Graphic Design Assignments

Do you know your serif and sans serif fonts? You better, because that’s the only rule of the game: shoot the serif. Identify the serif font from the sans serif font and simply shoot it.

Attach a screenshot

https://www.tothepoint.co.uk/us/fun/i-shot-the-serif/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

This isn’t what you think it is, it’s not a spot the difference game. It’s a literal fight between the Arial alphabet and the Helvetica alphabet. By default, the player is team Helvetica.

Use your cursor to bump or jump on the Arial letter. The team with the most remaining character wins. The downside though is that there is no clear ending because once a team runs out of characters, it’s given a new set of characters. No one really wins, in a way. ;)

Attach a screenshot!

https://www.mimeartist.com/helvetica/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Ragtime is a kerning game where you’ll have to properly arrange the layout of the paragraph to fit the acceptable layout standards. It may sound easy at first but here’s the catch: you can only use the keyboard for spacing and backspacing.

https://fathom.info/ragtime/

On a full sized keyboard finish this lesson by typing in the code: IWXCO

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Do you ever wish you could identify a color simply by reading it’s hex code? Hex Invaders simulates a video game user interface where you’re challenged to do just that. Destroy the invaders by matching the hex code you’re given with it’s correlating color. But don’t worry—before getting started, you’ll get a rundown of how hex codes are assigned to specific colors so you have an idea of what you’re doing!

Attach your screen shot score!

http://www.hexinvaders.com/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

For designers, logos are more than just logos; they're art! This is one of many graphic design games that will challenge your advertising knowledge by allowing you to guess the company represented by each image.

Attach score screen shot!

https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/corplogos

Read and watch the attachments about Lindon Leader - a famous Graphic Designer. Then answer the questions in Google Forms the complete this assignment: https://forms.gle/8xx92BcPebezYkAj6

Cheese or Font is perhaps one of the most applicable graphic design games, because you'll not only learn about fonts; you'll also learn about cheeses. In fact, you might be surprised at the challenging variety of words this game has to offer.

Attach your screenshot

https://www.sporcle.com/games/chair/cheese-or-font

Design a T-shirt for this experience we are going through. Something about homeschool, the virus, toilet paper, etc.

Do Front and Back
AND Color

Email the final to [email protected]

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

This is a challenging yet fun game that puts your knowledge of colors to the test. Brush up on your color theories. Know common color terms such as analogous, complementary and tetradic. Beware of the triadic colors– it’s the trickiest part.

Makes sure you get to the Tetradic colors and send a screen shot of your finial score to this assignment page.

https://color.method.ac/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Truthfully this isn’t a very educational game. But even with all the seemingly pointless goals of this game, it’s a whole lot of fun.

Color Theory is a web-based platforming game where you move through puzzles based on colored blocks. You hit color switches to make those colors become passable objects, while the others become blocks you can climb. You run through each level searching for the exit door hidden between these colored blocks.

It may not teach you about color theory but it’s still a very creative game for designers who want to kill some time in the browser.

http://www.crazygames.com/game/color-theory

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Kill Comic Sans is a shooting game where your cursor is a gun aiming at the words that appear. The word is “Comic Sans” in the same font. Sounds easy? On a mobile device, maybe. We failed miserably with our desktops at work!

Attach your screen shot of your score!

https://www.objectiveinc.com/kill-comic-sans/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Color management company X-rite has built a really fun color challenge game for rearranging preselected colors in order of gradation.

The goal is to drag and drop colors in order based on hue. Many of the color palettes use washed out shades or pastels to provide a more difficult challenge. And unlike the hex code game, this really does test your eye and reveals how well you can see colors in relation to each other.

Attach a screenshot of your final score to this assignment

https://www.xrite.com/hue-test

Simply titled the font game, this is a real hoot for both designers and graphic/print designers.

We all use typography and we all like to know different typefaces we have at our disposal. This font game created by I Love Typography will help you learn a bunch of typefaces and memorize what they look like.

The font itself displays the word “fargo” with four typeface names. You select the one you think it is and get a final score at the end.

Screenshot #29 in cause the site has an error on #30 like it did for me. Attach file to this assignment.

http://ilovetypography.com/ifontgame/

Brand design lovers will get a kick out of this logo quiz matching game.

Here’s how it works: a series of logos appear on the screen, each representing a letter of the alphabet. Some offer the full logo while others are only partial shots.

You have to guess which company the logo represents. It can be surprisingly tricky when you’re just staring at a letter design, but it’s a great way to ingrain brand recognition into your brain.

