Philographics

Please read the article,

A Visual Dictionary of Philosophy: Major Schools of Thought in Minimalist Geometric Graphics

by Maria Popova

found at: http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/04/14/philographics-book-genis-carreras/.

Next you will pick a word and come up with your own Philographic. Remember it can be a regular shape but the background and other elements have to complement the shape.

Lesson 15- Non-Profit Poster

For your Non-Profit Poster you will either pick a Non-Profit or you will create your own.

The components of this project are as follows and create in order: (Note: Each one should be their own layer to save time. This way you can edit instead of redoing.)

You need a background of images that support your cause. The images must be your or modified with Image Trace or other techniques. DO NOT DRAG YOUR IMAGES INTO ILLUSTRATOR. You need to Place them.

There has to be a logo and it needs to be your design. Even if the Non-Profit has a logo you have to redesign it. No exceptions. Think of fonts. Think of symbols. BE CREATIVE. No boring designs please. You may download fonts via dafont.com for this project.

You need to inform the viewer in details what your cause is. Make sure to be specific. Use data if you can.

There has to be a hierarchy of your work. Your LOGO needs to be prominent. You background has to be interesting and catch the viewers eye. Your information has to be accurate and engaging.


Rubric: 10 points each.

____ The images are clear, relevant and well placed.
____ Your information is accurate and engaging.
____ Your logo is well designed.
____ Your overall image is well balanced with correct placement of the 3 components.
____ The design is informative and successfully promotes your cause.

Final Project Powerpoint Guidelines

Here is a quick guideline that will be helpful for you to have an awesome Final Research Project. Remember you will need to have 12 images (including title and date) done by the Graphic Designer/ Artist of which 3 will be critiqued in detail, 3 facts about the Designer, 1 image done by you in the style of the Designer and a resource page. As far the critique think Elements and Principles of Art and use those terms to consider if the artist did it well. Pick 4 terms to use in your critique think 4 sentences per slide.

Slide 1- Title page that includes artist, author and image #1.

Slide 2- Facts #1 and #2 about the Graphic Design and image #2.

Slide 3- Fact #3 and image #3.

Note: You may double up on the slides but make sure to have 12. The last 3 should have their own slide as they are the ones you are critiquing.

Slide 4- Image #4

Slide 5- Image #5

Slide 6- Image #6

Slide 7- Image #7

Slide 8- Image #8

Slide 9- Image #9

Slide 10- Image #10 including critique.

Slide 11- Image #11 including critique.

Slide 12- Image #12 including critique.

Slide 13- Your image.

Slide 14- Your Resources.

You may have more or less slides. Keep it casual.

Graphic Designer Research Worksheet

Graphic Designer Research

Lesson 14- Monster 3D Template

Monster 3D Template

For this project you will need to come up with a name for your monster and you will need to come up with a 5 sentence story about your monster that will help sell it to a 5 year old you. As in your client is a 5 year old you.

The best way to create the file for your Monster is to download the file below onto your desktop. Than open a new file in Illustrator that is 8 in by 11in. Once you have the file set you will need to place the Monster Template into your new file by going to File- than Place. Once your file is placed you will got to the bar above the image and to the arrow to the right of Image Trace and scroll down to Black and White Logo.

Once that is complete the bar that had the Image Trace will have Expand. Click on Expand and your Monster will turn into a Live Paint Image. Go to the tool bar and find the Shape Builder Tool and hold it down to find the Live Paint Bucket or click K.

You are ready to create the Monster.

Make sure you have the following:

1st Artboard:
A pattern on the body. You must create you own pattern.
A face on the body.

2nd Artboard: (You can create another Artboard by viewing Layers and there is a tab for Artbaord click on that tab and go to the bottom and click on the new page and you will get a second artboard.)
Tongue or teeth with tab. For the face.
At least 2 arms/ wings with tabs. Make sure they are reversed. For the sides.
Horn/ ears with tab(s) for the top.
8 Legs with tabs. Make sure they match in pairs.

