Final Exam Day Fall 2019

We made it! Lots to do today- please check here before you leave today.
Thank you for being an AMAZING group. One of the best groups I have ever had in Design 1. Can't wait for Design 2!

Optional- if you are ready to submit to Metra, go HERE (due date is not until Jan 31, 2020)
*note, your file must be a certain format and size

Grades
Skyward will be updated with
Drive Folder update (50pts- see below)
Portfolio update (100 pts- see below)
Print/ Art Show turn in (50 pts)

Drive Folder expectations
Lines Folder
Perfect Squares folder
Type folder
Tablet Letter folder
Identity Rules folder
Portfolio Header folder
Metra Contest folder
*optional include additional work in the folders -revisions, versions, extra work

Portfolio expectations
10 Friday posts
Pinterest Link
Portfolio with images from
*Fave lines
*Fave square
*Fave type
*Tablet
*Identity Rules
*at least one page has custom header with logo
*Metra poster

Optional above and beyond at least four extra designs
(your own work, extra versions or revisions, extra headers)

Art Show Prints
You need to print your Metra poster as an 11x17 print.
You need to print something of your choice for the Art Show in April (11x17)
*you can create a new layout/design with some or part of your work or straight print a file
You need to put this print in my hand and tell me WHY you chose it. WHY are you proud of it?

If the printer is not responding... BEFORE you print again and again
Go the Window icon in the bottom left.
Type Printers
Choose Printers & scanners
Click on

Click Open Queue- see where you are in line. If you see your work, don't print again. Just wait.

If it still isn't working, we may need to export as a PNG to your desktop. Save as 300 res.
Open the PNG file on your computer and print from there.

Thursday December 12 : Header for your portfolio

The last thing you need to create this semester is a header for at least one page on your blog/portfolio.

Unfortunately, this is a trial and error process that only you can figure out, as everyone's template and tastes are different.

I usually look for someone smarter than me to figure out the dimensions of my design.
What is the dimension of a weebly header?

But Dino and I tested a model that is 1920 px by 480 px and that seems to be workable.

What should be on it? Think about what your blog template looks like. Are you keeping the text version of your name at the top or getting rid of it?
What is the first impression you want to make?

See my portfolio HERE

Friday December 6: Last Friday Post and Identity/Branding Final Goal

If you have had any problems with Drive recently will you please fill out THIS FORM today?

Friday Post 12/6
IMAGE- any work you have done this week for identity (mood board and thumb/rough ideas)
IMAGE- Metra update
WORDS- what things were guiding your process? Where did your ideas come from? How did your logo start to evolve?
WORDS- where are you with the Metra poster? How do you feel about your place in the process? Are you done and pleased? Need to revise a lot? Going to take time later to revise for January deadline? Satisfied with what you have because you won't be submitting?

This will be your tenth post this semester. See MY EXAMPLE BLOG to see all the posts.

Identity Rules
Now that you've had lots of ideas, we are going to finalize your logo and move on.
Your goal is to move toward this page:

This page includes your final "rules" for your Identity.

It needs:
Your color palette & hex codes
Your chosen font(s) in their name
Your name in chosen font
Your icon/design in various versions
Your combo logo (name and icon together)

This is going to be your final step before designing for your blog/portfolio which will be due on Friday December 13th.

Wednesday December 4/ Thursday December 5 : Developing...

We are working on developing this new "brand" for your design blog.
Why do you need a brand for yourself in Art & Design?

Example- Painter's Personal Identity
Example- artist Personal Identity
Example- Graphic Design student Personal Identity
Example- Graphic Designers Identity process

Here's the plan, by Friday Post you need to have completed:

 Mood Board with type, colors, inspiration

Thumbnail/rough page with lots of ideas

Sites you can use to find new fonts:

dafont

1001fonts

Myfonts

Fontsquirrel

You can also work on Metra poster while I am out today and tomorrow. Feel free to email me if you need to; I'm in the building periods 1-6 both days.

Tuesday December 3 : Developing an Idea/Personal Identity

We are going to start diving into developing this new "brand" for your design blog.
Why do you need a brand for Art & Design?

You are going to design an Identity for yourself as a designer (or something else- artist, performer, business owner) and use that identity throughout your blog.

Jenna

Luisa

Elisabeth

Tatum

Keep in mind this is a big job- companies plan for months and make big announcements.
Pandora

and then everyone has an opinion.
Brand New/ Under Consideration

Create a logo for yourself.
Where do you start?

Create a thumbnail page

Step One: Play with text and images... dabble in color

Create a page that shows your name in different arrangements and has images or icons that might represent you.  THESE are QUICK ROUGH IDEAS.

Try one or two palettes you might want to use.

Consider if some imagery or alteration to the text needs to be made.
What fonts are you drawn to? 
www.dafont.com
www.fontsquirrel.com
www.myfonts.com

Upper/Lower case?

Bold or Regular?

How do you arrange the words?

Targets:

I can work through the design process to create an effective and successful logo.

I can create many versions of ideas to come up with my strongest solution to a problem.

I can revise ideas to strengthen designs.

Monday December 2 : Personal Identity Branding

We are going to do a Personal Branding mini unit

What does it mean, "Personal Branding"?
Personal branding is about defining and consistently reinforcing who you are and what you stand for in your career and life. -Joseph Liu, Career Assistant

I am asking you to "brand" yourself as a Graphic Designer for your portfolio. Some students bring in other aspects of their life to tell their story in their logo

Others used their names or initials and kept it more simple

Others have used both

Goals
1. Mood Board- gather ideas, resources, colors you like
2. Thumbnails & Roughs- designing an ICON, WORDMARK or COMBO logo
3. Brand Guide- including all the "rules" for your logo
4. Use of your logo and brand rules on your portfolio/blog

Goal 1: Create a mood board - this is for you to gather inspiration to create your OWN personal logo and identity for your website.
Color palettes you like (palettes, from photos, from other work)
Icons/symbols you like or feel represent you as a creative/person (from icon search or other work)
Designer inspirations (work by a designer who has a "voice" you like)
*anything else that inspires your idea (quotes, pictures, designs)

Where do you find resources?
Typography- dafont  fontsquirrel
Color- design-seeds  adobe color
Icons- iconfinder (free)
Inspiration - behance  pinterest

Create in Illustrator, letter size doc. Copy/paste in your findings.

 This will be part of what you show me next Friday for your Friday Post.

Here's a silent video showing you what to do to create it....

Wednesday January 8: Graphic Design is Everywhere

Goals for today:

Make sure you still have your Pinterest!

What IS bad Design?

Create your own design...

I can use a digital program to create a piece of design using given information.

Save your Work In Progress (WIP) to your Google File Stream in a Design 1 folder in your Drive.

You looked up Design Quotes in Pinterest... Guss' Board
Now you are going to make words look good.

Your goals for this project:

1. Redesign one of these quotes by famous designers or find one of your own.
2. Create an 8.5x11" (letter size, vertical or horizontal) design so it is more interesting to look at and better visually conveys its message.
3. Choose your font and placement carefully; it must retain its legibility but also look interesting.
4. Use any program you wish to design.
5. Save both a Working File (in original file format) and a sharable image file (JPG or PNG)
6. Save to your Google File Stream until you are finished. 
7. Share with me and with the class in our Team Drive.