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 brainstorm paper & pencil
2. Write the key parts in one corner.
3. Practice lettering: Draw your name in 5 different fonts. Video 1 Video 2
4. Practice using marker and/or colored pencil to show contrast. Video1  Video 2 Video 3
5. Think and write in what you would like to create (Heading, Phrase, Image, lettering, organizaion)
6. Practice: Draw out your design.
7. Be sure to analyze your ideas with 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?
8. Show Mrs. C. - I will be asking the above questions.
9. Practice: Shade and outline your practice design: Be sure it looks nice! (Don't tell me you will make it look better on your final. Make it look good on the practice.)

• 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.

Extra Credit

What would you do differently to improve these designs?

Evaluation Rubric: Click on the picture to view.