Monster Template 3D

Lesson 13- T-Shirt Design

For our next project we will be creating a T-shirt design. Please view this presentation The Design Secrets of Threadless http://replicatorinc.com/blog/2010/09/design-secrets-of-threadless-com/

Threadless Design Secrets from Joseph Flaherty

Check out Threadless's Top Designs https://www.threadless.com/designs.

I want you to review Threadless's site on submitting a design. https://www.threadless.com/make/submit/

You will need to read Threadless.com Community guidelines and Terms of Use section 8. Copyright Infringement found at https://www.threadless.com/info/terms. Next read Design Challenge Submission Legal Terms and Conditions sections 1-6 found at https://www.threadless.com/threadless/legal/.

You will need to read 2 articles. The first on is Is There A Survival Guide To Threadless Design which you can find at: http://ask.metafilter.com/188743/Is-there-a-survival-guide-to-Threadless-design. Please make sure to read through the comments because you will have to answer some questions about this before you can do your design. Next you will read the article about the founder of Threadless, Jake Nickell, in Chicago Magazine. The title is How Jake Nickell Built His Threadless Empire and follow the link: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2012/How-Jake-Nickell-Built-His-Threadless-Empire/

T-shirt Assignment

Leson 12- Cereal Box

Design a Vector Themed Cereal Box in Adobe Illustrator

http://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/design-a-vector-themed-cereal-box-in-adobe-illustrator--cms-20772

Cereal Box

Lesson 9 and 10- Pen Tool Lesson and Book Cover

The PEN TOOL is a great tool to master in Illustrator. Below you will find a very informative video with closed caption. Many tips like deselecting a line by holding the command + shift + a will allow you to start in a new place & clicking from one point to another and dragging that point will allow one to modify a line into a curve.

Please follow the directions in this video and turn in. I will give you the due date in class.

You will need to download the ai file https://docs.google.com/a/umich.edu/file/d/0BxNon_PcTglgOXBSU01Sd3ZETTg/edit or  http://bit.ly/11kp9Cs and open in Illustrator. You will need to make sure to make it a layer file. You will do your work on another layer within this file. Make sure the file is saved with name first.





This is not the file but this is what you should see.

Illustrator Revealed Chapter 3 Part 1

Once you are done with this exercise you will need to read Chapter 3 in Illustrator pages 3-18 through 3-35. You will need to do exercise Ai 3.4 only.

Please review the live trace in the class book 3-36 through 3-53 as you will be doing this for you Book Cover Project. Please bring in a photo by Thursday that you can use for your BOOK COVER PROJECT. The Template for your project is in the Graphics 1 folder under folder S_book_cover_template.ai. Below is a sample of a book cover. Make sure your work is original. You may make up your own title as well. For details on Live Trace pleases visit http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Adobe-Illustrator-Live-Trace and watch the video is you are struggling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yNFH99cWg.

You will need to read the article, Beginner's Guide to Book Cover Design, found at http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/designing-book-covers/. Record 3 comments about the article in your Journal. It is worth 5 points.

Below you will find links to inspire:

19 of the Best Book Covers of 2014

http://www.printmag.com/design-inspiration/best-book-covers/

10 Noticeable Design Books of 2013: October Reviews

http://www.designersandbooks.com/blog/10-notable-design-books-2013-october-reviews

45 Beautifully Designed Book Covers

http://wellmedicated.com/45-beautifully-designed-book-covers/

60 Best Book Cover Designs of 2011

http://www.graphicart-news.com/60-best-book-cover-designs-of-2011-inspirational-portfolio-36/#.VDHmP4BdW0E

If you are interested, watch the video on Design Methodology by Chipp Kid.

Pick a Graphic Designer as Inspiration for your Final

Below you will find links to ads and Graphic Designer. Your goal is to choose a Graphic Designer and write a one page report. Please see links below for finding Graphic Designers. Some are ads that have artists that you will need to explore in order to do the assignment.

