Print Ad(Writing for designers)

Choose 1 product  that we use everyday and make an advertisement about that product



Group members :
Hatmi
Hui Xing
Reynard (me)


Product : Acer Laptop

 Our Print Ad

Acer is a Taiwanese company that sells electronic devices.
Acer Laptops are best for working because of their cheap price.



About our Advertisement :
Title : Acer(make your life easy)
Subject : The new Acer Aspire S7(ultra thin) laptop

Background of the ad show that it is fast, portal and can be used anywhere

describing an Advertisement( Individual )

Take 5 advertisements from magazines or newspapers and describe what are the contents in them.

Rewriting (writing for designers)

Book Describing ( writing for designers)

Go to the library and pick a book or magazine about communication Arts and read about it then describe what you have learned and what the book is about.



Title of book : The World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti
Author : Rafael Schacter and John Fekner
Publish date : 5 September 2013

The book is about :

1.  How Street art and Graffiti started.

2.  Street art from all over the world.

3. The beauty of graffiti.


What I learned from the book :

1. Reasons why Street art and graffiti is not always a bad thing.

2. Many creative street designs.

3. How street art and graffiti turned from vandalism to inspired art

Mind map (writing for designers)

Our task is to think of methods on ''how can get a girl friend in one day''. We cannot communicate directly but in the mind map we can. This is what we came up

Describing an Advertisement ( Group )

Task 7


Form a group of 2 and pick 5 advertisements from newspaper or magazine and interpret them

Group members :

Reynard (me)

Satish


Title : La Cremeria
Subject is about the Nice delicious ice cream
Typograpy is gold in color (monotype corsiva font)
Black background highlighting the gold bright colors



Title :  Game On
Subject is about soccer shoes (shoes for different classes like defender or striker)
Soft color to darker color background


Title : ACER
Subject for advertisements are electronic devices (laptops and  tablets)
Cost effective black and white with little color ( green )



Title : Samsung Galaxy note 3
Subject is about a Phone
Soft skyblue color as background color



Title : 4G for All
Typography in a customed orange font and has outline
Large typo to attract attention

Interpreting an article or picture ( group )

Interpreting a magazine or article ( individual)

20 most important(to me) design words

1.Brainstorming

 - group or individual creativity technique  to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas.

2.Resolution

- level of detail an image holds. The term applies to raster many types of  images. Higher resolution means more image detail.

3.Storyboards

-Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of  images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

4.Pixel

-Pixel is a physical point in a raster image

5.Curve 

-Curves is an object similar to a line but which is not required to be straight.

6.Bold 

-A bold typeface or letter. used to help highlighting keywords

7.Caption

-A title or brief explanation appended to an article, illustration, cartoon, or poster.

8.Texture

-The feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.

9.Crop

-Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate subject matter or change aspect ratio.

10.Dimension

-A measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.

11.Headlines

-A heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine.

12.Draft

-Preliminary version of a piece of writing.

13.Font family

-A typeface is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyph that share common design features.

14. Perspective

- Art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

15. Finishing

- A final touch of an artwork before completion.

16. Background

- Shows a scene in a less noticeable way where the main character is in a picture to add a feeling to it.

17. Width

- Distance between one side to the other side

18. Height

- Distance from top to bottom

19 Trim

- Making an image smaller in size so it will look nicer or just to decrease size.

20.Simplicity 

-Simplicity is the state or quality of being simple.

presentation critics(academic skils)

Blog presentation

We had a blog presentation a few days ago, its mostly show and tell. Telling what you had learned during the activities and so on. We all took turns presenting and I admit I was a bit nervous. I try to keep it simple and short but it ended up pretty long. It took 2 sessions for all of us to finish presenting and we were asked to give critics on my fellow classmates.

Critics :

Tommy

Good : He has confidence in presenting. He is pretty much alright in anything.

Bad   : Sometimes his voice tone would rise or fall, maybe he is trying to think of words or is not confident in his work.

Satish

Good : Good confidence, had monotonous tone and his works are very formal.

Bad   : Mumbles sometimes maybe trying to find words. 

Emily

Good : speaks in good confidence maybe because she has good experience (she advertise products in her work every weekend). A bit of body language.

Bad   : Sometimes stops to make up words and speak louder.

Samira

Good : Very confident although not very perfect English. Uses quite heavy English sometimes, explains a lot about a certain point too. Good tone, profession in presenting(probably she practiced a lot during her earlier years). Simple and easy work .VERY VERY FORMAL.

