“If you’re a dead body in a morgue, you’re going to be less noticed than a dead body on a lawn,” instructor of Illustrations and Infographics Karl Gude said. “So metaphorically, how can you be the dead body on the lawn? You have to learn to be different and be creative to be noticed.” Explaining the differences between good graphics and great graphics on Monday, Gude tried … [Read more...] about Gude’s class uses paper airplanes to collect data
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Karl Gude’s students continue to focus on graphics
With the basics under their belt, Karl Gude’s Illustration and Information Graphic class prepares for their paper airplane flight contest on Tuesday afternoon. After spending Monday learning how to take drawings and adapt them in Adobe Illustrator, the class is tackling their end of the week project. Collecting statistics based on their flight patterns, the group will use … [Read more...] about Karl Gude’s students continue to focus on graphics
Paper airplanes help MIPA Graphics class illustrate
During the morning of July 31, a dozen students enrolled in Karl Gude's Illustration and Information Graphics tossed paper airplanes down a 40-foot track. “We're going to make a scatter plot,” Scott Hardin, a student of Traverse City Central said of the lesson, which was used as a data collection project. “We were scored based off of distance, accuracy and hang time, and … [Read more...] about Paper airplanes help MIPA Graphics class illustrate
Graphics class masters Adobe Illustrator
As MIPA summer camp started up with a full day on July 30, many classes had already hit the ground running. The Illustration and Information Graphics class, located in the Communication Arts building, spent its first full day at MIPA mastering the art of Adobe Illustrator. The goal of the class is to familiarize MIPA students with illustration applications and should … [Read more...] about Graphics class masters Adobe Illustrator
Karl Gude’s Top Five
MIPA Infographics instructor and MSU professor Karl Gude talks about what students will learn from his class at the MIPA summer workshop. … [Read more...] about Karl Gude’s Top Five