Desktop Wallpaper Calendar

Overview

  • Experiment with what you learned in Photoshop.
  • Typography is key (kerning, leading, tracking . . . think back to logo design).
  • Must include header for days of the week.
  • Remember the principles of design.
  • Different font color for weekends.

Calendars

  • October: Logo
  • November: Vector Illustration
  • December: Photoshop Blending Modes/Layer Masks (aka Compositing)
  • January: Photoshop – Filters and Compositing.

Tutorials

What Size? | One Way To Do a Calendar Grid

Inspiration

Smashing Magazine’s Desktop Calendars