Glossary

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Refers to scaling up or down in working drawings.

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Relating to art that attempts to represent reality through the use of shapes, textures and colours.

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The visual appearance of something usually in relation to specific tastes.

Example

Nathan’s instagram feed has a gothic aesthetic.

Also known as

Look of something, style.

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Alchemy is the philosophy and natural science that predates the modern science of chemistry. In the 17th century, alchemists devised symbols to identify various materials such as gold, silver, and iron. They also included other substances, such as earth, air, fire, and water.

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Science Notes

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An idea that is demanding and/ or complex and requires much skill and effort to complete.

Example

Her idea to build an igloo was ambitious given she had no experience building anything.

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A physical or mechanical process or technology. Often used to contrast to a digital process or technology.

Example

A mechanical watch vs a digital watch.

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To study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it.

Example

In order to understand her style I needed to analyse as many of her artworks as possible.

Source

Cambridge English Dictionary

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The data on human body size and shape.

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North Island - now used as the Māori name for New Zealand.

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Maori Dictionary

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Belonging to a person of high standing or rank in society, who may have been related to royalty or bestowed with a title like Lord/Lady

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In typography, the upward vertical stem on some lowercase letters, such as h and b, that extends above the x-height is the ascender.

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A collection or arrangement of miscellaneous found objects which make an art piece.

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Part or component used to build an outcome. Generally something such as an illustration or image.

Also known as

Component.

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When graphics and text are not equal on both sides of a central line, a design is said to be asymmetrical.

Also known as

Unequal, imbalanced.

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An overall feeling and/or effect of a place. Also the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet. Metaphorically the ‘air’ of a place or situation.

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One of a kind made for a specific consumer. Handmade.

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To mix different things or styles.

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A website where an individual person, or people representing an organization, write regularly about recent events or topics that interest them, usually with photos and links to other websites that they find interesting.

Source

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blog_1?q=blog

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Stands for 'Computer-Aided Design'.

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Conscious mental activity such as; thinking, reasoning, or remembering.

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Made by combining different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric and sticking on to a backing.

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Part or aspect of something larger.

Example

There are many components to a photography shoot. E.g. Lighting, props and assistants.

Also known as

Piece, aspect, asset.

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In reference to photography, composition refers to the arrangement of elements within the frame.

Source

https://study.com/academy/lesson/photography-composition-definition-rules-techniques.html

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The act of calculating for a specific purpose.

Example

She needed to use computational thinking to set up the laser cutter with the correct settings and configuration.

Also known as

Calculating, figuring.

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Perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation.

Example

He was conscious that his words sounded angrier than he had intended.

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This refers to something happening currently and of the current time. However. it is important to note when discussing ‘contemporary art’, this is often referred to as art produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century.

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In art and design, content refers to subject matter and meaning of the artwork/ design work.

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The situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it.

Source

Cambridge English Dictionary

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Could refer to anything from the circumstances, theme, society or time period.

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Your personal art, design and creative background. This includes your cultural heritage; and is often made up of things we take for granted.

Example

Cooking was something he had always enjoyed and do with his father. It was an important part of his creative heritage.

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Exercising or involving careful judgment.
Adverb: critically.

Source

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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The French word for ‘sketch’, a quick drawing of a body usually in different poses. These are used in fashion design as a template for drawing garments on top of.

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The furnishing and decoration of a room.

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Containing a lot of matter/component elements in a small space.

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A very detailed pattern could be described as dense.

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A design brief is a document for a design project developed by a person or team (the designer or design team) in consultation with the client/customer. They outline the deliverables and scope of the project including any products or works (function and aesthetics), timing and budget.

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_brief

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“Design specification. A design specification is a detailed document providing a list of points regarding a product or process. For example, the design specification could include required dimensions, environmental factors, ergonomic factors, aesthetic factors, maintenance that will be needed, etc.”

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_specification

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Measurement from one side of a circle to the other, through the centre point.

