THE END IS NIGH

Create an online portfolio to showcase your best work: 

• Website (wix, weebly, google sites)
• Behance Portfolio
• Instagram Profile dedicated to design

OR

Create a Google slides presentation with all of your work:

Challenges from Wisser:
Graphic Design is Everywhere
Eclipse Design
1Letter, 1Number, 1Font Poster
Elements and Principles Poster
Logo with Logo Mockup
Illustration / Stickers
Illustration with Background

Tutorials From Wisser:
BP logo Tutorial
Monster Illustration Tutorial
any other tutorial that you may have worked on

Jobs:
the games Afoot
Peter Pan
Football Motivation
Any other job that you may have worked on

backgrounds????

A sticker design or tshirt design can float...

but if printed on paper, tile or wood.... a background is plum necessary....

Shirts and Stickers

 

MOCK UP TEMPLATES

MOCK UP TEMPLATES ARE EASY TO USE AND SOMETIMES FREE> 


My example:

1. Copy your logo from your illustrator file.

2. Download and open a free mockup template like this one BUSINESS CARD MOCK UP TEMPLATE (PSD file)  here is a link to a video that will teach you how to use the busness card mock up file HERE IS A VIDEO TO SEE HOW TO MAKE A MOCK UP.

3. Double Click the smart object layer in the layers pallet. 

4. Paste you design and edit the layer to your liking.

5. File>Save and then close the smart object tab to see how your mock up looks. 

6. Save your work as a PSD file for yourseld and as a jpeg to upload to the team folder.

Finished early? See if you can find and download your own mockup template by googling "Free Mockup Template" 

Here are some websites that your friends are using.

• originalmockups.com
• mockupfree.co
• Mockupcloud.com

Example:

Make a LOGO Layout for your client (me)

Try some different layout variations with one chosen LOGO... like these.... 

Another tutorial to try

Use the following video tutorials to make a monster. Be creative with it and try some new things. Yours can look different than mine, but I want you to learn the tools and techniques in these videos. Do your best to "finish" a monster by the end of the period. Have fun.  


Video One: Setting it up and making eyes. 

 Video Two: Making the body. 

 Video three: Mouth and teeth 

 Video four: making a horn 

 Video five: Making Tentacles and a chin 

Here is a link where I got inspiration for my monster.

Fonts are ok... But what if we:

• MAKE UNIQUE TYPOGRAPHY LOGOS (by modifying papyrus or building one of a kind letters with the pen tool or shape builder)
• MAKE ABSTRACT SYMBOL LOGOS
• MAKE ICON TYPE LOGO

SEE the CHALLENGE info TAB for MORE...

VECTOR LOGOS

See the Challenge info tab for more... 

THis week

1. Make an 11x17in Poster for one of the 6 design principles. Make it abstract and attention grabbing with the name of the principle included big and readable from a distance. 

Check out this link for more examples... 

2. More Jobs are available for extra credit... see me before starting....

New Challenge: Principles of Design Poster

1. Check the challenge info tab for the next assignment "Design Principles Poster" 

2. Jobs are available for extra credit.

Help us and 1L, 1N, 1F checklist

1.We are working on offering a video art class next year and need to know a few things. Can you help us by filling out a quick survey. 
PLEASE TAKE THIS SURVEY.

2. A rough draft of your one letter, one number, one font poster is due by the end of class tomorrow Friday September 15th. Did you?

• Make an 11x17in Poster in illustrator?
• Use one letter, one number, one font?
• Use 3 or less colors?
• Organize Shapes, lines etc. to create BALANCE, REPETITION and/or EMPHASIS on a FOCAL POINT?
• Try some newly learned tools and techniques in the program? 

Getting Back to Basics...

1. Make sure that you have turned in all work into our TEAM DRIVE (PDFs and JPEG files only please)

2. Join me in a typography tutorial in adobe illustrator 

3. See the Challenge info tab for your next challenge!!!! 1letter, 1number, 1font

 4. Jobs available for extra credit..... see me... 

New Job!!!!!

Coach Fontana asked us to design 2 Motivational Posters for the football team to rally around.

See the challenge info tab for more....

Graphic Design Poster and Play Poster Concept Due Friday!!!!

1. Think about overall composition first. Make sure there is negative space left over for all the detailed information that will be on this poster. 

2. Concentrate on a TITLE TYPOGRAPHY DSIGN & IMAGE for your "The Game is Afoot" Poster. Make sure there is negative space left over for all the detailed information that will be on this poster. 

3. Take some typography ideas from Taylor Swift.


4. Image?????????????

Challenge #3: Graphic Design is everywhere is posted on the challenge info tab for you.... complete it by Friday and upload a PDF file to the TEAM DRIVE on Google DRIVE.

SPACE IS COOL!

Learn About the Eclipse 




Lets Use Photoshop to Make A Galaxy Painting

Galaxy Created with brushes in Photoshop

Step by Step Downloading Brushes

Visit the links below to download Star Brushes

--starfield-star-brushes--

--space-brush-set--

1. Download the Brush-- It may say download is happening in 10 sec..

2. Click the Brush in the download bar and move it to your H: 

In Photoshop:

Click the folder next to the brush on the top tool bar

Click the tab "BrushPreset"

Click Load and select your brushes

The Eclipse is coming!!!!!!

CHECK OUT THIS PRESENTATION FOR ECLIPSE DESIGN INSPIRATION!

CHECK OUT THE CHALLENGE INFO TAB for MORE

Welcome to Design 1

Hello, and welcome to Art & Design 1! I hope that you are ready to learn about a lot of fun technologies to make design. You will learn a lot about graphic design. I am pumped to get started and I am excited to see you all learn this semester.

I am Mr. Wisser.
CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MR. WISSER


Please Follow along with me as we read the class Syllabus. This document has important information on it that will help you to understand what is expected of you in this class. 
CLICK HERE FOR SYLLABUS

Check out the CHALLENGE INFO tab on this blog to start your first design challenge. Due by start of class on FRIDAY AUG. 18th.