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Graphic Design

Month Content Skills August "Principles of Design Dots" -Review the -Create 4 separate designs each utilizing separate Principles of Design, composition, and Principles of Design by only using white and black aesthetics circles in a 4"x4" square.

http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... -Develop and demonstrate organization of art elements using the Principles of Organization to create Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: a successful composition Elements: Shape -Complete rubric worksheet identifying which P of D Principles: All of them (Principles of Design) they used Vocabulary: Principles of Design -Adopt good craftsmanship: coloring in the lines and Media: markers and ink in one direction Tools/Technique: circle templates, rulers, -Demonstrate appropriate tool usage and triangles -Execute a balanced and intriguing design with the final mounting layout and follow through with good Other Concepts/ Activities/ craftsmanship. Introductions: Art career daily assignments -Complete career, drawing, and creativity exercises Drawing exercises Creativity Exercises

Essential Questions - What is Graphic Design and how can I incorporate it into the way I create and view art? -How can I use the Principles of Designs to create a successful and aesthetically pleasing composition?

September Continuation of Dot project Continuation of Dot project

"Commercial and Personal Logos" -Execute a small logo in markers to represent their Create a Logo to represent a company or assigned company/client client, then create one to represent yourself -Execute a small logo in acrylic paint to represent themselves Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Illustration and Logo Design Occupation -Relate and experience what is like to be an Illustrator Elements: All or graphic designer Principles: All Vocabulary: Students study the logo - Read and discuss about Logo design design process - Problem solve and plan logo designs by utilizing the Media: Sharpie Markers on White Elements and Principles of Design Tagboard and Acryilic Paint on Clayboard - Select and draw appropriate font for the theme and Tools/Technique: Proper Craftsmanship design and use Design Sense plus creativity and -Creatively arrange theme appropriate images to problemsolving. Also practice freehanding create a successful design using the Principles fonts. -demonstrate blending techniques with Acrylic Paints

Other Concepts/ Activities/ -Complete drawing, value, and career exercises Introductions: -Drawing and Font exercises -Art Career daily assignments and Discuss Graphic Design as a career

Essential Questions Would I want to become and Illustrator? Would I want to become a Graphic

1 of 8 Month Content Skills Designer? How do I condense a company's reputation, purpose, and name into a professional logo? Can I professionally adjust my designs to fit the clientele's vision? How can I trouble-shoot when things don't go as I plan?

October "PostSecret Postcard Project" -Execute a successful "PostSecret" postcard in the -Students must create a postcard based on collage style of Nick Bantock the style of Nick Bantock which tells a true secret

Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Nick Bantock and PostSecret Books -Read and discuss the PostSecret project and books Elements: All - Read about and discuss the collage and book work Principles: All of Nick Bantock Vocabulary: Students study image transfer -Learn various ways to use transfer in art processes -Decide which mediums will successfully convey Media: paint, color pencils, magazines, their secret. graphite and/or markers -Concentrate on appropriate craftsmanship Tools/Technique: Proper Craftsmanship -Execute a successful and creative layout . and use Design Sense plus creativity/ -Select and draw appropriate font for the problem solving. Plus, transfer methods theme/design.

Other Concepts/ Activities/ Introductions: -Acrylic Gel Transfer practice -Introduction to the books of Nick Bantock

Essential Questions: - Was I successful in visually conveyed my secret through the mediums and design choices I have made?

Begin "Advertising" (See Nov.)

November "Commercial Advertising- Magazine - Represent a company by creating a slogan, Advertisement" Design a magazine appropriate and eye-catching imagery, and a advertisement for a product of their choice, successful composition to sell their product. plus write a paper pitching to the company and evaluating their final ad.

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Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: -Study Commercial Advertising as a career, plus learn Commercial Advertising about advertising standards. Elements: color, value, and space -Relate and experience what is like to be a Principles: all with a focus on emphasis Commercial Advertiser Vocabulary: Color terms plus Typology -Apply Principles and Elements of Design to create a and typography marketable design Media: acrylic paint on tagboard -Paint a color wheel and review color terms Tools/Technique: painting techniques and -Practice painting techniques on a painting worksheet. advertising standards, plus more font -Introduce typology and typography recreations -Practice font execution on exercises -Discuss different magazine techniques and methods. -Utilize acrylic paints and practice them on exercise

2 of 8 Month Content Skills Other Concepts/ Activities/ -Problem solve and use creativity to create a Introductions: magazine advertisement to sell a product of their Creating a marketable design and slogan choice. creation -Improve writing skills -Write a paper selling their advertisement -Create and mimic fonts campaign and critiquing their final product -Complete font, drawing, and career daily -Create/mimic fonts assignments -Font, drawing, and career daily assignments

Essential Questions: How can I create a successful composition and slogan to sell my product? -Is my advertisement geared to the correct age group? -Would I like to become a commercial artist?

"Comic Book" Students are to draw their own characters on a comic book page. http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vbel...

December Continuation of the Magazine Create a character based on self with your ideal Advertisement Project qualities and/or characteristics.

