I aced the first test.
Web Design is vapor. I know it’s there, I just can’t grasp it. I accrue a little condensation, enough for a multiple choice quiz. The big picture continues elude me. What is the goal of this class anyway?
The textbook shows screenshots of the author’s layout, but no mention of what application layouts are done in. Page Maker is mentioned, but the inference is that he wouldn’t use that program in a pink fit. “Wireframes” are mentioned. I just had 3D CAD last semester. Wireframe implies three dimensions to me. Maybe he means “Grid”. Grids are two-dimensional. Yeah, I think he must mean grid.
Are we learning to design pages that we have to send to a code writer? Is code coming down the road? What applications are layouts and web design created in, anyway? Enquiring minds want to know.
Interesting posting. Let me see if I can comment on some of what you wrote. Yes we will be getting to some coding down the road. Since this is a web design class, we are looking at the concepts and guidelines/standards of good design techniques. I feel sure in graphic design you don’t just jump in and start creating without looking at some of the concepts and terminology as well as understanding some technique guidelines first.
As to the idea about “graphic design” being a bad word. I have said about myself that I am not a creative person when it comes to graphic design. In regards to web design, the graphics side is an important part in creating a successful web site. I know a lot of the technical parts of it, but creating graphics, I just do not have that talent. So I hope I have not given the impression that graphic design is a bad thing. It is a very necessary part as well as an important part and I wish I were better at it.
Bob McP
the yada yada yada comes from the back of the room not the front, plus i get paranoid and hypersensitive if i miss a dose…
Hiya Brain! I liked this post, I seem to feel the same way. >.<
Anyways loved the comic!