Period 1 Graphic Design Assignments

For the final, you will be choosing any previously  assigned

project that you want to create.


THIS IS TO BE A NEW
PROJECT.....not redoing an old assignment or finishing a partially done assignment.



Once it is complete, you will upload as a JPEG (or a video for animation)
to the assignment folder. This is due June 14th for all grade Levels.



Any late work will NOT be accepted.

Every year the students in the graphic design classes are the ones
who design the planners that are used the following school year. Once
the planner project is complete, the VHS administration chooses the
planner cover that will be used.

CREATE 4 UNIQUE COVER ART DESIGNS


Photoshop or Illustrator can be used. Use a bleed zone of 1/8 Inch for cut off. (Template attached for you download)
and will be explained in class.

Optional attached logos can be used.

Also there will be a safe zone for all text in the same template.

Background imagery, background patterns etc. can go to edge and beyond. Demo in class will be given on this.

Planner cover must visually include:

2023-2023 or 23-24 etc
Valencia High School or VHS
School logo (attached as PNG) Tiger Head Or V with Tiger Head

Words: "pride - tradition - excellence" somewhere on the cover design.

As before, you will be using adobe illustrator to create an
original piece of art that involves using the type tool. You are not
redoing the one you did before. This is a new piece.

Please be
sure to use more dynamic colors in this version and make sure to use a
BOLD FONT for optimal spacing between the letters and rows of text.


Your final artwork  must be very tight in the spacing between the letters of the font you use.

As before, the process will involve you filling the spaces of the face where the
shadowing exists to create contrast and a shadowing illustrative effect.

You may use any portrait you want. Be sure the portrait you choose has CONTRAST and is a decent quality to work from. You should image trace or posterize the image before you begin laying the type over it on a separate layer.

11 x 14 inches Min.

300 DPI

You will be creating or recreating a movie poster, game design cover, or TV series poster with YOU ]as the main character(s).


You will be using Adobe Photoshop mostly, but you can Illustrator as well.



You have the choice to recreate a movie poster that ha been used in film, TV or game design, or you can design a brand new style of that poster or cover art.



Process:


Research movie posters etc. on google images and other sites to choose what movie poster you want to create or recreate.


If you are trying to match the original, then take several pictures of yourself and any other characters you want in the poster design so it matches the original.


If you are creating a new original style poster or cover art, you will still need to use yourself as the main character in the art.

No matter what poster style you are creating, you must create it from scratch. You cannot use images or fonts from the original.


Size Guidelines: 11 x 14 Inches Portrait or Landscape

As in the previous Vector Portrait, you will use Adobe Illustrator to create a vector based Portrait or any type or vector art.


This should be a new vector art, not redoing the previous one or continuing an unfinished one.

The portrait can be any face you want. You may even choose to do an animal portrait or landscape etc.

Video of process attached for your reference.

Also, links to various versions of vector portraits for inspiration is attached.

We are going to learn the basics of animation using the animation app in the creative cloud.

1. Install adobe animate from the cloud apps.
2. We will complete the "fish" tutorial upon the start up of the animate app as a class.
3. The goal will be to eventually you will create and make your own animation.

You will creating an original isometric art piece using a grid in abode illustrator.
There will be examples of finished projects shown and a tutorial in class of the process of how to make the grid.
Please make sure follow the instructions carefully.
You can create any scene you want as long as it is in an isometric form.

Try a couple of practice ones that are just color and shape, then move into a concept one for the final.

You will be creating a Zentangle Mandala in Adobe Illustrator.


You will learn about the visual impact of patterns and symmetrical design in this assignment. Using the
polygon tool, line tool, shape tool, patterns and specific color
combinations, you will be making a radial design that contains whatever
creation you can imagine. Examples of one way to do the process is in

the link below.


We will go over all of the steps on how to create this
mandala in class as well (some steps may differ from example steps).  
Make sure to have a solid plan and sketch out ideas so that your mandala

has meaning (symbols, specific color combos etc).


You want to create imagery in the design rather than just random lines. Color schemes and
color theory will definitely have a major part in the final grade of the
project.

Low Poly Portrait

The assignment is to create a
polygon or low poly portrait. You can use yourself, celebrity or someone
you know as the subject matter. You can even chose to use an animal as
the subject matter. NO SIMPLE CARTOONS.

There will be demonstrations in class of the
process. You are encouraged to research online the process as well.

This is a very long and tedious process so please make sure you are working the entire time.

You will use Adobe Illustrator to complete the process.

Links below are a good start to researching and a video link in case you miss the demo in class.

You will be using adobe illustrator to create an original piece of art that involves using the type tool and several other tools.

