Period 1 Graphic Design-100_1522 Assignments

For the final, you will be choosing any TWO previously assigned projects and creating NEW versions.

THESE ARE TO BE 2 NEW PROJECTS....not redoing old assignments or finishing a partially done assignment.

Also they are not tutorials, they are full finished projects.

Once they are complete, you will upload them as a JPEG (or a GIF video for animation)

This is due June 12th 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.


Make sure to show guides.

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:

2025-2026 or 25-26 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.

You will be recreating a movie poster, game design
cover, TV series poster, or any cover poster art you are interested in. (Using yourself as the main character is optional) Examples will be shown.

You will be using Adobe Photoshop mostly, but you can Illustrator if it is a highly graphic based image/design.


Process:

Research movie posters etc. on google images or https://www.movieposters.com/ and other sites to choose what movie poster you want to create or recreate.

If you are trying to match and fully replicate the original cover art you are referencing, then you will need to search and find images that
matches the original as close as you can. (You may not be able to find exact images that were used in the original, so do the best you can) I will go over the process.


If you are creating a NEW original style poster or cover art, you will still need to use the same process as above of creating the poster from scratch.

No
matter what poster style you are creating, you must create it from
scratch. You cannot use images or font images from the original. You
will need to find the font and download or find a very similar font
through https://www.myfonts.com/pages/whatthefont

Or use https://www.dafont.com/ to find fonts.

Examples of previous work done by student work are attached.

Make sure to search for the highest resolution images you can find.

Size Guidelines: 11 x 14 Inches Portrait format

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

1. Open the app from your list of apps. Go to the Lean tab on the left.
2. You will complete the tutorial from the menu options (Bouncing Ball Tutorial and others)
3. You will also link out to drawing for animation.
4. 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 to 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.

Low Poly Portrait

The assignment is to create a 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 CARTOONS. Mostly focus on the head and neck areas.

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.

Tools:
Line segment
Pen tool
Link below is a good start to researching and a video link in case you miss the demo in class.

You will be creating a circular mandala design in Adobe Illustrator.
You will learn about the visual impact of patterns and symmetrical design in this assignment.

Using the polygon tool, pen tool, line segment tool, shape tool, rotate tool, patterns and specific color combinations, you will be making a radial design that contains whatever
creation you can imagine.


Make sure to have a solid plan and sketch out ideas so that you mandala
has meaning (symbols, specific color combos etc). AS the mandala rotates, you want to create
imagery in the design rather than just random colors, shapes and lines.

Color schemes and color theory will definitely have a major part in the final grade of the
project, but the IDEA AND CONCEPT are the key.



Examples of one way to do the process are in

the links below and we will go over all of the steps on how to create this

mandala 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.

First, you will need to find a portrait online of the person who's face you wish to turn into a typography art piece.

Then bring the photo into illustrator and convert to a black and white picture. Then use image trace.

Then on a separate layer, you will fill in the spaces of the face where the
shadowing exists to create a contrast and shadowing illustrative effect.
All other areas will be left blank/white.

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

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

11 x 14 inches Min.

300 resolution

Demonstration of the process and the tools needed to complete the project will be given in class.
Link to dafont.com is also attached so you can download a simple font that will work best for this assignment.

In this lesson, you will be using Adobe Illustrator 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.