Friday, June 14, 2019

Finish and Animal Drawings

Check Skyward!

Finish Portfolio Project or anything else that's missing.
See yesterday's post for saving instructions.


NEW:  Illustrator Animal Drawings
  • Create your own simple, colorful animal head and/or body with shapes
  • Copy and paste so you have three versions
  • Use the Effects tab to add creative and interesting designs to each
  • Post as #animalshapes





Thursday, June 13, 2019

Finish Portfolio/Animal Drawings/ Yearbook/T-shirt Designs!

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Finish Portfolio Project or anything else that's missing.
See yesterday's post for saving instructions.


Learning Target:  Apply your creativity and knowledge of Illustrator to the 

creation of a school t-shirt OR a school yearbook cover

Why:  To create realistic projects like a graphic designer!

NEW:  Illustrator Animal Drawings
  • Create your own simple, colorful animal head and/or body with shapes
  • Copy and paste so you have three versions
  • Use the Effects tab to add creative and interesting designs to each
  • Post as #animalshapes


NEW:  School Project (Yearbook/T-shirt Designs)

Use your creativity, but the final product must be a realistic design for Timberline High 
School students, parents, families, and staff.
THS Yearbook Cover Design:


  • Discuss Yearbook Designs
    • Colors, themes, limitations
    • Timberline examples
  • Open New Document - 8.5” by 11” - paper size
  • Basic information:
    • School name
    • Name of Yearbook (Cairn)
    • School Year
    • Theme of Yearbook
    • Must be appropriate for a wide-audience
  • Yearbook must include the following elements:
    • Thoughtful theme
    • Picture/design
    • Original Logo
    • Consistent, readable fonts
Class and/or School T-Shirt Design
  • Discuss T-shirt design (show examples)
  • Open New Document - 11” by 11”
  • Basic information:
    • Graduation Year (2018, 2019, 2020)
    • Possibly Class Name? (Senior, Junior, Sophomore…)
    • Picture (logo or other)
    • Choose apparel color, type (grey hoodie, green shirt.. etc)
  • Design Requirements
    • All parts of the design must be appropriate (quotes, lyrics, etc)
    • Readable fonts (must be thicker fonts to print on a shirt)
    • Must be appropriate for a wide audience

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Finish Portfolio / Illustrator Animal Drawings

Check Skyward!

Finish Portfolio Project or anything else that's missing.
See yesterday's post for saving instructions.


NEW:  Illustrator Animal Drawings
  • Create your own simple, colorful animal head and/or body with shapes
  • Copy and paste so you have three versions
  • Use the Effects tab to add creative and interesting designs to each
  • Post as #animalshapes








Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Finish Portfolio Project

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Continue Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Showcase your best work!

See last weeks blog for details.
Finish Portfolio Project or anything else that's missing.

TO DO:
  • Save your final Portfolio InDesign file (With your name in the file name) to the Dropbox: 
  • Save As InDesign:
    • Commons/Students/THS/Dropbox/GRECO  DROPBOX/Visual Design Final Portfolio
  • Save any other cool assignments to the Dropbox 
    • Commons, Students, THS, Dropbox, GRECO DROPBOX, Visual Design Favorite Works


Monday, June 10, 2019

Portfolio Project - Day 6

Agenda:


Continue Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Showcase your best work!

See last weeks blog for details.

Save your final Portfolio InDesign file (With your name in the file name) to the Dropbox: 
Commons/Students/THS/Dropbox/GRECO DROPBOX/Visual Design Final Portfolio

You should be getting close to finishing!  



Friday, June 7, 2019

Portfolio Project - Day 5

Continue Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Showcase your best work!

See this week's blog for details

Your projects are due on Tuesday, June 11.

TURN IN: 
Commons
Students
THS
Dropbox
GRECO DROPBOX
Visual Design Final Portfolio

Create a NEW folder with YOUR NAME and SAVE your InDesign project as an INDESIGN (.indd)
Do not save as a .jpeg!

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Portfolio Project - Day 4

Continue Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Showcase your best work!

See previous blogs for details.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Portfolio Project - Day 3

Learning Target:  Gather best works for the semester and arrange them in a 12-page InDesign portfolio


Why:  To review concepts learned and create a personal portfolio of your best works of the semester


FINAL PROJECT:  Visual Design Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Students will insert their best works from Visual Design into a multi-page InDesign document.  


Click here to see a visual of the organized portfolio.

Click here to see the project rubric/grading criteria.

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Visual Design Portfolio Project - Day 2

Learning Target:  Gather best works for the semester and arrange them in a 12-page InDesign portfolio


Why:  To review concepts learned and create a personal portfolio of your best works of the semester


FINAL PROJECT:  Visual Design Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Students will insert their best works from Visual Design into a multi-page InDesign document.  


Click here to see a visual of the organized portfolio.

Click here to see the project rubric/grading criteria.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Visual Design Portfolio Project

Learning Target:  Gather best works for the semester and arrange them in a 12-page InDesign portfolio


Why:  To review concepts learned and create a personal portfolio of your best works of the 

semester

Visual Design Portfolio Project - using InDesign! (90 points)

Students will insert their best works from Visual Design into a
12-page InDesign document.  


Click here to see a visual of the organized portfolio.

Click here to see the project rubric/grading criteria.

Finish and Animal Drawings

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