Graphic Design

Lesson 1

Make A POSTER!!!

Using Photoshop, create a poster (8" x 10" 300dpi) advertising a new tech gadget that interests you.

Use your knowledge of the rule of thirds and Photoshop to create an attractive poster.

INCLUDE:

- a photo or photos of the gadget

- a brief write up of what your gadget does  (SPELL CHECK!)

- a website address to find out more!

Lesson 2:  Making a CD Cover

You have been hired for a exclusive design job and will be creating the cd cover for a brand new computer program!  It is a top secret project and your design will introduce this product to THE WORLD (duh duh duuuuuuhhhh….).    

The visual elements should be appealing to young adults.

Program choices:

- FLASH GEN 2: An animation program (Not yet released)

- PHOTOSHOP CS6 (Not yet released)

- MICROSOFT OFFICE PLATINUM (Not yet released)

- WINDOWS 8 (Not yet released)

- UDK 3D HD (Not yet released)

 WHAT YOU NEED:

 a)      a 12 cm by 12 cm cover

b)      a 12 cm by 12 cm back cover

c)      Title of your PROGRAM

d)      Graphic design relating to your program

e)      Bar code

f)        Price

g)      Manufacturing Logo on front and back (Adobe, Microsoft, etc)

h)      A paragraph explaining the new features and a point form list of what the program can do!

i)        Save it as a PSD – show Ms. O for final proof read

j)        Think outside the box!!!

Save this in your drive!

TEMPLATE GUIDELINES FOR

THE BROCHURE ON PHOTOSHOP!

SAVE THESE IN YOUR DRIVE AS

brochure 1 yourname.psd

brochure 2 yourname.psd

LESSON 3:  The BROCHURE 

TOPICS:
INTERNET SAFETY       

FACEBOOK     

TWITTER     

ERGONOMICS
MICROSOFT

PUBLISHER     

GOOGLE     

YOUTUBE

NETIQUETTE

POWERPOINT

OPEN OFFICE WORD

GOOGLE CLOUD

 CHOOSE 1 TOPIC (Everyone must have a different topic)

You will be creating a brochure about one of the above topics.  Using your GOOGLE search engine skills, you will research your topic.  You should have at least three different websites as references. 

It will be on two different documents 11 x 8.5 300 dpi

 You will need:

a)      A cover – with title, and image(s)

b)      Section 2 – a brief history of your topic… (Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004) (with an image?)

c)      Section 3 – a summary of how your topic applies to today’s computer using young people (with an image?)

d)      Section 4 – useful tips about your topic.  Consider adding a diagram.

e)      Section 5 – more useful tips about your topic

f)        Section 6 – a bibliography (by section) and three MORE websites for further information.