Take a series of photographs, each photograph must focus on one of the following: Pattern Symmetry Texture Depth of field Lines Framing Perspective Space Balance Colour

So the assignment this week was about studio lighting. I must say I hope that we don't spend too much more time in the world of photography, because I personally regard it as the most boring artform and not an integral part of my career as a graphic designer. Also I have been sick with... Fortsett lesing →

So for this weeks learning activity, we were tasked with creating five pages for a website. The site was supposed to promote our own hometown, and had to have a strategy behind it. Here is the brief: Design a 5-page website or blog to promote your hometown (or any other place if you so choose).... Fortsett lesing →

So the learning activity this week was short and sweet. That fit me well, because I had a lot to do this week. I had originally planned to make the different designs in Illustrator, but I chose to try out Adobe Xd for this assignment. It was a nice software with a lot of neat... Fortsett lesing →

Our next destination on our graphic design journey is web design. This is a huge field and contains a lot of different techniques, styles and knowledge. I studied html and css in high school, where we designed our own website. So it is not completely new territory to me, but I must honestly say I... Fortsett lesing →

With the start of a new semester I figured I would upload my semester project and portfolio I created for my first Graphic design semester. I was'nt content with the grade I got for my semester project, but as I still believe it was a good design, I wanted to show it of to anyone... Fortsett lesing →

I felt it was time to upload our third mandatory assignment on this blog. In this assignment, we were supposed to create a recipe booklet for a customer, the Norwegian Information Office for Eggs and Meat. Using what we have learned about layout, we were told to create a booklet that showed the joys of... Fortsett lesing →

This weeks assigment was about the different printing settings, styles and how to prepare files for print. First we were told to make our own print checklist that we could use when preparing a file for actual printing. Here is my checklist: Check document sizeCheck resolution (dpi)Check for any overset textCheck that the colors are... Fortsett lesing →

So for the past two weeks, we have learned about layout. I have worked a lot with layout and magazine layout so it was nice to revisit some ideas and tips. Layout is extremely important when it comes to designing magazines, newspapers, websites, brochures and even apps. Much of the trick in layout-design has to... Fortsett lesing →

This week we have been focusing on camera basics, and how to use our camera. I visited some of my classmates' reflective journals and I was surprised to see that so many of them had such expensive and advanced cameras. Personally, I don't enjoy photography as much as I enjoy many of the other aspects... Fortsett lesing →