This design challenge is to create an animal only using the letters that make up the animal’s name as your shapes, lines, and textures. Can the letter “A” become a nose or the letter “i” a unicorn mane? Carefully select a single typeface to match your animal; you can change the size, color, position, and […]
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Illustrator is a fantastic program and I hope you will experiment with it through these tutorials and on your own. Notice the difference between this vector-based program and how it works differently than Photoshop which is raster-based. Your first challenge is your Halloween Art Zombie – you’ll find part one and part two here…have fun!
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The Art Zombies are coming, so it’s our duty as graphic designers to make a warning sign. (yes we will be learning Adobe Illustrator next and you will be making yourself into a vector zombie!) In this Photoshop training session, you will be practicing some of the skills you have learned so far and adding
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Photoshop Manipulation is applying multiple techniques to create illusions or deceptions out of photographs. You see this technique used every day in real life either as a form of art or in commercial use to create fabulous and creative images for advertising purposes. In this training session I’ll show you how to combine two completely
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Follow the video to create an awesome poster from your spray paint, charcoal, or watercolor illustration.
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Make funny little illustrations while learning how to use Adobe Photoshop. Each video will build on what you learned from the previous lesson while adding a few new tricks for you to try. With each video, you can work at your own pace and fast forward things you know and rewind and replay anything that
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Skills4Success is what we call the survival tips Sally and Emily have learned over the years working in the Graphic Design field. Through these Skills4Success we will teach you ways to get along with difficult clients and how to impress potential ones. How to always look engaged, professional, and in control (even if you are
The word “mandala” is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean “circle,” a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents a symmetrical wholeness and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself–a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite,
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Graffiti has a lot in common with Graphic Design; both use type, symbols, and images to grab a viewer’s attention to deliver an intended message.
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Visual symbols are everywhere, we can see them in shopping malls, public transport, on billboards and posters, print ads, maybe even on your t-shirt. Visual symbols have different meanings: economic, personal, spiritual, sports, emotions, etc. Why do we use symbols? Humans have used visual symbols to convey their messages since prehistoric times. On the
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Class Description Welcome to CTC Graphic Design Class of 20-21 and to what will definitely be an interesting year! Design touches everything in your life, from the packaging of your breakfast cereal to the logo on the clothes you wear. The world of design is a fast-paced and exciting one. Emily and I personally enjoy
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Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and MOCA’s ‘Art in the Streets’: Your quarantine must-see!
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This week’s challenge is to explore designing and making art from 3-D materials! Anything can become your media with a little creativity, can’t get to an art supply store? No problem let’s look at how to make something from safety pins, trash or even using a banana as the canvas! Join us Friday at 2:00
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AIGA Eye on Design covers the world’s most exciting designers—and the issues they care about.
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Adobe Create Magazine has design inspiration and tutorials for creatives. Go to Adobe Create for great how-tos for graphic design, photography, illustration, UX design and more!
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Challenge #1 May 18- May 22 Most of us are used to drawing with dark material on white paper; Photoshop even starts out a new document with a blank white “paper” and black as the reset color of choice. This practice has trained us to start each new design/illustration, even a thumbnail by adding dark
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The weekly challenge will help you to grow as a designer and illustrator by introducing you to new modes of thinking and new media too. Each weekly challenge will be introduced on Monday’s 2:00 zoom class with an explanation, visual samples, and suggestions on media; how to make or where to buy.
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You have until Monday, May 10th at noon to email Sally or Emily your top 2 T-shirt designs. Our official two classes shirts will be announced at Monday’s zoom meeting.
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Option B Thumbnails due: 5/6 2020 One of the best techniques I know for design and ideation (generating ideas) is to create small, rough sketches in pencil, known as thumbnail sketches or just thumbnails. A thumbnail is a quick drawing of an idea—just enough to allow you to think things through, for the competition, you have selected Please research it, think
Before you select a name to brand your own graphic design studio it’s important to think about the vibe you want to give off and how that vibe will both attract and repel potential clients. What if you don’t know exactly what your Graphic design vibe is? Well, that’s where a mood board comes into
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