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        • App Prototype Design
        • ASSIGNMENT 1: Illusion Poster
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          • Grouping and Hierarchy
        • Figure/Ground Transformation
        • Grid Compositions: Zoom
        • Symbol Set
        • XULf Design Show
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        • Stages of Figure and Ground
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          • Text, What is it?
        • 5. Dialog or Dialogue
          • Fluid Typography
          • Living Surfaces
        • 6. Animated Type
          • The Xspace
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          • 7A. Foundry Type: Designer Quote Book, “What They Said”
          • 7B. Wood Type: Letterform Pattern
            • Letterpress terms
              • Darius Wells
          • Linocuts
          • What Did Ben Mean?
        • Archived Assignments ARTS 081
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          • 8. Chief Seattle, Frederick Douglass, Dolores Huerta
          • Dog Breed Brochure
            • Baseline Grid
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            • Dust Jacket with Inside Panels
            • Letterform
            • Letterform Pattern
            • Monogram
          • Typographic Logo
          • Typographic Symbol Set
          • Vinyl
          • Visual Vernacular
          • Word As Image
          • Word Painting
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        • 2. Two Portraits
        • 3. Portraits Package
        • 4. GIF Animation
        • 5. Magazine Article
        • 6. Themed Menu Design
        • Archived Assignments: ARTS 091
          • 2. Three Portraits
          • 2. Two Portraits
          • 6. Book of Short Stories
            • Book Binding
              • Comb Binding
            • Designer Spreads vs. Printer Spreads
            • Diminuendo
            • Duplex Printing Booklet to Ricoh Printer
            • Perfect-Bound Covers
            • Pull Quote
            • Ruled Lines
            • Saddle Stitch Printing Steps
          • Concept Package—Box-’O-Frogs
          • Portrait Morph
            • Finalize the Morph Series
          • Social Media Assets—Ukraine
          • Technical Illustration
        • Intro Illustrator
        • Intro to inDesign
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          • Speciality Printing Mock-ups
        • Semester Assignment: Passport to Pre-press
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      • Digital Pigment Printing
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