Business Card of Historical Figure
What is the focal point of your business card?
In my opinion the Name of the individual (Nelson Mandela) stands out well, and is placed relatively central to the card. Also the bold, coloured lines below his name help to bring out the font.
What Job role, or activity does the business card describe?
It describes Mandela's past victories and success in being the president of South Africa.
Is it supposed to be a formal (serious) or informal (casual) business card?
Given that the subject was a serious, major event in history, after doing great things for the country, a serious business card was appropriate for the task.
The final copy must include crop and registration marks to show where the cards are to be cut. Describe how you placed the crop and registration marks on your finished copy.
In Corel Draw it was easy to place the marks on the page. Its almost automatically done for you. Two clicks and you're done.
Why did you choose the colours, graphics, text, layout and style for a business card for your person?
My aim was to make the card aesthetically pleasing without being to 'clever' or making it too busy with too many graphics or colours. Thus, i kept it simple by only using three colours. I used red to underline the font, which i feel brought out the name of the subject pretty well, i used green to create a wall/barrier and show a different section for the details and i used black for the font to make it seem formal. I only used two graphics and they were the south african emblem and the national flag for south africa. These work well in my opinion as it backs up the subject by creating a small bit of visual/image information without words as to what the subject is related to. The font i used (Tw Cen MT Condensed) was formal and elegant, nothing to outrageous, as it would have taken away fromt he sophisticated feel of the subject/card.
This is the finished product.
Note: I have to figure how to save the file in another format, so it will be up soon hopefully.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Monday, June 4, 2007
Task 6
Tuesday 5th June
Today i began research on the next task. We have to produce a business card from an admirable icon/leader.
I chose Nelson Mandela. I filled out the first half of the worksheet this lesson and researched Nelson Mandela.
Thursday 7th June
Today i did some more research. Bookmarked pages that had useful information.
Worked on most of the research task.
Monday 11th June
Today i did my final research.
Gathered up ideas for the business card.
Tuesday 12th June
Today i began work on the business card. I gathered logos from the internet such as the south african flag, and the government logo in case they would be handy in the make up of the card.
Thursday 14th June
Today i got halfway through my historical figure business card.
Monday 18th June
Today i began working on the research task on printing methods. I also continued with the making of the business card.
Tuesday 19th June
Today i started my letter head. I drew up sketches for both the letterhead and the business card for one's own business.
Thursday 21st June
Today the historical figure business card was due. I made the last finishing touches, finally printed it and then submitted it.
Monday 25th June
Today i worked and almost completed my own business card, letterhead and envelope. All i have left to do is finish off the 4th question of the research task. If i have enough time left over i will make a start on the powerpoint but since we only have one lesson left i cant see that happening.
Today i began research on the next task. We have to produce a business card from an admirable icon/leader.
I chose Nelson Mandela. I filled out the first half of the worksheet this lesson and researched Nelson Mandela.
Thursday 7th June
Today i did some more research. Bookmarked pages that had useful information.
Worked on most of the research task.
Monday 11th June
Today i did my final research.
Gathered up ideas for the business card.
Tuesday 12th June
Today i began work on the business card. I gathered logos from the internet such as the south african flag, and the government logo in case they would be handy in the make up of the card.
Thursday 14th June
Today i got halfway through my historical figure business card.
Monday 18th June
Today i began working on the research task on printing methods. I also continued with the making of the business card.
Tuesday 19th June
Today i started my letter head. I drew up sketches for both the letterhead and the business card for one's own business.
Thursday 21st June
Today the historical figure business card was due. I made the last finishing touches, finally printed it and then submitted it.
Monday 25th June
Today i worked and almost completed my own business card, letterhead and envelope. All i have left to do is finish off the 4th question of the research task. If i have enough time left over i will make a start on the powerpoint but since we only have one lesson left i cant see that happening.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Task 3
Okay so a bit, well extremely behind in posting.
Task 3 is well underway
i'll start from this last lesson and try as i go along to remember what i did on all separate lessons.
Tuesday 22nd May
This lesson i began work on my storyboard. Im still all out of ideas for the animation
Already completed loading sign, and have yet to do my Festive animation, although i imagine that isnt the hardest part of this task.
I have already done the research task.
Thursday 24th May
This lesson i hope to begin work on Corel R.A.V.E with my animation. Therefore i hope to have done my storyboard.
Monday 28th May
This lesson i began work on mu festive animation
This was after doing work on my draft of the storyboard.
Thursday 31st May
This lesson i worked some more on my festive animation.
Had some complications with animating the tree.
Did not get it finished in time so i will have to complete it in my own time.
Tuesday 5th June
Submitted Final copies of the animation.
I could not work out how to put up a picture of my animation.
Task 3 is well underway
i'll start from this last lesson and try as i go along to remember what i did on all separate lessons.
Tuesday 22nd May
This lesson i began work on my storyboard. Im still all out of ideas for the animation
Already completed loading sign, and have yet to do my Festive animation, although i imagine that isnt the hardest part of this task.
I have already done the research task.
Thursday 24th May
This lesson i hope to begin work on Corel R.A.V.E with my animation. Therefore i hope to have done my storyboard.
Monday 28th May
This lesson i began work on mu festive animation
This was after doing work on my draft of the storyboard.
Thursday 31st May
This lesson i worked some more on my festive animation.
Had some complications with animating the tree.
Did not get it finished in time so i will have to complete it in my own time.
