Graphic Design 3 Agenda
Friday 3/13
Surrealist Self-Portrait ~ Design Stage
You will continue working on your designs today. Start to consider what tools you will need to use to create a successful design.
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Wednesday 3/11
Surrealist Self-Portrait ~ Design Stage
You will be starting your design today. If you need your photo taken, use a white wall as a background to make removing your image easier. What tool are you going to use to remove your image from the background?
We will first go over the rubric before you start today.
Use the Hair Mask Tutorial to help raise the quality of your design.
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Monday 3/9
Surrealist Self-Portrait ~ Brainstorming Stage
You will start brainstorming for your next project after completing brainstorming. We will review the project to get started.
Friday 3/6
Surrealism Landscape ~ Revise Stage
Continue to work to improve your designs. Turn the project in and your rubric today. You will need to complete the rubric self evaluation at the end of class.
Wednesday 3/4
Surrealism Landscape ~ Revision Stage
Continue working on your design by making revisions and considering how you are using lighting effects. Search online for fantasy lighting effects or surrealism tutorials for help. Projects are due next class.
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Monday 3/2
Surrealism Landscape ~ Critique Stage
You will get some peer feedback from each other today and then continue to work on your designs. You will have one more class period to work on your designs.
Friday 2/28
Surrealism Landscape ~ Design Stage
Continue working on your design and be ready for the critique next class. You should be now using photo editing techniques to blend the images together. Go back to the tutorials, which can be found on the Resources page, if you need more help.
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Wednesday 2/26
Surrealism Landscape ~ Design Stage
You will start today by giving and getting peer feedback based on what you wrote for your Do-Now. You then will continue working on your design and be ready for the critique next class. Your critique is in two classes.
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Monday 2/24
Surrealism Landscape ~ Design Stage
We are going to start today with a quick design concept refresher for this project.
Agenda:
1. Design Concept Review and Do-Now (20 mins)
2. Design
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Friday 2/21
Surrealism Landscape ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. You may want to look through the tutorials on the resources page to help you.
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Wednesday 2/19
Surrealism Landscape ~ Design Stage
Start working on your design using your number one sketch, which means you need to have your sketch out! You should have two sketches that you can pull ideas from to get you started.
Wednesday 2/12
Photo Editing
Continue with the tutorials and complete these today. Once you have completed these, complete the Extension assignment at the bottom of the tutorial sheet. We will be moving into the project today too.
Agenda:
1. Tutorials (20 mins)
2. Surrealism Notes (10 mins)
3. Review Project & Start Brainstorming
Monday 2/10
Photo Editing
You will start to learn the basics of photo editing in Photoshop today. Review the Assignment page for details.
Wednesday 2/5
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Revision Stage
These are due at the end of class. Please make sure you turn them correctly, with the correct files and into the correct folder. You also need to submit your JPG to the following link:
Friday 1/31
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Critique Stage
You will get some peer feedback from each other today and then continue to work on your designs. You will have one more class period to work on your designs.
Wednesday 1/29
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs today. Critiques will be next class.
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Monday 1/27
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs thinking about how you will continue to push your creative skills.
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Friday 1/24
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs today.
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Wednesday 1/22
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Brainstorm & Design Stage
Today you will participate in a group brainstorming session. It is important that you follow the directions accurately, or this will not be successful. Remember, the stronger your brainstorming is directly impacts how successful your designs will be. Once we are done, you will start to design.
Friday 1/17
DPS Citywide Art Contest ~ Brainstorming Stage
You will be starting your designs for the Citywide Art Contest by completing brainstorming that is due at the end of class. We will start next class by doing a group brainstorming session to strengthen your design concept.
Agenda:
1. Review Project (5 mins)
2. Collect inspiration pieces (15 mins)
3. Create a sketch
Wednesday 1/18
Polaroid Photos ~ Revise Stage
Make final revisions and changes before turning in your files and rubric by the end of class. Make sure you zoom in and really check your details and accuracy of your clipping paths.
Once you have completed your design and turned it in correctly, you can continue to revise and improve your portfolios by searching for new skills/tools you can apply to your website.
Monday 1/13
Polaroid Photos ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your projects. Pay close attention to the details of your clipping paths! Next class you will have quick feedback and get these turned in.
Friday 1/10
Polaroid Photos ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your projects. Please refer back to the tutorial if you have any questions on the techniques you have learned. Remember to push your skills on these!
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Wednesday 1/8
Polaroid Photos ~ Design Stage
You will be starting your project today by using a tutorial as only a reference, but not completing the actual tutorial. We will go over the project, review the rubric and then you will get started.
Monday 12/16
Semester 1 Final: Self-portrait ~ Revision Stage
Finalize your designs today and turn them in correctly. Don’t forget to save your rubrics correctly too! Please embed your original image you used in Illustrator too.
