today from 12 to 1, I shadowed Mike R. as he did the layout for this fall's issue's of eye contact...I asked questions (even though I said I wasn't, I didn't ask much). Mike didn't mind, he answered my questions. I ended up asking him about the graphic design class offered in the fall. In this class he learned the basics of lay-out and quirk (which is the basic for most company today).
The trickiest thing with lay-out that he encountered was keeping track with page numbers and center spread. By the end of this session, I'm convinced that I'm going ot be taking this graphic design I class. I hope that it wouldn't conflict with the class that I have to take and also I hope I can take this in Pass or Fail (so that I don't have to deal with pressure plus I've always wanted to experience what class is like without pressure of getting grades...taking the classes and focusing on the learning rather than the number). Of course I'll take this class seriously (because my valuable credits will be used up, time is involved, it would help my project a lot, and the knowledge gained will be important and helpful to me in the future).
Flashback: In our last editorial meetig we talked abou fonts (especially the 'famous' called 'garcon'-something (it sounded French) and dropped cap, unity (uniformity of style), and sequence.
Update: My painting teacher noted that I'm developing a style that is unique to and adaptable to children's literature picture books. She described it as fun colors and vibrant, a "magical realism."--> I'm excited about this comment because it's so encouraging.
Posted by Michael Diezmos at November 17, 2005 11:35 PM