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LT 2.1 For this task, you need to create a website strategy document for your fictitious client in CA01 (refer to Module 1, Lesson Task 1.1). Use your brief from Module 1, Lesson Task 1.2, to guide you. Note the areas you need to cover below. Since this website strategy isn’t for an actual clientContinue reading “GRA 2 Week 2 LT 2.1 & 2.2”

LT 1.3 Draft your own website architecture and wireframesUp till now, you have followed the right process. You have your fictitious client and a consolidated and comprehensive brief in place. Now you can finalise your website architecture and website page wireframes. Sketch out and finalise your website architecture. This should include your primary pages asContinue reading “GRA 2 Week 1 Lesson task 1.3 1.4”

And so another year of graphic design has begun! I cannot wait to see what kind of exciting new adventures and challanges this year will bring me! LT 1.1 Plastic pollution has a major impact on our marine life. Your job is to create a fictitious, non-profit foundation that raises awareness around this. Research existingContinue reading “GRA 2 Week 1, LT 1.1, 1.2,”

Lesson Task – Point of Sale Practical Assignment Part A Consider the touchpoints of your brand in general (to ensure that all the elements work together) and then focus on your packaging. Design a set of Point of Sale elements that will promote your product in-store. The set can consist of however many elements youContinue reading “Week 33”

Lesson Task Practical assignment (creative problem solving) Using the logo you created in Week 1 and the brochure you designed in Week 2, think about your brand and design packaging for your product. Remember that you can decide about the detail of your product. Is it dog biscuits, meat products in a tin, dry pelletsContinue reading “Week 32”

Practical assignment (observation and analysis) Use the logo you created in Week 1 and design a brochure for your product. You may use any format you like, just make sure that the format is in line with and adds to your logo design. Your brochure must contain an illustration. This could be the infographic alone,Continue reading “Week 31 Lesson Task – Illustration, Infographic and Brochure”

Lesson Task Practical Assignment (observation and analysis) Develop a name for a dog food product. Design a logo for this product, using full colour. The logo must contain a main visual and typography. (Use the “People Saving Pets” logo as a guide – this does not mean your design should be the same, it isContinue reading “Week 30”

Lesson Task – Customise a WordPress Site (8 hours) + Lesson Task – Create a WordPress Theme (12 hours) 1. Take your theme that you have installed on your hosting account or make a new site and add a theme (it’s your choice).Create a child theme and customise it using CSS and HTML (you canContinue reading “Week 28-29”

Firstly you need to download and install* WordPress. Then publish it to your web hosting account. Create a subfolder if you wish to avoid conflicts with previous websites. *Most hosting companies have the option to install WordPress directly. Look into that for your specific hosting company.Once it is installed, you can start having some fun. ChooseContinue reading “Week 27 Lesson Task – Working with WordPress”

Take the basic website you have designed in your previous two Lesson Tasks in this module (Lesson Task – Put Thought Into Your Design and Lesson Task – Planning the Structure) and convert that into HTML and CSS code.This will help you understand the importance between the design and the programming phase and how theyContinue reading “Week 25 Coding Basics”