Archive for October, 2010
Reminder: Class 8
Dear all,
Please upload your previous classwork (color/texture and perspective) to moodle before the class.
Thanks!
See you!
Justin
Class 07 – Information Graphics
Workshop
Illustrator tutorial
Sample
Sample images
Lecture
- Ways to organize information
- Map
- Tree
- Network
- Graph
- Table
- Time series
- Common errors
Exercise
- Timetable
Timetable
Redesign the following train timetable.
Original timetable design
Powerpoint presentation material
Class 06 – Visual Information
Assignment 1
Lecture
- Common visual attributes
- Visual semantics
- Creative examples
Workshop
- Illustrator introduction
Exercise
- Form a group of 4 to 5 students.
- Identify a stranger in the campus.
- Follow the stranger for a few minutes.
- Note down the places he/she visits with details.
- Create a journal map of the event and the description of the stranger.
Reference
Dead man on campus title sequence
Powerpoint presentation material
Class 05 – Computer Graphics Fundamental
Lecture Topics
- History and development of computer graphics
- Vector vs. raster graphics
- Interactive computer graphics
- Information visualization
Exercises
- Self portrait with analog effects
- Photoshop exercise
Things to bring along
- Digital camera or mobile phone with camera
- 5 pieces of A4 size tracing paper
Reference
Computer Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum
John Whitney
Robin Fox
TRON: Legacy trailer
Powerpoint presentation material
