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Working with multiple types of media

Working with multiple types of media

From the course: Graphic Design Foundations: Ideas, Concepts, and Form

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Working with multiple types of media

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- Earlier, we discussed the natural tendency to work on the computer and layer elements to create a design solution. I found also that most of the work I see is simply layout with rectangles of images and text. It's easy to forget that we have the thing that separates us from animals, an opposing thumb. Doing work by hand or using alternative media can bring an idea to life. It can also add some excitement for yourself and the viewer to a project that would otherwise be just another layout. Rather than immediately launching a program and creating the solution as vector art, consider if another approach might be more applicable. This cover for UCLA Extension is made with materials that are used at the onset of a creative project, cut paper, paint, colored pencils, and marker. They come together and become a wonderful vase of color and the excitement of the creative process. When someone tells me that he or she has terrible…

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