What Am I Doing This Summer?

Believe it or not, teachers do work during the summer!
I have been doing a lot of curriculum work.
The coolest part of my curriculum work is the internship I have at Vision VanGogh in Anoka.

One of the most fun things I do at VVG is maintain their MySpace page.
I get to design promotional bulletins to send to bands on their Friends List.
Check this one out!

Typography Test Review

This is what you need to know for the final test tomorrow, and where to find it:

In your typography packets:
1. Type measurement conversions: Points>Picas / Points>Inch / Picas>Inch
2. How to measure LEADING
3. How to measure the line length of different text alignments (Examples A-E)
4. How to use the E-Gauge to measure type

In Basics of Design: Layout and Typography for Beginners
1. 4 Things to Know before starting a design: Page 2
2. Graphic Design Principles: P 12-14
3. Graphic Design process: P 14-19
4. What is VISUAL HIERARCHY & how to establish it P 25-26
5. Different text alignments: P 101-104
6. Type Flavors and Subflavors: P 217-224
7. Type Anatomy: P 205 (baseline, ascender, serif, counter, descender, x height, crossbar, cap height)

Miscellaneous online info:
1. How LEADING got its name: http://lowendmac.com/designer/11.html


World of Letterforms Video:
1. What the letter A originally symbolized
2. Who invented moveable type & what they created with it
3. What did Mantius create and why?
4. What did Bodoni, Garamond, Baskerville & Benquiat create?

Follow these links for directions to projects:

Photo Cube 6 Theme Based Images = 1 Rockin objet d'art!
Your Choice: Six of Your Own Altered Photos
Or
Your Favorite Song in Six School Appropriate Panels

Lenticular Image 2...2...2 Pictures in One!
Show the same object in two different states (My cat as a Muppet and as a Lion)
Show a pair of objects (Hall & Oates)
Show a set of opposites (Day & Night, Good & Evil, Man & Woman, etc.)

Name Design/Personality Collage, Revisited:

Name Design--Create a groovy design that showcases your first and last name.

Personality Collage--Create a collage using Photoshop that showcases your interests.

When Finished: Compare and Contrast your new designs with those you created at the beginning of the semester. Discuss why the new are better, using at least three Design Components. Also discuss how you included three things you learned this semester.

Design Components Cheat Sheet
Structural (Frame reference, overlapping/cropping/touching of forms, creating an illusion of space, contrast in size/direction/space or position, and/or +/- space relationships)
E’s (line, shape, form, color, texture, value, space) and
P’s (balance, contrast, rhythm, pattern, emphasis, unity/variety)

Monday 5/19

1. Do Test Corrections and turn your test booklet and answer sheet back in. Corrections must list the number of the test question and be written in a complete sentence format. If it is not done this way, you will not receive the half-point credit back.

2. Everyone must complete and submit the Self Promotional Project Planning Sheet today.
Refer to the ideas listed on the board if you are having trouble thinking of something. Again, check out 8 Tips and Tricks from the Self Promo Pros and Photojojo for ideas.

3. PUT IN TIME BEFORE OR AFTER CLASS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR IDENTITY SYSTEM FINISHED!!!

Study Guide: Design and Layout Unit Test

• Review all Mini Quizzes and activities from Chapters 1-9. (Chapters 10 & 11 are on the final.)
• Be able to identify and discuss the 5 Types of Repetition from Chapter 6. (REFER TO THE HANDOUT I GAVE YOU THE OTHER DAY!! p.126-127)
• Know the techniques to enhance Verbal Flow from Chapter 7. (Refer to the handout/also listed on pages 151-152 if you misplaced your handout)
• Be able to identify and discuss the basic and advanced types of text alignment from Chapter 5. (Refer to Pages 101-102)
• Review the Layout Notes for Creating Thumbnails handout. (On the backside of the Identity System Unit Overview sheet AND the Business Card Thumbnails sheet.

Test Format:

• 26 True-False Questions
• 16 Multiple Choice Questions
• 8 Fill In The Blank Questions
• One (1) Essay Question worth 10 Points: Naming 5 Changes you could make to improve a layout & discussing how the changes would improve it.
  

Self-Promo Project

Follow this link: 8 Tips and Tricks from the Self-Promo Pros
Cool tips on how to get started, what to think about and some crazy fun sidebars, like a website that allows you to generate a free font, and a link to downloading a pattern for a paper purse!