The Stuff

web site–ness

Sam — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:58:24 +0000

There are three basic types of websites: Reference sites, Informational sites, and Experiential sites.

Reference:

news.google.com

motiongrapher.com

informational:

motiontheory.com

thedarkknight.warnerbrothers.com

experiential:

musicovery.com

More Color

Sam — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:06:37 +0000

As we should all know color is complex and can be difficult to use. As soon as you think you have a good idea about color theory another level is piled on, but color can be difficult to use not only because of the theory. One color can have many different connotations especially between different cultures around the world. One color can have several different meanings depending on the experiences of an individual as well. The audiences can have very different reactions wether they live in separate hemispheres or if they live on the same street. It all depends on the past experiences on the individual and the cultural influences.

“The psychological properties of color […] depend highly on the viewer’s culture and personal experience. Many cultures equate red with feelings of hunger, anger, or energy because red is closely associated with meat, blod, and violence. By contrast, vegetarians might associate green with hunger. In western cultures, which are predominately Christian, Black is associated with death and mourning, but Hindus associate the color white with death. Christians associate white with purity or cleanliness. Because of the history of Western civilization, violet conveys authority, status, and luxury to members of that culture. Most cultures respond to blue with an association of water and therefore, of life. Blue is also often perceived as deeply spiritual or contemplative, perhaps because of this particular association.

Design Elements A Graphic Style Manual . Timothy Samara. pg111.

color symbolism: This site shows a few cultures and the associations of some colors

color my world

Sam — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:25:54 +0000

In class I was asked to find a tool on the web that could help with color pallets. The one I stumbled on seems to have all a color pallet tool should have. It even has video tutorials on how to use it. It is called color explorer and it is at colorexplorer.com. This site lets you upload images from your hard drive and it will extract a color pallet ranging from 3 to 50 colors. You can also create your own pallet and you can even save the pallets you have created. You do not have to register to use it, but if you do you can access your pallets from any computer at any time. The site also shows the colors hex-codes and RBG color codes. In addition you can access many different color libraries including Pantones. I have found it to be very helpful and I will defiantly use this in the future.

colorexplorer.com

The Business End

Sam — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:35:19 +0000

Ever since I have gotten involved with graphic design there has always been a worry in the back of my head about design in the work place. of course I realize that design is everywhere in the work place, but would a non-designer employer see and understand that. While i was looking around in the endless windows of the internet I found an article that discuses this and gives tips on fitting the two areas together. The site did not only have good articles to read but some great typography to look at to. The site is http://www.smashingmagazine.com

How to Fit a Circle in a Square Hole: this is the article. it is written by Ann Edwards.

type posters: this is a page on smashingmagazine.com. it has helped me loosen up in a recent type project i am working on

motion type: and i found this in the same area. some i have seen but they are still great to watch

foreign language

Sam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:26:30 +0000

This whole blog thing is ngierof language to me. Most blogs I have seen have been the cheesy personal blogs that seem to have an endless supply of drama, but recently it has been reviled that there are blogs that are not a massive waste of time. So I will put all my previous views of blogs behind me and try to use this space to post things that I look at, things I should look at, and other stuff related to design and my process.

inkfall I found this about 5 minuets ago. They are prints by Denis Brown. He droped ink into a clear water tank and let it move freely. He calls it Reductionist Calligraphy. I really enjoy the idea of a media in its natural form doing its own thing.

David Airey This guy has a good site to look around in. He has some good stuff and he has good suggestions on other sites and other people to look at.