2025 BELLWORK - PRINT PRODUCTION by Mrs. Kanter

Extra activity - Download this MS Word document

christinekanter — 2025-08-11 22:06:17 UTC

Select the 3 dots on the right corner of this window. Select the Download Attachment section. Fill in the blanks and we will upload this for our first graded activity.

Day 1

christinekanter — 2025-08-15 15:49:22 UTC

Recreate a simple logo

Find a basic black & white logo online and recreate it using basic shapes and tools like shapes, Pen Tool and Shape-builder.

Day 1

christinekanter — 2025-08-15 15:51:34 UTC

Explore Canvas - Helpful course links:

DaFont
Color Picker
NW branding

Day 2

christinekanter — 2025-08-17 01:34:38 UTC

Find a pawprint logo that looks interesting. Think about what you want our shop's public facing image to be. Serious, casual, cute? Choose a pawprint that fits that definition.

Day 3

christinekanter — 2025-08-24 17:36:37 UTC

Take a screenshot of a font from the FontSpace website that would be good to use for the PawPrints logo and describe the mood and feeling it has.

Day 4

christinekanter — 2025-08-27 12:19:23 UTC

Find a good football pose idea for the senior sports banners.

Label this Day 4

Day 5

christinekanter — 2025-08-31 21:09:43 UTC

Find a good boys tennis pose idea for the senior sports banners.

Label this Day 5

Day 6a & b

christinekanter — 2025-09-03 19:47:28 UTC

Find 2 banner layouts in the sport that you have chosen that includes some of the elements you might include in your banner design.

Label this Day 6

Day 7

christinekanter — 2025-09-07 02:52:36 UTC

Find 2 additional images associated with the sport that you have chosen. Think of the texture that is available. These 2 images might be able to be incorporated into the background of your banner design to give it more visual interest.

Label this Day 7

Day 8a & b

christinekanter — 2025-09-09 20:02:00 UTC

Navigate to Adobe Fonts and choose 2 type styles that work well together you can use in your banner. Take a screenshot of them for your Bellwork and install them to your computer.

Label these Day 8a & 8b

Day 9

christinekanter — 2025-09-09 20:05:38 UTC

Using Illustrator create a repeating design that has to do with anything music. Black & white coloring. Do an internet search for 'music symbols' to find images to Image trace before you make the pattern.

Label your new music pattern Day 9

Day 12 demo: Adding a ripple effect

christinekanter — 2025-09-09 20:05:55 UTC

Day 12

christinekanter — 2025-09-13 02:51:37 UTC

Using Adobe Illustrator, create a rippled water effect with text using the Knife and Wrinkle tool.

Label your new altered word Day 12

Day 10 demo: concentric circles

christinekanter — 2025-09-13 02:51:49 UTC

Making concentric circles - no sound

*Hold the shift key down when using the Elipse tool to draw a perfect circle.

Day 10

christinekanter — 2025-09-16 13:47:41 UTC

Using Adobe Illustrator, create a concentric circle pattern using multiple circles in black & white with the Object/Pattern menu dropdown.

Day 11

christinekanter — 2025-09-17 03:34:23 UTC

Create a glowing neon word

Day 11 demo - check NOTE below

christinekanter — 2025-09-17 03:35:51 UTC

NOTE - If you see "IN" (inches) in the Path/Offset Path area, the number you type should be more in the .2" to .05" range depending on the thickness of your letters.

Day 9 demo: Making a pattern

christinekanter — 2025-09-19 13:18:44 UTC

Day 16

christinekanter — 2025-09-24 12:58:26 UTC

Adding a clipping mask to individual letters

Take a screenshot of your word using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 16

Day 13 demo

christinekanter — 2025-09-24 12:58:41 UTC

Day 13

christinekanter — 2025-09-28 20:46:18 UTC

Editable lettering with clipping mask

Take a screenshot of your word using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 13

Day 14 demo: Envelope Distort

christinekanter — 2025-09-28 21:02:26 UTC

Day 14

christinekanter — 2025-09-30 13:32:06 UTC

Envelope distorted lettering

Take a screenshot of your word using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 14

Day 15 demo: transparency settings

christinekanter — 2025-09-30 13:42:09 UTC

Day 15

christinekanter — 2025-10-06 01:23:58 UTC

Changing the transparency settings for multiple shapes

Take a screenshot of your word using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 15

Day 16 demo: Adding a clipping mask to individual letters

christinekanter — 2025-10-06 02:20:39 UTC

Day 17

christinekanter — 2025-10-08 04:11:22 UTC

Create colored stars from concentric 'circles' using the Blend Tool and the Transform Zig-Zag effect. Watch the Demo video. 2 colors per star, fill your page with AT LEAST 3 stars.

