Honestly, I'd focus more on interaction design if that's what you want to do. Painting and drawing are great, but you'll benefit from the study of how all of that translates to the web more.
Here is a suggestion - take a look at the program to which you are applying for graduate school. See what types of "design" they employ in your core classes. Then, focus on those techniques. I'd look for some books that are about good design for the web, look at print design - layout etc, and look at some stuff on flash. All of that will help. I also find hand sketching of websites as I work on them to be a valuable skill. Design is a tricky notion... here are some books you might want to check out as well: Recommend this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061766089/ref=s9_wishx_gw_s12_p14_t2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=17X67MVJYSHAX8057X4Q&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 Highly Recommend this one: http://www.amazon.com/Subject-Change-Creating-Products-Uncertain/dp/0596516835/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260282316&sr=1-1 Never Read this one, but it looks interesting : http://www.amazon.com/Project-Guide-Design-experience-designers/dp/0321607376/ref=pd_sim_b_6 Lastly, I'd say get a really good handle (at least be comfortable understanding the part they play in the web design world) on things like CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Photoshop and program you can use to model out interactions and wireframes like Visio, Illustrator, Omnigraffle or the like. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47838 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
