Week 13 (07 April)

Final Class! All projects (homework) are due. We will go over the quiz answers from week 12, and answer any questions you may have. We will also discuss designing for the Web.
 
Items due:

• multi-page document
• identity project (letterhead, envelope, business card)
• small brochure
• poster
• newspaper ad
• early homework (type and bezier exercises, logos)

Week 12 (31 March)

Quiz! Work on multi-page documents.
Homework: Finish all homework and projects.
They are all due on 07 April!

Week 11 (24 March)

Review. Work on "Identity" project (Business Card, Envelope, Letterhead) Starting a multi-page document. Working with tabs.
Homework: Read Chapter 10 "Designing for the Web"
Start a Multi-page document (Look at books, brochures, catalogs, annual reports, etc.)

Week 10 (17 March)

Continue to work on Brochures. Tonight we look at "Identity" packages (Business Cards, Letterhead, Envelope, etc).
Homework: Read Chapter 13. Start an Identity project of your own. It can be for a real company, or make one up of your own. Look around for inspiration (books, local companies, the internet).

Week 9 (10 March)

Work on brochure in class. Setting-up a 6-panel brochure, letter-fold (also known as a Rack Brochure). Defining margin and column guides.
Homework: Continue to work on brochure.

Week 8 (3 March)

Image channels and how to use them to your advantage. Work on small ads.
Homework: Finish small ad. Brochure: get some examples that you would like to emulate, possibly one that you would like to make-over. Create a brochure (or at least start). Remember to start with thumbnails, roughs and comp.

• Understanding Channels In Photoshop


• Using Alpha Channels with Photoshop

Week 7 (25 February)

Review Homework (Small Newspaper ads.) Review masks and clipping paths. Using the scanner.
Homework: Read chapters 11 & 12. Take your Newspaper ads into the computer, and bring them as far as you can to completion.

• Simple Masking Techniques Revealed


• Clipping Paths to Quark


• Clipping paths and Masks


• Create a Transparent Image using Adobe Photoshop

Week 6 (18 February)

Review homework. Working with type. Today we'll see what were issues in our homework, and we'll learn some ways to solve them.
Homework: Finish poster. Bring in a small, Black & White newspaper ad to redesign (bring in thumbnails and roughs on how you will do it).

Week 5 (11 February)

Review homework. More exercises using the Pen tool.
The Grid - planning your document.
Homework: Set type over the templates from last week (like we went over in class). Now that we have more experience using the Pen tool, trace the jigsaw puzzle again. Design a poster: go through all of the planning steps (thumbnails, roughs, and comp). Make sure to think about the grid. Set up your own grid using columns or guides. At least start to layout your design in Quark (or InDesign, etc). Try to get as far as you can. We will look at them on the 18th.

• Design by the Grid (web design)

Links for Homework (week 4)

Here are the links to the files that you will need for this week's homework:

The homework assignment is for you to set some type on top of an
already typeset page. You have two options to do this. Either in Adobe Illustrator, or in Quark Xpress. For Illustrator, simply open the provided .ai file and start putting type down on the page. You can even use the "Lorem Ipsum" text to do this. For Quark, you will need to make a blank page, create a picture box, and then place the provided .tif file into the picture box. Then, make a text box and start setting your type. (again, you can use the "Lorem Ipsum" text to do this.)

• Type template (in Illustrator)


• Type template image to place in Quark Xpress


• Piece of "Greek-ed" type (aka: "Lorem Ipsum")

The second assignment is for you to practice using the Bezier tool (aka: Pen tool.) The tool is the same in both Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, so either application will work. To work in Illustrator, use the .ai file. To work in Photoshop, use the .tif file. Simply open the file of your choice, choose the pen tool, and start to trace the puzzle pieces. There are some links to the right (on this page) that have other tutorials as well.

• Puzzle template (in Illustrator)


• Image of puzzle to open in Photoshop

Links of the Week:

• Pen Tool exercise #1


• Pen Tool exercise #2


• Pen Tool exercise #3


• Pen Tool exercise #4


• Pen Tool exercise #5


• Pen Tool Tutorial


• Paths and the Pen tool

Week 4 (4 February)

Review and discuss homework. More on Type and Typography. Quark Xpress, Illustrator, and today... Photoshop.
Homework: Read chapters 8-9. Find & bring in examples of posters that you like (in your field, relating to you). Trace the Puzzle template with the pen tool (Photoshop OR Illustrator). Set type over the type template (Illustrator OR Quark).

Week 3 (28 January)

Review and discuss homework. Type and Typography. Hands-on using Quark Xpress, and Illustrator.
Homework: Look at logos and logotypes in use around you. Notice what makes you notice them. Using different fonts, weights, reverse - typeset your name in a way that you feel represents who you are. Make a "logo" for yourself with your initials.
Reading: Chapters 5-7

Week 2 (21 January)

Review homework (examples). Industry Standards vs. Proprietary formats. Desktop publishing software and their purposes. Introduction to the available software.

Homework: Using the examples that you brought in, come up with a few options to make them better. Bring in your "thumbnails" and "rough" designs. Reading: intro-chapter 4.

Week 1 (14 January)

In tonight's class we will be introduced to Graphic Design and its modern relationship to Desktop Publishing. There will also be an overview of subjects to be covered over the semester.
Homework: Bring in 6 (or more) examples of good design, and 6 examples that lack good design. (photocopies are acceptable)
Note: If you are planning on taking pictures of a design, please print the image out. We will be posting the examples on the board so the class can discuss them.