Assignment+++Design+Principles

I have found an excellent website to help us learn the Design Principles:

These four basic principles of design appear in every well-designed piece of work. Although we will discuss each individually, they are really interconnected. Rarely will you apply only one principle to your design.

1. Proximity 2. Alignment 3. Repetition 4. Contrast

We will also take a good look at these important elements of design:

1. Color 2. Typography

That website is: http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/tutorials/index.php

It was created by Dawn Pedersen from Natomas Hight School. She is no longer teaching there and her site will remain online until at least June 2010. I wrote to her and she gave me permission to share her site with you!

It will teach you some basic techniques to help you learn more about graphic design and the Adobe Creative Suite.

She has other websites to explore:

• 60lessons.com
 * blulob.com

Because my background is not Graphic Design and I am always learning I would like to thank her for creating these sites! They may be newer versions of Adobe Creative Suite, but I think it will still allow us to learn a lot...the main thing is to learn about all the tools and apply them to your own work.

Mrs. F