Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Stick figure made using Adobe Illustrator.


PICTOGRAM PRACTICE 




Wk 3a - Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
(I) Watch Mr. Webb's demonstration and post notes to do the following on your blog:
- Creating a new canvas (document)
(Press Command+N to make a new document)
Size= LETTER, Orientation=Portrait

Go to Window>Workspace>Reset Essentials
To reset Adobe Illustrator when you first open the app.

- Interface navigation, drawing tools (Illustrator's shapes & using the Pen Tool)
RECTANGLE (M)
Click and drag the rectangle on your document
ELLIPSE (L)
ROUNDED RECTANGLE
POLYGON TOOL
STAR TOOL
FLARE TOOL

PEN TOOL (P)
The Pen tool allows you to create lines and curves.
- Setting the Fill Color, and the Stroke Color
- Saving file formats (saving for Adobe Illustrator editing vs. Saving an image for the web)

Monday, January 26, 2015

Monochromatic colors are all the colors (tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue.


                                                                     

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

calligram is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typefacecalligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image.






This calligram is showing a rainbow while spelling the word rainbow.

This calligram is showing small gummy bears  placed to spell the words gummy bear.

                   
                 This calligram is spelling the word "kitty" while showing the body of a cat.


The calligram above spells "panther" while showing the body of the panther.
This calligram is showing the body of an ant while naming each part of the body.


pictogram, also called a pictogrammepictograph, or simply picto,[1] and also an 'icon'[citation needed], is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.
This pictogram  shows all the things you may go through during school.



           This pictogram displays different pictures of things that are seen on a daily basis.

This pictogram shows what occurs during the day someone gets married.



rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
"It was a bright sunny day.The second grade students were going on a bus to the park.While we were at the park we saw a swan, a sunflower a frog, and a snake.We had a happy day.

"Congratulation"
"Judy wore her best dress and shoes and her new hat to church. In primary Sister Gomez taught Judy that Jesus had died on the cross and that he rose again. Because he did, Sister Gomez said , if they obeyed the commandments, Judy and her family could live with Jesus and heavenly father one day.Judy was happy to hear that! She loves her family,Jesus, and heavenly father."


"April 16,1859 my dear child i received your letter of tuesday and am glad you got home well.I have sent the length of Mrs.Bee's foot to Lotty. I am glad to hear the jokes goton so well,give my love to your old loving of a Father Oscar Bryer."

"I love you"



1. The first picture is a tent,which is usually seen near a campsite or at parks to let the campers know they're at or near a campsite.

2. The second image is a bench,which is seen at parks or amusement parks.Its purpose is to help people find where to sit or eat.

3.This picture is a of a school.This image means that you're in the area or near a school.It is usually found near or in the area of a school.

4.This is a picture of a man and a woman,which means this a men's and a women's restroom.It is most likely found in a restaurants and museums.

5.This is a sign that means there is parking there.Its purpose is to let drivers know where they are supposed to park.

6.This is a image of somebody 
sleeping.Its purpose is for people to know
that they are in a sleeping area.It is usually 
seen in hotels.

7.This is a image of a fork and a knife.Its 
purpose is to let people know that it is an area 
they can eat in.It is usually found in amusement 
parks and museums.

8.This is a picture that lets people know they are 
in a area where might be hikers.This sign is normally 
found in forests.

9.This is a picture of a person in a wheel chair.This image
 lets people know that it isa area safe for the disabled.

10.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Week 1 - Signs & Visual Communications, Part 1



An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) which is used to write one or more languages based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language


street sign is a type of traffic sign used to identify named roads, generally those that do not qualify as expressways or highways. Street signs are most often found posted at intersections, and are usually in perpendicularly oriented pairs identifying each of the crossing streets.

Advertising (or advertizing)[1][2][3] is a form of marketing communication used to persuade an audience to take or continue some action, usually with respect to a commercial offering, or political or ideological support.



In modern astronomy, a constellation is a specific area of the celestial sphere as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). These areas had their origins in star patterns from which the constellations take their names. 


ASCII (Listeni/ˈæski/ ass-kee), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange,[1] is a character-encoding scheme. Originally based on the English alphabet, it encodes 128 specified characters into 7-bit binary integers as shown by the ASCII chart on the right


An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices (such as wiresbatteriesresistors, andtransistors) in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit


Morse code is a method of transmitting text information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment. 


American Sign Language (ASL) is the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada

In typography, a glyph /ˈɡlɪf/ is an elemental symbol within an agreed set of symbols, intended to represent a readable character for the purposes of writing and thereby expressing thoughtsideas and concepts