Attach a screenshot to this assignment of your score and may the best logo guesser win!


http://www.jpink.co.uk/logo_quiz/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

As the name suggests, this is a hex color game where you have to guess the hexadecimal code for the color on the screen.

It’s a game made for designers with a fondness for color and minor nuances, just like the pixel matching game. But this game trains more than just your eye. It’s a means of memorizing the hex color system and learning the subtleties of hex values in action.

You select how many total colors you want on the screen, ranging from 2 up to 48. A hex code appears and you click the color that you think it represents. This is something you’ll probably struggle with at first, but over time you’ll become surprisingly adept at hex color matching.

Attach a screen shot and Good Luck!

http://yizzle.com/whatthehex/

If you want to put your eye to the test give Pixactly a try. This game tests your ability to draw shapes that perfectly match a set of dimensions, like a 40x80px box.

You draw right in the browser and the results tell you each time what your dimensions are and how far off they were from the stated goal.

You get five rounds and your total score is tallied up. It works much like golf where you want to be at 0 points by the end of the game. While this may not make you a great designer, it will improve your eye for pixels and it’s a fun way to pass the time.

Attach a screen shot of your final score! Good Luck!

https://www.pixact.ly/

Shape Type which uses bézier handles to manipulate letter forms. You’ll still be learning about the pen tool, but in this case from the viewpoint of typography.

Attach a screenshot of your final score (10 letters at least)

https://shape.method.ac/

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

1) Research 3 Graphic Design companies online and in paragraph form, answer these questions:

-What services does the company provide?
-Are they hiring and what experience do you need to work for them?
-How much experience do they have?
-How long have they been in business?
-What are some examples of their work? Anything famous?
-About how much does it cost to get a logo, web site or brochure made?
-What computer programs do they use?

2) If you were to be an entrepreneur and start your own company what would your business be called? Why?
- What similarities and differences would you consider from the three companies you researched.

Attach your Google Doc/Slides to this assignment to receive credit.

Note: This is a formal paper that should have no “Text messaging” in it and points will be deducted for grammatical and spelling errors!

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Take your test on QuizStar:
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp

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PW: walla

Learning to use the pen tool is one of the most frustrating yet enlivening things a designer can do. It’s a must-know tool for everything from photo manipulation to digital painting.

This bézier game is one of the best games to help you come to terms with the complexity of pen tool manipulation. It can be tricky since the curves have to be exact to move onto the next level. But you’ll learn a lot in the process and have some fun along the way.

Attach a screen shot of your ultimate final level

https://bezier.method.ac/

Type Connection is an activity which frames this task as a dating compatibility test, and puts you in the role of typographic matchmaker. Your job is to not only pick designs that harmonize together, but understand why certain pairings make for the perfect date. This abundance of information is a great way to appreciate why some typeface designs excel as body copy with excellent readability, while others are strongest as bold display faces. Type Connection is also chock-full of informative typographic history; you’ll get background details on each typeface featured, as well as colorful samples of each font pairing in-use.

Send me a screenshot of at least THREE (3) successful matches by attaching them to this assignment

http://www.typeconnection.com/

Review the attached document for your test Thursday

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

1. Go through the Presentation, pausing in the middle to watch the “Copyright, What’s Copyright?” YouTube video.

2. Research a copyright case and explain how the case either was or was not fair use.

3. Students will take a short quiz regarding copyright.

Being able to identify typefaces on command is one of the best perks of being a designer that also doubles as a neat party trick. Typewar is a fast-paced game that tasks you with identifying common typefaces based on a single sample letterform. It sounds easy, but you’ll quickly see how easy a typographic curveball can be thrown your way.

Whether its Helvetica versus Univers, or Garamond versus Didot, Typewar’s typographic calisthenics will keep you on your toes and help you recognize the discreet, individual traits of different typeface’s letterforms. You’ll see how small changes can change the entire personality of a design, and you’ll bring your typographic appreciation to the next level. Plus, with Typewar you’ll see statistics on how you stack up compared to other players, so you’ll be able to leverage some competitive spirit in buffing up your design process.

Send me a screenshot attached to this assignment of your ultimate highest level!

http://typewar.com/

This game won't improve your graphic design skills per se, but it will challenge you to doodle images quickly for the world of science and tech.

