Letterhead Set & Paper
Designing a Letterhead Set & your paper selection. Paper Talk Video 1 Paper Talk video 2: Coatings and Finishes
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Behance Portfolio
Hey at home designers….Watch the intro to type Video I made just for you and you’ll be ready for your Behance writing assignment. HERE is the handout you’ll need to guide you through what to write about your type animal for the Behance description and how to set up your page so it
Branding Logo Design
It’s time to take everything you have learned about the principles of design, typography, and target marketing and use it to create a brand for someone very talented: you! Follow the steps I’ve designed for you, and I promise you will create a unique logo. Download the Step #1 MOOD BOARD PDF Download the Step
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Life is Good T-Shirt Competition Project
Think about the little and big things that are good in life and use your design skills to create a winning T-shirt design. I’ll guide you through the creative process, everything you need is right here so let’s get started! Life is Good T-Shirt Competition Project Download PDFs for Project Below: Life is Good
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Bunny Rabbit Photoshop Tutorial
Make this cute Bunny in Photoshop and learn how to use the pen tool to make shapes and channels for 3-D lighting effects. Bunny Rabbit Photoshop Tutorial
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3D Type Book Cover
Take your 3-D type photos and use smart objects to place them into a 3-D book cover. Use your skills with Points and Picas to spec type in exactly the right size for a professional-looking result! Download the Book Cover Job Sheet PDF Download the 3D type book cover grade sheet 2021 PDF Download
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Graphic Design • Math
Graphic designers use math every day. Every time you balance a layout, scale a logo and select a point size you are using math skills. Learn about the kind of visual math and traditional math you’ll need to know as a graphic designer. The BIG inch • Graphic Design Math Points & Picas
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3D Type Project
Who is Stefan Sagmeister and what did he do with an Exacto blade? Learn about this famous designer and what he does to make his typography like no other, then try your hand at creating some 3-dimensional type -everything you need to get started is right here! Download the Step #1 sets of words PDF
David Carson • Grunge Typography
Learn how to create David Carson inspired graphics and grunge typography and discover the joy of the happy accident in design! Download the How to use templates PDF David Carson Like Images Carson Inspired Type Tricks
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3 Word Type Blitz
A good designer knows how to make type talk. See if you can select typefaces that communicate and meet a famous designer who has broken all the rules! Download the Words for 3 Word Type Blitz PDF 3 Word Type Blitz Video • Part 1 3 Word Type Blitz Video • Part 2
Doodle 4 Google
How many times have you seen the Google logo? Who makes it? How do they get their ideas? What is Doodle 4 Google and how can you be a part of it? All of these questions and more are on my Introduction to Doodle 4 Google video and everything you need to start creating your
Patriotic Art Competition
Each year high school students from across the country participate in the VFW Auxiliary’s Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. The contest began in 1979 to recognize up-and-coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth. Check out the video and links posted here to find out more! Download Step #1 what competition will you do? PDF
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Make your Mark T-shirt Competition
Find everything you need to enter The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) Promotional T-shirt Design Competition here. The t-shirt will be used to promote the careers possible in graphics, availability of scholarships through PGSF, and/or how graphic communications fit into today’s world. The winning entrant will receive a $500 check, an award certificate, and will
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Love your Body Poster Competition
The Love Your Body campaign challenges the message that a woman’s value is best measured through her willingness and ability to embody current beauty standards. The NOW Foundation is sponsoring a poster contest to counteract the media’s use of narrow, unrealistic, negative images of women and/or challenge advertisers that profit from women’s dissatisfaction with their bodies. Find everything
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SCAD
Follow the links for tons of information on the Savannah College of Art and Design. If you have additional questions you can contact our rep: Kelli Jo Haley Assistant Director of Admission khaley@scad.edu / www.scad.edu YouTube Video 1 YouTube Video 2 YouTube Video 3 YouTube Video 4 YouTube Video 5
Valentine Hedgehog
Celebrate Valentine’s day by learning a few new tricks in Photoshop while creating a cute hedgehog holding a heart. In this video, you will learn how to use a layer mask and multiple filters to create new textures. This can be done in Photopea too, but the video featured Photoshop. Please note different versions of
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CCS Information Links
Hello. Here are a few links to help you get more info about the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. The direct e-mail for our amazing CCS representative Ms. Patti Spencer pspencer@collegeforcreativestudies.edu Fantastic info on in one spot: viewbook, interviews with real students, portfolio advice, scholarships, admissions printed materials, videos, explore Detroit, and LOTS MORE:
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Typeface Quiz
What’s the difference between a font and typeface? Who is Bradbury Thompson? Does a typeface have a body? Learn all this and more in my video, then challenge your typographical knowledge and get creative while making your own typeface! Download the Typeface Quiz PDF Typeface Quiz Info
Typography Kerning
What is kerning, tracking, and leading? Watch this video and learn how to make your typography look and read like a pro! When you are done test your skills by playing the kerning game at https://type.method.ac/ Typography Kerning Tutorial
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Showcase Branding & Logo Design
Designing logos is my favorite thing to do! In these videos, I share tips on how to use the creative process to develop your logo for the West Michigan Student Showcase event. I’ve also created PDF’s of the most common logotypes and templates for you to use for your thumbnails and comprehensive rough. Download Different
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