Take a screenshot of your star design using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 17

Day 17 Demo - ZigZag stars- no sound

christinekanter — 2025-10-08 04:11:32 UTC

NO SOUND

Short week due to Parent Teacher Conferences - No Bellwork

christinekanter — 2025-10-13 01:01:58 UTC

Day 18: Warp & Bloat

christinekanter — 2025-10-16 16:05:52 UTC

Manipulate the bottom of a word to add an effect that looks like drops of water

Type an all uppercase word that has to do with water
Convert Type/Create Oulines
On the bottom corner of the letters drag down edges - check size & settings in the demo video
Use Bloat tool to create the drop - check size & settings in the demo video
Make your word a compound path
Add a gradient color to add visual interest

Take a screenshot of your dripping word using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 18

Day 18 Demo: Warp and Bloat

christinekanter — 2025-10-16 16:06:05 UTC

Day 19

christinekanter — 2025-10-21 18:31:44 UTC

Create a word that looks like it is pages flipping in a book.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 19

Day 19 demo

christinekanter — 2025-10-21 18:31:54 UTC

Day 20

christinekanter — 2025-10-24 20:03:33 UTC

Using Adobe Illustrator, make a pattern using a letter of the alphabet. Rotate, flip or invert the color. Make this pattern in black & white only.

Take a screenshot using Snip & Sketch and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 20.

Day 20 demo

christinekanter — 2025-10-24 20:03:40 UTC

Check out this web page with Patterns made from letters!

christinekanter — 2025-10-24 20:03:46 UTC

Download this rock texture

christinekanter — 2025-10-29 13:36:48 UTC

Day 28

christinekanter — 2025-10-29 14:02:15 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a transparent text effect with a word that looks like it is behind but also in front of a person.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 28

Day 21 demo

christinekanter — 2025-10-30 04:02:40 UTC

Day 21

christinekanter — 2025-10-30 19:04:08 UTC

Create a word that looks like it is carved in rock - using Photoshop. Watch and follow the demo video

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 21

Day 22 demo

christinekanter — 2025-10-30 19:42:13 UTC

Day 22

christinekanter — 2025-11-05 21:36:44 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a circular design with words that spiral. Watch and follow the demo video

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 22

Day 27 demo

christinekanter — 2025-11-05 21:53:28 UTC

Day 23

christinekanter — 2025-11-09 01:41:36 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a letter that includes a clipping mask.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 23

Day 26 demo

christinekanter — 2025-11-09 02:08:34 UTC

TO COPY LAYER STYLE do a right click to get the dropdown menu for that option.

Day 24

christinekanter — 2025-11-11 22:07:30 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a letter that uses a dissolved gradient.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 24

Day 24 demo

christinekanter — 2025-11-11 22:14:08 UTC

Day 25

christinekanter — 2025-11-15 22:19:16 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a letter that uses Stylized wind effect to create the look of movement.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 25

Day 25 demo

christinekanter — 2025-11-15 22:33:04 UTC

Day 26

christinekanter — 2025-11-19 14:36:01 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a letter that uses different settings in the FX options to create the look of water.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 26

Day 23 demo

christinekanter — 2025-11-19 14:45:59 UTC

No bellwork

christinekanter — 2025-11-21 14:45:26 UTC

Fall break

Day 27

christinekanter — 2025-12-01 01:15:04 UTC

Using Photoshop - Create a word that uses motion blur, filter and effects.

Take a screenshot of your word and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 27

Day 28 demo

christinekanter — 2025-12-01 01:33:20 UTC

Day 28 layers

christinekanter — 2025-12-01 01:40:46 UTC

Day 29

christinekanter — 2025-12-08 03:28:25 UTC

No bellwork - oops.

Day 30

christinekanter — 2025-12-08 03:37:55 UTC

Op Art letter

Follow the demo video to create a lined background that is distorted with a letter
Right Click to get the dropdown menus in the layers

Take a screenshot of your image and post under your name in the Turn In tab. Label it Day 30

Download and open this line drawing in Photoshop for the background

christinekanter — 2025-12-08 03:38:05 UTC

Day 30 demo

christinekanter — 2025-12-08 03:38:15 UTC