The
process will involve you filling the spaces of the face where the
shadowing exists to create a contrast and shadowing illustrative effect.
All other areas will be left white.

Examples of the style of how the final product can look are found in the link below.

You may use any portrait you want. Be sure the portrait you choose has CONTRAST and is a decent quality to work from.

11 x 14 inches Min.

300 PPI

Demonstration of the process and the tools needed to complete the project will be given in class.

In this lesson, you will be using Adobe Illustrator and/or
Photoshop to create at least 4 original pieces of art that create an optical
illusion (4 art boards) Using the shape tool, line segment tool, width tool and
others, you will create depth, form and illusion in spaces with in the
picture plane. Examples of OP Art can be found linked below.

Format can be any, but must be at least 11 inches on shortest length.

After most of the OP Art is made in illustrator, you can then switch over to Photoshop to enhance it if you wish.

A demonstration and use of op art, and the basic techniques we will be using will be given in class as well.

The assignment is to create and develop a logo that represents you or your brand.
You
will need to sketch on paper and use Adobe Illustrator to complete this
assignment. We will go through the process and the tools you
will need to complete this assignment (Pencil, Paper, Illustrator Pen tool, Line Segment, Shape tool, Pathfinder tool etc.)


You
will need to create several drawings (100) of ideas for possible logos.
These are to be very simple sketches. NOT DETAILED. Silhouette form
will be the best approach.


You will sketch them up on
regular blank computer paper provided by me. I will show examples of the
process. (Folding paper into sections can often help.)


After you have completed (100) drawings, you will then choose the one or more that will be worked up on the computer.


You
will then use adobe illustrator to complete the digital portion of the
logo design. This step will take revision as well. Logos are an evolving
process. They are NOT made quickly.


Your grade will depend on completing the drawings, working the drawing(s) up on the computer and turning in the final logo.


Examples
of clean logos drawn out and reworked are attached for your reference.
The final logo layout will be gone over in class.

Place your second digital painting here.

Make sure to save as a JPEG copy before turning it in.

Create 2 digital paintings using Adobe Photoshop.

Follow and complete the apple painting tutorial first before moving into your final painting.

There will also be demonstrations in class.

Download the brushes and they should automatically load into your brush settings. Will DEMO this process.

Any
format is okay. At least and 11 x 14 inch file. 300 dpi. ( For example)
Can be a longer panoramic format for a landscape painting.


Links and Brushes Attached

For this assignment you will be using the selecting and masking techniques in photoshop to create a scene using original images.



You
will be using yourself as the focus of the scene you are
creating. You will be using images you gather through your own photography, OR
images you have through another source that are original to you. NOT
THE INTERNET.


Background images can be from the internet or your own to set the scene. Make sure they are HI QUALITY.



You
are going to place your masked images in the scene you create using
photoshop masking techniques and other demonstrated techniques(shadow
creation, lighting, color correction etc).


The goal is to
correctly place the masked images in a scene that share the same
atmosphere and lighting to fool the viewer into thinking the images
where there all along.


NOTE: ** You should think about the scene you want to create before you take or choose the photographs you are going to use**



Make sure you have your images you are taking ASAP to begin the masking process on those.



All demos will be given in class on all processes.


Other video demos related to this assignment may be be looked up on the internet on your own time outside of class.

In this assignment you will be creating a vector style portrait
using Adobe Illustrator. You can choose any person as a reference to
create the portrait.


For example, it may include your favorite celebrity, musician, actor etc. Or even an Animal.


**NOTE: You are required to use a realistic picture. NOT A CARTOON or Animation style picture**


You
can start getting an understanding of how to create the portrait by
viewing the video attached (MUTED )that goes over the process. You may want to
pause and restart a few times throughout the process since it may be made at a higher
than normal speed.


There are also some examples that are attached of finished pieces.


I will also be demonstrating and going over the process in class and covering new tools and techniques you will use in this project.

In adobe Illustrator, create an artwork that uses
symmetrical design as the main component.


Tools to use will include the pen tool, shape tool,
mesh tool, width tool and more.


Demonstration will be given in class
on these tools.


Inspiration for the project and definition of symmetry

can be found here:




https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/06/design-principles-compositional-balance-symmetry-asymmetry

https://www.behance.net/search?field=44&content=projects&sort=appreciations&time=week&search=symmetry

https://www.behance.net/gallery/16400127/Equilibrium?tracking_source=search%7Csymmetry

https://www.behance.net/gallery/408046/cord?tracking_source=search%7Csymmetry

https://www.behance.net/gallery/14486411/Symmetry?tracking_source=search%7Csymmetry

Download the attachment.

Place the file in Adobe Illustrator.

Trace over the logos matching the color and the shapes.


Demo on the process will be given in class.