Bad    : Her English can be quite hard to understand for most people and because her main language is not English she uses a lot of Er, Erms and such to make up from being stuck and translate words in her mind. Speaks quite fast sometimes and speaking for a long long time in formal way can be Absolutely Boring(no offence).

Aisyah

Good  : Has more confidence than last time she presented. Lots of improvement.

Bad     : Nothing much to say really other than she is still has that shyness and  to speaking louder.

Alexis

Good : Much  like Satish, she has a monotonous tone and good presentation skill. Able to quickly think up words even without her blog to support her.

Bad    : No comment

Xu Hui

Good : She is able to speak English although not prefect.

Bad   : She is way to shy and needs to speak English more. Doesn't speak much. 

Hui Xing

Good : Good English and able to present well.

Bad    : Still needs improvement and speaking more louder.

Critics for myself :

My nervousness causes me to stop sometimes. I prefer to be a casual presenter than a formal one because I feel that being formal may be boring to other people and vice verse. But, I will present formally if I have to (in business and such). Making people laugh is what I love to do.

Easily distracted by others. I had a habit of trying to make up words than follow what I have typed in the blog. I have a common trouble finding the right words to say which has been haunting me for a long time.

What I learned here: 

I always knew my weaknesses and try to eliminate it. Not everyone is perfect in presenting , it further helps us improve our presentation skills. 

Midpoint review for Writing for designers

· Develop skills in conceptual analysis and presentation .

>Not very sure about my analysis skills but I try my best to find important points.

>I usually try to make presentations interesting. Though, I get ahead of myself sometimes. 

· Undertake visual research to support ideas .

>Brainstorming ideas when looking at something visually

· Recognize how practices are pertinent to a wider cultural context .

>Knowing other cultures so its easier to work in a friendlier environment.

· Demonstrate knowledge and skills of conceptual analysis through discussion and in written form .

> Sharing anything I find interesting and valuable.

· Evaluate and use source materials .

>Using materials and recycling them whenever possible.

· Engage critically with the relevant body of knowledge .

> Doing things seriously if needed but I try not to make it too dull.

> Learning something by talking to others

· Work within a given time frame .

>Still not very good at this, but I still try to complete my tasks.

· Contribute to group activities, i.e. seminars, critiques etc .

>Giving opinions or ideas when possible.

> I try to help out friends who don't understand well.

>Talk and have fun within group activities.

· Work safely in studios and workshops with a knowledge and practical understanding of health and safety issue .

> Being careful of things that I use that may be hazardous to health.

> Using sharp tools, like knifes carefully.

Listening to other conversations in public

Listen to a conversation in any public place and describe about it.

During my Chinese new year break, I went to an island in my hometown(Kota Kinabalu). I sat around the beach and I listened to a conversation between a few guys and girls next to me.

They were talking about an Animation movie named FROZEN. The girls mostly chit-chatted about how the character is so pretty and funny. The guys pretty much just listen to their conversation. Until a girl sang out a short lyric of the movie.

Girl : '' Do you want to built a snowman ?'' (lyric)

Boy(boyfriend ,maybe) : ''Nop Nop Nop''

Girl looks at him with a glaring face and said : '' F**k you ''

Then the other guys and girl burst out laughing.

What I learned here.

Boys like to tease(maybe) girls that they know well.

People tend to say bad words around people they know.

10 people that i would like to describe

1. Satish Varma - Satish is a self dependent and cool looking guy,  he is doing graphics mostly related to typography.                                                                                                                                             
2. Samira Jamali - She looks like a Persian woman, quite a chatty woman and  is crazy about animation.                                                                  
3. Aisyah - She is a quiet girl ,She is doing graphic design and is interested in pretty much everything                                                                                                
4. Hui - A chubby girl from china who likes doing animation although shes not good at English.                                                                                      
5. Azie Ramlee - Azie is a quiet girl, doing Degree in Fashion. She loves wedding gowns and wants to make alot of uniquely designed gowns.                                                                                                            
6. Gurmesh - He looks Arabic but actually local, always wears a cloth on his head and he is a good at photography                                                                                                                                               
7. Vincent - A quiet guy from china that looks like harry potter, he's very interested in graphics                                                                                                 
8. Kuzi - He is a young malay guy (18 years old), who likes games as it also influence his interest in graphic design                                                                                                                                          
9. Amirah - She is a malay student who really likes illustrations and is good at it.                                                            
10. Emily Chin  - She is a pretty girl with long hair, likes to make nice  dresses and cloths