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