Helloooo Mac
Having been using Windows all my life, I find myself slightly bewildered sitting behind a Mac desktop, trying to work my way through it - not to mention the annoyingly slow mouse that did little to help my adapting.
In the second part of our first lesson, we set on learning how to use this complicated designing application called Adobe Illustrator. We were introduced to raster and vector files. Raster files are predominantly used in Photoshop and has photographic detail, giving its files a more real-life photographic look. On the other hand, vector files has less detail as compared to raster files and is graphic, giving its files a cartoon-ish kind of look. We learnt about the various sizes of files and paper that we could open with the illustrator. Moving on, we looked at the tool bar and started with the pen tool, marking out 3 dots to form a triangle. Going on, we used the anchor tool to make curves with the triangle we formed. We then changed the colour of the triangle and its outline (stroke).
That was pretty much all that we learnt on illustrator for the lesson.
Here I have a restaurant menu which I think is nicely designed. The pictures of the food served at the restaurant is larger than the text of the menu, drawing the eye to them first. They carry quite a heavy visual weight and takes up a fair amount of space, hence making it dominant in the menu. The text is aligned neatly in 3 columns with regular proximity from one another- the 2 equal columns at the sides being slightly bigger than the one in the middle. This makes it easy for readers to read each dish orderly without spending much effort as the menu is arranged very orderly. The Principles of Design at work, along with the neat font and descriptions makes this menu very reader-friendly.
Hope you enjoyed this entry. Thanks!
Yeo Zong Rong, Ronald
In the second part of our first lesson, we set on learning how to use this complicated designing application called Adobe Illustrator. We were introduced to raster and vector files. Raster files are predominantly used in Photoshop and has photographic detail, giving its files a more real-life photographic look. On the other hand, vector files has less detail as compared to raster files and is graphic, giving its files a cartoon-ish kind of look. We learnt about the various sizes of files and paper that we could open with the illustrator. Moving on, we looked at the tool bar and started with the pen tool, marking out 3 dots to form a triangle. Going on, we used the anchor tool to make curves with the triangle we formed. We then changed the colour of the triangle and its outline (stroke).
That was pretty much all that we learnt on illustrator for the lesson.
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| Restaurant Menu |
Hope you enjoyed this entry. Thanks!
Yeo Zong Rong, Ronald
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