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Friday. January 30th - Day 12

1/30/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Notebook Syllabus & Examples
2. Demo: Exposing a Screen
3. Demo: Washing Out a Screen
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
    Notebook Pages
     - Create lines for the pages
     - Vector the graphic , make any text
    Notebook Cover
     - Vector your graphics
     - Create your type
     - Create a background
     - Arrange everything on a doc together using the bleed
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Print the cover on tabloid stock
     - Cut the stock down to the edge of the bleed
     - Cut diagonals at corners
     - Score paper at letter size edges
     - Cut mat board for core
     - Rubber cement and assemble
     - Cut 90lb backing board
     - Rubber cement and assemble
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Notebook Syllabus


Digital Photography
1. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 2
2. Quizlet
3. Demo: Using the Pen Tool
4. Next Week's Photos & the project they will be used in
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Quiz
2. Slides: Designing With Pixels
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Designing with Pixels
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Thursday, January 29th

1/29/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Requirements
2. Demo: Making Lines
3. Demo: Setting Up The Cover
4. Demo: Making a Bar Code
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
    Notebook Pages
     - Create lines for the pages
     - Vector the graphic , make any text
    Notebook Cover
     - Vector your graphics
     - Create your type
     - Create a background
     - Arrange everything on a doc together using the bleed
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Print the cover on tabloid stock
     - Cut the stock down to the edge of the bleed
     - Cut diagonals at corners
     - Score paper at letter size edges
     - Cut mat board for core
     - Rubber cement and assemble
     - Cut 90lb backing board
     - Rubber cement and assemble
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Rasters vs Vectors Part 1
2. Demo: Checking The Ill Dog
3. Demo: Starting the Practice Vector
4. Demo: Using the Pen Tool
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors


Video Game Design

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot! Quiz Tomorrow
2. Review Sprite Sizes
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Wednesday January 28th - Day 10

1/28/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Degreasing a Screen
2. Demo: Coating a Screen
3. Demo: Trapping, Cutting, Rubylith & Positives
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography
What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Starting the Illustrator Dog
2. Slides: Image Properties
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Image Properties


Video Game Design

What are we learning today?
1. Quizlets
2. Review Sprites
3. Demo: Making a Splash Screen
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Tuesday, January 27th - Day 9

1/27/2026

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Graphics 1
Good morning! We have a Meet starting at 8:29. Please be prompt. See you there!

What are we learning today?
1. Notebook Syllabus & Examples
2. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
    Notebook Pages
     - Create lines for the pages
     - Vector the graphic , make any text
    Notebook Cover
     - Vector your graphics
     - Create your type
     - Create a background
     - Arrange everything on a doc together using the bleed
     - Print a proof sheet
     - Print the cover on tabloid stock
     - Cut the stock down to the edge of the bleed
     - Cut diagonals at corners
     - Score paper at letter size edges
     - Cut mat board for core
     - Rubber cement and assemble
     - Cut 90lb backing board
     - Rubber cement and assemble
3. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography
We have a Meet at 9:21. Please be prompt. I'll see you there!

What are we learning today?
1. Logo Design
2. Logo Thumbnails
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Video Game Design
Good morning! We have a Meet starting at 10:13. Please be prompt. See you there!

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot! 
2. Slides: Creating a Feel in Games
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Monday, January 26th, Day 8

1/26/2026

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Graphics 1
Good morning! We have a Meet starting at 8:29. Please be prompt. See you there!

What are we learning today?
1. Demo: Laying Out a Document for the Fabric Print
2. Demo: Coating a Screen
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography

We have a Meet at 9:21. Please be prompt. I'll see you there!

What are we learning today?
1. Proofing
​2. Review Next Week’s Photos
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
4. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None



Video Game Design
Good morning! We have a Meet starting at 10:13. Please be prompt. See you there!

