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Week One footnotes

This is the first entry to the design blog of Peter Macinkovic (Inkovic) regarding the weekly design process behind the works produced primarily for Electronic Imaging Design but it will also contain other musings related to design.

This week was the first week of my Electronic Imaging and Design class in which we had several assignments designated to us due by Week6 of our course. These assigments were:

Research Paper

_{This assigment is a 1000 word critical report of an artist of varying media outlets who have developed the language of the photographic medium. I am looking forward to this assignment but will put it off for later weeks as I like to prepare as much as possible prior to any and all writing tasks.}

Visual Design Folio

_{Three core design assignments each worth 10%. They usually consist of manipulation of the photographic image and creation of a aesthetic piece which can be assessed by the given criteria. These are:}

Photo montage: Self portrait as a machine

This task could prove to be most difficult from a conceptual standpoint. The premise is to use machines or mechanical devises to create a self-portrait whether its literal, perceptual or interpretive.
The immediate ideas that rush to mind for myself personally is some form of film projector to showcase both my love for film and the animation process. The idea will evolve our the progressing weeks.

Political Art : Political Poster

A political theme or idea expressed in a form of poster, CD or DVD cover. My preliminary vision of this would most likely consist of a non-confrontational issue such as AIDS or Poverty in Africa to avoid highly debatable ideals as well as a simplified concept of initial design.

Graphic User Interface (GUI) and Typography

Interface design integrating typographical design and implementing the basic principles of a grid structure. No immediate design vision as of yet but this particular task can be left for a few weeks until a vision of the final design comes into play.

Week One Exercise

Composition exercise week one used to refresh photoshopping skills. Basically a simple composition exercise, layer blends and masking used. A few flowers over the background consisting of a screened water image, masked mountain image and sky background.