor" is too vague and is not a good title. 2.) Abstract: The abstract summarizes, in a couple of sentences, the content of the report. It provides a brief (5-10 lines) outline of what the report is about; it should include a statement of what it is you measured and its value (Warning! -- students often make abstracts too long -- note that an abstract is not an introduction.) 3.) Introduction: The role of this section is to state why the work reported is useful, where it fits in the bigger picture of the field (or of science in general), and to discuss briefly the theoretical hypotheses which are to be tested (e.g. for the Absolute Zero experiment, state the meaning of absolute zero and how it is to be measured, mention the equation PV = nRT and discuss its verification, and under what circumstances you expect it to be valid). 4.) Experimental Method: Describe the apparatus and procedure used in the experiment. Remember that a picture (or simple diagram) is often worth a thousand words! Enough details should be provided for the reader to have a clear idea of what was done. But be careful to not swamp the reader with insignificant or useless facts. 5.) Results and Discussion: In this section, you present and interpret the data you have obtained. If at all possible, avoid tables of data. Graphs are usually a much clearer way to present data (make sure axes are labeled, and error bars are shown!). Please make sure the graphs and diagrams have concise figure captions explaining what they are about! Do not show the details of error calculations. The derivation of any formulae you use is not required, but should be referenced. Explain how your data corroborates (or does not corroborate) the hypotheses being tested, and compare, where possible, with other work. Also, estimate the magnitude of systematic errors which you feel might influence your results (e.g. In the Absolute Zero experiment, how big is the temperature correction? Does this alter your results significantly?). 6.) Conclusion: In a few lines, sum up the results of your experiment. Do your data agree (within experimental error) with theory? If not, can you explain why? Remember that the conclusion is a summary; do not say anything in the conclusion which you have not already discussed more fully earlier in the text. 7.) References: In this section of the report list all of the documents that you refer to in your report. We recommend numbering the references sequentially in the text, in their order of appearance, and listing them in the same order in the references section. One possible reference format is used by the Canadian Journal of Physics. That is: for JOURNALS: Author(s), Journal Title, Volume (year) page number for BOOKS: Author(s), Book Title, Publisher, city of publication, year of publication, page (or range of relevant pages).  
Bridget Esqueda

D#4 HW#1-Website for Balance - 0 views

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    This website showed various examples of balance in actual web pages. It showed the not only symmetrical and assymetrical balance but also vertical, horizontal, radial, and bileteral symmetry. The author, Stephanie Hamilton, explained how a "rule of thirds" should be used when designing an image. This is when an image is imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines. This is so important compositional elements are placed along these lines or intercections.
Alex Portela

D#5 HW# 1.1: Design Notes: Alignment - 0 views

    • freda yamoah
       
      NB:Good alignment is invisible. Most readers wont conciously notice that everything is lined up neatly but they will feel it when things are out of alignment
    • Alex Portela
       
      Alignment involves the visual effect of setting object or text in an order that is comfortable for the viewer and deliver proper impact. Edge and Center are main concepts. Fine points impact the placement of them object where it makes more sense and balances the picture.
  • CENTER ALIGNMENT Any shaped items can be organized using center alignment. Simple shapes work best because it is easier to judge their centers so the alignment is easier to notice.
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  • Items can line up either along their edges or on their centers. Alignment is used extensively to organize all graphic arts. Almost all text uses alignment to organize lines of type. The letters align along their bases and the lines begin (and/or end) along a line
  • There are two major types of alignment: edge and center.
  • EDGE ALIGNMENT Any object with flat edge(s) can be used for edge alignment. Rectangles are especially well suited for this since they have four flat edges to align. Their right angels also give a sense of order to a composition using them (similarity).
  • ALIGNMENT
  • FINE POINTS
  • The edges of information within a picture can also align with other edges in a composition. This technique can add subtle touches to a composition.
  • Centering in a negative space is a kind of alignment. This works best when there is some other alignment to back up the centering.
  • Narrow strips of background between pictures and text blocks are called gutters.
  • Inserts are words or images that overlap other images. They can partially overlap or be completely inside. They make a compact package of two or more sets of information and can conserve space or hide unwanted areas in an image.
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    This website has a good definition of the alignment as well as it also provides various examples .Which enhances the understanding of this particular element.
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    This is a really great website which goes really in-depth about alignment. It covers the basics, but also shows more subtle techniques, such as center alignment on a vertical axis, center alignment in negative space with gutters and alignment which occures within the actual pictures.
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    This webpage was helpful because it focused on alignment of images. This is beneficial because we are in the middle of reviewing and editing our comic tutorials. By placing your cursor over the images with red figures, you are also able to see the grid that was used which I thought was pretty cool!
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    Good website it talks about the two basic types of alignment and it gives good examples and pictures explaining each one. Edge and center alignment are the two basic types of alignment. Center alignment also refers to having a symmetrical balance.
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    I like this website because it features a lot of examples of alignment. It uses examples such as shapes and pictures. It also touches a little bit on the grid system, which I thought was neat! :)
julian serventi

