Author: KC

  • _kern the headline   _optical/metrics   _look for the challenging letters (inclines are problematic   _go word by word   _match the ones you’ve solved (i.e. if there’s an od -lowercase- that you’ve got down, the same kerning measurement works for ac-in some fonts)   _kern body text by going to your menu, see justification   _start with letterspacing   _then wordspacing  …

  • (Above: My designs, first attempt and Final) Tim’s Tips for Web Pages (At least what I could glean from all the friendly teacher-y snarky.)Create a header-create icons-you have levels to help you with your hierarchy- Mockup, don’t put ads in- also consider ways to overshadow ads, like color- typography- tutorial… ew.- make it your own-…

  • Wire frame View more presentations from basementcat I presented these wireframes made from last week’s task flow items. Post-critique: Always funnel information. The scope should get narrower as the user continues his search for information. I made the error of giving options at a certain point. The time for options is in the beginning as…

  • A lady came into my dry-cleaning shop today (my part-time job currently is at a drycleaners) and she just graduated from business school with a minor in information technology. I was motivated to talk to her because I am still working on the copy for this video I’m making about IT. Is there a thing…

  • Today, my team presented the initial deliverables to Jill. (Chris was at a conference.) We had our team name, team logo, prototype logo, concept, design brief and mood board. She approved it saying that the timeline and the logo needed finessing and the rest of it was in an unfinished state, so it was a…

  • I went with the University of Washington’s Yacht Club on their Spring Trip to Blake Island. An island that you can only get to by boat. We went on a keel boat with winds about 2 knots at most. We motored most of the way there, but spent about three hours slowly tacking, zigzagging back…

  • I am exhausted. This week has been full of due assignments. I don’t remember what all was said in the critique. One girl said that the text was one the screen longer than the time she needed to read it and it irritated her. I have irritated someone with my video. It’s true that she…

  • (this is for a made up album featuring the photograph(s) of an electribe/monotribe, a collaboration with the photography department) 1)    Thumbnailing: It’s interesting how the teacher commented how we weren’t ready for critiquing these thumbnails because the lack of typography sketches. How developed do thumbnails need to be? Every boss has a different standard, I…