For the past couple of weeks, Graphics II students have been learning about the history of poster design & it's role in twentieth-century advertising. Beginning with a look at historical and iconic posters from Hollywood, advertising and modern pop culture, students explored the messages conveyed to an "audience on the move." Then, student designers put their own skills to work as they researched ideas, developed sketches and created poster designs for the PRP's production of the "Little Shop of Horrors" musical.
This week, Graphics II students have been working on concepts for a cd package design project, while my Intro to Graphics class has been exploring the basics of Adobe InDesign, through a series of Lab exercises.
Using a hands-on approach, students will solve visual communications problems and explore careers in Graphic Design/ Print Technology. Students will learn to use Adobe CS4 software [Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign] on state-of-the-art Apple computers. Basics of print production, cost estimates, what it means to “preflight work,” font management, color theory, and the formal elements of design–including investigation of line, form, value, color, shape and composition–will also be covered.
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Fave Art and Design Websites
- Adobe Tutorials Online
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
- Art Babble
- Communication Arts Magazine
- Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum
- Design Museum
- Free Fonts!
- Louisville Advertising Federation
- Louisville Graphic Design Association
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
- Museum of Modern Art
- Pentagram Design Website
- Photoshop Tutorials
- Photoshop Tutorials
- Print Magazine
- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
- Skills USA: Champions at Work
- smarthistory: art, history, conversation
- Typography Website
- Veer Website
- Vitra Design Museum
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