Hey all,
I hope you had a good weekend, mine wasn’t nearly long enough, but oh well. Today we are going to move past structure (cue the trumpets) and work on design. It should be a good time. Here is the agenda:
- Review: Wireframes
- Introduction to design comps
- Selecting a color palette
- Selecting typefaces
- Introduction graphic design tools
- Begin Module 6, building comp elements
Resources
Here is the PowerPoint: deisgn_comps
PSD programs
- Photoshop ($169, too much in my personal opinion), pay by the month, free trial
- GIMP- free
- Pixelmator – Mac ($15, I use this), some compatibility issues
Color Palette
- Colorotate
- Kuler
- Pictaculous (from photos)
PSD Files
Fonts on the Web
Homework
- Complete Module 6
- Polish on your design docs (no need to resubmit on course pages)
- Read: About Prototyping
- Read: Paper Prototyping
- Chose a graphic design product
- Find some tutorials on your product and practice
- Bring copies of any photographs you want to use in your layout to class
- Come to class prepared to do more graphic design work