Tuesday 5th June
Submitted Final copies of the animation.
I could not work out how to put up a picture of my animation.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
monday 26th
this lesson i worked more on the concept sketches for the design of my logo.
tuesday 27th march
i worked more on the concept sketches and started on the research task
thursday 29th march
today i plan to do some exercises that will help me become more familiar with corelDRAW
and also possibly start my research task.
i worked on two exercises.
monday 23th april.
today i completed my second concept sketch of the poster.
i began making final changes to the poster.
tuesday 24th april
today i printed another concept sketch for my poster.
thursday 26th april
today was date of submission. There were some hold ups such as the printer not working properly. As a result i could not print out my logo designs. I could not print out my final copy of the poster. It was a somewhat unproductive lesson.
Tuesday 1st May
Today was the day i finished most of the assignment and handed it in. There were still some unfinished parts to it such as the research task. My finished poster ended up looking like this.
This is my Logo Design for Task 1.
EDIT** i could not find how to post the poster onto the blog, as i could not save it in JPEG or GIF format. I will figure it out soon
Review
From this task I learned about techniques to crop, blend and combine shapes and words on a page. I still need to learn more about eye-catching presentation of posters. I need a more interesting logo. I think my poster is suitable for the intended audience because it incorporates bright colours, interesting shapes and bright font. I think it would have been better if it looked a bit more professional, and this was the case in the last task also. I did not finish the task by the due date because there were hold ups with the printer, and also my time management was not great.
tuesday 27th march
i worked more on the concept sketches and started on the research task
thursday 29th march
today i plan to do some exercises that will help me become more familiar with corelDRAW
and also possibly start my research task.
i worked on two exercises.
monday 23th april.
today i completed my second concept sketch of the poster.
i began making final changes to the poster.
tuesday 24th april
today i printed another concept sketch for my poster.
thursday 26th april
today was date of submission. There were some hold ups such as the printer not working properly. As a result i could not print out my logo designs. I could not print out my final copy of the poster. It was a somewhat unproductive lesson.
Tuesday 1st May
Today was the day i finished most of the assignment and handed it in. There were still some unfinished parts to it such as the research task. My finished poster ended up looking like this.
This is my Logo Design for Task 1.
EDIT** i could not find how to post the poster onto the blog, as i could not save it in JPEG or GIF format. I will figure it out soon
Review
From this task I learned about techniques to crop, blend and combine shapes and words on a page. I still need to learn more about eye-catching presentation of posters. I need a more interesting logo. I think my poster is suitable for the intended audience because it incorporates bright colours, interesting shapes and bright font. I think it would have been better if it looked a bit more professional, and this was the case in the last task also. I did not finish the task by the due date because there were hold ups with the printer, and also my time management was not great.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
blogblogblog
Today i began doing my concept sketches and have nearly finished them.
I did some research on logos on google.com.
I did some research on logos on google.com.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Diary Cover. Goals, I.Production, Review And Final Result
Thursday March 1
Today i plan to gather up ideas for the student diary cover for 2008. Also, i hope to have all my sketches finished by the end of this lesson.
Throughout this week and next i will bring my digital camera so i can take photos that will be useful to my assessment task.
Image Production
Review
I was not greatly satisfied with my end result of the diary cover. There were a few flaws and it didn’t end up looking professional in the way I would have liked it to.
I guess since this is the first task we completed in class, I didn’t really have much knowledge of presentation of the assignments. This is something I would change or put more effort into in the future.
The photos of the school were a mix of ones taken from my camera and the school camera and it was obvious in the finished product. The two variants had different quality, exposure time, shutter speed, etc, and this resulted in two very different looking photos. I don’t know why I ended up using that combination. I thought in the beginning the contrast would look good but it didn’t.
This task was good for me because I learned new skills such as masking, cropping and resizing images, and colouring objects differently.
If I was to do this task again I would re-think the background a little bit more. It was reasonably plain and uninteresting.
Today i plan to gather up ideas for the student diary cover for 2008. Also, i hope to have all my sketches finished by the end of this lesson.
Throughout this week and next i will bring my digital camera so i can take photos that will be useful to my assessment task.
Image Production
Review
I was not greatly satisfied with my end result of the diary cover. There were a few flaws and it didn’t end up looking professional in the way I would have liked it to.
I guess since this is the first task we completed in class, I didn’t really have much knowledge of presentation of the assignments. This is something I would change or put more effort into in the future.
The photos of the school were a mix of ones taken from my camera and the school camera and it was obvious in the finished product. The two variants had different quality, exposure time, shutter speed, etc, and this resulted in two very different looking photos. I don’t know why I ended up using that combination. I thought in the beginning the contrast would look good but it didn’t.
This task was good for me because I learned new skills such as masking, cropping and resizing images, and colouring objects differently.
If I was to do this task again I would re-think the background a little bit more. It was reasonably plain and uninteresting.
Final Result
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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One of the photos i took for graphics technology. Picture of the corridors of Canning College.
These last few lessons in class we have been doing various tasks which teach us the different tools of COREL Photo-Paint. We had a chance to experiment with the different effects that you could use on photos...
In the end i went for two simple effects for this photo.. i dont think anything too nifty woulda made this look good. So basically i just played with the camera lens effect and used the vignette effect for a border..
There are two different variations...for the first photo i used the plastic effect, and adjusted the depth and smoothness.
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