Digital Design & Illustration-Per. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - Petersen Assignments

Last assignment of the year! Finish this by Friday, June 5th. The final week of school is make-up week. Turn in any unfinished assignment for a grade and credit!

In this assignment, you are to make 4 consecutive pages of a children's alphabet book in Google Slides (That means 4 letters in a row. A, B, C, D or L, M, N, O etc.). Remember the principles of design that we learned earlier in the year. Use the same font and position on every page. Use different background colors for each page, but colors that go together. Choose images that are the same style (for example, NOT one photo, one cartoon, one realistic drawing). Use contrast in the letters and background, so it's easy to read.

Check out my sample and the inspiration piece attached to this assignment.

Share the slides with me or download as a pas and email it to me. [email protected]
If you have questions, please email me!

COLOR is one of the basic elements of all art. As you come to understand how colors work together, fight each other, and create certain moods, you will become a better designer and a better artist. This applies to your designs, but also in the clothes you choose to wear, how you decorate your home, and even the makeup you put on.

1. Your assignment this week is to create a COLOR WHEEL using actual items that you can find in your home or yard (see examples A, B, C, & D).

2. Use objects that are mostly or completely all one color. Be creative!

3. Lay them out on a table or floor. Follow the pattern and order of the Actual Color Wheel I give you as well.

4. Take a photo of your wheel design and email it to me or place in the Google Classroom assignment.

There are some really cool things happening in graphic design right now. Watch this Youtube video which lists 14 trends in Graphic Design this year. In a Google Doc, list the 14 trends with 1 sentence about each one, describing what it is.
Then, choose 1 trend and find 3 samples of it (look in Google Images). Place those images at the end of your Google Doc and tell me what the trend is.

LAST WEEK OF GRADING PERIOD!!!! Take advantage of it. Email me! Do this assignment and make up any from the last 2 weeks that you might have missed (Color Wheel & Inspirational Poster).

IMPORTANT! For MAXIMUM CREDITS, Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 14 at the latest. Review the slides attached. Especially page 3, which gives you the answers to questions B4 & B5.
Turn it in in Google Classroom and Email when you have competed the survey. Thanx! This survey helps keep our class going!
Note: I also sent you an email with more information.

LINK TO SURVEY IS ON PAGE 3.

IMPORTANT! For MAXIMUM CREDITS, Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 14 at the latest. Review the slides attached. Especially page 3, which gives you the answers to questions B4 & B5.
Turn it in in Google Classroom and Email when you have competed the survey. Thanx! This survey helps keep our class going!
Note: I also sent you an email with more information.

LINK TO SURVEY IS ON PAGE 3.

IMPORTANT! For MAXIMUM CREDITS, Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 14 at the latest. Review the slides attached. Especially page 3, which gives you the answers to questions B4 & B5.
Turn it in in Google Classroom and Email when you have competed the survey. Thanx! This survey helps keep our class going!
Note: I also sent you an email with more information.

LINK TO SURVEY IS ON PAGE 3.

IMPORTANT! For MAXIMUM CREDITS, Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 14 at the latest. Review the slides attached. Especially page 3, which gives you the answers to questions B4 & B5.
Turn it in in Google Classroom and Email when you have competed the survey. Thanx! This survey helps keep our class going!
Note: I also sent you an email with more information.

LINK TO SURVEY IS ON PAGE 3.

IMPORTANT! For MAXIMUM CREDITS, Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 14 at the latest. Review the slides attached. Especially page 3, which gives you the answers to questions B4 & B5.
Turn it in in Google Classroom and Email when you have competed the survey. Thanx! This survey helps keep our class going!
Note: I also sent you an email with more information.

LINK TO SURVEY IS ON PAGE 3.

IMPORTANT! For MAXIMUM CREDITS, Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 14 at the latest. Review the slides attached. Especially page 3, which gives you the answers to questions B4 & B5.
Turn it in in Google Classroom and Email when you have competed the survey. Thanx! This survey helps keep our class going!
Note: I also sent you an email with more information.

LINK TO START THE SURVEY IS ON PAGE 3

OK...Maybe the Pixlr assignment was hard for some of you to understand...Many of you didn't do the assignment for last week...Let's step back a little and do something that you ALL CAN DO...and it's helpful!

This pandemic is really hard for a lot of people. It is a time of worry, grief and anxiety. YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE FEEL BETTER.
• Create an inspirational poster that could help peopler through these hard times.
- Find an inspirational quote (Hint: Google Inspirational Quotes).
- Use the principles of design (See past lessons in Google Classroom). Email me and tell me at least 2 principles of design that you used.
- Use any materials you have on hand; Computer design and print out, hand drawn, use colored paper, markers, pencils, crayons, back of a cereal box, tape, glue,
glitter, cardboard, actual flowers, use Google Slides, Google Draw, Pixlr, Illustrator, Photoshop, Google Docs, pictures cut out of magazines, or anything else you
can find.
- Put the poster in your window so others can see it and it might just lift their spirits. TAKE A PICTURE OF THE POSTER IN YOUR WINDOW and email it to me or
turn it in in Google Classroom.
- FOR EXTRA CREDIT, Tell me 3 Principles of Design that I used, and HOW I used them (in my examples).
- Go Crazy! Be Creative!

See the two examples I did. One was done digitally and glued onto a board. The other was hand drawn and cut out color paper.

Choose a subject that interests you. Something you really love to share and learn about. It could be your family, a sport you have played, an artist, actor, politician or athlete. You might choose a team or a historical group such as Trojans or the Nazis. It could be a leisure activity like skating, surfing, a style of dance or an art form. What interests YOU?

