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[19 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 685 views]

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[18 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 1,177 views]

Today you will have your final test. Here are all the Principles,  Elements of Design, and vocabulary you need to study. The second part of the test will be your Art History Time Line, and you will have to match what happened with the correct date. Also your last chance to turn in any late projects.

Elements of Design
1. Line
2. Value
3. Color

Form

Shape

Texture

Space

Principles:
Balance
Balance is an equilibrium that results from looking at images and judging them against our ideas of physical structure (such as mass, gravity or the …

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[18 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 570 views]

Today we will take a field trip to Avion Film, one of the leading Post Production Houses in the Czech Republic. You will see the facilities utilized in film edit offline and online, color grading, sound recording, 3d animation, 2d animation (animatics), dubbing, film transfer, and
dolby surround mixing.

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 2,605 views]

Collage.
A collage (From the French: coller, to glue) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

You will cut up various advertisements and collage them into your own design. Once again pay attention to the basic principles as well as elements of design. This is a required project.
We will review for the test.
The test is four parts. One part will require you to match certain principles of design with their definition. You will be required to …

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[17 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 12,790 views]

Today we will be going through the major movements in art and design in the 20th century. We will also review the Principles and Elements of Design. This will be on your final test.
Crash Course on the History of Design in the 20th Century.
A brief overview of the most important designers and important turning points in Design History in the 20th century.
This will be on the final test. This is what you will be given on the final test. You will be required to match the events with the years …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 3,390 views]

Today we will be looking at a few unconventional forms of marketing. After the lecture we will begin working in groups on banner ads for our blogs.
Liberation Marketing is another strategy whereby a product can masquerade behind an image that appeals to a range of values, including ethical values related to lifestyle and anti-consumerism.
“Liberation marketing takes the old mass culture critique — consumerism as conformity — fully into account, acknowledges it, addresses it, and solves it. Liberation marketing imagines consumers breaking free from the old enforcers of order, …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 514 views]

Today we will have a guest lecturer. We will be looking at what other multi-media professionals are doing in conjunction with visual imagery.
Audio Branding.
Sound Teacher Bethany Lackterine will give a lecture on the history of audio logos and how sound realtes to visual imagery.
Examples of audio branding

After the lecture you will be have your first quiz on the Principles and Elements of Design. See Week Four for what will be covered on the test. You will be required to match the proper word with the definition.

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 507 views]

First Hour:  We will be looking at the history of Graffiti, and you will then design your name using your own graffiti style.
Second Hour: Beginning sketches for your logos. We will be generating logo ideas for a campany of your choosing. The sketches need to be finished and scanned in two weeks as the second part of the class will be done with Gavin where you will take your scanned images and manipulate them further in photoshop and illustrator.
Graffiti
Brief discussion of the history of Grafitti and how it got sucked …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 2,378 views]

Today we will be looking at the Principles and Elements of Design. We will then incorporate these rules into designing the header image for your blogs.
General Goal(s): Students will understand the Princples and Elements of Design, and incorporate them into a header image for their blog.
Step-By-Step Procedures: After we have reviewed the Principles and Elements of Design we will then begin creating an illustration which will serve as the header image in their blogs.
Assessment: Assesment will be based upon how well the student uses the principles and elements of design …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 17,458 views]

Today we will be looking at logos. You will be required to design a logo using black, and white paper. The logo must be finished by next week as we will be digitizing the images for use in conjunction with the header image of your blogs.
You will then be introduced to the Elements and Principles of Design. It is important to know this as you will be quized on it in week 6.
General Goal(s): Students will design a simple logo utilizing the elements and principles of design. We will begin …