I dug out an old box of family photos that I figured would hold a treasure of options for this project. I was right! (I have a ton of photos to deal with for my project, but none that need to be restored or colored, and certainly no engravings.. so I’ll have a bit of…
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Comments: March 2 – 8
I commented on Carrie’s post and gave Sasha my two cents on her final project. Also gave Alex a huzzah for her glimmer of hope.
Confessions of a Photoshop Hack
I admit it. I’m a hack. I know enough about Photoshop to be dangerous, but not really enough to know if what I’m doing is correct. And after reading Katrin Eismann’s Photoshop Restoration & Retouching, I am flat-out breaking some cardinal rules. I never use layers. Gasp. I just move the sliders around until I…
Commenting Week of March 1
Turns out Zayna and I are in the same boat with color – red to be precise, which is a fabulous color, but difficult to use correctly. I also commented on Clay’s discussion of color, which in my mind sparked a “what’s better” debate: good content on a non-designed site or gorgeous design and so-so…
Data Visualization & The Historian
I was looking forward to revisiting Edward Tufte this week. In 2000, I scammed a free trip to one of Tufte’s day-long seminars in Crystal City. At the time, I was working for Sallie Mae as one of their web content writers and often, my work required drilling down complicated loan details into digestible webby…
Purpose-Built Content
I finished up my Type assignment last night. Like most of our other classmates who’ve expressed such things, I spent an inordinate amount of time on it. Even still, I’m not totally happy with it. For the final project, I might do what Ruel did and use a graphic for my rule instead of that…