Famous Graphic Designers You Should Be Able To Name Drop
http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2014/07/22/famous-graphic-designers-you-should-be-able-to-name-drop/

20 Graphic Designers You SHould Know
http://www.complex.com/style/2012/03/20-graphic-designers-you-should-know/2

100 Brilliant Prints
http://www.creativebloq.com/inspiration/print-ads-1233780

28 Designers to follow on Behance
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/graphic-designers-follow-behance-1012941

Awesome Illustrations by Petros Afshar
http://abduzeedo.com/awesome-illustrations-petros-afshar

Feel free to find your own. These are only suggestions.

Please follow the guidelines on your handout and turn in at the end of class. It is worth 20 points. NO LATE work will be accepted.

Graphic Designer Research Worksheet

Graphic Designer Research

Illustrator Tutorials

Drawing in Illustrator

http://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/Drawing-Illustrator/761/47609-4.html

Illustrator Tips and Tricks

101 Illustrator Tips & Tricks

http://www.vectordiary.com/tips-and-tricks/101-illustrator-tips-tricks/

50 Great Illustrator Tutorial and Tips 

http://thinkdesignblog.com/50-great-illustrator-tutorials-and-tips.htm

How to Edit PDF Documents Part Two: Using Adobe Creative Suite to edit a PDF file

http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/how-to-edit-pdf.html

Constitution Day 2014

Students viewed 2 Ted Talks on the Constitution and answered the questions. After students finished their work they created a Shepard Fairey like Obama poster by importing a selfie into the application Lunapic.com and choosing the Obama Poster Affect adding a word that reflects their knowledge of the Constitution. Resources are: A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights by Belinda Stutzman (http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-3-minute-guide-to-the-bill-of-rights-belinda-stutzman) and The Making of the Constitution by Judy Walton (http://ed.ted.com/lessons/who-made-the-american-constitution-judy-walton).

Constitution Day 2014

Explore and Create

For today if you are done with all your work you may explore the following sites:

cooltext.com

flamingtext.com

http://www.graphicsprings.com



DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY PROGRAMS. You can create and save your work by taking a snapshot (command + shift + 4)  or try dragging it to your desk top.

Graphic Design 1

Online Graphic Program Exploration Assignment

Go to skylinehsgraphicdesign1.blogspot.com to the Home Page and find the post  titled Explore and Create. If you can not find it than you will need to scroll down and find Blog Archive and look for September 2014 Explore and Create and click on post it should take you to http://skylinehsgraphicdesign1.blogspot.com/2014/09/explore-and-create.html/

Once on there you will need to go to the following sites:

cooltext.com

flamingtext.com

http://www.graphicsprings.com

The assignment is to create 3 logo designs of your choice for each site and save to your desktop by either dragging and dropping or taking a screenshot (by holding command + shift + 4 down at the same time). You will need to label them as follows: Cool1, Cool2, Cool3, Flaming1, Flaming2, Flaming3, Springs1, Springs2 and Sprins3.

You files should be in a folder on your desktop. Please label your folder (Your Name)Text.

These are your resources that you may want to use later. I will be checking your folders on Monday.

Explore and Create Assignment

Graffiti Creator Exercise

Students were introduced to an online program called Graffiti Creator. They used 3 different fonts to create 3 different text.

Samples of work:

And of course our focus of the year:

Welcome to Skyline High School's Graphic Design Blog

Graphics are all around you — print media, Internet, TV, packaging, and the document you’re reading now! As our world becomes increasingly visual, graphics are impacting how information is delivered. This course provides experiences for students to use image, type, color, illustration, and photography to create dynamic media using Adobe Creative Suite. Students will focus on the computer skills, design process, and aesthetic decisions needed to create print and digital media that effectively communication messages and information.

We started at the point of how to define Graphic Design with Andrew Mundi's interactive site on The Principles of Graphic Design and excerpts from the book Go by Chip Kidd. To hear an interview with Chip Kidd please visit http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/22/chip-kidd-go-book/.

                                   

Graphic Design 1 Pre Test