Graphic Design Resources

• GDS News & Announcements
• C138 Studio Use FAQ Wiki
• delicious.com/parkland.gds
  (Internet resources for graphic designers)
• Graphic Design Exercises
• Graphic Design Lectures

Handouts & Reference

• Blank IE browser window (for sketching)
• Blank 1024x768 browser chrome PNGs (IE7) (Firefox) (Safari)(more from designerstoolbox.com)
• Browser test pattern (for measuring browser windows)
• Common Graphics Formats
• Core Fonts Specimen Sheets
• Design Brief (Example)
• Design Brief (How to Write One)
• Design Process Framework
• Desktop picture with monitor resolutions:
  (1024x768) (1280x960) (1680x1050) (2560x1440)
• Envelope Addressing Requirements (USPS)
• Graphic Styles Timeline
• Gregg Berryman's Notes: Process *
• Gregg Berryman's Notes: Seeing *
• Gregg Berryman's Notes: The Grid *
• Illustrator: Finger Dance from The Illustrator WOW Book
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Macintosh
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Windows
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Flash
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Foreign Accents
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Illustrator
• Lorem Ipsum ("greek" text)
• Marketing Communications Overview
• Model Release Form
• Photography: Aperture and Shutterspeed
• Prepress Checklist
• Scanning and Resolution
• Thumbnail Sketches (Examples)
• Type Pronunciation Guide
• Typography Checklist
• Typography Proofreaders' Marks
• Typography Style Guide (Nick Shinn)
• Vocabulary Wheel
• Web Design CSS Cheat Sheet
• Web Design CSS Code Snippets
• Web Design Javascript Code Snippets
• Web Design Site Maps (Examples)
• Web Design Statistics
• Web Design Survey: Part 1 / Part 2 (from GDUSA)

*Gregg Berryman's Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication is available in the Parkland Library