What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Breakout
3. Making Sprites (wall, ball, bat & barrier)
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
   Breakout
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
     - Program part 1 of Breakout
     - Make a Splash Screen for the logo
     - Make a Game Splash Screen
     - Program part 2 of Breakout
     - Test play the game for any bugs
     - Upload the game to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Friday, January 24th, Day 7

1/23/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Making a Screen & Screen Requirements
2. Demo: Degreasing a Screen
3. Demo: Coating a Screen
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vinyl
     - Vector your logo and graphics
     - Create your type
     - Convert your type to outlines
     - Add all of your graphics to drawer doc, rescale
     - Copy and paste them to the vinyl file we created
     - Save file and Logo into vinyl PC
     - Open cut studio, make new doc
         - landscape orientation
         - Change size to 15” x at least 5”
     - Import the Ai file & drop it
     - Load vinyl & run an area test
     - Reposition vinyl if necessary
     - Cut vinyl and remove from cutter once done
     - Weed unwanted vinyl from sheet
     - Apply transfer tape
     - Turn in vinyl with transfer tape, upload file
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photo

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Image Transfer & Workflow
2. About Bridge
3. Proofing
​4. Next Week’s Photos
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Image Transfer & Workflow, Bridge, Proofing


Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Kahoot!
2. Demo: Vector Repair
3. Review Thumbnails & Rough
4. Review Setting up to Vector, Getting Rough In
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Choose a name or image to base your logo on
     - Draw 4 thumbnails around that idea
     - Choose the best thumbnail and develop it into a rough
     - Color the rough with colored pencils
     - Scan the logo with Ps & end computer
     - Create an Ai file, place scan, lock layer
     - Create new layer and vector each piece on it
     - Color the image
     - Save the image an Ai file
     - Export the image as a PNG (File>Export)
     - Choose a theme for Breakout
     - Decide on sprites for wall, ball, bat & barrier
7. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Thursday, January 22nd, Day 6

1/22/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Making a Screen & Screen Requirements
2. Demo: Degreasing a Screen
3. Demo: Coating a Screen
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vinyl
     - Vector your logo and graphics
     - Create your type
     - Convert your type to outlines
     - Add all of your graphics to drawer doc, rescale
     - Copy and paste them to the vinyl file we created
     - Save file and Logo into vinyl PC
     - Open cut studio, make new doc
         - landscape orientation
         - Change size to 15” x at least 5”
     - Import the Ai file & drop it
     - Load vinyl & run an area test
     - Reposition vinyl if necessary
     - Cut vinyl and remove from cutter once done
     - Weed unwanted vinyl from sheet
     - Apply transfer tape
     - Turn in vinyl with transfer tape, upload file
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography

What are we learning today?
1. Copyright
2. File Types, WB, Selection Tools
3. Demo: Resizing
4. Importing Photos from a Phone
5. Demo: Making the Background Monochrome
6. Demo: Blur Overlay
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Color for Emphasis
     - Find a photo from your camera roll to use for the project
     - Install Google Drive on your phone
     - Log into the app with your account (School or Personal)
     - In the camera roll, select the photo & upload it to Drive
     - Log into Drive on you school laptop using the same account as earlier
     - Find the photo and select it on you laptop
     - Download the photo to your laptop
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Resizing, Color for Emphasis


Video Game Design

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 1 (through 9:55)
2. Review checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in, Pixels, Resolution, Google
3. Vectrix
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors
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Wednesday, January 21st, Day 5

1/21/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Making a Screen
2. Screen Printing Project Requirements & Steps
3. Demo: Degreasing a Screen
4. Demo: Coating a Screen
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Vinyl
     - Vector your logo and graphics
     - Create your type
     - Convert your type to outlines
     - Add all of your graphics to drawer doc, rescale
     - Copy and paste them to the vinyl file we created
     - Save file and Logo into vinyl PC
     - Open cut studio, make new doc
         - landscape orientation
         - Change size to 15” x at least 5”
     - Import the Ai file & drop it
     - Load vinyl & run an area test
     - Reposition vinyl if necessary
     - Cut vinyl and remove from cutter once done
     - Weed unwanted vinyl from sheet
     - Apply transfer tape
     - Turn in vinyl with transfer tape, upload file
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Resizing
2. Kahoot
3. Review Adjusting Color Temperature
5. Demo: Combining Photos
6. Demo: Resizing
7. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
8. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Combining Photos, Resizing


Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Rasters vs. Vectors Part 1 (through 9:55)
2. Review checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in, Pixels, Resolution, Google
3. Vectrix
4. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Rasters vs. Vectors
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Tuesday, January 20th, Day 4