"Alter Ego Project" Create a Comic Book style illustration of an AlterEgo of yourself -Watch "Marvel Way" video featuring Stan Lee and Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Stan John Buscema. Lee and John Buscema -Complete a movie worksheet. Elements: Shape and Value -Illustrate value using graphite. Principles: all with a focus on proportions -Practice comic book techniques and mimic their and variation style in the comic book drawing packet. Vocabulary: Marvel comic book terms -Develop life drawing skills focusing on human Media: Graphite proportions and spatial relationship Tools/Technique: comic book illustration, -Recreate human motion and focus on character human proportions, page layout designing, development. utilizing different camera angles -Experiment with different camera angles and avoid obvious solutions. Other Concepts/ Activities/ Introductions: Practice different illustration styles and figure drawing

Essential Questions: What is the history, appearance, and personality of my characters? Who do I consider my "heroes" and what traits/qualities do I admire in them?

January Finish Alter Ego project

"Square Art Project" Freedom project that only took 4-5 days to -Learn artists and critique their work. complete. Finished pieces were sent to Square Art - Utilize creativity and problem solve on their subject company to be scanned so that the students matter.

3 of 8 Month Content Skills could purchase their artwork on something. Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: - Reinforce Principles of Design to create a good Georgio O'Keefe and Andy Warhol composition Elements: All of them Principles: All of them -Incorporate good craftsmanship. Vocabulary: none Media: Students had a series of choices for the assignment and several media to choose from including acrylic, oil pastel, color pencil. or marker. Tools/Technique : Proper craftsmanship

Final Review -review terms, procedures, and artist http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vbel...

Essential Questions What did I learn this semester?

Introduction to the Computer Lab -Absorb and obey computer lab procedures and rules

History of Personal Computers: movie -Watch movie/power point and discuss the History of Pirates of Silicon Valley Personal computers

Power Point presentation on the history of -Follow, learn, and apply step by step instructions personal computers through demos and reading the worksheets

Introduction of Photoshop to learn the tools and techniques through tons of exercises

"Room ReDecoration Project" students -Apply and demonstrate Photoshop skills and will decorate an empty room based on any knowledge when decorating their room theme or function they choose using their newly acquired Photoshop skills. -Use the Principles of Design when organizing the color scheme and layout of the furniture Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: the student, decorating shows (Trading -Utilize creativity Spaces) Elements: Color and shape -Apply technical problem solving Principles: All of them Vocabulary: Photoshop terms and -Review and utilize Principles of Design technology terms Media: Adobe Photoshop and Internet Tools/Technique: Photoshop tools and processes/ scanner techniques

Essential Questions: How do I perform simple and complex techniques in Adobe Photoshop? How do Interior Decorators design a room? How can color, furniture and architecture affect the aesthetic and functional qualities of a space?

4 of 8 Month Content Skills February Room Project Continued

"Radial Balance" Students will create a radial balance design by using Photoshop and the Internet. -Complete a Radial Balance exercise and utilize http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... learned knowledge when creating their project.

Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: none -Complete a successful radial balance design with a Elements: all of them focus on emphasis, balance, unity, and variety and Principles: Balance, variation, emphasis, contrast. unity, contrast and proportion Vocabulary: more tech terms -Experiment and solve any technical problems that Media: Photoshop and the Internet may arise Tools/Technique: Photoshop techniques especially duplication of an image, Search -Utilize and find images on the Internet. Engines and Internet Image retrieval - Apply Photoshop skills and knowledge Other Concepts/ Activities/ Introductions: -Use creativity Daily Assignments: Photoshop quick tips and short assignments. - Demonstrate the ability to follow step by step Radial Balance Exercise instructions and apply the instruction to creating their daily exercise. Essential Questions: How do I grab an image off the Internet? How do I create a Radial Balance Design using the computer?

March "Inspirational Collage" combine at least - Study and critique Computer generated collage art. 10 images to create a collage of a theme or individual of their choice using Photoshop. -Recall and illustrate the Principles of Design to create http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin.. a successful.

Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: -Research their topic for images using the library. Modern Art, Maggie Taylor - Select appropriate images to go with their theme. Elements: all of them Principles: Balance, variation, emphasis, - Apply Photoshop skills and knowledge unity, contrast, movement and proportion Vocabulary: none -Experiment and solve any technical problems that Media: Photoshop, scanner and the may arise Internet Tools/Technique: Using the Library as a -Utilize creativity resource, Photoshop techniques especially photo editing and masking, Search -Learn Scanning Techniques Engines and Internet Image retrieval -Use Photoshop Image Adjusting Skills Other Concepts/ Activities/ Introductions: -Utilize Photoshop cropping, layer modes, and Filters Daily Assignments: Photoshop quick tips and short assignments. - Demonstrate the ability to follow step by step instructions and apply the instruction to creating their Essential Questions: daily exercise. How do I successfully combine 10 images, without the design being too busy, and still Read about Maggie Taylor's method on scanning get my message across? three-dimensional objects to create unique looking Can I recall and apply blending techniques collages. in Photoshop?