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Artists, designers and makers who follow the digital handmade movement to create their outcomes.

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The use of handmade or craft based practices in combination with digital technologies and/or fabrication techniques to produce works of art and design.

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A feeling of worry or unease.

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To mis-shape, push/pull/bend or twist out of the original form.

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This refers to the stance of a woman of colour in the post-colonial world. Suggesting that women of colour are oppressed by a colonial power as well as the patriarchy.

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Changed or developed over time.
Past tense of evolve.

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Push ideas past the obvious conclusion, usually through research and experimentation.

Example

He was able to extend his ideas by experimenting with some new printing techniques.

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To create or build something.

Example

They were going to make a shelf, which they would fabricate out of plywood.

Also known as

Construct, manufacture, produce.

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Something small that is difficult to physically handle.

Example

The clasp on the necklace was small and fiddly.

Also known as

intricate, awkward.

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Specific area of study, interest and/or practice.

Example

Woodblock printing.

Also known as

Discipline, specialism, domain.

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A device which something passes through to change its properties in some way.

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Photographs can be filtered through different lenses/colours/textures to create visual effects.

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Referring to someone who is the first generation of person(s) to be born in a particular country, (meaning their parents were born in a different country).

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A flip book is a book containing a stack of pictures that change ever so slightly from page to page.

Source

https://blog.schoolspecialty.com/flip-books-101/

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The shape and structure of an object. Can be used to describe three dimensional space or volume.

Example

The steep contours of the building highlighted it's unusual form.

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Having a fragmented or irregular appearance and a repeating pattern that displays at every scale. An example is a fern leaf, every little leaf - part of the bigger one - has the same shape as the whole fern leaf. You can say that the fern leaf is self-similar. The same is with fractals: you can magnify them many times and after every step you will see the same shape. Fractals occur on many scales in nature, in the universe and in our bodies.

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Function can be expressed as a number of properties related to the usage of a product. These properties include the relationship between a product and a consumer.

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Here in the Pacific, garlands are often called Lei and can be a wreath of flowers presented as a welcome gesture. More loosely defined a garland/lei can be any material strung together to be worn. The garland can also be a symbol of celebration, mana, mourning or beauty and always a bestowal of alofa and respect.

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Coconet

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Refer to the roles, behaviours, activities, attributes and opportunities that any society considers appropriate for girls and boys, and women and men.

Source

World Health Organisation

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Characterised by or using straight lines, triangles, circles, or similar regular shapes or forms. Geometry is the branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, shapes and space.

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Slowly changing from one state to another.

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In the case of colour, when one colour slowly gets darker or lighter or is merged with another colour.

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Hue is the colour or shade or colour. Saturation is the amount of grey added to or taken away from the colour.

Source

https://www.labnol.org/home/hue-saturation-luminosity/20104/

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To go out and actively seek images and information to help inspire the creative process.

Also known as

Design research, design reference materials.

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Identity is who you are. How both yourself and others view/understand you.

Source

YourDictionary

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Refers to a group of peoples shared ideas/experiences based on culture, ethnicity, nationality, religion, race, sexuality, etc.

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Produced, growing, living or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment.

Indigenous is a term that can be used when referring to ethnic groups that were first inhabitants of a place. Māori are the Indigenous people of New Zealand Aoteroa. This is why when referring to Māori art/design practices, the word indigenous can be used.

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A theoretical framework underlining that women experience/ practice/ understand feminism in different ways based on their own culture, race, religion, etc. Intersectional feminism aims to be non-discriminatory.

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Supported by a reasoned argument.

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Consisting of or using lines. The adjective usually refers to something that follows an expected order or sequence.

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Anyone who creates something, usually in a creative context.

Also known as

Artist, designer, artisan, craftsperson, creative, technologist.

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Manufactured in large quantities by mechanical processes

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The materials or medium you use to make something.

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Media can include things like; pastels, airbrush, colour pencils, collage, marker pens, paint, gouache, card, and digital media.

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The materials that are used to create a work of art.