Architect Magazine: Architectural Design | Architect Online: A premier site for Archite... - 0 views

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    The repetition of lines can be seen to separate each story. Lines can also be seen separating the top of the page where the links to other pages can be found
Merlyn Reyna

D#3 HW#1 Contrast and Meaning - 0 views

  • your grasp of these fundamentals determines your ability to communicate effectively. Without fundamentals, you will flounder when faced with complex design challenges or constraints.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      some fundamentals being the tips they have given us in the readings so far.
  • These basics of creative communication are consistent across art forms: painting, music, dance, acting, poetry, design, and all other artistic endeavors. I divide them into two categories: vocabulary and grammar.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      Contrast as well as other fundamentals are not only used in one media of communication it is used in all kinds of communication.
  • nce, angular lines and forms are generally indicative of strength, speed, and masculinity, while rounded lines and forms are generally associated with softness, slower tempo, and femininity.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      Different lines and textures convey different ideas and feelings.
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  • Moreover, most of the rules of language have exceptions, and some creative modes of communication make little or no reference to rules. Every language is lent nuance, style and character by the way that each individual uses it, and there are exceptions for every grammatical rule.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      Using funamentals to convey important information is communicating and in a way is like its own language.
  • which are used to define hierarchy, manipulate certain widely understood relationships, and exploit context to enhance or redefine those relationships…all in an effort to convey meaning. Contrast is important because the meaningful essence of any thing is defined by its value, properties, or quality relative to something else. That’s right: nothing has much meaning by itself, which is one reason why design is important.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      expressing the important information in something is best shown when contrasted. The more a title stands out the more impact it is going to have on the viewer and the easier they will remember that name.
  • contrast is closely tied to human perception and survival instincts, as we’ll examine later, and this makes contrast a powerful and essential tool for designers.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      it is human insticnt to be drawn to bold information
  • Furthermore, each component is but a piece of the overall project message and objective. With creative uses of contrast, you can influence user choices and compel specific actions.
    • Delaney Hensley
       
      each piece of finished product has its own role, it is important to distinguish that role and convey it appropriately.
  • The function of contrast in defining meaning can be explained by comparing fundamental opposites: dark/light, soft/hard, fast/slow.
  • every element on the page you’re designing has to be positioned, styled, sized, or otherwise distinguished in accordance with its specific importance and place in the overall communicative objective.
  • ontrast helps lead the reader’s eye into and through your layout.
  • Contrast is everywhere and a part of everything we see, do, experience, and understand.
  • Contrast is just one component of design fundamentals.
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    Gives great definitions of contrast and design. I think it will be a great resource now and later.
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    Contrast defines hierarchy, understanding relationships to convey a message.  It is used to hand in hand with the principle of emphasis in order to keep its emphasis.  Every element must be positioned with style, size, and distinguished with a specific importance.  This article gives an idea of how contrast is typically used by giving examples.  
Merlyn Reyna

D#5 HW#1 The Power of Alignment | Webitect - 1 views

    • Rebecca Anderson
       
      I liked this website best because it illustrates the grid method explained in chapter 5. Also it notes that most designers forget about alignment as a design concept which I related to given my first draft of project 1 had no alignment concepts what so ever.
  • adds to the organization and usability of a web page
  • an image can align with elements on the web page
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  • Alignment
  • One of these points of alignment is the corner of the walls
  • Not enough attention to alignment can make or break the beauty of a website design
  • using the lines, shapes, and contrasting colors of the image
  • designers used images, color contrast, and features of their respective websites to create an interesting and effective use of alignment
  • beauty for all viewers
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    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. 
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    This page goes into great detail about the importance of alignment, especially in web design. It also has many examples of alignment in different pages for you to see the effects.
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    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.
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    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.  
Shannon Ridgeway

Adding Visual Flow to Design | Academy - Detroit - 0 views

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    Explains visual flow and gives a list of some helpful techniques designers use to include flow in their layouts.
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    I also really like this site because it has a list of some techniques you can use to enhance the flow of your page.
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    This website discusses how to add visual flow your design. It's main topics include visible lines, slight lines, motion, alignment, text, repeating patterns, etc.
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    This website has many different techniques that must be considered when trying to create good visual flow in multimedia writing. It covers different elements such as lines, motion, alignment, text, repeating patterns, and varying sizes. This website was shared because it gives you many different variables to choose from when creating visual art.
Nicole Schmitter