5 of 8 Month Content Skills "Hiding Out In History" -Students choose an - Study and critique Raphael's "School of Athens and image in history and then creatively insert reflect on how they will be creating a modern day themselves in it. "School of Athens" composition. http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... - Complete a manipulation of a photo and write a Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: narrative research paper. Raphael Elements: shape - Apply Photoshop skills and knowledge. Principles: Proportion Vocabulary: more tech terms -Recall scanner operation techniques. Media: Photoshop, scanner and digital camera -Experiment and solve any technical problems that Tools/Technique: Photoshop techniques may arise. especially masking and photo editing, scanner operation, digital camera, research -Utilize creativity. skills with the Internet and library, and writing -Learn and operate the Digital Camera through skills collaborated effort with a partner.

Other Concepts/ Activities/ -Manipulate and mask digital photo to match and fit Introductions: into the scanned photo. -Students write a one page narrative paper about the event you are in, as if you were -Research via books and the Internet to find historical there in the event. information on their photo.

Essential Questions: -Practice their writing skills. How can I use technology to achieve successful designs and projects? How do I use a scanner? How do I match a digital image into a scanned document?

April Adobe Illustrator Introduction - learn -Absorb and illustrate Adobe Illustrator techniques terms, and applications techniques, and applications - Demonstrate the ability to follow step by step -Students will complete several Illustrator instructions and apply the instruction to memory. exercises to learn the program

"Postcard Project" Students randomly - Create a successful and marketable postcard to choose a country to research on the promote their country. Internet and create a postcard and outline based off -Utilize their Creativity/Problem Solving skills that country. http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... -Research, compile, and write a bullet research outline on their country. Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Whatever country they select -Complete Internet searches for their country by Elements: all of them successfully utilizing search engines. Principles: all of them Vocabulary: Adobe Illustrator terms -Recall and demonstrate photo editing skills in Media: Illustrator, Photoshop and the Photoshop. Internet Tools/Technique: Internet research. photo -Apply Illustrator knowledge for layout and text editing, writing techniques, and Illustrator design techniques

6 of 8 Month Content Skills Other Concepts/ Activities/ Introductions: Write an outline of the country they select and add appropriate images to it.

Essential Questions: -Demonstrate and master the pen tool. How do I perform simple and complex techniques in Adobe Illustrator? -Apply Illustrator knowledge to complete assignment.

CD Project usually starts the last week of -Create a background. April

"Vector Drawing" Students choose a photo to vector. Most choose either a person or a car. Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: none Elements: shape, color, value Principles: all of them Vocabulary: Adobe Illustrator terms Media: Illustrator, Photoshop and the Internet Tools/Technique: The goal is to have the students master the pen tool.

May "Product Design: CD Case Project" -Critique current CD cases. Students make up their own band and make a CD - Apply Photoshop and Illustrator skills and cover for that band knowledge to create a successful and marketable CD http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... Case.

Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Study -Tackle all creativity and design challenges. modern day CD cases Elements: all of them -Complete final layout and text in Illustrator. Principles: all of them Vocabulary: -Recall and demonstrate photo editing skills in Media: Illustrator and Photoshop Photoshop. Tools/Technique: Students can't use any copyrighted images, so they have to -Experiment with image creation in Photoshop or creatively overcome this challenge utilize knowledge with the digital camera.

Essential Questions: How do I place a Photoshop image into Illustrator? What are the CD dimensions?

"Freedom Project" Students create art on -Use all previous knowledge on composition, the computers using all their technology Elements of Art, Principles of Design, and several knowledge that they have learned. different computer programs and equipment to create http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... a piece of art on the computers.

Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: -Tackle all creativity and design challenges Elements: all of them Principles: all of them -Practice writing and organizational skills. Vocabulary: aesthetics Media: all media is open as long as the -Discover and debate what makes their work artwork. finish product is computer printable Tools/Technique: aesthetic critiquing

7 of 8 Month Content Skills Other Concepts/ Activities/ Introductions: -Students must type out a project proposal. -Students will be challenged to comprehend and discover what makes something art.

Essential Questions: What is art? What is the difference between creating a collage and creating a piece of art?

"Quote Project" students will create a poster design inspired off of a famous -Research through books and the Internet to find an quote. appropriate quote. http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... -Contemplate and creatively plan out how to visualize Featured Artist/Movement/Culture: Poster their quote. Design Occupation Elements: All of them -Visualize and translate their ideas to the computer. Principles: All of them Vocabulary: -Utilize Photoshop to edit images together. Media: Internet, Photoshop, Illustrator, scanner and Digital camera -Incorporate the Elements and Principles of Design in Tools/Technique: the project.

Essential Questions: Students will imagine how to visualize their quote. Students will complete photo editing in Photoshop.

Final Exam Review http://www.d158.k12.il.us/vlin... -Study and review for final. Essential Questions: What did I learn this semester?

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