Week 02 2D

Resources of information

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whywomencryconference.com

☻  Books
☻  Magazines and journals
☻  DVDs and Videos
☻  TV
☻  Electronic resources such as e-books, e-journals, online databases
☻  Websites
☻  Art galleries and Museums
☻  Newspapers

             It was said in a research “Do not stop with a single reference, search also for newer and alternate sources”. I found this while doing research in class and this is an important point!  I believe that many people use websites searching for information most of the time. Personally, I admit that I usually use websites to get information because I find it the easiest and fastest way to get to the information. Websites can lead me to the other types of resources like interesting books, useful journals and videos or even upcoming events. Also, information found on the internet is often more current than what is published. From these reasons I usually prefer to use websites as a guide to reach the information and different types of resources then get more background information or do more research from journals, books, etc. which are good references.

 PRACTICAL – Design Choices 

40 mins – Create a background design for your blog

• Use any tools you wish

• Put the results and a paragraph of description in blog

• Address these 3 points of difference in both designs

Shape - Rectangular

Media - Photo taken with an iPhone, filtered with Instagram application and edited with Photoshop

Style - Fireworks

The photo on the left is the original photo that I took with my iPhone when I went to Mindil beach a month ago. It's the photo of fireworks on the opening day of Mindil beach market. I added a filter through Instagram app so it looks a bit purple as you can see. Then I adjusted brightness, contrast and the image size with Photoshop and the result is the image on the right. 

Useful websites for design works!!

These are some useful websites for anyone who is looking for design resources or inspiration.

http://designmodo.com/design-freebies/
40+ useful resources for design freebies...

This site collects more than 40 sites for graphic designers who are looking for the resources like PSD Files, Photoshop Brushes, icons, vectors and textures. There are more than thousands of them available and it’s for free!!

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http://www.smashingapps.com/
This site provides many different kinds of free online resources such as PSD logo templates, HD widescreen wallpapers, fabric textures, leaf logo design for inspiration, graffiti fonts, icon sets, Photoshop brushes and many more!

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http://designinstruct.com/

Design Instruct is a regularly updated web magazine for designers and digital artists where you can find and learn design tips and tricks.

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http://www.freedesign4.me/

This is another site of free resources for designers. Here you can get high quality vectors, icons, fonts, patterns and 3D models.

10 Best free graphic design programs (software downloads)

          This video informs about 10 useful graphic design programs. It is explained what each program is for, how it looks and works. This is very helpful and informative!

“These are 10 useful graphic design programs that are free to download use. They are high quality and capable of producing a professional results. You can also find download link by simply search the name of the program with Google, followed by the word ‘download’.”

References

http://people.ucalgary.ca/~design/engg251/First%20Year%20Files/ideas_info.pdf

http://lis.tees.ac.uk/factsheets/fs56.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC32E1we-as&feature=related