Monday - Friday February 14th - 18th
Design Principles Ep1 - Hierarchy
Design Principles Ep2 - Generating Ideas
Design Principles Ep3 - 6 Golden Rules of Layout
Design Principles Ep4.- Perfect Layout Design
Design Principles Ep5.- Pro vs Amateur moves
Satori Graphics YouTubeChannel - Check this out!
Your job will be to use creative typography design to create a portrait out of text Project Specifics (Please Read) Project Examples
Don't Forget... use the Liquify Tool on your text! Add gradients or color.
Wednesday Feb 16th, 2022
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Wicked Awesome, Super-Happy, Discount Candy & Card
After-Valentines Love Bag Construction Day!
You have one class to use construction paper, a paper lunch bag, some
glue and scissors to make make your own Valemetine's Love Bag! When completed, tape your bag to the edge of the table with masking tape.
Then, if you can hit up a store (Big Lots, Walgreens, CVS, Publix, Winn
Dixie) that has discounted Valentines Candy and Cards, pick some up for
your friends in class! Friday, first thing, we'll have you fill the bags & enjoy!
This is a one day project.
PLEASE, For The Love Of Jiminy Crickets!
- DO NOT leave small pieces of cut up paper on tables or the ground.
- DO NOT Use Paints. Use Markers, Pencils, Colored Pencils.
- Put Your Materials (Glue, Scissors, etc.) back where you got them!
Your Bag Should:
- Have Your Name Displayed Prominently On The Front Of It!
- Be Representative Of You.
Super Happy Fun Prize For:
- Best Designed Bag
- Most Disturbing Bag
Thursday February 17th
Friday February 18th
Capstone Prep
Thursdays and Fridays are production days for your Capstone Project
Capstone Plans
Jan. 10th - Proposal Due
Feb. 11th - First Check-In
Feb. 24th - Second Check-In
Mar. 11th - Third Check-In
Mar. 25th - Fourth Check-In
Apr. 1st - Fifth Check-In
April 8th - Last Check-In
April 13th - Capstone Night
WIX.com is a simple web page creator that lets you look at thousands of website templates and then save one and edit it. Remove their pictures, put in yours. Remove their text, put in yours. Changing color schemes, etc.. The best portfolio pages have a simple landing (or Splash) page, and then links to your gallery.
Design an online portfolio for yourself. Include your artwork you've designed this semester, year or so far during your time in class. Your name should figure prominently into the design.
Pages should include:
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Index Page - Example Page - About You Page - Contact Page
*Pictures for upload must be saved JPEG, BMP, PNG or TIFF file formats.
RESOURCES
Printing Your Files
We have a Lexmark Laser Printer (C792):
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After you press print, a dialogue box will pop up.
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Be sure the Lexmark C792 Printer is selected.
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Check the orientation of your paper is correct (Portrait or Landscape)
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Be sure to scroll down a bit and check the SCALE TO FIT MEDIA box.
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Please DO NOT Print: Work From Other Classes, Memes you Just Made And Think Are Funny But Are Not, Pages of Solid Colors, Work that has nothing to do with our class.
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You can lose your printing privileges is this happens
Turning In Your Assignments
Save And Upload To Focus
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All work will be turned in using FOCUS/PORTAL. I will be able to grade your work, count your work and give feedback on your work using Focus.
Grading
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Grades will be entered within two weeks of turning in your project. Some projects will take one or two days for you to complete, some will take several weeks. Please be patient as grading is completed. For every day a project due date is missed, a letter grade reduction will occur.
Saving Files
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.PSD files preserve your layers, allowing you to come back and work on files with all your work preserved.
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.JPEG files are compressed for display online. 300 resolution or better. Anything below is too blurry.
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.PNG files are high quality and create a transparent background.
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.AI files are native to Adobe Illustrator
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.ID files are native to Adobe InDesign
We have a class network to save your class work:
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It allows you to keep work in class that you are working on. This file contains a folder for your class work. It is where you can keep your design work in class or move things into from your One Drive or your Flash Drive if you do work at home.