course dump

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

Presumably his professor will.

That seems pretty goddamn stupid, it's like the professor was too cheap to buy a book or decide what to read themselves, and opted to read their student's writings over the holidays or something.

[Duvet]

Graphic Design at Seneca College (2010–2013)
I wanted an excuse to make tables on here, and I guess post about what I've been doing the past 3 years.

Additional notes:

• Semester 6 is split into two terms because one of which is reserved for Field Placement/Internship and the other for final classes
• I spent my Field Placement/Internship at Robert Kennedy Publishing in Mississauga, before it went bankrupt and bought out mid-2013 owned. I stared at high resolution photos of ripped women and men 8 hours a day, 3 days a week in my own little cubicle.
• I started working a minimum waged job when I started college.
• I worked an 8-hour shift every Friday in Semesters 1 and 2.
• I worked an 8-hour shift every Friday in Semester 3.
• I worked a 5-hour shift every Wednesday after class and an 8-hour shift every Friday in Semester 4.
• I worked an 8-hour shift every Monday and Friday in Semesters 5 and 6.
  

Semester 1 — September to December 2010

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00	College English
8:55	College English	Visual Fundamentals
9:50		Visual Fundamentals	Colour Theory	College English
10:45		Visual Fundamentals	Colour Theory	College English
11:40	Typography I		Colour Theory	Drawing
12:35	Typography I	Software Training I (InDesign & Illustrator)		Drawing
13:30	Typography I	Software Training I (InDesign & Illustrator)		Drawing
14:25		Software Training I (InDesign & Illustrator)
15:20				Computers & Applications
16:15				Computers & Applications
17:10
18:05

Semester 2 — January to April 2011

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00	Typography II
8:55	Typography II			Graphic Design I (Layout Design)
9:50	Typography II		History of Graphic Design I	Graphic Design I (Layout Design)
10:45	Typography II	Design Process	History of Graphic Design I	Graphic Design I (Layout Design)
11:40		Design Process
12:35	Propaganda & Persuasion	Design Process
13:30	Propaganda & Persuasion			Software Training II (InDesign & Photoshop)
14:25	Propaganda & Persuasion			Software Training II (InDesign & Photoshop)
15:20	College English	Photography	College English	Software Training II (InDesign & Photoshop)
16:15		Photography	College English
17:10		Photography
18:05

Semester 3 — September to December 2011

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00			Effective Business Writing
8:55			Effective Business Writing		Design Production I
9:50	Software Training III (Photoshop)		Effective Business Writing		Design Production I
10:45	Software Training III (Photoshop)			Art & Technology	Design Production I
11:40	Software Training III (Photoshop)			Art & Technology
12:35				Art & Technology	History of Graphic Design II
13:30					History of Graphic Design II
14:25			Web Software I (Web Design)
15:20			Web Software I (Web Design)
16:15		Graphic Design II (Print Design)	Web Software I (Web Design)
17:10		Graphic Design II (Print Design)
18:05		Graphic Design II (Print Design)

Semester 4 — January to April 2012

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00			Censorship and The Media	Web Software II (Flash)
8:55	Graphic Design III (Packaging Design)		Censorship and The Media	Web Software II (Flash)	Interactive Design I
9:50	Graphic Design III (Packaging Design)		Censorship and The Media	Web Software II (Flash)	Interactive Design I
10:45	Graphic Design III (Packaging Design)				Interactive Design I
11:40		Corporate Design	Design Production II	Job Readiness
12:35		Corporate Design	Design Production II	Job Readiness
13:30		Corporate Design	Design Production II	Job Readiness
14:25
15:20
16:15
17:10
18:05

Semester 5— September to December 2012

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00
8:55				Interactive Design II	Electronic Pre-Press
9:50				Interactive Design II	Electronic Pre-Press
10:45			Graphic Design IV (Environmental Design)	Interactive Design II	Electronic Pre-Press
11:40			Graphic Design IV (Environmental Design)
12:35			Graphic Design IV (Environmental Design)
13:30
14:25
15:20			Portfolio Preparation
16:15			Portfolio Preparation
17:10			Portfolio Preparation
18:05			Portfolio Preparation

Semester 6 First Term — January to February 2013
lol


Semester 6 Second Term — March to April 2013

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00
8:55			It's Your Business
9:50			It's Your Business
10:45		Graphic Design V (Design For Social Change)	It's Your Business	Graphic Design V (Design For Social Change)
11:40	Professional Practices	Graphic Design V (Design For Social Change)		Graphic Design V (Design For Social Change)
12:35	Professional Practices	Graphic Design V (Design For Social Change)		Graphic Design V (Design For Social Change)
13:30	Professional Practices	Advanced Typography	It's Your Business	Advanced Typography
14:25		Advanced Typography	It's Your Business	Advanced Typography
15:20		Advanced Typography	It's Your Business	Advanced Typography
16:15
17:10
18:05

[Mr Momentum & the Sidesteppers]

what is the hardest thing about typography? i've always been interested in it

[Duvet]

typography in itself covers a fairly large spectrum of info, but I guess the hardest thing to delve into is typeface design because you really need a solid understanding of typeface anatomy, font history, the differences between print and digital type, and exact measurements in picas. designing any typeface is a fucking pain in the ass regardless of which, lmao.

stuff like rules/conventions of typography, proper typesetting, classifications, and all that jazz isn't difficult to grasp. I think it's something that comes naturally if you work with type frequently and invest the time into making it not look like shit pretty much. actually having typography textbooks at your disposal and speaking to real typographers that have worked at linotype, monotype, etc. are greatly beneficial too.

in my case, I'm super autistic when it comes to typography and usually spend way too much time typesetting properly and making it look sexy—I'm a weirdo and care more about type than imagery 95% of the time. I'm literally one of the only people in my graduating class that follows proper typographic conventions—everybody else just clicks, types, changes the weight and tracking, and sometimes remembers to kern (usually people need to point it out before they remember to do it). I'm a complete amateur at typeface design though.

typography is such a fundamental skill every graphic designer should have a solid understanding of, and if they don't know jack shit about it, they shouldn't be labelled as that job title at all quite frankly. any gorilla can download a cracked adobe creative suite, watch a couple shitty youtube tutorials, and then call themselves a "graphic designer" at the end of the day while beating off. quite obviously, there's a massive differentiation between the aforementioned gorillas and the real niggas that actually know what the fuck they're doing because they either went to school or are autistic enough to delve deeply into the field.

I guess while on the topic, if you don't know what kerning exactly is, or you want to try it yourself, this site is neat: type.method.ac/
the grading is lenient, but I guess it gives you a better idea on how accurately you can perceive spacing. I'm so fucking autistic that I scored a perfect 100 on my first try back when I found this, lmfao.