Digital Photography & Imaging | Week 1

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23/9/24 (Week 1)

Kimberly Miaw Jya Nee | 0366836

Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media | Taylor's University


Digital Photography & Imaging

Week 1 [Lecture & Practical]: Subject Outline & Expectations

[Lecture]

Assessment:

Project 1: Physical Collage Design & Digital Imaging (20%)
Project 2: Poster Design (40%)
Final Project: Cinemagraph - Self-Titled (40%)
E-portfolio (10%)

Adobe Photoshop is a user-friendly software program and also supplies great deals of one-of-a-kind tools that assist you to release your imagination.

Why Do We Need to Learn Photoshop?

Adobe Photoshop is the reason why numerous professionals like graphic designers to web designers prefer using this application.

Graphic style and also digital photography is one of the most typical. There are numerous reasons that you must find out Photoshop

Understanding Photoshop is necessary if you operate in a visuals style,  website design, or individual experience function. Yet it is additionally similarly vital to find out Photoshop for those operating in hands-on advertising and marketing functions.

Importance of Photoshop for Graphic Designers

  • Express your creativity
  • Create graphic design
  • Restoration of old images
  • Integrate graphics with text artistically
  • Make use of brushes
  • Change the colour of a photo
  • Rectify mistakes in photographs

Before Photoshop: Photograph Manipulation
The invention of Photoshop: Digital Imaging

Digital imaging converts the printed text, artwork, and photographs into digital images using a digital scanner or another imaging device.


Top 10 Tips of Successful Graphic Designers

  1. Follow tutorials
  2. Experiment
  3. Memorize all keyboard shortcuts
  4. Try to replicate other's work
  5. Do participate in design competitions
  6. Subscribe to online galleries
  7. Smart objects for smart designers
  8. Scaling artworks and proportions
  9. Use actions to personalise work
  10. Organise files properly

[Practical]

This week, we only had to create our e-portfolio blog for DPI and list down our 3 favourite graphic design composition work from Pinterest.

Design #1: Ukatama Magazine Cover by Mika Hirasa (MICAO)


Description: 

This artwork is made by Mika Hirasa (MICAO), a Japanese freelance artist who specialises in embroidery and children’s picture books. This is one of the magazine covers she designed for Ukatama, a healthy lifestyle magazine that focuses on food. 

This Magazine Cover expressed : 

  • Characters are on an adventure on the top of a hill. 

  • Utilised collages of real food and embroidery works to create a distinctive artwork.

  • Embroidered background adds texture, while the cookies added some dimension.

  • Evoked a slightly playful, cozy, handmade feel to the artwork which complements the genre of magazine, welcoming readers to take a look. 


Overall, I find Mika Hirasa’s work truly inspiring and creative although most of her works are done decades ago. I personally love timeless designs that are also unique in their own way.

Design #2: Beabadoobee’ Beatopia Poster by Claire Boon (@phrawgcraft)

https://claireboon.cargo.site/

Description: 

This poster is designed by Claire Boon (@phrawgcraft on Instagram), a graphic designer based in Singapore. She designs posters for music artists as her personal projects and shares them on social media. 


This Poster expressed : 

  • A poster based on Beabadoobee’s 2022 album, Beatopia.

  • Composition is mainly low contrast, which is what makes the elements blend together seamlessly. 

  • Incorporated a hint of cyber sigilism in her design, along with the texts, shapes and colours. 


I usually find myself gravitating towards more simple and minimal designs but I came across her detailed work one day and I’m left  in awe of how she managed to create a maximalist composition that is visually cohesive.


Design #3: Book Cover by Elisha Zepeda


https://www.elishazepeda.com/books


Description: 

This book cover is designed by Elisha Zepeda, a book cover artist with Penguin.I find his book cover designs innovative and creative. He knows exactly how to design a cover according to each book which I find fascinating because you need to understand the context of the book in order to create a suitable design that will speak for itself. A good book cover can give readers an idea of the theme of the book and stand out on the bookshelf.


This Book Cover expressed:

  • A book cover for “The Plot Against Native America” by Bill Vaugh.
  • Used red as the contrasting colour which brings attention to the title.
  • Used a black and white cutout of a group photo, to show the book is about the story behind Native American boarding school students.
  • Each person’s face is covered by a red dot to give readers a sense of uncertainty and mystery to the book, wanting to find out more.

Thank You

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