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Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. (Ph.D.) DENİZ AKBULUT
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course Using various expression methods such as photography, typography and illustration, it is necessary to experiment with creative upper middle level graphic design projects.
Course Content Introducing the imagination and talents of students by entering the world of professional graphic design. Emphasizing creative and new approaches and preparing experimental projects.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Basic concepts about the course and the programs used. Getting general information about Adobe Illustrator, getting to know the workspace; tools, panels, and menus in the workspace.
2Getting to know the Adobe Illustrator tools panel, Adobe Illustrator selection operations, alignments. Application: Vector applications with Pen drawing tool.
3Color and coloring, use of gradient. Application: Coloring exercises with geometric shapes.
4Transforming objects in Adobe Illustrator: Transform, using pathfinder panels. Application: Coloring exercises with geometric shapes.
5Type properties in Adobe Illustrator: Character and paragraph panel properties. Application: Typography studies.
6Getting general information about emblem, logotype and corporate identity design, which is a product of creative design. Application: Emblem and Logotype design sketches.
7Corporate Identity design. Application: Drawing of emblem and logotype designs in Adobe Illustrator.
8Corporate Identity design. Application: Corporate Identity Design; business card, letterhead, diplomat envelope and bag envelope designs.
9Midterm
10Photoshop program, general information about the program, working area recognition, application file opening-saving, undo operations, toolbox, tool shortcuts, selection tools. Application: Decoupage Operations on digital images with Pen tool.
11Adobe Photoshop program painting tools, use of imaging tools. Image, layer, select menus and their use on designs. Application: Adobe Photoshop Program selection processes and collage work on digital images.
12Filter, View and Window menus and their use on designs. Color settings in Photoshop. Application: Product advertisement design.
13Detailed selections on Adobe Photoshop retouching and digital images. Application: Magazine cover design.
14Detailed selections on Adobe Photoshop retouching and digital images. Application: Magazine cover design.

Resources

Uçar, Tevfik Fikret. Görsel İletişim ve Grafik Tasarım. İstanbul: İnkılap Kitapevi, 2004.
Kınık, Mustafa. Grafik Tasarım & Üretim Teknolojileri. İstanbul: Asil Yayınları, 2005.
Weill, Alain. Grafik Tasarım. İstanbul: YAPI KREDİ YAYINLARI, 2008.
Vit, Armin ve Bryony Gomez-Palacio. Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design. 2009.
Sherin, Aaris. SustainAble: A Handbook of Materials and Applications for Graphic Designers and Their Clients (Design Field Guide). 2008.