Ginger Armstrong
Graphic Arts
Afterschool Tuesdays and Thursdays
Contact: garmstrong@leepublicschools
Phone: 413 243-2781 #2224

 

In High School Graphics students use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create graphics focusing on typography, principles of design, and contemporary design.

Portfolio of work will include:

• Understanding the importance of Fonts
• Business documents
• Photoshop images
• Illustrator graphics
• Advertisements
• Use of the Graphic Design Process
• Elements and Principles of Desgn

My Fonts w/ What the Font?	Dummy Text
Frillio's Pizza	HomeStyler

Assignments

1. Introduction to Typography
   • Video Segment Typography about Language. Poem by Talor Mali
   • Video Segment Typefaces gives us Signals
   • Create a word document with 3 graphics from MYFONTS.COMinclude price in the caption and use MLA standard heading.
   • Create a one page Flyer describing the What, Where, Why is Lorem Ipsum
   • After installing new Fonts create a 8 X 8 inch square designed using only text.
2. Using Illustrator
   • Type on a Path Video Segment
   • Create and print a one page document using Adobe Illustrator. Use interesting quotes that my say something about PATHS.

   

3. Adobe Illustrator Selecting and Alignment (Tree, fence and school bus
   • Differentiate between various selection tools and techniques.
   • Recognize smart guides
   • Group and ungroup items
   • work in isolation mode
   • Use tools to align shapes
   • Arrange content and move in front and behind other objects
   • Turn in Apple Tree, School Bus and one exploring on your own file.
4. Adobe Illustrator (Tools)
   • Create a document with multiple artboards
   • Use tools and comands to create basic shapes
   • Work with drawing modes
   • Use rulers and smart guides
   • Scale and Duplicate objects
5. Adobe Illustrator Fun Fonts
   • Using the Layers Tutorial Creating Fun, Eye-catching Text with AI
   • EXAMPLE
6. Adobe Illustrator Creating Quick Graphic Elements Symetrical Design
   • Pencil Tool (random lines)
   • Width Tool
   • Select all and Group
   • Duplicate (Alt and shift)
   • Object Menu (transform>reflect) and nudge over to overlap
   • Duplicate and reflect horizontal
   • Select both duplicate and rotate
   • Video Click Here]
7. Calendar Project
   • This project is to show and practice what you have been learning in Graphic Arts.
   • You have twelve pages 17 x 14 to design or six pages double sided.
   • Use as many applications as you can to create well designed pages.
   • Possiblilities include but are not limited to: Creating Titles, Photoframes, scanning images, taking photos with the camera, all the tutorials we have done in class redone with content for the month.
   • Include a digital image, scanned image and Text done in multiple ways (i.e. Don't use Publisher as a text editor).
8. What is Graphic Arts?
   • Look through the magizines, books and websites that have been supplied.
   • Using the content and pictures that you found create a document that expresses "What is Graphic Arts?"
   • Your document should include:
     • the resources used
     • the reason you found the Graphics interesting
     • what kind of an education (i.e., classes) would you need to be a professional Graphic Designer
     • What did you find out about the history of Graphic Design?
     • Who are some graphic designers that you admire their work?
     • Web Links for you to use
9. Flash
   • Working with Flash is
   • Bouncing Ball Click here for Basic Tutorial
   • Animation Bone Tool Click Here for Advanced Tutorial (files are located on the Students Shared drive under Flash if you would like to try to use them)