Friday 12/13
Semester 1 Final: Self-portrait ~ Revision Stage
You will wrap these up and turn the projects in next class during finals.
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Wednesday 12/11
Semester 1: Self-portrait ~ Critique Stage
We will be having a critique today and then two more classes to revise and finalize your designs.
Agenda:
1. Review portfolio grades - Revisions are due on Friday
2. Critique
3. Design
Monday 12/9
Semester 1: Self-portrait ~ Design Stage
We will be getting feedback on these designs next class. Be prepared.
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Friday 12/6
Semester 1: Self-portrait ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. You will have a critique in two classes.
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Wednesday 12/3
Semester 1: Self-portrait ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. Make sure you are learning new skills or tools for this project. We are going to go through the rubric before you start today.
Portfolios are due next class.
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Monday 12/2
Semester 1: Self-portrait ~ Design Stage
You will be starting your semester 1 final project today. We will first go over the project, brainstorm, and rubric before you get started.
Friday 11/22
Shape Poster ~ Revise Stage
You will finish these up and turn these in at the end of class. Follow the turn-in directions to turn these in correctly. If you finish early, you can work on updating your portfolios. We are going to first look at our Semester 1 Final.
Wednesday 11/20
Shape Poster ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. These are due next class.
Monday 11/18
Shape Poster ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. These will be turned in two class periods. We will be giving some feedback and suggestions to each other today too.
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Friday 11/15
Shape Poster ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs and focus on attention to details by zooming in on your designs. We will be giving some feedback and suggestions to each other today too.
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Wednesday 11/13
Shape Poster ~ Brainstorming Stage
You will brainstorm your new project and then start your designs today.
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Monday 11/11
Cubee Characters ~ Build Stage
Continue to build your design and then get these turned in at the end of class. Once you are done with your cubees, turn them in on the front table and then work on revising your portfolios.
Friday 11/8
Cubee Characters ~ Build Stage
Continue to build your cubees. Take your time to cut these very neatly with the Xacto knife and scissors paying attention to details. You will need to turn these in next class. Remember, your professionalism grade is worth 5% of your Cubee grade and these will be graded on professionalism.
Wednesday 11/6
Cubee Characters ~ Build Stage
You will spend today cutting and building your cubees. Take your time to cut these very neatly with a Xacto knife and scissors. BE CAREFUL TO NOT CUT YOURSELF! You will also need to be careful while folding the tabs. You shouldn’t need to use any tape to put these together.
Mr. Wiant will demonstrate these techniques before you get started.
Tuesday 11/5
Cubee Characters ~ Revise Stage
Today you will revise and finalize your designs. Submit this design, with the rubrics, correctly using the directions on the project page. Next class you will start to build your cubees.
Monday 11/4
Cubee Characters ~ Revise Stage
Today you will revise and finalize your designs. Submit this designs, with the rubrics, correctly using the directions on the project page. Next class you will start to build your cubees.
Friday 11/1
Cubee Characters ~ Design Stage
By the end of class today you should be pretty close to being done with your project. This will allow you to revise and improve your designs next class.
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Monday 10/28
Cubee Characters ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. You have 2 more class periods until these are due.
Friday 10/25
Cubee Characters ~ Design Stage
Today you will start your designs in Illustrator. We will review the project rubric and how to get started with your design in Illustrator first.
Wednesday 10/23
Cubee Characters ~ Brainstorm Stage
We will be looking at cubee characters today and then discussing our next project. You will then begin to work on sketches. Sketches are due at the end of class.
Agenda:
1. What is a cubee? (2 mins)
2. Project Details
3. Inspiration (10 mins)
3. Sketches
Monday 10/14
Wix Portfolio Website
Today you will be cleaning up, revising and updating your portfolio website. Directions can be found on the Assignment page.
Friday 10/11
Pattern Design ~ Revise Stage
Revise and finalize your designs today. Save your files correctly and upload them by the end of class. And don’t forget to submit the rubric correctly too.
Wednesday 10/9
Pattern Designs ~ Design Stage
You will continue to work on your designs today and check your paths to ensure you have a clean and professional looking design. We are going to start by getting quick project feedback from a partner. Projects are due next class.
Agenda:
1. Peer Feedback (10 mins)
2. Feedback Reflection on Do-Now (5 mins)
- Edit your Do-Now response by answering the following question: After getting feedback about your design problem, what are your action steps to revise and finalize your designs? Be specific when writing your steps.
3. Design
Monday 10/7
Pattern Designs ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs. Next class we will start with quick peer feedback and then you will revise and finalize your work.
Friday 10/4
Pattern Designs ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs today focusing in on the competency you wrote about.
Wednesday 10/2
Pattern Designs ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs today.
