8-2 and HW Exersises continued..

Homework 10

How can color help increase the illusion of depth?
1) Color that gradate subtly from light to dark creates an illusion of depth. It hard to do when you have two colors that simply do not resonate with each other.

How can designers utilize color for emphasis?
2) Contrasting colors tend to stick out more

Why do human beings respond emotionally to color?
3) Because color means things to people. When we think of horror movies we think of colors like black and red. If we think of something exciting, we tend to think of bright vibrant colors like orange and yellow.

What are your favorite colors and what emotions do you associate with them?
4) My favorite color is blue. It's hard to say why. I just think blue looks cool on anything because it's such a stand out color. I usually associate blue with peacefulness and clarity.

Why is symbolic color always culturally specific?
5) There tends to be a meaning behind them.

Homework 11
1. How might professional graphic designers establish project criteria differently than students?
Graphic designers know just how to approach something and how easily/hard it will be. They base there approx time spent on the project from that whereas most students have no idea what a realistic time table would be to get a professional looking result.

2. Discuss how subject matter, topic, content and meaning are inter-related.
The subject matter will setup the theme of your project. Topic is the specificity of your project. Content is even more specific about what's being put on your project. The meaning ties into what the theme is and they are all related to each other because you can't have one without the other.

3. What is the purpose of a critique?
Critique helps you get valuable feedback from other students that are going through the same process you are. It's important to use a critique to make improvements on your project.

4. What's the best way to prepare for a critique? How can you contribute to a positive critique session?
Just take all criticism as constructive. Don't take anything personal and just try to see something from someone elses perspective. It will help you reach out to different boundaries. I usually try to be as reasonable as possible when I'm critiquing.

5. Compare and contrast subjective and objective criticism.
A subjective criticism is for a personal evaluation, how the people see it. An objective criticism is based more towards meeting goals or the elements of design.

6. Describe a self-assignment that you might want to do between semesters.
I want to create my own portfolio online for other people to see my work.