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?

Students must use the following elements of design and skills to complete the T-Shirt design.

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

Directions:

1. Brainstorm two t-shirt ideas with the 3 required parts (heading, phrase, image).
2. 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?

Evaluation Questions

Creating your practice: Graphic Design

1. Get a brainstorm paper & pencil
2. Write the key parts in one corner.
3. Think and write in what you would like to create (Heading, Phrase, Image, lettering, organizaion)
4. Draw out your design.
5. Draw a second design.
6. Choose your best idea and show Mrs. C
7. Practice lettering: Draw your name in 5 different fonts. Video 1 Video 2
8. Practice using marker and/or colored pencil to show contrast. Video1  Video 2 Video 3

• 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.)

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. Draw your design. (Be careful of your size and placement of the design. Draw light so you can erase!)
5. Begin to add color.

Extra Credit

Art Rubric - Create a Company Logo, Presentation Board, Business

What would you do differently to improve these designs?

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Evaluation Rubric: Click on the picture to view.