The American Experience

"Hand"ling Imagery through the Senses

Trace you hand.

Fill it in with the color you have chosen.

Write an example of each sense as inspired by the hue.

Cut out your tracing.

Put your heading on the back and turn it in.

Absurdist Literature Stimulates Our Brains | Miller-McCune Online Magazine

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This article has references to three favorite pieces of mine, "Waiting for Godot," Franz Kafka (anything by him), and Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning." Maybe there's hope for me yet.

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Time to Break Up

I have split this site into sections. Each has its own page: 

English III: American Lit

Yearbook

Yearbook Assignments

Visual Media

These links are also accessible on each page's header. Enjoy!

14 Great Cheat Sheets & Posters to Make You a Software Wizard

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This site offers great pdfs that function as cheat sheets for popular programs and web browsers. They can be printed out as posters, too. I really want one for InDesign.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/14-great-cheat-sheets-posters-to-make-you-a-software-wizard/

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Heroine Typeface Movie Trailer

I know it's Friday night and I'm blogging about a movie trailer for a film about a font. Yes, a film about a font... but you're here to so you don't have much room to talk. Enjoy.

Text Effects Gallery - InDesign Docs

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Check out this site for cool text effects (InDesign): http://blogs.adobe.com/indesigndocs/2009/09/text_effects_gallery.html

The example above is a dual text wrap. Fancy!

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Nothing Mini About Woodrow Mini-School - Lakewood, Dallas, TX

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I enjoy the pictures and stories on Black, White, Read, especially when they feature Yearbook and Visual Media students. Check out the full version: http://lakewood-dallas.blackwhiteread.com/view/articles/13716?page=8

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Visual Media/Yearbook 9/18

* If you have not turned in your Personal Profile Interview Sheet, please turn it in today.

Creating a Spread in InDesign

1. Open Adobe InDesign

2. Choose "From Template"

3. Click on "Desktop"

4. Double-click the "Yearbook Folder"

5. Double-click "Desktop Templates"

6. Double-click "HJ Template Size 7 CS4.indt"

7. It will give you a "missing fonts" error. Click "OK."

8. Click "View," "Grids and Guides," and "Show Document Grid."

9. Create any one of the design samples below. (You may create one with a partner).

10. Save to your Thaw Space folder and Print before the end of class.

* Input sample pictures and fill text boxes (copy and caption) with placeholder text.

InDesign Magazine's Tip-of-the-Week Archive

Thanks @yearbookladies. This is a comprehensive list of InDesign Magazine's Tip-Of-The-Week.

10 Common Typography Mistakes

Check out these commonly made mistakes with type. Mistakes. Thanks (@guykawasaki)