WELCOME to class!

Procedures & Routines

Day 1: Unit 1

• Review Illustrator tools

• Exercise 1

Day 2: Unit 1 - Column 1

• Exercise 2

• Start Project 1: Practice - Create an animal using circles and Shapebuilder.

• Step 1: Draw - Using an image of an animal found online students will create a stylized sketch using only circles.

LG: We are reviewing the tools in Adobe Illustrator.

Day 1: Unit 1

• Finish Exercise 2

Day 2:

• Introduce Project 1: Practice - Create an animal using circles and Shapebuilder.

• Step 1: Draw - Using an image of an animal found online students will create a stylized sketch using only circles.

Day 3:

• Start Step 2: Digitize - Bringing the drawing into Illustrator, students will recreate their drawing with Circles and Shapebuilder. The finished project will include different types of gradients in the animal and the background.

LG: We are using the tools in Adobe Illustrator to create a stylized animal.

Day 1:

• Start Step 2: Digitize - Bringing the drawing into Illustrator, students will recreate their drawing with Circles and Shapebuilder. The finished project will include different types of gradients in the animal and the background.

Day 2:

• Continue Digitizing drawing
  

  
  

LG: We are focusing on how fonts are classified and how they look affects our perception and feeling of them.

Day 1:

• Finish digitizing drawing

Day 2: Unit 2 Fonts

• Personality of fonts & Classification of type

• Exercise 1: Go to the Metaflop website and follow the instructions. Turn in a screenshot of the altered type along with the answers to the 5 questions - complete sentences needed.
  

LG: We are learning how the spacing around a font can affect the readability in a line of text.

Day 1: Unit 2 - Fonts: Column 2 & 3

• Finish Exercise 1

• Spacing of Fonts column, Kerning/Tracking/Leading

• Play the KERNING game

Day 2: Column 4

• Start Exercise 2: Sign in to Fontstruct, watch demo video and follow instructions for creating uppercase San Serif letters A, B & C.

Day 3:

• Begin Project 2 - summative font - Create an uppercase serif alphabet. A-Z

LG: We are learning how the spacing around a font can affect the readability in a line of text.

Day 1: Unit 2 - Fonts: Column 4

• Continue creating an uppercase serif font using Fontstruct.

Day 2: Column 4

• Continue creating an uppercase serif font using Fontstruct.

LG: We are learning how to use consistency in the elements of a font create letters that belong together in an alphabet.

Day 1: Unit 2 - Fonts: Column 4

• Continue creating an uppercase serif font using Fontstruct. K-N

Day 2: Column 4

• Continue creating an uppercase serif font using Fontstruct. O-Q

LG: We are learning how to use consistency in the elements of a font create letters that belong together in an alphabet.

Day 1: Unit 2 - Fonts: Column 4

• Continue creating an uppercase serif font using Fontstruct. R-U

Day 2: Column 4

• Continue creating an uppercase serif font using Fontstruct. V-Z

Day 3: Column 5

• Project 3: Create a logo of your business that reflects the designs of your typestyle

• Read History of the Logo

• Draw 3 thumbnail ideas for your combination logo

• Start digitizing your strongest logo using Illustrator

  
  

LG: We are applying our newly created typestyle to a design.

Day 1: Column 5: Project 3

• Continue digitizing your strongest logo using Illustrator

  
  

LG: We are applying our newly created typestyle to a design.

Day 1: Column 5: Project 3

• Finish digitizing your strongest logo using Illustrator

Day 2: Column 5: Project 4

• Applying the designed font to a business card layout, front & back.

Day 3: Column 5: Project 4

• Finish Business card layout

LG: We are applying our newly created typestyle to a design.

Day 1: Unit 3: Text in Illustrator Column 1

• Text inside shapes - Exercise 1a

• Linking text - Exercise 1B

• Text in letters - Exercise 1C

Day 2:

• Start Assignment 1 - Text inside of a word

LG: We are learning how text can be placed inside of shapes.

Day 1:

• Finish Assignment 1 - Text inside of a word

Day 2: Column 2 - Text on a path

• Text on a curved line - Exercise 2a

• Text on a shape - 2b

• Text on 2 parts of a circle - 3b

LG: We are learning how the baseline path can affect the direction and readability of text.

Day 1:

• Text on a curved line - Exercise 2a

• Text on a shape - 2b

Day 2:

• Text on 2 parts of a circle - 3b

Day 3:

• Start Assignment 2: Design a sports business logo using a circle and curved text

  
  

LG: We are learning how text can flow through multiple text boxes and how to control it.

Day 1: Column 4: Manipulating text

• Assignment 2: Finish designing a sports business logo

Day 2

• Begin Assignment 3: Sports magazine spread

LG: We are learning how text can be altered with blending and different types of distortion.

