Resources for Students of Prof Sue Leo
Below is a presentation about Value and also the information about the Self-Portrait assignment. Below is a portion of the lecture in class today. This is an outline of the Self-Portrait Value Study Project. The Tutorial below walks through how to transfer…
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“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” — Michelangelo A good example of how the rule of thirds works when composing landscapes. Here is one way a designer uses the Rule of Thirds in…
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This video goes over the basics … taking a shape and simulating a form. Here are a few rendering techniques that you may want to experiment with. The video below illustrates how to render forms. This is an excellent example of creating…
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The following tutorials have different methods to develop a logo mark. Some of these techniques may be helpful to begin to understand how to simplify designs into shapes, instead of tracings. The video below talks about using negative space in your logos…
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Here are several videos that will inspire you to look at nature and how the Fibonacci sequence is every where! Golden Ratio = Mind Blown! You will never look at cauliflower and pine cones the same way if you watch this…
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The Project Information and How to Set Up Your Work: Examples for Reference The grids and sizes are different from the instruction in the project assignment above, so the examples included here are for inspiration and also there are some really wonderful…
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The Art of Tea The Project: Your assignment is to create a TEA COMPANY. The design components include: creating a company name; a brand identity, a logo, packaging design on a dieline and a physical prototype for at least three flavors of…
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ILLUSTRATOR Note: The instructions are a bit different between Illustrator and In-Design in the nomenclature of crop marks. In Illustrator they are called TRIM marks, (In-Design calls them CROP marks). To Make a PDF from InDesign: Be careful in In-Design as there is…
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What is a bleed? In printing, when a design goes to the edge of the page it requires a production technique called a bleed. The purpose of adding a bleed to your document ensures when the finished print is trimmed there are…
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