What is graphic design?
Don't give up
You get out what you put in
Work harder
Make it happen
Try something new
Be good. Be better.
Simple but effective
You can never do too much
Be confident because you are good
Stand out from the competition
Time is precious
Get thinking.
What. Why. When. Where.
PROCESSES
Digital type, created on photoshop/ illustrator/ indesign - printed digitally or screen printed
Hand rendered, scanned and perfected - printed digitally or screen printed
Digital type, created on photoshop/ illustrator/ indesign - laser cut
Hand rendered on to a surface and photographed - digitally printed
Digital type - printed and over laid with flock, foil or varnish
Digital type with pantone spot colours - printed digitally
Printed onto a variety of stocks with different weights and colour paper
TUTORIALS
1 Type based tutorial a day for the next two weeks or 1 Hand drawn type a day
FINISHED PRODUCTS
Printed and bound book
Screen printed tote bag, t-shirt and posters
Digitally printed postcards, greeting cards and stickers
DESIGN BOARDS
I've decided to make design direction boards with this information on to show at the group tutorials, as I've always found these helpful to make me understand my idea, and to make it easier for others to see what I'm doing to give me feedback.
Problem
Graphic design students need relevant graphic design advice from those who have been in their position. This advice needs to be presented in a memorable way and needs to look good, as designers learn visually
