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07-07-2004, 10:27
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Um Bongo
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hinglun
Posts: 319
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Learning Curve
can anyone point me towards some good urls which may help me learn more about design? I dont want web design stuff cos i know a few places to look there, and loads of them focus on html,flash, and 'how to' type things. I'm after concepts, rules and things that designers would learn in a structured course. Y'see i never have attended any formal training and would like some references. ta. |
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07-07-2004, 13:01
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sanddancer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Shields
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http://www.colormatters.com/ http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/colormood/index.htm just to basic colour url stuff fine art is also a good thing also http://www.designaddict.com/ www.webstyleguide.com http://www.robotwisdom.com/web/theory.html http://www.websitetips.com/color/ |
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08-07-2004, 04:22
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css is for divs
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Norwich
Posts: 4,469
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I did a Multimedia Design BA and it included life drawing, 2D stop-frame animation, 3D modelling and web design so I got a bit of everything. There are quite a few courses out there now so I'm guessing you could find some that lean towards graphic design for print, and some that approach it from a screen-based design. |
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08-07-2004, 04:45
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Ur mother's ur brother?
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 880
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e here. before my Multimedia BA we had to do a foundation where i did fine art, then once on the course we did typography and life drawing. we also did modules in photography, photo montage and drawing. only once we'd go started on that stuff did we move to multimedia ::: TC Magazine :::
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08-07-2004, 04:54
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vague™
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 5,513
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I'm from a comp sci. background and pick up programming/scripting/markup language syntax in a scarily quick time, and even with Photoshop and Illustrator it was just a matter of doing some tutorials and reading up a bit. Flash however is just something I can't seem to get into, even after about 3 'learn flash' books. Been thinking recently I might actually see if there's any "hands on" training courses run around the Glasgow area that may make it all click for me.. |
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08-07-2004, 06:57
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Um Bongo
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hinglun
Posts: 319
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Since i started studying Java i have found flash scripting opening up to me in a way it never did before. Flash actionscript is heavily modelled on Java and many of the Java books out there approach the subject from a OO perspective and this, for me anyway, showed me the way regarding many of the elements of flash programming. That said, i've a long way to go with it. V.Powerful stuff. btw. thanks everybody. |
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08-07-2004, 07:03
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Christ on a bike
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 3,311
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my BA covered traditional graphic design and typography (hand skills essentially), fine art, illustration, life drawing etc etc then moved into interactive stuff as it became more popular in the outside world. Foundation before that covered photography, fine art, printing and the usual. |
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