Art Portfolio: Glossary of Terms

This is a form of a brief summary relating to my subject area. It is a collection of specialistic language generated to help in defining the comprehensively various terms.

I appreciate this session for expanding my subject language. Sometimes, it can be difficult to explain certain exercises or simple activities. Therefore, I found myself in a comfortable occurrence to take time to prepare my glossary. 

I have looked at the specific terms from the graphic design area. Because I reckon that the most encouraging part will be with pasting and designing the space for lyrics. Nevertheless, my vocabulary in terms of defining colours still needs to be extended. Below, I put the vocabulary which I consider relevant in my further project development.

Graphic Design Glossary of Terms

Design

Aspect ratio: explain the ratio of height and weight of the rectangle. Which in practical terms is the screen. For instance, the design can be displayed on the iMac, which the resolution is 16;9. This is a mathematical involvement by separating colons in order to get the precise ratio for display.

Hierarchy: Determine the place of the typography and the design in order to guide the reader's eye throughout the section. For instance, in the newspaper, part of the hierarchy is the headline.

Leadings: the upper and down space between each line of the text.

Alignment: determination of the position of the text or design on the space. As an example, this can be justified on the left, right or centred.

White space: it also refers to negative space. It is a part of the design which is unmarked by any other elements.

Resolution: it defines the quality of the picture measured by the number of pixels. Higher resolution means a clearer image.

Typography

Font types;

Serif: characterized with thin lines and hooks at the and of the letters. It is usually used in the newspapers and books pages. The example name of this font; Times New Roman, Georgia.

Sans serif: the serif style in simplified version. Sans stands for ''without'', it can be Calibri for instance.

Slab serif: geometric shape serif style. The traditional version designed into square, for example; Bahnschrift.

Script: font or special type of hand written style based upon historical or modern structure. For instance; Gabriola, Comic Sans.

Colour

Hue: it defines the pure colour of the picture/design.

Saturation: it determines the intensity of the colour hue.

Tint: it is a whiter version of the hued range.

Tone: it is a colour version with added grey. 

Colour wheel;

Analogous: adjacent colours are taken from one side of the colour wheel. (i.e. violet, turquoise, blue)

Complementary: only two colours are taken from the opposite side of the colour wheel. (i.e. red, green) It produces a disturbing contrast and ''tension'' on the design.

Triadic: colours spaced alongside the triangle shape embedded into the colour wheel. Those colours working together as a dominance, support and accent.

CMYK: it creates colours from the three primaries by mixing them into black. These are magenta, yellow and cyan.

RGB: it creates more vibrant colours contrary to CMYK. These are red, green and blue which by mixing, come from the light. This range of colour is rarely used in digital displays on the screen.

This task helps me understand the terms which about the meanings I was unsure of. In the future, I will use this skill to prepare myself in other areas.

References:

Stevenson, O. (2020) 120 Graphic Design Terms to Help Cut Through the Jargon. [Online] Shillington Design Blog. Available from : https://www.shillingtoneducation.com/blog/graphic-design-terms/ [Accessed 05/05/21].

Decker, K. (2017) 99 Important Design Words You Should Know. [Online] 99designs. Available from : https://99designs.co.uk/blog/tips/15-descriptive-design-words-you-should-know/ [Accessed 05/05/21].