Origami Tutorial - Mandarin Duck

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Here you have my second Origami video tutorial.

This time around you’ll be able to learn how to make a Mandarin duck.

Remember, if you don’t understand a step, you can always watch the video over and over again.

If you have any doubts or comments I’ll be more than glad to assist you.

 

 


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Origami Tutorial - Butterfly

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Just like I promised.

Here you have my very first Origami diagram, I hope you all like it. I you need help, I have just uploaded a video of myself doing the origami in a video tutorial, just in case if you get lost in the process.

Remember, this blog is daily updated, that way you’ll always have something new to learn.


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Cool Kirigami

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

¿Would you like to learn how to make Kirigamis like this one?

I will teach you soon… check it out!


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The Ten Commandments of Origami

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

  1. Choosing the right paper and properly cutting the size and shape according to the figure you want to do.
  2. Always need and clean.
  3. Every fold and pleat has to be donde with precision, that’s the reason why you need to work over a hard and smooth superface while folding the paper.
  4. You need to go over the pleats and folds with the nail of the thumb, they will get more definition, hence the remaining steps will be easier.
  5. The more careful you are while folding, the better the outcoming figure.
  6. You need to follow the steps in the precise order you see them.
  7. You cannot jump any step in the process. That’s why you always need to keep in mind your last and your next step throughout the whole process.
  8. You need to respect all the instruction given; for example, the way the corners should be folded, how to fold the figure, etc.
  9. He who has never done or has never practiced with an Origami figurine before, should start with the basic figures.
  10. Respecting every single rule and instruction, doing all the foldings in a neat and clean manner, the more you shall enjoy the results.

 

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Materials: Origamis

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

If you really want to make good origamis I can give a few advices on the type of paper you might want to use:

-Origami Paper, it’s the best you can get, but expensive.

-Gift Paper, it’s really useful, but it cannot be any type of paper, it has to be the one with a brown color on the back. Maybe the clerk at the store will think you just went bananas when asking for this, but it really exists and that’s the one you need for your Origami. Normally the back part of the wrapping paper is white.

I usually advice people to use this type of papers because they’re easily to fold and to handle. So when it comes to the folding part of the origami, the paper won’t have wrinkles all over it.

Once you have the paper part covered, you’d need to cut in these three sizes:

6″ x 6″

7″ x 7″

8″ x 8″


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Five Signs You Should Not Major in Graphic Design

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

(An adaptation from Peter Vogt’s, “Five Signs you Should Change Your Major”.)

 


Give yourself a point for each question below you answer ‘yes’ to:

1. You’d rather be surfing myspace during a lecture or presentation or you can’t stop surfing during class breaks.

Let’s face it, it’s not really the teacher’s lecture that has you so bored because you’re bored our of your mind when doing homework for graphics courses as well. Maybe you’re also having a hard time convincing yourself that you should keep trying to read that textbook or project description? We both know that it’s not that you don’t like to read, but more so that you would rather be reading something else like emails and new posts on your myspace page. It doesn’t have to be this way, you know? You shouldn’t have to try so hard to find something about graphic design that you’re interested in enough to let go of the myspace and dig, really dig, into graphic design on a deeper level. Couldn’t it be that you really don’t like design as much as you’re trying to convince yourself and everyone else you do?
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Everything You Need to Know About Web Design

Friday, July 27th, 2007

A representation of content, related to an individual, business or any other topic; using design and graphic principles on the internet in the form of web applications and web sites is known as web design. Web design usually involves and uses technologies and standards such as HTML, CSS, XML, SSL, PHP, ASP, etc.

Web design differs completely from web development, which is more technical and deals with issues concerning the web site dynamics, validations and constraints. The principle of web site design further involves conception and collection of web pages, that in turn, collectively are known as a single entity, a web site. Web pages are usually the basic content and design holders for the entire web site.

Web design involves great many characteristics of design. The web site design usually depends completely on the type of content. The web site design should be consistent with the content offered by the site and should be able to please the target population looking for such content. Web site design, should be such that it renders the site almost maintain ace free. It should also be user-friendly, with the most basic navigational concepts instilled and an interface that keeps bringing its users back for more. Thus web design plays a very heavy hand in retaining the web traffic. Aesthetics should be eye pleasing and should be consistent throughout the web site. The whole idea of web design, caters around the presentation of the content posted on the web page, this should be kept in mind during the design phases, so that the content is stark and completely readable without any hindrances. Web design definitely affects the online business and visitor retention a lot, no body wants to visit a web site again which is poorly design and the navigating is a pain.

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