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		<title>CSS Zen Camp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
I&#8217;m excited to introduce my CSS Zen Garden. As well as completing this assignment for my university studies, I also intend to port some elements of the design to the Free Trappers website that I work on. Hopefully it suits the pre-1840 era [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illusion of spatial depth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In general, there are two possibilities when designing on a two-dimensional surface: you can keep it flat, or you can create the illusion of three dimensional space or spatial depth. The illusion of spatial depth can be shallow or deep, recessive or projected.
The size and scale of the shapes or objects play an important role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive and negative space</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a successful positive/negative relationship in graphic design, the positive and negative space is interdependent. You are forced to consider the whole space of your design if you consider all space as active forces (Landa 2006). Note how the web pages below use both their positive and negative spaces. You can feel your eye drifting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visual hierarchy and focal points</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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Visual Hierarchy
the arrangement of elements according to importance and emphasis.
The question &#8220;What is the message?&#8221; needs to be answered before knowing which text and graphics should be emphasised.
Things to keep in mind when trying to design a good visual hierarchy&#8230;
In general, people from Western cultures will:

Quickly scan from upper left to bottom right to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rhythm is a dancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhythm Is A Dancer

rhythm
A visual tempo or beat. The principle of design that refers to a regular repetition of elements of art to produce the look and feel of movement. It is often achieved through the careful placement of repeated components which invite the viewer&#8217;s eye to jump rapidly or glide smoothly from one to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Draw 3-D objects, like cubes, pyramids, or spheres using your Photoshop or Illustrator tools. Think about where your light would be coming from, and shade in the opposite sides with varying intensities of texture to create the illusion of three-dimensional space.








http://www.colourlovers.com/patterns/top
http://www.brusheezy.com/patterns
http://www.devppl.com/photoshop-tutorials/
http://www.inaneblabbering.com/photoshoptutorials/?view=list
http://www.phong.com/tutorials/lightingeffects/

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		<title>Textures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tactile quality of a surface or the representation of such a surface quality, is it&#8217;s texture. While tactile textures are real textures (which you can feel), they can be imitated as illusionary visual textures on computer screens, giving the impression of real life textures.
Graphic designers need to be aware of all the textures available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contrasting designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find two online example of graphic design solutions that use low contrast and two examples that use high contrast. Thinking about the word contrast, in noun form, I like these 3: a striking exhibition of unlikeness; opposition or juxtaposition of different forms, lines, or colors in a work of art to intensify each element&#8217;s properties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colour, colour on the wall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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Research these questions from the 3 websites listed below, posting your answers next to each question.

Color Theory, a brief tutorial (Ford 2004)
http://colortheory.liquisoft.com/
Colours on the Web (Johansson 2002)
http://www.colorsontheweb.com/
http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorterms.asp
http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colortheory.asp
Paint Quality Institute
http://www.paintquality.com/paint-professionals/paint-design/color-trends.html
http://www.paintquality.com/homeowners/paint-design/paint-color/wheel.html


What colour model does your computer use? RGB
Where can you see more colours, in print or on screen? Unfortunately, CMYK cannot reproduce the same amount of colors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critique of 3 inspiring websites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vernon Fowler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you hold a self-critique?
Part I: The Project

Restate the goal or aim of the project &#8211; in your OWN words. Do this to make sure you understand the problem you are setting out to solve.
Did you fulfil the goal you were supposed to achieve? Did you miss the point of the original problem you [...]]]></description>
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