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TikTok Detox
TikTok is a popular social media platform in today’s age. Younger generations love recording themselves doing popular dances, watching their favorite people, or just mindlessly scrolling through their “For You Page”. Ever wonder why we scroll for what feels like maybe ten minutes, but you realize it has been over an hour? All social media platforms…
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Showcasing Your Work
Link to my Graphic Design Portfolio: https://schiavoneblogscom.wordpress.com/portfolio-3/(opens in a new tab) Now that I’ve came to the end of my visual design course, I have some work I’m proud of that I can showoff. Prior to taking this course, I only had minimal experience in graphic design. I took one class my freshman year during…
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Putting All the Elements Together
Composition is all about putting the elements together and is key to creating successful layouts. Using a grid will help boost your confidence going forward when you start to design. The empty space isn’t there anymore, so it seems easier going about it. Designers should learn how to balance the different weights each individual elements…
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Designing for Various Layouts
So, you’ve gathered all your visual elements. But what’s the next step? Now it’s all about combining them on different layouts! It is important as a designer to understand that white space is your friend and can be super powerful in your work. It is also essential to know how to format and structure different…
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It’s All About Image
Images are the core components when it comes to graphic design whether it be photos, illustrations, or digital artwork. Knowing the best photography methods or using illustration effectively within your designs can help tell a compelling story or simply add an element of warmth to your piece. Photography in Design Understanding the role and impact…
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Storytelling is the Key
We are in this new digital era of marketing and advertising and along with it, comes change. Once upon a time, advertising used to be all about hard selling, essentially here is a product and you should buy it for these reasons, but this isn’t the most effective key anymore, specifically within this digital world…
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The Psychology of Color in Branding
Did you ever wonder why advertisers or designers use certain colors in their pieces? Is it all random based off of just the colors schemes they think look good or is there something deeper behind their logic? It’s definitely not by random designers choose their colors. In graphic design, color is the lifeblood, and it…
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Volvo and Varjo Go Virtual Together
This is an exciting new digital age where technology is becoming more advanced than it’s ever been. In recent years, it has become increasingly vital to adapt to these new technologies and implement them into digital strategies. Virtual reality (VR) is just one of these newer technologies that took the world by storm a few…
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All About Typography
Cath Caldwell, author of, “Graphic Design for Everyone” provides the basics of the designing process so that everyone can grasp the concepts and do it themself. She dives into the importance of typography in graphic design, different typeface families, and the emotions that can be conveyed by text. Type describes the characters and letterforms that…
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IKEA Place and their Augmented Reality Application
We are in this new and exciting digital age where technology is constantly changing and evolving. It is important that as these new technologies make their way into different industries, we are jumping on the opportunity to try them out and implement them into our own strategies before they even become a trend. Augmented Reality…
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Understanding Branding: Knowing Your Audience and Your Brand
Cath Caldwell, author of, “Graphic Design for Everyone” provides the basics of the designing process so that everyone can grasp the concepts and do it themself with their own brands. Creating a brand plan can seem like a daunting task initially, but you should take time to plan out elements and gain a full understanding…
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Coca-Cola meets Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is all around us whether we recognize it or not and is constantly improving day by day. This advancing technology has truly made its way into individual industries one by one. This couldn’t be truer as we start to see AI make its presence known in the advertising industry and the way has…
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Module 7: Advanced Motion
Reading & Writing This week, I dove into reading chapter 11 of “Animated Storytelling” by Liz Blazer. Chapter 11: Show & Tell To wrap it up, Blazer talks all about creating, sharing, and networking. It is surely a two-way street. On one hand, we have the ability to share our animated pieces with mass audiences…
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