Class Warm Ups
Polygonal Portraits - Ai
Propaganda Poster - PS/Ai
Have you ever been persuaded, inspired by or gotten an idea from a picture? If so, you have encountered graphic design. Graphic Design is a form of visual communication combining painted, drawn or computer generated images and text to communicate an idea, advertise a product or make an announcement to a population of viewers. In the graphic design art class students will create, choose and organize compositions to communicate ideas visually. Exploration of graphic arts includes using computer graphics in Photoshop, pencil and ink, cut paper mediums, transfer paper, screen printing, paint and 2d drafting tools. Students will learn to communicate an idea visually through various compositional choices as well as image and text graphics.
Exploring Graphic Design
Each week, graphic arts students will be given a design problem to solve in class. Students may use any medium to complete the design task, including computer graphics (photoshop) or 2D drawing mediums such as color pencil, pen and ink, etc... The response to the problems must be thoughtful, innovative and the students own design. At the end of each week students will share their response to the design problem and will be shown professional responses to the problem as well.
Projects
A Quick Tour
- Get to know the basics of Ai
Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area
- Panels, Workspace, Artboards
Lesson 2: Techniques for Selecting Artwork
- Sections, Aligning, Object Arrangement
Lesson 3: Using Shapes to Create Artwork...
- Create and Edit Shapes, Shaper Tool & Drawing Modes
Lesson 4: Editing &Combining Shapes & Paths
- Editing & Joining Paths, Shapebuilder, Pathfinder, Compound Path
Lesson 5: Transforming Artwork
- Artboards and Positioning
Lesson 6: Creating an Illustration
- Pen Tool, Points and Pencil Tool
Lesson 7: Using Color to Enhance Signage
- Color Modes, Color Swatch, Live Paint
Lesson 8: Adding Type
Lesson 9: Organizing Layers
Aubrey Garcia
Arts Specialist
Imagarcia
Graphic Arts:
Lesson 1: Getting to Know the Work Area
- Tools, Panels, Color, Basic Workspace
Lesson 2: Photoshop Corrections
- Simple retouching and repair, Spot Healing, Resolution
Lesson 3: Working with Selections
- Quick selections, Lasso tools, manipulating selections
Lesson 4: Layers Basics
- Layers Panel, Rearanging, Layer Styles & Effects, Flattening & Saving
Lesson 5: Quick Fixes
- Editing & Adjusting photos
Lesson 6: Masks and Chanels:
Lesson 7: Typographic Design
- Clipping mask, Type on Path, Stylize Type
Lesson 8: Vector Drawing Techniques
- Designing with the pen tool
Lesson 9: Advanced Compositing
- Smart Filters, Backgrounds, Imoroving low res images.