hello! my name is Jennifer but you can call me Jenni if you want. I am a college freshman, my major is Multimedia Programming and Design. If i’m going to be very honest, I can’t draw. I’ve never used photoshop or illustrator before but i have used After Effects to edit videos and pictures. During my free time, I love to edit the things that I enjoy, anime, movies or dramas. I’ve been editing since 2016 so it has been a while. I actually should learn how to draw now that I think about it ahah. I excited to see what I will learn from this class, good luck to everyone in this course!
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What is Graphic Design?
What I think a lot of people don’t realize is that the work of a Graphic Designer is not as simple as it seems. It requires a lot of thought and patience. As the video said, designers would have to go back and forth on a certain design. When it comes to making the designs, it can’t just look aesthetically pleasing, it has to make sense to the target audience. What would be the point of something that looks nice but has no meaning to it? Design is found everywhere, it is apart of someone’s everyday life. It is found at your supermarket, phones, applications, even train stations.
EX01B Hierarchy/Emphasis
EX01A UNITY/VARIETY
What a Graphic Designer Does
In my personal experience, I find the typography part of the designing pretty difficult. The color, the size and the type of font being used can easily change the entire aesthetic of the over all projects. Even on things simple like a PowerPoint, you can’t slap on a random font and expect it to look aesthetically pleasing. The design of the font has to match the aesthetic of the theme. An example could be: you’re making a minimalistic design, if you suddenly use a bright color, big, funky text, it’ll defeat the purpose of the project being a minimalistic design.
I agree with what was said on 2:15, you have to think about all the possibilities when it comes to typography. From color, size, style, to how it would blend with certain things. This is why it makes typography tedious in a way, it’s a part of the process where you might find yourself thinking for much longer than you thought you would. Interesting but tedious.
The question I have after watching the video is how do graphic designers avoid getting stuck into the endless possibility of ideas for a design?
