DPI WEEK 1

✩ 23/9/24 - 29/9/24 (Week 1)

✩ WONG MEI YEE 0367857

✩ DPI / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

✩ Week 1  

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Lecture
2. Practical

Lecture

ꕤ WEEK 1 INTRODUCTION TO DPI

Why Learn Photoshop?

‎✧ Essential for graphic design, web design, and marketing roles.

✧ Unlocks creativity and allows users to create and manipulate visuals easily.

Importance of Photoshop for Graphic Designers

✧ Design Creation→ Essential for layouts, posters, & business cards.

✧ Photo Restoration→ Restores old or damaged images using healing tools.

✧ Text & Graphics→ Combines images & text creatively with effects.

✧ Brushes→ Thousands of options for quick visual effects.

✧ Editing & Colour Adjustment→ Adjusts colour, contrast, and sharpness.

✧ Mistake Correction→ Fixed lighting, red-eye, and crops images for clean designs.

Photography Manipulation, World before Photoshop

          

Figure 1.1 and 1.2, before digital tools, photographers used techniques like combining multiple negatives and retouching prints to achieve desired effects. This laid the groundwork for modern digital photo manipulation.

Digital Imaging 

Converts physical artwork, photographs, and text into digital formats using devices like scanners. This conversion expands creative possibilities, allowing for endless design options and experimentation.

Tips for Successful Graphic Designers ﾟ･*.

1. Follow Tutorials→ Learn new skills from online resources.

2. Experiment→ Try different tools & techniques to discover new possibilities.

3. Memorize Shortcuts→ Save time with essential keyboard shortcuts.

4. Replicate Work→ Recreate famous designs to improve your skills.

5. Join Competitions→ Build confidence & showcase your work.

6. Subscribe to Galleries→ Gain inspiration. from other designers.

7. Use Smart Objects→ Apply non-destructive edits for easier adjustment.

8. Maintain Scale→ Ensure people proportions in your designs.

9. Use Actions→ automate repetitive tasks to speed up workflow.

10. Organize Files→ Keep files structured for better workflow and collaboration.

Practical

SETTING UP 

Google Classroom

Create e-portfolio blog → My Blog.

Register Pinterest → My Pinterest Board (DPI).

EXPLAIN YOUR FAVOURITES

List down your 3 favourite graphic design work from Pinterest. Explain why you like the designs.

DESIGN 1

Figure 2.1, Haribo Gummy Bears, Source: Pinterest

Description: I enjoy it for its vibrant, surreal imagery that mixes familiar childhood symbols (Haribo gummy bears) with spiritual and sci-fi elements. The playful visuals, combined with deeper, intriguing messages, make it both captivating and thought-provoking.

This Poster expressed: The poster blends consumerism, spiritually, and conspiracy-like ideas. It uses Haribo's iconic gummy bears to comment on the power of advertising, suggesting that modern brands can be seen as manipulative or cult-like, merging innocence with deeper warnings about control and influence.

DESIGN 2

Figure 2.2, Spread Kindness, Source: Pinterest

Description: I enjoy it for its playful , cartoonish style, warm colour palette, and simple, clear messaging. The imagery of spreading kindness like butter on toast is creative and visually appealing, making it easy to understand and emotionally uplifting.

This Poster expressed: The poster promotes the importance of kindness through everyday acts like giving compliments, being polite, and checking In on friends. It uses visual metaphors and a lighthearted design to encourage selfless, caring behaviour as something that "nourishes" others, just like spreading kindness.

DESIGN 3

Figure 2.3, Transshipment Rabbit, Source: Pinterest

Description: I like the design for its bold, vibrant colours, playful cartoon rabbit, and retro slot machine theme.The combination of text and imagery creates a fun, energetic vibe that feels optimistic and cheerful.

This Poster expressed: The poster conveys a sense of luck, happiness, and positivity, represented by the rabbit and the slot machine theme. It suggests that good fortune and joy are just around the corner, emphasising ideas of luck, cuteness, and positivity in a visually playful way.