Day 1:

• Finish Assignment 3: Sports magazine spread

• Review Blending bellwork

• Assignment 4: Blended effect with words

Day 2

• Review bellwork: Envelope Distort, Liquify for rippled effect, Warp & Bloat

• Exercise 5: Envelope distort

Day 3:

• Assignment 5: Creating a word animal with warped and manipulated text

LG: We are learning how text can be stylized using effects and images that can be added to the letters.

Day 1:

• Review bellwork: Clipping masks, Editable clipping mask, Adding Effects to a letter, Intertwining effect, Glow effect

• Do Exercise 6: Outline and drop shadow

• Introduce Summative final project

Day 2:

• Continue Summative final project

  
  

LG: We are beginning our final project using the techniques we have learned with lettering to make a t-shirt design

Day 1:

• Finish Final summative

Day 2:

• Make-up day for Final

Day 1: Unit 1 - column 1

WELCOME BACK!

• Procedures & Routines - Cafeteria

• Introduce Unit 4: Company Branding

• Column 1: Developing your company

• Activities 1-3

Day 2: Unit 1 - column 2

• Review why Brand personality is important.

• Column 2: Brand Personality

• Activities 4-6

LG: We are researching how companies are developed and what steps they take to develop their outward facing persona.

Day 1: Unit 4 - Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - finish logo design

Day 2: Unit 4 - Column 4: Designing

• Activity 11 - 4 thumbnail sketches for combination mark

• Summative - choose best thumbnail to use for the combination mark logo

Day 3: Unit 4 - Column 3: Designing

• Summative - Digitize the combination mark logo

LG: We are learning how to incorporate lettering and a logo to create a combination mark.

Day 1: Unit 4 - Column 4: Designing

• Summative - work on logo design

Day 2: Unit 4 - Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - work on logo design

  
  

LG: We are learning how using a grid can affect a logo design.

Day 1: Unit 4 - Column 4: Designing

• Summative - designing a logo for your company

Day 2: Unit 4 - Column 5: Mood board

• Cold day

  
  

LG: We are learning how to transfer a thumbnail sketch into a finished logo design.

Day 1: Unit 4 - column 2: Brand Personality

• Activities 4-6

Day 2: Unit 4 - Column 3: Visual language

• Activities 7-9

Day 3: Unit 4 - Column 4: Designing

• Activity 10 - 4 thumbnail sketches of your companies logo

LG: We are learning the steps of how companies develop a brand personality and visual language to project an image to customers.

Day 1: Unit 4 - Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - Begin creating a mood board

Day 2: Unit 4 - Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - Work on the mood board

LG: We are learning how companies use a mood board and how to create one.

Day 1: Unit 4 - Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - Work on creating a mood board

Day 2:

• Snow day

LG: We are learning how to create a consistent look to company branded materials.

Day 1: Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - Work on mood board

Day 2: Column 5: Mood board

• Summative - Finish mood board

LG: We are learning how to create a consistent look to corporate communication materials.

Day 1: Column 6: Company branding

• Company branding: Stationary

Day 2: Column 6: Company branding

• Company branding: Envelope

Day 3: Column 6: Company branding

• Company branding: Business card

LG: We are learning how to use a Bento grid to present a finished design theme.

Day 1:

• Work on Company branding

Day 1: Unit 5, Column 1

• Exercise 7: Adding to a Clipping Mask

• Exercise 8: Vectorized texture with transparency mask

Day 2: Column 1

• Exercise 9: Transparency with a gradient

Day 3: Column 2

• Exercise 10: Making an Art Brush

• Exercise 11: Making a Pattern Brush

LG: We are learning how to use Masking and Stylizing to add detail to a design.

Day 1:Column 2

• Exercise 12: Scatter brush

Day 2: Column 3: Textures

• Exercise 13: Distort/Transform

• Exercise 14: Textures with Transparency mask

LG: We are learning how to edit a scatter brush to create random appearing objects .

Day 1: Begin Summative project

• Introduce Final project

• Begin Sketching ideas on iPad or paper

Day 2:

• Finish sketching ideas and turn in sketches - formative sketch grade

Day 3:

• Begin Illustrating the King card

LG: We are learning how to apply the techniques using texture to the final card design project.

Day 1:

• Finish Illustrating the King - rotate the King

Day 2:

• Add the King's background

Day 1:

• Start Illustrating the Queen

Day 2:

• Finish Illustrating the Queen & rotate

Day 1:

• Add the background to the Queen card

Day 2:

• Begin Illustrating the Jack card

LG: We are using the tools and techniques we have learned during Unit 1 & Unit 2 in Illustrator to create designs of playing cards.

Day 1:

• Illustrate & rotate the Jack

Day 2:

• Add the Jack's background

Day 3:

• Finish & submit Summative project

• Email any work that you want to keep, delete your files and personal folder

  
  

Wrap up designs

Email work to yourself

Delete designs from computer