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. 

Figure-Ground Contintued + Frames

Currently Reading: Chapter 20 of Language of Graphic Design

So this study session was a bit shorter than yesterday’s.  It was basically mostly finishing reading the rest of the supplemental articles. Also today’s chapter was on frames and it was basically straightforward and short. I’m almost done with the book and then I’m going to take in a video lecture on the elements of design and then review my notes (there are not many because I was postponed until now). 

I’m going to end up typing them up into google docs as a review.  And then I’m going to take a self-test.  I will diffidentally tell you guys what I get on that test.  Then I plan to move on to color theory which I am really looking forward to.

I also want a book on visual communication as well. So I’m going to look that up as well. I like learning more in depth into graphic design. There are so many nuisances and details that go into design. Like frames, and space. It’s so fascinating.  I’m still chopping at the bit to get my hands dirty, but I have to wait The theory is just as important as the practical stuff. I just got so many ideas.  *le sigh*

Closure Is The Name Of The Game

Correction from the last post:  The last chapter was chapter 14 of The Language of Graphic Design. The current chapter was Chapter 15.

Okay, so this chapter was much more easier to understand than the last chapter. I really didn't need any supplemental items like videos or tutorials. This chapter was about concept of closure in graphic design and that we as humans tend to visual close things in our mind, and that a closed object instinctively brings harmony to most compositions.

The chapter also talked briefly about the gestalt theory, which I actually already read the basics of that theory on this, which was a very helpful primer on the subject on how we as humans perceive images and art.

 In more personal news, I was very late in studying today. I didn't get a good night sleep and was like a zombie for most of the day. So this is the reason why I'm posting this so late. Although, I am glad to be even a bit productive today.

I am also currently looking into cloud note taking apps, because I suddenly realized that I haven't been actively taking notes, and I want to test myself at the end of the book (which I'm a quarter from  being done with).

Oh, on another random note, I'm following a self-study outline that I found on design tuts.com. So I have a lot to go still. I'm thinking it's going to take me a year to go through it all.