Create a Goole Slides Presentation on this subject. Here are the requirements:
1. Title Slide: Let your viewers know what this is going to be about
2. Use lots of images. A picture tells a thousand words.
3. After the Title Slide, you must have a least 5 other slides. But don’t stop at 5 just because that’s what I said. Use more slides if necessary to get your message across.
4. These slides must give us interesting and useful information about your subject. Organize your thoughts. Make sure you’re not leaving out an important item. Be clear and check your spelling, punctuation, capital letters, etc.
5. Use the Principles of Design. We learned these a few weeks ago. Go back in our Google Classroom and review if necessary. They are:
• Alignment - Things line up, aren’t placed randomly.
• Balance - Visually, one area is not heavier than another. Sides balance out, either symmetrical, or asymmetrical.
• Contrast - Big vs. little or Dark vs. light.
• Proximity/Unity - Things that go together are grouped next to each other.
• Repetition. Use the same things over and over. Use the same things over and over. Use the same things over and over. Same size boxes, same font throughout, same colors, etc.
• White Space - Don’t crowd every space in your slide. Leave some breathing room.

Take a look at the two samples I prepared for you. One is about my family (no making fun of me!) and one is on the Beatles. At the end, I give you examples of how I used the Principles of Design.

Create a poster advertising an event of your choice. It could be a concert, a car show, a soccer or surf competition, a charity run, a protest march, etc. Use the principle of repetition to bring unity and familiarity to your design. Also use at least one other principle of design in your layout (see the other Principles of Design Assignments in our Google Classroom).

Then, analyze your design. Describe how you used repetition and how it made your message more clear.
Describe the other principle(s) of design that you used and how it helped your design.

Create a flyer for an El Camino event using the following text. Add images that could represent the event. Use the principle of UNITY & PROXIMITY to separate different ideas and put related thoughts together. Use Illustrator, Google Docs, Google Draw, Word, or any other computer program. Share it or email it to me ([email protected]). Remember, your headline should be big and easy to read. It's OK to mix up the order of the text if you need to.

Well, Spring break is over and we're back in school...well, kinda. I hope that you're all well and surviving this quarantine. Please stay healthy and be safe.

For Digital Design this week there are a couple of things for you to complete. These won't take you tons of time, but will give you full credits and a pretty good grade as well...if you put a little effort into this. So let's go!

1. MOST IMPORTANT! - Respond to the email I sent out. Just answer, "Yes, Mr. Petersen, I got this email.

2. Watch this video: 5 Tips on Becoming a Graphic Designer - Write down the 5 tips to becoming a good graphic designer that he shares. Share those 5 tips with me (Or email them to me).

3. Spend 15 minutes straight drawing. It doesn't matter if you are a good artist or not. Fill a page with random sketches and figures. Draw animals, people things or places...whatewver comes to your mind. Set a timer on your phone and DO NOT STOP until the timer goes off. This is a great activity to get your brain thinking creatively. I promise that after about 5 minutes you will start to run out of ideas. Push yourselves! Just draw the first thing that comes to your mind. Keep going. Then snap a photo and email it to me.

These 3 things are due by the end of the week, Friday, April 17.

If you still want to turn in previous assignments from our Google Classroom, such as the Principles of Design assignments, you can do that for additional credit...but do these 3 things first! I am also posting these assignments in our Google Classroom.

Please email anytime me if you have any questions. Remember, On Tuesday and Thursday from 11-noon I'm email live. Email me then for an immediate response.

Create a google Doc or Google slides presentation, explaining what white space is and why it is important in design. Include at least 8 examples of good use of white space and 4 bad examples…where there is no white space. Remember, white space is really “blank space”, it can be any color.
Share or email to [email protected]

In Google Draw or Illustrator, create a layout using shapes only. Use the principle of alignment to make your design orderly and organized. Mix up colors and sizes.
You must use the following shapes:
3-5 squares
8 rectangles
1 circle
Share or email to [email protected]

Review the attached PDF. Pay attention to 3 types of balance in design. There are 3 quick exercises and 1 assignment. If you have any questions, please email me. I would be happy to answer you questions or even meet with you online to help you understand better.

Watch this video which will give you instructions on what to do this week, March 30 - April 3.
My OFFICE HOURS are Tuesday & Thursday, 11:00 am to Noon. Email me during that time for an immediate response. Email me any time and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Miss you!

I know you guys miss me! I hope you're all safe and healthy...and that you have plenty of toilet paper...cause it's a zoo out there!

Please review the attached Presentation. Take notes of at least 6 points that will help you nail a job interview.
Search online (YouTube, article, etc.) for 2 more tips...for a total of 8. Share your google doc with [email protected]

CREATE YOUR OWN REAL RESUME. Everything on this should be real. Download this document then change whatever is in red.Then change ALL TEXT to black (Keep heading all caps and green).

For your experience, think about any jobs or community service you have ever done...even if it was just a one-day deal with your uncle's company. Try to come up with at least one thing here. Put it in reverse order, starting with the most recent, going backwards.

Create your own Cover Letter to go along with your résume. Change whatever is in red and then change ALL TEXT to black. Make any other changes you need to to "make it your own".

Cover Letter Tips
In a few sentences, explain why you’re a great fit for this specific role. State why you’re excited about the job and the company, and how the job matches your career goals.

In one or two paragraphs, connect your past accomplishments with the requirements listed in the job description. Focus on your most relevant experience, qualifications and skills. When possible, quantify your accomplishments with facts and data. Add to the "Skills" bullet points from your resume.

Close by thanking the employer for their time and consideration. You may also want to sum up your qualifications for the role and express an interest in continuing to the next stage in the hiring process.