Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Monday, September 21, 2015
Color Shape Theory Notes
Communicating with
Color
1. What are the primary colors? Red,
yellow, blue
2. What are the secondary colors? Orange,
purple, green
3. What is Hue? Actual color
4. What is Saturation? How much grey is
in something
5. What is Value? How much black or
white is in something
6. What are analogous colors? They go
good together
7. How is color like a salesperson?
8. What are the three basic shapes? Rectangles
circles triangles
9. What does the rectangle mainly
represent? That something matters
10. What does the circle mainly represent? Nice information
11. What does the Triangle mainly represent? Danger, Caution
12. in your own words, how do the shapes and colors come
together to create a feeling?
13. What purpose do lines have in art?
14. What does Size do for an image? Brings attention to
somthing
15. What does Space do for your eye? Helps you to see it
Friday, September 18, 2015
Thursday, September 17, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Typography Notes
An example of a typeface is: Script
An example of a font is: serif
A serif font has _______ where a San
Serif font does not.
Serif fonts are used for: Long
extended text
An
example font is: Times
San serif fonts are used for: Headlines
An
example font is: italics
What questions should you ask when
making a font choice? There are 3
1) who will be reading this
2) what is the purpose
3) and what is the feeling im trying to convey
How many points are in an inch? 1/72
of an inch
How many picas in point? 12
What does 1p2 mean?
Points measure what? Height
Picas measure what? Width
Identify the parts of this image:
An ascender
B descender
C descender
D base line
What is kerning? Is the space between
letters
What is tracking? Space among more
than 2 letters
What is leading space between
sentences.
What are rivers of
white space? Irregular spacing between words
What is the most
legible alignment? 55-75 characters per line
Friday, September 11, 2015
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