Monday 9/30
Pattern Designs ~ Design Stage
Today you will start your designs. When you start, follow the steps on the Project page and under Design steps to set your files up correctly. Remember, you will use your sketch in Illustrator to create the elements of your design. Do not use stock vector images! We will go over the project rubric before you get started.
Friday 9/27
Pattern Designs ~ Brainstorming Stage
Your sketches and inspiration pieces need to be turned by the end of day on Sunday. Follow the directions on the Assignment page to turn these in correctly. If you complete your sketch before the end of class, you can begin your design. You will first complete the tutorial from last class.
Agenda:
1. Complete Tutorial (20 mins)
2. Review Brainstorming (10 mins)
3. Brainstorming Due
Wednesday 9/25
Pattern Designs ~ Brainstorming Stage
You will be starting your next project today, which will be to create a sugar skull in celebration of the Day of the Dead OR an animal pattern design. We will first watch a short video. You will start to brainstorm next class.
Agenda:
1. Video (5 mins)
2. Review Project (5 mins)
3. Sugar Skull Tutorial (60 mins)
Vector Characters ~ Presentation Stage
Today you will present your characters to the class. As the presenter you need to:
1. Speak clearly and loudly so the design studio can hear you.
2. Make eye contact with the design studio.
3. Explain you design using design vocabulary.
As the audience, you need to:
1. Engage the presenter by asking design related questions.
2. Give the presenter your full attention.
Agenda
1. Presentations
2. Survey - Vector Character Project Feedback (5 mins)
3. Competency Tracker Update (8 mins)
4. Objective Reflection by opening your objectives (Homework)
Monday 9/23
Vector Characters ~ Finalize Stage
Today you need to complete your designs and revise your characters to finalize your designs. Once you are done revising, consider how you can enhance the background design or add more details to your characters. Search online for helpful tutorials.
Turn in the project correctly by following the directions. Next class you will present your projects to the class.
Friday 9/20
Vector Characters ~ Finalize Stage
Your project is due at the end of next class and presentations will be the following class. Presentations are graded, so you must be here.
Wednesday 9/18
Vector Characters ~ Critique Stage
You will be partnering up with two other designers and will be using the Feedback Protocol Forms to catch notes and ideas. After the feedback, you will write a reflection and then continue to revise your characters to finalize them and to start your backgrounds.
Monday 9/16
Vector Character ~ Design Stage
As a reminder, you are required to use the pathfinder tool on this project. Use the cheat sheet you created last class. Remember to work in an efficient manner by copying and pasting similar elements like the eyes. Next class we will be an early critique.
Friday 9/13
Vector Character ~ Design Stage
We will start today with a quick refresher demo on how to use the Pathfinder Tool in Illustrator and how to properly place and embed a sketch into Illustrator.
Agenda:
1. Download the Pathfinder Cheat Sheet and open it. (5 mins)
2. Design
Wednesday 9/11
Vector Character ~ Design Stage
We are going to start by sharing our ideas with each other to help each other brainstorm. Then we will go over the project rubric before you get started on your designs.
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Monday 9/9
Vector Character ~ Brainstorming Stage
You will be creating a vector character for this next project. We will go through an introduction of character design. Brainstorming is due next class.
Agenda:
1. Review Brainstorming
3. Brainstorming Due at the end of class
Friday 9/6
Vector Character ~ Brainstorming Stage
You will be creating a vector character for this next project. We will go through an introduction of character design. Brainstorming is due next class.
Agenda:
1. Character Slides (8 mins)
2. Review Project (5 mins)
3. Sketch to Vector Tutorial - Download Image Here
4. Review Brainstorming
About Me PSD Poster ~ Presentation Stage
Today you will be presenting your projects to the class. The presentations will be part of your professionalism grade for your project. After presentations, you will start brainstorming for your next project.
Presentations grades will be based on:
1. Did you speak loudly and clearly to The Design Studio?
2. Did you make eye contact as you present?
3. Are you able to clearly explain your design concept, skills or tools you used by using correct academic vocabulary?
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Wednesday 9/4
My Summer ~ Finalize Stage
Continue to work on your designs to revise and finalize your work. You need to have these ready for our presentations next class. We will go over the turn in directions together at the end of class since these are due today.
Wednesday 8/28
My Summer ~ Design Stage
Continue to work on your designs today by pushing yourself and your skills. Consider how you will use typography in a successful manner too.
Monday 8/26
My Summer ~ Design Stage
Continue to design and use your sketch as a design reference as you work.
Friday 8/23
My Summer ~ Design Stage
You have completed your brainstorming and now you are ready to design. You only have four quick classes to complete this project. Stay focused and be efficient with your time.
Wednesday 8/21
My Summer Poster ~ Brainstorm Stage
You will be starting your first project today. We will first go over the project and then you will start your brainstorming.