Screen Shot one of your sketch pages and attach to this assignment

https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/#

To further our study of Typography play this game and screenshot your final score to this assignment:

KERNING —the spacing between individual pairs of letterforms—can be daunting when you’re first learning design. Thankfully, you can sharpen your typographic skills in a fun way with Kerntype. This game gives you a series of increasingly challenging kerning situations, in which you have to keep a keen eye on the spatial relationships between letterforms. The game scores your attempts against an ideal spacing solution, so you can see how even a few nudges in either direction can make a big impact.

https://type.method.ac/

Create a 3D Typography design using found objects around your house or outside. Use them to artfully design a word, phrase or even an alphabet. The objects chosen should correspond with your choice of word(s). See the attached examples for inspiration!
Attach a well-lit, professional-looking photo to this assignment to receive credit.

Finish the attached lesson
Code: VEMDH

Finish this review lesson:
Code OYQAS

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Study the image displayed on the screen then write your answer.

Questions to answer:
How does this image make you feel?
What emotion(s) do you think this image expresses?
Do you enjoy looking at it?
Is it pleasing to the eye?
What principles and elements of art are used (ex: balance, color, line, shape, form..)?
What graphic design techniques are employed?
What kind of advertising do you think this design would be used for?

NOTE* To receive credit for this assignment, the length of your answer should be comparable to what you'd write on the handout I'd give in class - Approx 7 sentences or 200 words. Successfully critiquing a design is a requirement for the TEKS of this class.

Choose one of your favorite lines from a song and
illustrate it using only typography in Photoshop. Consider how the font,
color, sizes and placement of the typography can reflect
or emphasize the meaning of the words.

Create a NEW Photoshop document size 8x10 or 8x8 inches (depending on your creative vision).
200 resolution

Attach the .psd file to this assignment to turn it in by the 3/6

On paper sketch at least 6 ideas of how to use text to express more than just the word!

Choose your best 3 to create in Photoshop

Get some inspiration here: https://expressivetype.com/ and the attached slideshow

Show that you understand each of the Art Elements we learned in class by creating a poster like in the video:

Create an imaginative and unique color wheel using any media. Past students have used melted crayon, origami, string art, paint, styrofoam, army figures...
HAVE FUN!

FORM - a 3D shape!
Create form of the shapes through the use of shading. Then create and original composition using FORM

As an Element of Art, FORM connotes something that is three-dimensional and encloses volume, having length, width, and height.

Complete the attached worksheet in class creating a sense of form on the vases:

Follow the link to do this online lesson:

Period 7:https://api.playposit.com/go/play/14433/302963/833910/0/Art-Elements-StopMotion-Example

Period 8: https://api.playposit.com/go/play/14433/302963/767903/0/Art-Elements-StopMotion-Example

Read attached assignment:
5 designs due Friday
Final design due Tuesday the 8th

Bring four (4) xerox black and white copies of four (4) full page photos from a magazine emphasizing LINES. We will be cutting them up for a class project

Complete these line element activities in class

Objectives:
When making a blind contour drawing, the eye is not watching the hand as it draws on the paper.

Blind contour drawing is an excellent way to train the eye to draw what it really sees rather than what it thinks it sees.

The first contour drawings you do will look, well, funny. However, with practice, you will find that you will be able to accurately record an image on paper without looking at your hand as it draws!

What You Do:
Choose a classmate to draw.
Pick a point on the object where the eye can begin its slow journey around the contour or edge of the object. Remember, the eye is like a snail, barely crawling as it begins its journey.

When the eye begins to move, so should the hand holding the pencil. At no time should you look at your hand as it draws. Try drawing the entire contour of the object without lifting your pencil form the paper.

Practice this drawing method often and you will find your drawings looking more and more like what you are looking at.

Relax and keep it fun!

ONLINE TEST SITE:
http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp

Instructions on login will be given in class

See Attached instructions to complete the assignment

Please Bring:
Binder for notes with 3 dividers: Design Principles, Design Elements, Projects
Package of Colored printer paper OR White Card stock
White poster board
Black Matte board or poster board
Tissue Box

Watch the presentation and complete the corresponding worksheet. Then work on the attached assignment of inventing your own writing system.

Review Syllabus, enroll in Google Classroom and remind texts

Design an initial cap.
Start with a blackletter (or similarly ornate) version of your letter. Draw it on paper in black pen, but start with a light sketch in pencil. Include ornamentation that is either simply decorative or has recognizable imagery. Your chosen form of decoration should communicate something about your personality.

Draw it large to give yourself plenty of room to decorate, at least 5" by 5".

Color it with markers, colored pencils, or another media.

What is Graphic Design? What do Graphic Designers do? How do you become a Graphic Designer?

Watch the presentation and fill out the corresponding note page