Graphic Design

Objective: 
Visual Art: The student will create one t-shirt design including a heading, phrase, and picture.
Literacy: Students will write a goal and reflect. Then students will evaluate growth of skills.

Graphic Design is the art of combining words, symbols, and images to create a representation of ideas and messages. 

T-Shirt

• Which design would you buy? Why?

1. Required Parts: heading, phrase, and picture
2. Students must use the following elements of design and skills to complete the T-Shirt design.

• unity - organize: linear, circular, diagonal
• balance
• contrast 

Directions: 5 minute sketch

• Brainstorm two t-shirt ideas with the 3 required parts (heading, phrase, image). 2-3 minutes per sketch​

1. Get a brainstorm paper & pencil
2. Write the key parts in one corner and sketch you idea.
   

• Do not get detailed on the sketch.
  
• Just a simple sketch with where you want the heading and phrase.

Evaluation Questions

Creating your practice: Graphic Design

1. Get a check mark from Mrs. C on your two brainstorm designs.
2. Practice lettering (folder): Draw your name in 5 different fonts on your folder (Easiest way to find fonts is using a google doc or google search). Video 1 Video 2
3. Contrast: Draw on your folder. Watch 1 video to practice using marker and/or colored pencil to show contrast. Video1  Video 2 Video 3
4. Think and write in what you would like to change on your yellow practice paper (Heading, Phrase, Image, lettering, organization)
5. Create Practice (large yellow paper): Draw your design (Think about lettering style, image appearance, balance, contrast, & unity). Shade in your lettering and image. It must look nice! (Don't tell me you will make it look better on your final. Make it look good on the practice.)
6. Analyze: Think about these questions: (Is the heading, phrase, and image centered? Does the text create a related feel to the phrase and symbol?  Overlapping is the best way to unify a design. Did you overlap or do something to make your design unified?
7. Show Mrs. C. - I will be asking the questions below.

• Did create contrast between your lettering and image?
• Did you create balance?
• Did you unify your lettering and image?

Creating your Final:

1. Show Mrs. C your practice (with color).
2. Get the t-shirt template from Mrs. C.
3. Trace & hand the template back to Mrs. C
4. Final: Draw your design. (Be careful of your size and placement of the design. Draw light so you can erase!)
5. Final: Begin to add color.
6. Cut out your design.
7. Write your name and class on the back in pencil.
8. Evaluate on the chart.
9. Take a picture and save.
10. ​Upload to Canvas.
11. Place you t-shirt and evaluation chart on Mrs. C's desk.
12. ​Work on unfinished projects. (zentangles)

Extra Credit

What would you do differently to improve these designs?

Evaluation Rubric: Click on the picture to view.