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CLIVE ON LEARNING FEBRUARY 19, 2009 Design elements - a graphics style manual Create images - don't scavenge : Nothing is more banal or meaningless than a commonly-used instance of stock photography that shows up everywhere. I love crossing into related disciplines and exploring the received wisdom. I'm obviously not a professional graphic designer but I am an enthusiastic amateur and keen to improve. With this in mind I enjoyed exploring Timothy Samara's sumptuous Design elements - a graphic style manual. In this posting I can't make available any of the examples to you - for those you'll have to buy the book; but I can share the rules. Be decisive. MORE >>	CLIVE ON LEARNING MARCH 6, 2009 The case for clip art and stock photography That's when I turn to clip art and stock photography. And there's a lot of poor clip art and stock photography out there which is horribly cheesy and, worse still, over-used. In the perfect situation you'd have unlimited time and money available when creating a presentation, print document or online learning materials. You'd be able to call in whatever specialist expertise you wanted and have the time to wait while they delivered the goods. know that visuals are often used for the wrong reasons, typically as a form of decoration or as a way of filling a space. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MARCH 6, 2009 \| CLIVE ON LEARNING The case for clip art and stock photography FEBRUARY 19, 2009 \| CLIVE ON LEARNING Design elements - a graphics style manual SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 \| CLIVE ON LEARNING Tips for do-it-yourself artists FEBRUARY 17, 2006 \| CLIVE ON LEARNING Snap happy
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CLIVE ON LEARNING FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Snap happy really can't see any snags at this price, which from what I can remember is a tint fraction of what you used to have to pay for stock photography. For some reason it's taken me ages to catch on to the potential for finding and sharing photos on the web. It's probably because my graphic designer colleague David Kori has been indisposed for a couple of months while he prepares a new suite of learning materials for schools. My favourite for glossy and highly professional images is iStockPhoto. Apart from Google image search, I've also been exploring Flickr, now a bit of a cult site. MORE >>	CLIVE ON LEARNING SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 Tips for do-it-yourself artists In Move over stock photos, Poser's here , Cathy Moore looks at alternatives to stock photos, in which, she complains, the girls are always too thin, too pretty and too happy. You can get these figures to adopt whatever pose or expression you like - something that's not possible with clip art or stock photography. Monday was graphics day. In Little known ways to create your own graphics using PowerPoint , Tom Kuhlman showed us how to edit Microsoft clip art in PowerPoint to shape it to your own needs. MORE >>
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