Monday, October 31, 2016

Happy Halloween!!!

Today we will:

1.  practice using the Shear tool

shear tool
 and the Clipping Mask Tool.

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2.  Talk about Target Audience

3.  Talk about Imaginary Film Poster

example of planning

exit ticket-  Must complete this before you can start design work
exit ticket



Monday, October 3, 2016

Paint Ad Critique

You will be critiquing the design of another person in class. Answer the following questions in a new blog post:
#1 Whose ad did you critique?

  1. Was the message of the advertisement clearly communicated? Why or why not?
  2. Does the advertisement use 90% white space? If not, how much white space do you think was used? Explain.
  3. What is one area that was successful about the overall design?
  4. What is one area that needs work in the overall design?

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Happy Tuesday 
this is a mural we did a few years ago with a traveling artist.


Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Imaginary Film Critique





Open this link and print out the form.  

Complete the critique and turn into Mrs. Schiefelbein

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Unit 4- Imaginary Film


Guided Practice: Pen tool, 

transforming/distorting objects, clipping 

masks

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4-0 Files



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Unit 3

Create business card - 2 sided

critique another student work- White Space by writing a new blog post and following guidelines given to you.

Answer the following questions:
1.  Was the message of the advertisement clearly communicated?  Why or why not?
2.  Does the advertisement use 90% whitespace?  If not, how much was used?
3.  What is one area that was successful ?
4.  What is one area that needs work?


Independent practice
Garage Sale Flier
Garage Sale File

Friday, February 19, 2016

Painting Tools- Grapes

Painting Tools: GRAPES!
Set up a new document: 8.5” x 11”, CMYK color mode

Create an artistic composition using the following criteria:

  1. Draw a bunch of grapes.
    1. Fill them with a purple radial gradient.
    2. Group them together.
  2. Draw a stem using the paint brush tool.
    1. choose a new brush in the bushes panel (other than an oval brush)
  3. Draw at least 3 leaves using the pen tool.
    1. Fill the leaves with a linear gradient
    2. Draw the veins on the leaves with the pencil tool.
    3. Group all of the elements together.
  4. Use the rectangle tool to draw a table. Fill it with a pattern texture.
  5. Use the blob brush to draw a shadow underneath the grapes.
    1. Change the transparency
  6. Add a slogan. What text can you add to get people to stop and purchase your grapes?

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

snowball sketch

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i1yj9kw2sx5xzqx/Snowball%20Sketch.tif?dl=0

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ee35aly27w36z7o/AADLK--Ts5A2h2brOjSJZFRba?dl=0

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Thursday, Feb 11.

Your Olympic Logo is due at the end of the day on Friday.
Monday we move forward to Unit 2- Painting Tools

Friday, January 29, 2016

Monday, Feb. 1st

So far in Graphic Design you should have:
1.  made a blog
2.  emailed it to Mrs. Schiefelbein
kschiefelbein@dce.k12.wi.us

3. Find an example of Graphic Design.  Save and Post it.  Include a paragraph
stating why you think it is a good example.

4.  Add 5 links to National Graphic Designers
5. Add 5 links to Local Wisconsin artists- any type

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Next we will start Unit 1
Drawing Tools

Monday, January 25, 2016