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A fun personal project I started a few months back to practice some lettering. Right now it’s on hold due to school, but I’m hoping to write all the names of my Facebook friends by the end of summer.
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Graphic Artist’s Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines is another great book to add to any designer’s arsenal.
It’s an extremely helpful guide to manoeuvring through the business aspects of the creative field and answers common questions such as, “How should I price my work?”, “What’s the deal with copyright?”, and the dreaded “How do I make a contract?” (contract templates are included in the the book).
I really wish this was part of every art school’s syllabus because it’s just that useful. At least I know what to get all my designer and illustrator friends for Christmas this year.
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A little exercise to challenge myself to try different type styles. Suggestions for other words are welcome!
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Here is the graphic design activity book I was talking about earlier.
I had the privilege of collaborating with a handful of other very talented classmates to design and build this 20-page book for our final project and it ended up looking incredible! It was so enjoyable to do, mostly because my group worked extremely well together and were all pumped about the project.
The idea was to create an activity book for those just getting into graphic design. As you go through the book, you get to learn about the elements of design through the different activities we created.
We invented a mascot named Steve (he’s the dude with the glasses) who is also learning to become a designer and is present in every page.
There are lots of fun aspects of the book, including a pair of glasses you can wear and design yourself, a fully-functional colour wheel created by Raina, as well as a certificate done by Brandon congratulating you on finishing the book.
There’s even a “Graphic Design Pledge” you have to recite once you’re done, which goes like this:
I am a graphic designer, see me kern! I will only use legible fonts. I will know the right time to use serif and sans-serif fonts. I will respect the difference between a font and a typeface. I will understand that there are many colours in the world, and with that understanding, I promise to pantone each and every one of them to my best ability. I will use negative space and never fear white space.
Good design is a privilege, not a right, therefore I will never under charge and I will stand by my compositions proudly. For as long as I design, I will never forget my mission and goal as a graphic designer to improve the world visually for the benefit of mankind. Finally, I shall never stop trying. If I can think it, I can do it!
Muchos gracias to my teammates Ali, Erin, Zachary, Brandon, Raina, Caleb, and Jimmy. it was a blast working with you guys!
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Welcome to another edition of What Did Design School Make Me Do This Time?! where we take a peek at some of the shenanigans Hazel gets up to inside that place that resembles a pixellated cow on stilts.
In this episode, we have a cynical hole puncher, a hand created to look like a lowercase N, a design about design, and a dissected computer.
Well, that’s it for today! See you in the next episode of What Did Design School Make Me Do This Time?! Cue applause.
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One of the projects I’m working on at the moment is a graphic design activity book, which I’m doing with a few other classmates. While brainstorming, one of them shared the super cute Hyperactivitypography book.
From the same creators comes the History of Graphic Design for Rainy Days, a story and activity book made by Studio 3 and published late last year.
The story starts with a young boy asking his grandfather what graphic design is and leads to a great adventure back in time where they explore the mediums, art movements, and people that shaped the history of graphic design. I love the minimal use of colour and the kid-friendly graphics. It makes me wish that I designed it!
