T3 03 Digital Camera

Summary for this section:

The following course notes have been compiled to support and provide a basic understanding of the subject area. You are expected to research and read material that will build upon this basic material.

Assessment Criteria:

Complete the above learning activity for marking and feedback. Use Word or Indesign (export to PDF).

Save your file as photo_research.

My Learning Activity submission for this unit can be found here.

The document is in .pdf format; Viewing online you can navigate by mouse scroll, page buttons or keyboard arrow keys. The document has interactive navigation and subject links when viewed in Adobe Acrobat. 

'Simply, the more photos you take, the better and more consistent your photography will become'.

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I3 04 OHS

Summary for this section:

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to ensure OHS procedures are followed in environments where computers are predominately used but which may require limited access to chemicals and solvents. This unit covers general OHS requirements in business organisations and is relevant for employees using computers and working under direct supervision with no responsibilities for other people.

Assessment Criteria:

Complete and combine all the above Learning Activities into one Word document or Indesign PDF document, use headings for each. Save your file as ‘OHS’.

My Learning Activity submission for this unit can be found here.

The document is in .pdf format; Viewing online you can navigate by mouse scroll, page buttons or keyboard arrow keys. The document has interactive navigation and subject links when viewed in Adobe Acrobat.  

'Workplace health and safety is every employees responsibility'.

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I3 03 Design Industry

Summary for this section:

Design is a practice based on problem solving, aesthetics, materials and processes. It refers to professional design of work involving two dimensions and forms in space, which respond to a brief, and may relate to the design of digital media, graphics, illustrative work, industrial designs, events/exhibits, fashion, jewellery, fashion accessories, furniture, furnishing, interior or urban design.

This unit applies to individuals who need to source and apply knowledge on the design industry to support professional design practice and acknowledges the concept of a design industry and design as a discrete profession.

This section of Industry 3 contains four Learning Activities:
LA01 Constructive Feedback
LA02 Positions vacant
LA03 Trends in the design industry
LA04 Ethical & legal work practises in the design industry

Assessment Criteria:

Complete and combine all the above four Industry section Learning Activities into one Word document or Indesign PDF document, use headings for each. Save your file as ‘Design-Industry’.

My activity tasks can be viewed here.

'The activity work was very broad ranging and made me think of aspects of the industry I had not before, especially in regards to ethics and day-to-day working as a designer and the considerations and decisions that must be made and supported.

Thank you for taking the time to read this post'.

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D3 LA04 Positive+Negative

Summary for this Learning Activity

Part A:  Positive versus Negative Space
This activity encourages you to explore the nature of negative space to visually interpret a subject.

Part B: Whitespace

Find 4 examples where whitespace has been used effectively.

Assessment Criteria:

For Part A Scan your A4 page as Lineart and save as posnegA.jpg For Part B Scan your magazine advertisements (small file size) and put into a Word document.

Part A, Negative space

1. Clouds

2. Whipped Cream

3. Jaws

My process and Part B can be viewed here.

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D3 LA03 Black Squares

Summary for this Learning Activity:

ACTIVITY 01: To use two dimensional design principles to explore, experiment, develop and extend your graphic vocabulary.

1. Order

2. Increase

3. Bold

4. Congested

5. Tension

6. Playful

ACTIVITY 02: Now, replace these black squares with pictures or text or a page. Find magazine advertisements or business cards that demonstrate each of the six categories mentioned above.

Assessment Criteria:

Complete the above Learning Activity for marking.

For Part A Scan your A4 page as Lineart and save as A_squares.

For Part B Scan your magazine advertisements (small file size)), naming as the following – B_order; B_increase; B_bold; B_congested; B_tension; B_playful

My process can be viewed here.

My visual diary entry for this activity can be viewed here.

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D3 LA02 Filing

Summary for this Learning Activity:

ACTIVITY 01: Make up a new folder called LA02 and save the files (assessment) to your Cert3GPP >DESIGN 3 folder on your computer. Now make 3 more folders inside this folder – COPY, ARTWORK and LINKS. Note: The Indesign file (.indd) or Acrobat file does not go into any of these folders, it sits all by itself. The LINKS folder should reflect everything that is inside Indesign’s Links Tab/Panel.

ACTIVITY 02: Create an invite using Indesign with the given Photoshop and Illustrator files. Arrange these files in folders as per instructions above. Note - You will use this File Management/File Structure method from now on in this course. Open your PDF file and Save As > Image > JPG. Clearly label and leave a comment describing what you had to do.

My process can be viewed here.

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I3_02-Workplace

Summary of my process for these Learning Activities:

LEARNING ACTIVITY 01 Workplace
Read the Worksafe Tasmania document for new employees and answered the questions in sentence format. My responses are in the 'Workplace' PDF document linked below.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 02 Communication Research
Read the information provided on Communication. I visually interpreted two of the slides. My submissions are in the Workplace document linked below. 

The above image is one that I produced, but did not submit. It was for the slide 'Actions speak louder than words'. This did not make the cut as it does not visually represent body language and was rejected. It was created using Photoshop and I used visual references from Google>Images for ideas.

The images used and produced for this activity were also sourced from Google>Images, as were the visual references used. The initial steps of this process can be viewed in my Thumbnail process, documented in my Visual Diary.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 03 Effective Communication
Does it look OK to you? I practiced effective communication by providing positive feedback. I have left my comments on the Industry 3 Forum titled ‘I3 WORKPLACE LA 03 Communication’ as required. My response can also be found in the Workplace document linked below. The initial steps of this activity can be found in my Thumb nail process, in the above visual diary link.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 04 Client Interaction
My ‘client’ is the person who is paying for their business card, which is to be designed by me. I met with the client in person to discuss their needs. Read the required information on how to prepare and upload files to a printer. Wrote down my comments in the Workplace document linked below, under the heading ‘LA 04 Checklist’.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 05 Forms of Communication – Spelling
Answered the questions for A, B, C, D, E and F categories, which can be found in the Workplace document linked below under the heading ‘LA 05 Spelling’.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 06 Discretion and Confidentiality
Wrote down my comments in the Workplace document, using the heading ‘LA 06 Confidentiality’. Left my comment on the Industry 3 Forum titled ‘i3 WORKPLACE LA 06 Confidentiality’.

Completed and combined all the above Learning Activities into one Word document using the headings for each. Saved this document as PDF, named ‘Workplace’ and it is view able here. If opening in Adobe Acrobat, bookmarks are available for access to each Learning Activity.

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