The Power of Color

Currently Reading: Graphic Design Principals Parts 5-10 and Visual Communication pg11-20

So yeah, today was all about color. I learned about the three ways to perceive colors.  Objective, Comparative, and Subjective. I also learned about how colors of the same hue interact with each other, and is perceived as well.  And how color can change the weight of an object in a composition. Going through this book is going to be slow going. The chapters are huge, and I will be happy to finish a chapter a week.  Anway, that's all for now.

Colors and illusions

Currently Reading: Graphic Design Principals and Visual Communication: Images With Messages Chapter 1 pg1-7.

So back to the studying. I missed studying friday, because I got too rapt up in photoshop and didn't stop making stuff until Sunday.  Now, I'm back to the theory. My two books Visual Communication and the typography work book came in on Friday. I just started but, I'm so happy that I am able to highlight and annoate in my own text books.  I couldn't with the design elements book so this is a happy change.

I'm going to look if there is a open course for Visual Communication.  I'm also really happy to review design principles because I needed it. This tutorial is long, but it breaks in down in simpler terms for me and I wish I found this site first, to be honest. I really like this book, it's pretty straightforward and it going more indepth into how perceieve things and about visual illusions work. The real visual communication lessons won't come until the next chapter though. This is going to be slow going, but I'm willing to do it.

I'm also going to put sometime going through photoshop tutorials at least once a week to keep up my skills and build up my portfolio. 

Balance (On Repeat)

Currently Reading: Graphic Design Principles Index Parts 3-5

So yeah, a lot of this is just a repeat of what I just read, but I don't mind the review. I might start practicing tutorials 3 times a week to add the theory. My books still haven't showed up, but I'm willing to review and expand my knowledge on the principels. I also got this study session out and done early. So yay!

On To Design Principles

Currently Reading: Chapter 26 & 27 of Language of Graphic Design | Graphic Design Principles Index

So I'm done with LoGD, and now on to Design Principles. I decided to postpone my typography lessons and the grid chapter was uber short.  Unfortntely now there ere is just one small problem, I can't find a good book that doesn't cost a fortune. I'm still waiting for my thrifty books  purchase because I really want to get a good crack at Visual Communications. So instead right now I'm using the graphic design principles tutorial from Duke University, which is a good susbitute right now.

As why there are gaps in my study days, well, I have barely have energy to actually do my household chores, I just fall alseep after five hours of being up. Getting up athe butt crack of dawn has put a huge crimp in my energy reserves.

Patterns and The Beginning Of Typography

Currently Reading: Chapter 24 and half of 25 of Language of Graphic Design.

Hey I'm back! I had to skip out on Friday because I was feeling under the weather. I'm just currently getting back up to speed with my studying. The pattern chapter was very short, but the typography chapter was WAY over my head. I'm thinking of just skipping it and go back further indepth in the subject later.

So a friend of mine, on a form I frequent told me it was hard to get into the industry without a bachelor's degree, but I already know what field I want to specialize and I'm pretty sure that self-published authors give a sodding hell about degree, and more what's in your portfolio. I plan to be like gingerhaze and get fandom to propel myself to success. Moma didn't raise no chump after all. I'm bound and determined to get into this industry and I rather be working freelance anyway/

Images and A Peak Into The Future

Currently Reading: Chapter 22 of Language of Graphic Design

So very short chapter. I am continued to be surprised how complicated seemingly simple concepts such as images are not as simple as I thought. My notes from yesterday didn't save correctly, but they are now gone, which sucks.  I was way too tired tonight, but I managed to drag my ass to studying. My visual communication book just shipped, so I should get it soon.  In the meantime, I'm going to finish this book, and then I'm going into Universal Design Principals.

Now, I took a peek at The Complete Graphic Designer, and it showed me the design process and WOW. Of course, it's for people who are working for a firm, but I want to be a freelance designer so it's going to be a lot of work. I got some experience (but not a lot from working with big bang challenges).

It's totally in my alley, tbh. However, it's scary. It feels like driving fast on a road,  like you know it's going to be fun as hell, but scary too. I'm so glad that I finally nailed my ass down and started really taking studying seriously.

I think my blogging and this is the best career decision I made. It just feels like a click in my head. Anyway, one more day until the weekend, and I think I will finish this book this week. So double break!

Although I have the long painful process of revising and reviewing. *le sigh*

Late Nights is the New Proportion

Currently Reading: Chapter 21 of Language of Graphic Design

I been getting up really early, because my mom is working later than usual. So it's been cutting down my time. Seriously by 3 o'clock I need to sleep. So that's why I'm up this late. It was a pretty short chapter, and I learned about Proportion and Scale. I had a hard time with The Golden Ratio, because I'm suck at math. However, I get the general gist of it and I checked out an article for as well which I will link below.

I also bought two books, Visual Communication: Images with Messages and the Typography Workbook on Thrifty Books.  I want to learn how communicate a message efficiently and I need to read that. I think next while I'm reading for those two books to come in, I will be reading up on Color Theory or Design Principals.

I think Design Principals before Color Theory. *lesigh*

Supplemental Reading

• Design in Art: Scale and Proportion 
• The designer's guide to the Golden Ratio