Sampletext_2012

To create my sample text i used a text box to start out with and typed my name in Elephant font, then I added different colors to each letter of my name. After that I went to the text bar and went to the convert to paths option to change the shape of my font. I made all the letters look like one theme so my name doesn't look unprofessional.

Cornucopia_2012

• To start my cornucopia I started with smaller circles and made them larger and put a circle that is a little bit smaller than the largest circle inside the largest circle to make the cornucopia look hollow. Then I started on my fruit and vegetables. 

• First I started with corn, to make the corn I made small circles and copied a bunch of them then grouped them together to make look like corn kernels, after this i make two large green ovals to look like leaves and used the scale tool to turn the leaves to fit the corn.  

• Next I made the grapes, I did the same process as the corn except changed the color of them, grouped them like grapes, and added an ellipse gradient to make the grapes look shiny. 

• For my flowers I made a circle and made it have a brown color like a sun flower has and I made a small oval to make a petal and made copies of that petal and used the scale tool to rotate each petal around the circle to make a flower. I then grouped all of the pedals and the circle together so the flower becomes one whole figure and i made copies of the whole flower and used the scale tool to make different sizes of the flower.

• To make a carrot I made an oval and used the sub-select tool to stretch the bottom of the carrot to make a point. I then made 3 small ovals and gave them a green  color to make them look like leaves.

• I made an apple by making a circle and added an oval for a leaf and made the apple red and the leaf green.I did the same for my orange except added a fold gradient and changed the color of the orange to green.

• For the eggplant I made two ovals but one oval is bigger and wider than the other to make the bottom, I put the small oval on top of the big oval and took the stroke off the ovals to make it look like one object. 

• The leaf I made was a picture used from the internet, I copied the image and put the image on a new canvas and traced the leaf and filled it with with a red and orange color to make it look like Autumn leaves.  

•  My pumpkins and squash are all the same shapes, I started with 5 circles and arranged them so that they look like pieces of a pumpkin or squash. I put a black steam on one pumpkin and squash and put a green steam on one of my pumpkins.

•  I made my potato by making a brown oval and put a parchment texture.

  

Nameplates

 

     For my basic nameplate I had a 300x200 pixel canvas with a 200 pixel/inch resolution. I added a green box to cover the canvas and added my name in blue text. I then skewed my name to make the letters get bigger as you look at each letter. Then I added a drop shadow to make the name appear below my original name. I also used an Elephant font.

         For my midlevel nameplate I used a 300x200 pixel canvas with a 200 pixel/inch resolution. I put a blue box over the canvas to make the blue background. I changed the font to Berlin Sans FB Demi and changed the font color to a bright green. The I went to the Fill Category to change the fill to a Satin Fill. I also changed the text Blend Mode to Dissolve to make the text have a dissolving feature around my name.

         For my professional nameplate I made the graphic so it looked as if my name was splashing into water. I used a 300x200 pixel canvas with a 200 pixel/inch resolution, and covered the canvas with a light blue box to make it look like water. I then put my name in Algerian text with an Orange font. I then added a fluid splash and changed that color to a brighter light blue. Then I added a drop shadow to make my name seem like the sun is shinning over it to make a shadow into the water.

Optimizing and Exporting Graphics

         To optimize a graphic in Adobe Firefox you would need to the Optimize and Align bar to change the quality of the graphic. You can change the image into a 4-up to make four different images of the graphic. You can change the saved setting to multiple GIF's, or choose between two JPEG's. You can then change the quality of an graphic to make the graphic have a better color quality. To export a graphic you can save the graphic to the public drive and change the file type to either GIF or JPEG depending on what you choose for your file settings. Then you can go to your blogger account and click on the Insert Image icon and select choose file and then find your image and add it to your blog.

Art Terminology Definitions

Hue: A gradation or variety of a color. The name of any color as found in its pure state in the spectrum or rainbow, that aspect of any color. Red, green,blue,yellow and orange are examples of different hues. The different hues have different wave length in the spectrum.

Chroma: The attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present. Among colors other than those in the black-white scale, the specific combination of a color's hue, intensity, and saturation; or the degree of a color's vividness.

Tint: Any of various light or darker shades of color. A soft and light color one to which white has been added. For example white added to green makes a lighter green tint. Tint can also refer to the name of whatever hue is dominant in a color. Something is tinted when color is added to it.

Tone: Color quality proper; also called hue. Also a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade. The particular shade of a color; in printing terminology. Tone is opposed to like, it refers to non-linear techniques.

Shade: A darker or lighter color compared to the original color. For example if you have a blue color and add white to the color you could come up with a lighter blue. If you add black you get a darker shade of blue.

Complementary Colors:  Colors that are directly across from each other on a color wheel. Such as red and green or blue and orange or yellow and purple. 

Analogous Colors: Closely related hues, especially those in which we can see a common hue.

Contrasting Colors: A principle of art, contrast refers to the arrangement of opposite elements such as light vs. dark colors or rough vs. smooth, this is to create visual interest.

Texture: The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.

Graphic Design Principles: There are six parts of the Graphic Design Principles. Balanced, Proximity, Alignment, Repetition/Consistency,Contrast, White Space.

Balance: An art and design principle concerned with the arrangement of one or more elements i a work of art so that the appear symmetrical or unsymmetrical in design and proportion.

Symmetry: Is when one shape becomes exactly like another if you flip, slide, or turn it.


Recourses: 

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Hue?s=t
• http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chroma
•  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tint
• http://www.brainyquote.com/words/to/tone230913.html
• http://www.workwithcolor.com/color-properties-definitions-0101.html
• http://budgetdecorating.about.com/od/homedecoratingtermsad/g/Complementary.html
• http://www.arttowngifts.com/Analogous-Colors-Definition-s/762.html
• http://www.cfisd.net/dept2/curricu/elart/Glossary.htm
• http://arthistory.about.com/cs/glossaries/g/c_contrast.htm 
• http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/texture
• http://www.design-lib.com/graphic-design-principles-gd.php
• http://www.artincanada.com/arttalk/arttermsanddefinitions.html

 

Graphic Format

 

PNG: The PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics format. It was created as a free replacement for the GIF. The PNG can handle from 1 to 48 bit images and the format of it is well-compressed like a GIF. To create a PNG file go to your files and save to a PNG file.

GIF: The Graphics Interchange Format also called the GIF is an efficient, and still popular picture format. There are two types of the GIF, they are the older 87 and the new 89a the newer 89a has more features such as transparency and animation. The GIF uses less CPU time. GIF only can have 256 colours or 256 shades of grey. This format is no use for professional imaging because of the limited colours and shades.

JPG/JPEG: The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) can be the most efficient storage method. 

The objective of the JPEG is to compress all of its data together then throw some of it away, this process is called "lossy compression". If you have a picture then the picture is 100% of what you want, after going through the "lossy compression" the picture gets to a more compressed stage so the picture looks kind of shrunken.

TIFF: The "Tag Image File Format" was a unwieldy, 24 bit format until later when the version 6 came out. TIFF is a very popular professional graphics format. The compression may or may not be compatible with other programs on different computers which can reduce the bonus.





Resourses: http://www.dansdata.com/graphics.htm