CDHGraphicDesign
Graphic Design student at Noroff, learning and evolving.
At this site I will post my art, assignment, reflective journal and show my progress in becoming a graphic designer.
“Earth without ART is just eh!”
– Demetri Martin
Semester 2 Schedule 24/25
Schedule 24/25 Screenbased design 1/ UX Design Fundamentals CA 1 Hand out: Monday 13.05.24. Deadline: Friday 4 pm, 06.09.25. Photography CA 2 Hand out: Monday 09.09.24. Deadline: Friday 4 pm, 04.10.24. Screenbased design 2/ UI Design Fundamentals CA 2 Hand out: Monday 07.10.24 Deadline: Friday 4 pm, 10.01.25. Graphic Design CA 3 Hand out: Monday…
I AM BACK!
2023 was a very special year for me, in both good and bad. I am going to be completely honest with you, it was though. 23 of march 2023 I was 25 weeks pregnant and working on my semester project everyday. I was really in a perfect creative mode and space! That day I went…
Semester Project
I am currently working on my semester project, therefore I have been a bit quite on the blog front. So far I have delivered a product description about my client, logo design, which products I am going to design, justification and challenges with the design. I have also delivered a work schedule for my semester…
CA – Graphic Design 2
These past weeks I have been learning about layout design, composition, guidlines, layout principles and so on. It has been some intensive weeks, with a lot of tasks, assignments and an exciting CA brief. I have already written a god deal about this CA’s brief – however, the brief stated that a recipe booklet should…
MA02 – Layout and composition
During this GRA2 process I have completed three different LinkedIn learning courses. The first one I published here on the blog a few weeks ago, and these two are the last ones that I completed. I learned a lot of these courses and are happy that I now have these certificates in my resumé! -…
MA01 part 4 – Thumbnail sketches of the layout
I have been sketching and trying to work out the layout for my booklet design. I had these things in mind while sketching: – CDH
MA01 part 3 – Moodboard
I have created a moodboard for this CA brief with Adobe InDesign. It’s energetic, happy and inspiring for my booklet work. I might adjust the moodboard during this process. This is it, hopefully this will help me with my inspiration and ideation during this creative work. – CHD
MA01 – Graphic Design 2
The brief The brief stated that a recipe booklet called «healthy food for growing kids» should be designed for parents and young children. The booklet will contain nutritious recipe that are easy enough for children to make with a bit of help and guidance from an adult. The booklet design should present the creative meals…
1.1 part 2 InDesign Essential Training
I have been working on this massive and comprehensive course in LinkedIn about InDesign and finally I got my certificate. I have learned a lot during this week, and I can’t wait to use all the new knowledge I now have with InDesign. Especially when it comes to designing and writing the booklet. – CDH
1.1 Layout and composition
It’s truly important to master the art of communicating ideas and messages in the best possible way as a graphic designer. To be able to grab the attention of people living in a world of visual stimuli. That’s where layout and composition plays a big part. Layout design is a fundamental part of visual communication.…
1.1 part 3 – Film & Wet Plate Photographs
I love this photography with it’s simplicity, yet a lot of feelings. I really get the feeling of a darker time, passing over to autumn. By looking at this photograph I can smell the forest and the trees letting go of their leafs and I can feel the cosyness of a blanket and some candlelight…
1.1 part 2 – Film Photography VS. Digital Photography
Before digital photography, we had different stages that lead to film photography. «KODAK MOMENTS» is something most of us has heard about. Which is moments caught on film. Film cameras need to be developed in a dark room or via a camera store that provides developments of your film. This process takes some time and…
1.1 part 1 – History Of Photography
The past two weeks I have been studying photography and the History about photography. The worlds first photograph was captured by Joseph Niépce. The first ever taken Photo was redicovered by Swiss Photo historians Helmut and Alison Gernsheim in 1952. This image is acknowledge as the world’s first photograph, and Helmut Gernsheim donated it to…
CA – Strategic Design 1
I submitted my final design and report on thursday 1 of december, one day before the deadline. After intense work with the design for Fra Gård I just shut down a little while, so I didn’t post about it right away here on the blog. I could reveal right now that I have got the…
