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Fall 2008 - MW 12:00-1:50 pm
A450 HFAC

  Instructor: Brent Barson
brent_barson at byu.edu
Office: C502E HFAC
Office Hours (by appointment, please): MW 11am-12pm
 

 

Syllabus [download](updated 11/11/2008)
Project Grading Standards

- Photoshop CS3 keyboard shortcuts
- Illustrator CS3 keyboard shortcuts

- InDesign CS3 Keyboard shortcuts

Type Resources
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Recommended Typefaces
(.pdf)
www.fontpool.com (exhaustive visual type reference)
Adobe Type Glossary

Web Design Resources
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The 10 usability heuristics
Ideologies of Web Design
Fitts' Law
What Would Wal-Mart Do?
UI Design

 

 

 

Class Materials

9/03/2008
- Assignment #1 - Email me the info

9/08/2008
- Creative Brief description
- Project #1
- Event Poster

9/10/2008
- Assignment #2 (pattern card) description

9/15/2008
- Fill Pattern Video Tutorial
by Brent
- Pen tool tutorial by Vectortuts

9/22/2008
- Design Basics

9/24/2008
- Replicate this!

9/29/2008
- Vector vs. Raster Smackdown

10/8/2008
- Assignment #3 (Self Portrait) Description
- Self Portrait Gallery

10/20/2008
- Final CD Project Photographers List

10/22/2008
- Final CD Project Description
- Assignment #4 (web page design)
- 20 sites for learning Illustrator

10/27/2008
- High-class art example
- This is totally my house

10/29/2008
- Replicate This! (psd)

11/3/2008
- Replicate This! (Psd Edition)
- Replicate This! (Psd) Source
- Making things look tiny

11/5/2008
- Past student CDs

11/17/2008
- Past student Newsletters

11/19/2008
- Assignment #5 (Newsletter) Description