TY1SK1: Part 1
Design skills

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These blog posts are students’ reflections about their design ideas, how the online tutorials helped skill development, and how research and sources of inspiration helped idea generation.

Cutting out images (Photoshop)

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Design alternative images for your Typographic podcast, or a topic of your choice. Cut out at least 3 images that demonstrate a change from the original.

Photoshop Task- Cutting out images. Spring Term

HannahFerguson

Editing images (Photoshop)

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Design alternative images for your Typographic podcast, or a topic of your choice. Create at least 3 images that demonstrate a change from the original.

Developing Basic Skills in Photoshop

KaijaHunter

Building confidence with Photoshop

Richard Andre

Creative images (Photoshop)

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Design alternative images for your Typographic podcast, or a topic of your choice. Create at least 3 images that demonstrate a change from the original.

Exploring Filters and the Brush Tool in Photoshop

Naomi Yu

Creative Images on Photoshop task – TY1SK

Adam Powell

Creative Images through Layer Masking

Hanorah Murphy

Learning new techniques in Photoshop

EmilyMair

Photoshop task-Creative images

KayleeHuang

Getting creative with Photoshop

Megan Hancox

Warping reality with photoshop

Petra Easton

Diving deeper into the world of photoshop

Yasmin Clark

Exploring The Creation of Surrealism Through Photoshop

JannahHolder

Formatting text (InDesign)

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Design 1 idea for a two-page A5 flyer for the podcast ‘Rethink Fairness’.

formatting a flyer in indesign

AmeliaWebster

Formatting tabular text (InDesign)

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Design 2 ideas for a one-page A4 timetable for the podcast ‘Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams’.

Formatting effective layouts (InDesign)

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Design 2 double-page A4 magazine spreads for an article on ‘Rule Breakers: Ten novels that broke the mould’.

Drawing vector objects (Illustrator)

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Design an illustration that will be used as a social media banner to accompany a podcast for ‘Homegoing’ by Yaa Gyasi. The book cover can be found here: 7 novels by women that deserve your attention.

Creating letter logos (Illustrator)

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Design 3 different logos using your initials.

Typographic animations (After Effects)

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Design 3 different animations to promote the Typography & Graphic Communication course at Reading.

Liquid Letters – AfterEffects

Hannah Smith

Podcast cover (Photoshop)

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Design ideas for a podcast cover for Typography & Graphic Communication.

Podcast postcard (InDesign)

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Design ideas for a postcards to promote a Typography & Graphic Communication podcast.

Podcast sticker (Illustrator)

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Design ideas for stickers to promote a Typography & Graphic Communication

TY1SK1: Part 1 Design skills