Below are some class discussion posts. Many include connections to LinkedIn Learning Courses I’ve done.
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Art Week at Locust Projects
Hey all! Last week I got the privilege to help out at the Locust Projects for their big Art Week event! If you don’t know, the Locust Projects is an experimental art incubator in Little Haiti, Miami. Every year they let a handful of artists use their space to build and display their art. As Read more
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Adobe Illustrator: Day 5
Welcome back! I said you’d see Super Captain’s friends soon. Here they are! Today I’ll be showing you a week’s work of progress, so it isn’t quite fair to call this a single day of learning. I’ve made four more illustrations using the techniques I’ve been learning so far, and on each one I’ve expanded Read more
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Promo: Kat Wolf Studio
Hello! I’m back again! This time I’d like to proudly present my final project created in my capstone class: A 30 second promo for a local business in South Florida. Introducing Kat Wolf Studio! This was a great project to end my time at FIU. My group partners were amazing, we all knew our stuff. Read more
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Design Principles Analysis
For this discussion, I found a doctoral thesis by Carrisa Baker of the University of Florida. In the thesis, she discusses the design of theme parks as a medium for storytelling. Baker attributes storytelling to parts of the attraction, not specifically inside the park itself. The marketing for the theme park and the physical merchandise Read more
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Visual Metaphor of Print Ad
This week we continued talking about color’s symbology and explored the process in which a designer develops ideas into rough concepts and then pitches them. These concepts, From Craig Smallish’s linkedin Course and the Psychology of Color powerpoint by Arber Minxhozi, will help me break down the symbology in a magazine advertisement. Volume 176, Issue 3 of Read more
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Visual Blog Journal Website
Following the LinkedIn course on WordPress, it would be interesting to understand how blogging is managed in other countries. Studies have been done on how blogging can be used in educational settings overseas to teach English as a foreign language. Two studies provide examples in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia respectively. In the Indonesian example, the Read more
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Infographic Analysis
When choosing a career in design there is so much data to shuffle through in order to find the selection you want to work towards. Sites like Glassdoor and Ziprecruiter have useful data, but their processes are run by algorithms impenetrable to the average jobseeker. A job seeker trusts their matchmaking system. An answer to Read more
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Visual Narrative Storyboard
A narrative can extend beyond the media itself. For small creators, employing a narrative on social media is essential to build their audience. These creators make and publish content independent of large producers. Some, like Sabrina Cotugno, work both for large producers and create their own content. Above: A sample of Cotugno’s online portfolio. Cotugno Read more
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Typographic Antonyms
When exploring the History of Typography document, I was familiar with several concepts already. I knew about papyrus and clay tablets, as well as the early illuminated manuscripts created in monasteries. The modern portion of history was less familiar. I had difficulty envisioning what technologies went into the ever-advancing type machines. To help myself understand Read more
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