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
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.
Exploring Photoshop
Building confidence with Photoshop
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.
Emigre and halftones: exploring Photoshop
Creative Images – Photoshop
Creative Images in Photoshop
Creative Images through Layer Masking
Diving deeper into the world of photoshop
Formatting text (InDesign)
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Design 1 idea for a two-page A5 flyer for the podcast ‘Rethink Fairness’.
InDesign Flyer Formatting for ‘Rethink Fairness’
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’.
Exploring InDesign Tables
Making Tables in InDesign – Going ON the Grid
Working with InDesign Tables
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.
Vector Graphics for ‘Homegoing’
Homegoing Banner
Creating letter logos (Illustrator)
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Design 3 different logos using your initials.
Discovering the pencil and pathfinder tools on Illustrator
Developing a Brand Logo
Typographic animations (After Effects)
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Design 3 different animations to promote the Typography & Graphic Communication course at Reading.
Liquid Letters – AfterEffects
Podcast cover (Photoshop)
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Design ideas for a podcast cover for Typography & Graphic Communication.
Dear, Typography
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