Period 1
What are we learning today?
1. Lesson: Laying Out the Folded Card
2. Demo: Exporting the Logo
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Lens Flare Background
- Follow the steps on the handout to make a flare brush
- Make a new document 11” x 17” & 300 ppi
- Use the brush to make the design
- Upload the document as a PSD to Schoology
Calendar
- Change the month & dates to fit each month
- Crop, resize & place photos for the month pages
- Add any other touches to month pages
- Place in the cover design (possibly using the lens flare) on page 1
- Place the collage on page 14
- Export the calendar
- Make a proof sheet & print it
- Adjust colors, errors as seen on proof
- Export the calendar as a Print PDF
- Upload PDF to Schoology
- Turn in physical copy of thumbnails, rough, & proof to bin
Folded Card
- Research card designs
- Draw four thumbnails for the inside of the card
- Layout the card in InDesign
- Take photos for the alphabet
- Crop and resize the photos accordingly
- Add type to the inside of the card
- Create artwork for the cover in Photoshop
- Place the Photoshop file into InDesign doc
- Export the card as a PDF
- Upload the PDF to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Review Selection Tools, File Types, Principles of Design
2. Class Ad Critique
3. Turning in the Screen Print
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Screen Print
- Choose a name or image for a company
- Brainstorm and draw 4 thumbnails
- Choose your favorite thumbnail
- Develop that design into a large, clean, colored rough
- Obtain, label, & degrease a screen
- Coat the screen
- Convert the vector to black & white, email to Mr. Tate
- Expose the screen
- Wash out the screen with a cone spray of water
- Patch Pinholes
- Block out the screen
- Cut paper to print on*
- Cut out the comprehensive, center it on cut paper, tape in place
- Print the design
- Reclaim the screen
- Mat the best print*
- Paperclip thumb, rough, comp, 2 prints, matted & rubric
Vinyl Jacket
- Choose a band/artist and album
- Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
- Draw thumbnails for the cover & back
- Layout the framework in Illustrator
- Print the layout & draw rough into it
- Vector image(s)
- Take your photo of the product
- Simple background & strong lighting
- Try different angles & take extra shots
- Compose your type in Illustrator
- Add graphic(s) & photo to Illustrator file
- Print & Trim the file
- Score and glue the jacket together
- Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Sonic Pi
2. Sound Assignment
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Pacman
- Choose a theme for Pacman
- Decide on sprites for wall, hero, enemy & food
- Program part 1 of Pacman
- 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
What are we learning today?
1. Lesson: Laying Out the Folded Card
2. Demo: Exporting the Logo
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Lens Flare Background
- Follow the steps on the handout to make a flare brush
- Make a new document 11” x 17” & 300 ppi
- Use the brush to make the design
- Upload the document as a PSD to Schoology
Calendar
- Change the month & dates to fit each month
- Crop, resize & place photos for the month pages
- Add any other touches to month pages
- Place in the cover design (possibly using the lens flare) on page 1
- Place the collage on page 14
- Export the calendar
- Make a proof sheet & print it
- Adjust colors, errors as seen on proof
- Export the calendar as a Print PDF
- Upload PDF to Schoology
- Turn in physical copy of thumbnails, rough, & proof to bin
Folded Card
- Research card designs
- Draw four thumbnails for the inside of the card
- Layout the card in InDesign
- Take photos for the alphabet
- Crop and resize the photos accordingly
- Add type to the inside of the card
- Create artwork for the cover in Photoshop
- Place the Photoshop file into InDesign doc
- Export the card as a PDF
- Upload the PDF to Schoology
5. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 4
What are we learning today?
1. Review Selection Tools, File Types, Principles of Design
2. Class Ad Critique
3. Turning in the Screen Print
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Screen Print
- Choose a name or image for a company
- Brainstorm and draw 4 thumbnails
- Choose your favorite thumbnail
- Develop that design into a large, clean, colored rough
- Obtain, label, & degrease a screen
- Coat the screen
- Convert the vector to black & white, email to Mr. Tate
- Expose the screen
- Wash out the screen with a cone spray of water
- Patch Pinholes
- Block out the screen
- Cut paper to print on*
- Cut out the comprehensive, center it on cut paper, tape in place
- Print the design
- Reclaim the screen
- Mat the best print*
- Paperclip thumb, rough, comp, 2 prints, matted & rubric
Vinyl Jacket
- Choose a band/artist and album
- Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
- Draw thumbnails for the cover & back
- Layout the framework in Illustrator
- Print the layout & draw rough into it
- Vector image(s)
- Take your photo of the product
- Simple background & strong lighting
- Try different angles & take extra shots
- Compose your type in Illustrator
- Add graphic(s) & photo to Illustrator file
- Print & Trim the file
- Score and glue the jacket together
- Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
3. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 5
What are we learning today?
1. Sonic Pi
2. Sound Assignment
3. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Pacman
- Choose a theme for Pacman
- Decide on sprites for wall, hero, enemy & food
- Program part 1 of Pacman
- 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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