MA02 part 2 – Moodboard
I’ve created a moodboard with my CA brief in mind. I am developing a logo design for Fra Gård and this moodboard represents my inspiration for that logo design. First of I have included two types of typography, Merriweather in a light weight and Beloved Sans in a Regular weight. Both of these typefaces are…
MA02 part 1 – Brand Identity
I’m still working on my CA and part of it is to research and find a brand identity for my «client» Fra Gård. Brand identity is a range of things related to the brand. Like logo, colours, typography, copywriting and visual elements that forms a personality for your brand. The brand communicates with the world…
MA01 part 4 – Brand Positioning Statement
After doing a lot of research and putting all my information in to buyer personas, I have been working on creating a brand position statement. A brand positioning statement creates a perception in the consumers mind about the product or service. It’s all about influencing the consumer in a certain way when it comes to…
MA01 – Part 3 Strategic Design1
As part of my research I am now focusing on the target market for Fra Gård. I need to research and figure out who their current custumers are and who the client want’s as customers in the future. I will research and take a look at: To put all my research and information into a…
MA01 – part 2 Strategic Design
Completed a Quiz about strategic design and got all of them correct ✔️ – CDH 🤓
Strategic Design – Branding
The word «Brand» comes from the act of identifying livestock with a mark burnt onto the skin in the American Midwest. By branding their animals, farmers could easily see the animals who belong to them. In 1789, Andrew Pears «branded» his soap bars to make them stand out from other soaps from competitors. Then the…
MA01 – Part 1 Strategic Design
As part of my strategic planning and research, I need to write things down and answere some questions about the CA brief. This will help me solve the «problem» / brief in a creative and strategic way. How do we start with the strategic design process? We start by understanding why we are creating what…
CA1 – Book Cover Design
I have been working on this brief for several weeks, and used the two last weeks to finalize the book cover and my comprehensive report. The brief stated that a new book cover for «The Seven Dials Mystery» by Agatha Christie, should be made with a minimum number of colours, include the number 7 and…
MA03 – Adjustments Moodboard
I have made a new moodboard for my MA03, thats also a part of my big project that i’m working on. I wasn’t happy with some of the images in my mood board and I asked for some guidance on forum. I got some feedback and worked with my moodboard with my feedback in mind,…
MA03 – Mood Board
As part of my process of creating a new book cover for «The Seven Dials Mystery» by Agatha Cristie, I needed to develop a mood board to help me. After learning about typography, colour theory and the use of images – I could apply my new knowledge to this project. I used a lot of…
3.4(1&2) Fruit Juice Photo Manipulation Effect
This week I have been using a lot of time reading and studying about images, types of imagery and how to choose the right image. I then followed a learning video created by Tutvid about how to manipulate fruit juice photos. To practise my image sourcing skills, I used different images than in the learning…
3.3 (2) Generate Two Different Colour Themes – Colour Theory
As part of my big project I need to create colour theme options for my mood board, which will help me in creating and developing a new book cover for «The Seven Dials Mystery». After reading, studying and working through the course in Adobe Color – I started doing a lot of research around mysterious…
3.3 (1) Colour Theory
In addition to learning a lot about typography the last two weeks, I have also learned a lot about colour theory. As a Graphic designer it’s really important to know about colour theory – which is a theoretical understanding of colour. I have learned a lot about how to make colour combinations by using colour…
3.2 Typography 2
The last week I used a lot of time learning about typography, and how to manipulate text in Illustrator. The lecture videos looked easy and simple to follow, but I got a really hard time with the 3D effect lecture. I used two days to just figure it out, and that’s kind of embarrasing. However,…
3.1 Typography 1
One of the most important tools a graphic designer should master – is typography! As a designer we need to be able to use typography in a creative and custom way – know how to make adjustments so we enhance the readability, and make the reader intrigued. As a graphic designer you can also specialise…
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