Example

Water colour was her favourite medium for wet work.

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To combining or join together.

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An artist or craftsperson who is skilled in working with metal.

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A significant stage or event in the development of something.

Source

Merriam-Webster

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The tool or method used to communicate and/or capture something. It often refers to the way of doing/ performing a task.

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Modes can include things like: digital applications, photography, image manipulation, animation, models and the range of conventional drawing and sketching methods.

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A 'movement' is a style or overriding inclination within art or design that upholds a specific philosophy or ideal. It is followed and promoted by a group of artists for a defined period of time. This way of working is guided by established philosophies, stylistic choices and often reflect the over all cultural context of a time.

Example

Andy Warhol was part of the 'Pop Art' movement which combined popular culture with fine art. Art/design from this movement often made comment on the consumer culture of the 1950s.

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A muse is an inspiration for some kind of creative expression.

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Soft and gentle, not bright and strong, subdued and quiet.

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In photography, negative space refers to the intentional space left, usually emphasises the main subject matter.

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Not just involving two things, in this case either male or female. Some people want to embrace a less strictly male or female identity. Non-binary allows for a broader understanding of sexuality and gender.

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Expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.

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Having to do with sight or light.

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An "optical illusion," is an illusion that tricks the eyes.

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Luxurious. Opulent things or places look grand and expensive.

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A term coined by Edward Said is a way of seeing from a Western perspective which frames the Asian continent, Asian culture and Asian people as different or ‘other’, in relation to Europe and the U.S. It is often met stereotypes that the ‘Orient’ is uncivilised, compared to its Western counterparts.

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Decorative elements added to something to enhance its appearance.

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Projection of a single view of an object (such as a view of the front) onto a drawing surface in which the lines of projection are perpendicular to the drawing surface.

Source

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orthographic%20projection

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The range of colours used, also a flat piece of wood or plastic on which an artist mixes paints.

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This relates to creative performance and expression in the arts.

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Perspective is what gives a three-dimensional feeling to a flat image such as a drawing or a painting. In art, it is a system of representing the way that objects appear to get smaller and closer together the farther away they are from the viewer.

Source

https://www.liveabout.com/perspective-drawing-definition-1123070

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Photo burst refers to when the camera on your device captures a series of photos in rapid succession.

Source

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/take-burst-mode-photos-on-iphone-ipad/

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Elements/rules that make up the way a photograph is created and/or viewed.

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The art, process or job of taking photographs or filming something

Source

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/photography?q=photography

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A physical property is any property that is measurable, whose value describes a state of a physical system. The changes in the physical properties of a system can be used to describe its changes between momentary states.

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A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders

Source

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/portrait?q=portrait

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“Post-colonialism is simply a lens through which we study literature that is set in colonised countries or deals with post-colonial issues. These issues include, but are not limited to, issues of identity, culture, politics, and economics”.

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Study

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Formed before, often without enough consideration, knowledge or experience.

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A product specification (also referred to as “product specs”) is a document with a set of requirements that provides product teams the information they need to build out new features or functionality. A good product spec doesn't micro-manage product development.

Source

https://www.prodpad.com/resources/guides/product-management-process/specifications/

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Reconstruct ideas through experimentation in order to extend them.

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In 3-D graphic design, rendering is the process of add shading, color and lamination to a 2-D or 3-D wireframe in order to create life-like images on a screen.

Source

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/rendering#:~:text=In%203%2DD%20graphic%20design,like%20images%20on%20a%20screen.&text=Pre%2Drendering%2C%20which%20is%20CPU,typically%20used%20for%20movie%20creation.

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Something that you respond to and are drawn to. Can have particular meaning or importance for someone in a personal or emotional way.

Example

The colour of the painting really resonated with her.

Also known as

Striking a chord, sitting well.

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In this context, this means the resources found in the natural world which you are drawing your inspiration from, e.g. wood, leaves etc.

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Stiff, not very flexible.

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Protection or a safe place.

