Graphics | Web | Print | Video Gaming | Photography
http://webpages.uncc.edu/~arlichte
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arlichte/sets/
You name it, I can help you with it (more than likely) Digital or Fine, Emulsion or Web.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Need Help?
Andrew Robert Lichtenhan
Graphics | Web | Print | Video Gaming | Photography
http://webpages.uncc.edu/~arlichte
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arlichte/sets/
Graphics | Web | Print | Video Gaming | Photography
http://webpages.uncc.edu/~arlichte
http://www.flickr.com/photos/arlichte/sets/
Text: Indesign for Kids that know Biz!
1) setup document
- margins
- color mode
- no more 1” around
2) text
- either type down or import depending on the amount of text
- extensive list
- use of columns/grid systems
- shortens line length
- just looks neater/easier to read/structureds
- font
- arial, times (NO!) seems to be boring, common
- use something with a little character but professional
- free font sites
- ecofonts.com/free-fonts-
- to do hierarchy with the information
- to choose a font w/different variations or use 2 fonts; no more than 3 (close to looking tacky)
- use slight color or shades of gray (different type sizes)
- when ready to make everything structured, think of white space, let the document breath (+ nobody
likes to read a lot of text)
- kerning, leading (spacing to separate information)
- align text with text (not with bullets (hanging bullet))
- tabs
3) ALL ABOUT CONSISTENT CONTRAST
4) images
- import as tif, eps, jpeg
- right resolution
- cmyk
5) export as PDF (NOT docx, pub, etc…)
Notes:
- don’t recommend background images: distracting and borderline tacky
- design document to the audience that will be viewing it
- plan the placement of your info before making it
- don’t over do it
- capital letters more difficult to read (rectangle)
- NO faux bold...italics...
- No underlining or strikethroughs
- for portfolio: if more than two pages, use paragraph/character styles and master styles
INTRO
http://5secondfilms.com/watch/barry - Moving
http://5secondfilms.com/watch/to_catch_a_predator - Must Show!
http://5secondfilms.com/watch/vinyl_condoms - another good one!
Photographing Artwork
Two setups on how to set up an area to photograph artwork.
3D
2D
http://www.phototechinc.com/graduate.htm (link to purchase VARITONE GRADUATED BACKGROUND
http://prophotorental.com/Default.asp?c=7858 (this is the link for renting cameras and lens)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Links for Web Interaction
Web can be a valuable tool for displaying and sharing your work with the world. In this link dump, there are links of service that can help you build and share your portfolios with the world in an easy manner.
Flickr: http://flickr.com
Flickr is a popular image hosting site for photography and art. Flickr allows for good quality images to be displayed, shared, commented, and presented in many way. Whether its adding sets, collections, albums, or churning a presentation portfolio together. Its a sinch. Though the heaven for photographers, fine art and other work is not at all scarce to find and post. Video is another newer, though less popular outlet.
Flickr has a limit though to viewable filesize and total viewable size (1024x1024) and total photostream viewable images (at 100) with a free account. For $20 a year you can have unlimited uploads, viewable sets, and unlimited upload quota. It is worth if you wish to keep an online log of very crisp high res jpegs or work at higher resolutions that need quick access.
DeviantArt: http://www.deviantart.com/
An older method, many artist of illustration and fine art have found a niche community here. There are many methods to post your work, comment, collect, and share within many networks. Many painters and digital illustrators are found here, but all kinds of art are present.
There is no review of potential copyright and Creative Commons licensing violations when a work is submitted to DeviantArt, so such violations can remain unnoticed until reported. A mechanism for notifying administrators of potential copyright and licensing violations is available. Some members of the community have also been the victims of this type of abuse from disreputable vendors using artwork illegally on products and prints.
Youtube: http://youtube.com
The popular video site we all know and love can too be a powerful tool for videos. If you have a slideshow, collections of performance pieces, or anything moving or unique, then it can be found and placed on Youtube easily.
Video is the specialty, so ideally this sis a great way to build a channel for your work, and have a mini-portfolio visible to the world without having it tied to your own personal self and interests.
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com
Where Youtube is mass and commercial, Vimeo is higher quality and narrow marketed. Vimeo is often now a post haven for more creative targets that feel the Youtube quality and marketing can be a bit to much for their work. Vimeo is also great in the way you can allow users to download your uploaded works and reshare, keep, or edit from the site instantly. Though different, many people may put work on both sites, just to be safe.
Social Networking:
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter are an outlet for getting to the masses directly. By allowing peopel to fan your work, you can become quite marketable and have a very targeted user base easily. However, social network should not be a primary piece, but a supplement to your main website, works, and presentation. NEVER make it the primary source for your work, but merely a portal to whioch your fanbase can connect outside and to your quality, real works. Think of it was the postcard and mailer piece replacement. Except Facebook is the mailer, and the Gallery is your main website or onlne portfolio presentation.
Flickr: http://flickr.com
Flickr is a popular image hosting site for photography and art. Flickr allows for good quality images to be displayed, shared, commented, and presented in many way. Whether its adding sets, collections, albums, or churning a presentation portfolio together. Its a sinch. Though the heaven for photographers, fine art and other work is not at all scarce to find and post. Video is another newer, though less popular outlet.
Flickr has a limit though to viewable filesize and total viewable size (1024x1024) and total photostream viewable images (at 100) with a free account. For $20 a year you can have unlimited uploads, viewable sets, and unlimited upload quota. It is worth if you wish to keep an online log of very crisp high res jpegs or work at higher resolutions that need quick access.
DeviantArt: http://www.deviantart.com/
An older method, many artist of illustration and fine art have found a niche community here. There are many methods to post your work, comment, collect, and share within many networks. Many painters and digital illustrators are found here, but all kinds of art are present.
There is no review of potential copyright and Creative Commons licensing violations when a work is submitted to DeviantArt, so such violations can remain unnoticed until reported. A mechanism for notifying administrators of potential copyright and licensing violations is available. Some members of the community have also been the victims of this type of abuse from disreputable vendors using artwork illegally on products and prints.
Youtube: http://youtube.com
The popular video site we all know and love can too be a powerful tool for videos. If you have a slideshow, collections of performance pieces, or anything moving or unique, then it can be found and placed on Youtube easily.
Video is the specialty, so ideally this sis a great way to build a channel for your work, and have a mini-portfolio visible to the world without having it tied to your own personal self and interests.
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com
Where Youtube is mass and commercial, Vimeo is higher quality and narrow marketed. Vimeo is often now a post haven for more creative targets that feel the Youtube quality and marketing can be a bit to much for their work. Vimeo is also great in the way you can allow users to download your uploaded works and reshare, keep, or edit from the site instantly. Though different, many people may put work on both sites, just to be safe.
Social Networking:
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter are an outlet for getting to the masses directly. By allowing peopel to fan your work, you can become quite marketable and have a very targeted user base easily. However, social network should not be a primary piece, but a supplement to your main website, works, and presentation. NEVER make it the primary source for your work, but merely a portal to whioch your fanbase can connect outside and to your quality, real works. Think of it was the postcard and mailer piece replacement. Except Facebook is the mailer, and the Gallery is your main website or onlne portfolio presentation.
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