NHS Designs - Design Principles - Alignment - 0 views

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    This site describes that even when aligned elements are physically separated, there is an invisible line that connects them, both in your eye and in your mind. Alignment is what tells a viewer that even though items are not close, they belong in the same piece. It then has 13 different forms of possible designs (business card, invitation, newsletter, etc.)
gabrielle begay

A Crash Course in Typography: The Basics of Type - Noupe - 0 views

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    The anatomy of typeface has many different areas to it that include alignment, type, mood, size, weight and style, and how text is described when put on a line. All these things were covered in the chapter 10 and 11 reading for the week. 
Shannon Ridgeway

The Basics of Graphic Design - 1 views

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    This website begins with a description of the steps in the design process. It covers all of the ones that were also in our textbook such as analyzing audience, determining purpose of message, choosing the right format and layout. There were only four principles covered in this website which were those of balance, emphasis, rhythm which we can consider as flow, and unity which we can consider to be alignment. -What i liked about this website is that it offered explanations about the elements of design such as lines, shapes, and colors. I liked that it gave us the table on the "Psychology of color". It will be very useful especially when we think about the objective and audience of the message.
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    This website provided useful tips about the elements of design such as color, lines, and shapes that will be helpful when beginning to design. It will also help when considering who your target audience is and what the objective is!
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     Although visually pretty dry, has a pretty comprehensive treatment of design basics.
D Schick

Chapter 10- Resource - 0 views

  • 3. Use Tricks to Freshen Your Eye Every experienced technical editor has her favorite trick to get a fresh perspective on a document. Here are some of the ones I’ve heard over the years: Turn the document upside down. Start from the end and read backwards, going line by line. Zoom in to 200 percent or more, particularly to edit graphics. Zoom out until you can see the entire page to edit overall page elements, such as the space before and after headings. Read aloud to both slow yourself down and to catch errors you’ve overlooked reading silently. Create a PDF of your document and proofread that.
    • D Schick
       
      Interesting way of approaching the editing process.
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    Describes various editing techniques for technical writers.
Alina Kurita

D#4 HW#4 - CRAP 4 - 1 views

shared by Alina Kurita on 30 Jan 11 - Cached
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    Contrast- The use of red lettering for the title of the company and well for having a model as the background for the page. With centered bigger letters in the center of the page. With a small picture in the corner scrolling through. Repetition- This can be seen through the small font used for the links on this page. That's all though. Allignment- The menu on the left is all alligned to the left while the menu at the top is in a straight line that looks centered. And in the bottom right corner there's a picture box. Proximitiy- There's a lot of room on the page. There is hardly any pictures posted on here and the picture box that is shown is very small and takes up little room. Same goes for the links where the fonts are small and do not take up any room at all. *Note* There are advertising sustainable styles so I wonder if they were potraying that through the use of saving space?
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    This was a good example Alina. There wasn't too much content and it was aligned very well. Good choice.
Alex Portela

Composition and Design Principles - 1 views

    • freda yamoah
       
      This website gives you the idea of composition and design principles that helps you understand the effect repetition in a design. There are several ways to use repetition in a design. Repetition gives motion so it can be used in all designs that have visual element.
    • Alex Portela
       
      This site specifically outlines examples also explained in the book about unity. Lines, shapes, images, colors, textures and other effects can be creatively laid out to give variety and depth draws more attention to the subject. The butterfly is a great example of that uniformity as well.
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    Web site contains basic understanding of balance and all principle elements of design.
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    I like this website because it had really good examples of the basic ideas of design principles .
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    D#2 HW#2 I like this article because not only does it discuss the principles of design but it also uses these principles within the article. Unlike other articles this one is actually practicing what it is teaching.
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    On this website it showed various techniques in achieving balance in web design. It explained various methods such as the six visual elemnts of color, line, shape, texture, tone, and volume. It also goes in depth about varous techniques like size various, variety, visual effects, and unity that can help with accomplishing visual balance to any design.
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    This site is from an art teacher's perspective. Scroll half way down the page until you get to the balance section where there are very pretty, helpful example of balance.
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    D4 HW1- I like this website because it shows how different types of elements can give different visual weights to the page. This is covered in the textbook, but this website is able to show it in color also.
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    This website gives you the idea of composition and design principles that helps you understand the effect repetition in a design. There are several ways to use repetition in a design. Repetition gives motion so it can be used in all designs that have visual element.
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    This website was very informative and gave many examples demonstrating how to incorporate visual elements within page design. It also defines and describes design principles, many of which match up with the principles listed in Chapter 1 of our book on pages 12 and 13.
Paul Angichiodo