1/20/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review Document Setup, Scaling, Vinyl Master & Cuts
2. Demo: Weeding
3. Demo: Applying Transfer Tape
4. Screen Printing Rubric Details
5. Demo: Making a Screen
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo & Vinyl
     - Watch the video lesson on logo design
     - Brainstorm imagery to represent you
     - Sketch 4 thumbnails for your logo design
     - Develop best thumbnails into clean, smooth rough & color it
     - Take a picture of the rough
     - Upload the photo to Google Drive
     - Vector your logo and graphics
     - Create your type
     - Convert your type to outlines
     - Add all of your graphics to drawer doc, rescale
     - Copy and paste them to the vinyl file we created
     - Save file and Logo into vinyl PC
     - Open cut studio, make new doc
         - landscape orientation
         - Change size to 15” x at least 5”
     - Import the Ai file & drop it
     - Load vinyl & run an area test
     - Reposition vinyl if necessary
     - Cut vinyl and remove from cutter once done
     - Weed unwanted vinyl from sheet
     - Apply transfer tape
     - Turn in vinyl with transfer tape, upload file
    Screen Print
     - Stretch new fabric
     - Choose an idea for the screen print
     - Vector the image
     - Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
     - Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
     - Change one color to black, other to white
     - Email me the file so I can create a positive
     - Degrease screen
     - Coat screen
     - Expose screen
     - Washout screen
     - Patch pinholes
     - Cut paper to print on
     - Blockout screen
     - Print the first color
     - Re-block the screen
     - Print the second color
     - Reclaim the screen
     - Mat best print
     - Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Using the Titan 3


Digital Photography

What are we learning today?
1. Slides: Smartphones Vs. Cameras
2. Review Pixels, Resolution, Portraits, Google, Bar, Select
3. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
5. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Smartphones vs. Cameras


Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Review Ill Dog, Pixels, Resolution
2. Checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in
3. Demo: Google Images
4. Demo: Setting Up an Ai File
5. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
6. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
9. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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Friday, January 16th, Day 3

1/16/2026

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Graphics 1
What are we learning today?
1. Review No Strokes, Hidden Lines
2. Example Of Hidden Lines
3. Demo: Laying Out the Vinyl Document
4. Demo: Vinyl Cutting Layout
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Logo
     - Vector your graphics
     - Create your type
     - Convert your type to outlines
     - Add all of your graphics to drawer doc, rescale
     - Copy and paste them to the vinyl file we created
     - Save file and Logo into vinyl PC
     - Open cut studio, make new doc
         - landscape orientation
         - Change size to 15” x at least 5”
     - Import the Ai file & drop it
     - Load vinyl & run an area test
     - Reposition vinyl if necessary
     - Cut vinyl and remove from cutter once done
     - Weed unwanted vinyl from sheet
     - Apply transfer tape
     - Turn in vinyl with transfer tape, upload file
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None


Digital Photography
What are we learning today?
1. Review Pixels Resolution, Portraits, Camera Use, Google
2. Demo: Making a Selection
3. Demo: Making a Selection a Cutout
4. Slides: Portraits
5. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
   Merging Project
     - Find a photo
     - Choose a partner
     - Show your partner your photo, determine shooting
     - Take photos
     - Upload the photo(s) to the computer
     - Find a photo of a prop
         - Not a one color background
         - Higher res is better
     - Make a practice selection of prop
     - Make a legit selection of you from the photo your partner took
     - Turn the selection into a cutout
     - Adjust the color temperature on the cutout
     - Add the cutout to the picture from the web
     - Resize the merged, composite image
     - Save & Upload the merged photos to Schoology
  Practice Selection
     - Find an image on Google and download it to your laptop
     - Open the image in Adobe Photoshop
     - Use each of the tools to practice making a selection
     - Covert the background to monochrome
     - Save & Upload the project to Schoology under Practice Selection Assignment
6. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: Making a Selection, Making a Cutout, Portraits


Video Game Design
What are we learning today?
1. Review Game Basics & Ill Dog
2. Checking the Ill Dog & Turning it in
3. Pixels
4. Resolution
5. Demo: Google Images
6. Demo: Setting Up an Ai File
7. Demo: Vectoring the Inner Ear (Second Video)
8. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
    Illustrator Dog
     - Find & download the file
     - Create new layer, lock the first
     - Follow steps on handout to create the dog
     - Be as precise as possible in shape, size & color
     - Save the images as an Ai file
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
   Practice Vector
     - Launch Ai
     - Place the logo
     - Create a new layer, lock the first
     - Change the fill to none, stroke to bright color
     - Zoom in (Ctrl +) on the inner ear
     - Draw the three lines to make the shape
     - Select and color the inner ear
     - Draw the white silhouette of the head
     - Color it and send it to the back
     - Draw the blue oval with cutout
     - Color the shape
     - Draw the final white outer oval & color it
     - Upload the final image to Schoology
9. Review/What’s Next

Handouts: None
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