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 

Day 1: Directions: 5 minute sketch

• Brainstorm two ideas - 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
Day 2 & 3:

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 (google doc or google search fonts). Change the size.
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.)

Day 3 & 4:

1. 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?
2. Show Mrs. C. (receive a star) - 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:
​​Day 4 & 5:

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.