Happy Last Day Before Break!

Agenda Cover sketches should be turned in by now...they were due on Wednesday.

Program of Studies for Web can be turned in anytime between now and January 3rd.

Agenda Cover

                           Agenda Cover  

To do first:

-View actual examples of agenda covers from over the years at Lincoln, and those from other school. 

-Research designs online.

-Create 10 sketches for the agenda design.  These designs should be icon/image and font based.  Include The Lincoln High School and the year at minimum.  You can also include quotes, images and designs.  The sketches should be basic, mostly showing the placement or layout of important design elements.

-The design can be based on Lincoln, Lincoln High School or visually exciting design.  Design something you would want to use.

-Create a folder for the project and in it 2 more folders, one for fonts and one for images.  Start collecting content for these folders for you to use later.

-Keep the 10% rule or use original photographs or drawing for your work.

-Be clever and think out of the box and off of the line.

Programs and Layout

Your agenda design is a tool that students can with them throughout the day.  What would be cool or interesting to you and your classmates?

Use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or both.

Dimensions: 5” wide & 8” tall

Use guidelines to create a ¼” extra space.  The area within the guideline will fit the cover.  The purpose of the “bleed area” is to accommodate the rounded corners of the agenda cover.

This is a full color design.

It should have layers to create depth.  Find texture and paint brushes online to create visual interest.

Design dimensions are as follows:

·         300 dot resolution (155 lines)

·         5” x 8” (pull in margins)

Program of Studies for Web

Please take a few minutes to take the Secondary Student Art Survey.  This information we gather to help us as a K12 art department to see what we are doing well, what can we improve and what can we include.
The survey link is on the the Rapid homepage.  I will also sending sending information through Skyward asking for your parents to participate in the survey.  Thank you for you help!

Your tutorial exercise can be turn in in the POS folder.  It is called Photoshop exercise turn-in.
Your exercise should be one that your feel you can use for one of the upcoming pieces.

Program of Studies

Photoshop document>300 x 500 pixels w/ transparent background

Can use photographs you take around LHS

Can use Illustrator and/or Photoshop for your final design

Must include the following:

-Educational or school spirit related imagery

-Lincoln High School

-Program of Studies

-2014-2015

Things to consider:

-Full color using the styles

-Lots of Layers

-Change the opacity

-Photography

-Interesting textures either as backgrounds or in letters

-paint brushes to create interesting designs and textures
-paint brushes can be download from Deviant Art or other websites with free photoshop brushes.  Make sure that they can be use with CS6.

Tuesday

Everyone will be looking for Photoshop tutorials for graphic design.  Look for something that you can use for the program of studies for the web or for the agenda cover.  Think cool and creative!  The following links are great examples.  They can be use if you are at a complete loss for finding something great on your own.

1. Clean Professional Logo
2. Glossy Blue Logo
3. Smoke Desktop Wallpaper

Search suggestions:

photoshop graphic design logo tutorials
photoshop logo tutorials

I will open the office door.  Behind the door are the headphones to use while you use the tutorials.  You can also use your own headphones/earbuds.

Monday

Let the photoshop experience flow!

We use Photoshop differently in Graphics then the Digital Photography students do.  We are interested in cool effects that can be applied to letter forms.  Over the next couple of weeks, we will work on becoming familiar (more familiar for some) with the ins and outs of Photoshop from a Graphic Design perspective.  We will also learn how to find, load and use brushes.  We will even learn how to manipulate the brushes and their product.

Upcoming projects:

1. Program of Studies for the web
2. 2013-2014 Agenda Cover
3. Website Design

Other Projects:
1. State Park Sticker
2. Jerry Marshall Program