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The size of an object or element, often in reference to a defined measure or context.

Example

The scale of the poster made it impossible to ignore.

Also known as

Size.

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A rendering (drawing, painting, photograph, etc) of yourself or representation of yourself.

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The form or condition in which an object exists or appears.

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MoMa Glossary

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An object that creates a human connection between two people.

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Standards Operating Procedure. Established ways of doing something within trade and industry.

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Someone who has an interest in the project to provide feedback/ constructive criticism.

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A set of qualities widely attributed to a particular group that may be over simplified or incorrect.

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Plural of stimulus. Things that will help to spark ideas and creative motivation.

Example

She had gathered a wide range of stimuli to help spark her imagination.

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Using an artistic form or convention to represent something in a non natural way, for creative effect.

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Modified or affected by personal views, experience, or background. A concept based on a persons’ feelings, opinions or tastes.

Example

Saying ‘abstract art is subjective’, means that abstract art can be liked by some and disliked by others based upon personal opinion.

Source

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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Delicate, not obvious. Requires some attention to notice.

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One of the elements of design. In art and design it refers to the surface quality of a work, which may be 2D or 3D. The eye can also be tricked to perceive a surface quality that is 3D but in reality is a 2D construct of colour and marks. Texture can communicate emotion or ideas.

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Beliefs/ideas that are backed up by theoretical research/evidence.

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Graphic designers and photographers use the term 'thumbnail' when they are talking about small images that represent a larger version of the image. Using thumbnails makes it easier and quicker for them to view and organise larger groups of images.

Source

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/thumbnail

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Correct procedure, custom, habit, lore, method, manner, rule, way, code, meaning, plan, practice, convention, protocol - the customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context.

Source

Maori Dictionary

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Technically a colour lightened with white. Also, in a mixture of colours, the tint is the dominant colour.

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Used to describe the light and dark shades of a colour, can be used to describe the colour itself. Tone also refers to a sound in terms of its quality, pitch, origin or power. Can also be the quality or implied meaning of something, mainly in speech or writing.

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Tools that are available to you. These can be skills and people as well as physical and digital tools.

Example

He was lucky enough to have access to a master illustrator to help him develop the skills in his personal tool kit.

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An occupation requiring manual or mechanical skills.

Also known as

Craft.

Source

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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To take ideas in one form/ media or style and make them suitable for another.

Example

To translate a pencil sketch into a digital vector.

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To change the order of something or transform one to the other.

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To integrate or merge two seperate images to create a new image.

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Typography is the design of words and letters.

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To pull apart and analyse something.

Example

He had to unpack the design brief to help him understand what he was being asked to do.

Also known as

To dissemble and get your head around something.

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Villas were the most popular new home design in New Zealand from the 1880s through to World War 1. They are characteristically built from timber with metal roofs, many had verandas and decorative timber/fretwork.

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Form a mental image of; imagine. This can be done with drawing as well.

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A metaphor is a symbol representing something else. So a visual metaphor is an image or visual cue representative of a person, place, thing or idea that suggests an association.

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Rhythm you see rather than hear. Visual rhythm is created by repeating components such as shapes, marks or colour. It can draw your eye around a composition or object.

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1. Paper often coloured and printed with designs and pasted to a wall as a decorative covering.
2. A picture or design displayed on the background of a computer screen or cell phone.

Source

Your Dictionary

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This refers to clothing/garments that are designed as fine art pieces.

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_art

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Extended family, family group, a familiar term of address to a number of people - the primary economic unit of traditional Māori society. In the modern context the term is sometimes used to include friends who may not have any kinship ties to other members.

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Maori Dictionary

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A Maori concept related to kinship, relationships and a sense of family connection. It is created through shared experiences and working together and provides people with a sense of belonging.

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Ara Taiohi

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Scale drawing that works as a construction guide for person or machine.

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A 'zine' is a self- published magazine/booklet usually made using a photocopier. Zines can be any shape or size and vary in their content.

Source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine