1. Lorenzo Tarantino Improving your Visual Design

2.  Elements of Design  Principles of Design  Some Analysis  Introduction to Inkscape  Break  Inkscape Workshop 1  Inkscape Workshop 2  Some Resources

3. Line Shape Mass Texture Color

4.  The line directs the flow or the movement of the gaze across visual space  It directs when and where the audience looks  Line can be literal or inferred

5.  Links elements together  Primary colors draw attention  Color has various meanings and connotations

6.  Find one and stick to it  Keeps consistency  Colors have strong meanings, and translate those into your design

7.  White Space – Less is more

8.  Size matters – Bigger is more noticeable  It draws immediate attention – both to the subject and anything near it

9. Balance Proximity Alignment Contrast Repetition White Space

11.  Headers  Indents  Fonts  Imagery  Colors

13.  Headers  Indents  Fonts  Imagery  Colors

14.  Alignment  Contrast  Color  Proximity

16.  Why use it?  Navigation  Multiple Selection  Layers  Export  Group/Ungroup  Object Positioning (z-Order)  Guide Rulers

19.  Text to path  Eat Object

20.  Free ClipArt Library: http://openclipart.org/http://openclipart.org/  Color Scheme mixer: www.colourlovers.comwww.colourlovers.com  Adobe Kuler: https://kuler.adobe.comhttps://kuler.adobe.com  Color Theory: http://tinyurl.com/y8a49dkhttp://tinyurl.com/y8a49dk  Color Concepts: http://tinyurl.com/y99s9tshttp://tinyurl.com/y99s9ts  Inkscape Tutorials: http://inkscape.org/doc/http://inkscape.org/doc/  C.R.A.P Principle:http://tinyurl.com/9b353wahttp://tinyurl.com/9b353wa  Design Theory: http://tinyurl.com/454pzelhttp://tinyurl.com/454pzel