Visual Movement - Flow in Web Design | Codrops - 0 views

    • Daniel Throckmorton
       
      This is actually the best analogy for flow that I've seen.
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  • the image of Andrea is facing left guiding the eye to the large, colorful title
    • Daniel Throckmorton
       
      This follows the reverse 'S' pattern that the book was talking about.
  • create a triangle
  • large orange circle grabs your eye as soon as you load the site
  • upper left to the lower right
  • little hidden arrows
  • shape, type and cold contrast to guide you where you need to go
  • blatant pointers
  • guide your users on a path through the site.
  • Lines, shapes, color, depth and hierarchy can all be used to guide the viewer from one point to the next
    • Alex Portela
       
      This site has great visual ad examples to show and demonstrate coordination of color and shapes that help the flow of design deliver easy to read messages. Color and lines are exemplary here.
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    The examples in this website provide real-life example, and include a designers explanation below the advertisement/image.
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    I found this web page to be very resourceful. I'm always looking for visual examples and this website had all great examples using real life web pages. It points out exactly what is "flowing" in the design. It gave me great ideas on how to use flow with images and even shapes.
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    This is my favorite of the websites that helped supplement my understanding because it not only explains flow and visual movement but shows examples and each aspect of the example that demonstrates flow. This helps me see exactly how flow can be used, and in all types of different ways.
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    I bookmarked this website because it really supplemented some of the techniques described in Basics of Design. This website shows great examples of how to manipulate viewers path. The advertisements near the bottom of the page show how to create a visual path for someone with out using a human body.
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    This article is about visual flow in web design. It acknowledges the differences between flow on the web and flow on fine art. The article provides numerous examples of how visual flow is used on the web.
Heather Krieger

D#1, HW#13-Design Website-Architectural Design - 0 views

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    D#1, HW#13 I really enjoyed this website for a couple different reasons. First of all, the design process is similar to that in the book, but yet it has a different approach because it is for an architectural piece, instead of a web site or banner for example. I also enjoyed it because it is not only a list of the concepts for the designer process, but it is also the steps that this particular architectural design teams uses and wants to share with their customers. This shows those customers that they have a structured plan and as a customer you can know where you are in the time line of your design and build process. Although the design process is not exactly the same as the book, it uses the same concepts from beginning with a blank page and sketching out ideas, to ending with details helping to make the project personal to the audience.
Nicole Schmitter

Repetition- Design Meltdown § Repetition - 0 views

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    This website explains the many routes that repetition can take in design. There are so many ways that a designer can place repetition but the overall concept is to make it in a way that it will look organized and strong. This will appeal to the audience and make it so they will continue to read it.
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    Gives a good description of repetition and shows samples of different ways to use repetition
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    This web page does a good job discussing repetition and giving some examples. The site gives a couple of examples and goes into detail as to why those examples are shown, obvious repetition and no so obvious are discussed.
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    I really like this article because it gives great examples of how to use repetition in web design. 
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    Repetition can be used with the color, shape, line, fonts, imagery or style as this site states.
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    Repetition can come in many shapes and forms. They can come in color, lines, fonts and imagery. This website shows you through several examples of how to fit repetition into your own designs.
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    Here is an article about repetition in web design. This article utilizes screenshots of various web pages and analyzes how repetition was used and what effects it has on the overall feel of each page.
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    Repetition focuses on how elements of a design are used more than once throughout a design in varying ways. By using repetition a design becomes far more unified. This site contains 4 examples of sites that use repetition.
Franz Ferguson

DD#7HW#1Print - The 75 Books Every Man Should Read - Esquire - 0 views

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    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. 
Brooke Iggie

Composition and harmony 101 | snap2objects - 0 views

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    DD7 HW1 This website has powerful (and beautiful) examples about flow. The author breaks the root of the movement in to subtopics like lines, shapes, color and tone so that you can really see what is happening.
Raquel Cortez

Part I: Elements of Design D3, Hw#1 - 0 views

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    This website give some good information on value, color, shapes, lines, and dimension when creating contrast. It also explains the importance of choosing the right contrasting colors and how to creating a mood or feeling in your design.
robby reiter

D# 5 HW# 1 Principles of Design Visual Examples [Lessons on the Principles of Design] - 0 views

    • robby reiter
       
      Good analogy on alignment and some good composite text ideas.
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    This website is an explanation balance with illustrations and text. It also incorporates the six principles of designs. This helps me relate past chapters of "Basic of Design" with the concept of balance.    
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    I like this page on design principals. It hits on a little bit of everything and shares some good insight on alignment. Imagine if everyone ignored the parking lines in a parking lot. The same thing comes from not using some sort of alignment grid on your design page.
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