Intro to Graphic Arts
Graphic Arts is a creative process that combines art and technology to communicate ideas. The designer works with a variety of communications tools in order to visually convey a message for a client’s product or service to a particular target audience. This course will give students a foundation in Graphic Arts by introducing them to the various aspects of the Graphic Arts field. See Schoology for assignment details. Textbook Login information Username:ocsd06 Password:gc19
Art Journal
1st 9 weeks click here to see 1st 9 weeks assignments - 2023
- 8.7 Week 1 First Day Introduction Lesson
- Contact Information Form
- Syllabus Acknowledgment
- Credential Blueprint - Week 1 Bellringers
- Overview of Graphic Communication Slides - Includes 2 projects Overview worksheet - Overview Quizlet- 8.14 Week 2
Monday 8.14 - Adobe Intro Continued from Friday
Tuesday 8.15 - Overview Escape Room
W8.16 - Printing Processes Lesson Slides - Printing Process Poster8.21 Week 3 - Identify Printing Processes Lesson Slides - Group Project - Worksheet - More Resources - More Resources
- The size and scope of the Printing Industry Lesson - Job Tickets Video - See Schoology for assignment8.28 Week 4 Safety Lesson
-Textbook Safety Worksheet - Textbook Link
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- Safety and Health- MSDS - MSDS Video - SDS Worksheet
-August 31st Assignment
- Safety Test: Must make 1009.5 Week 5 - 9.6 Digital File Formats Lesson
7th - Crossword Puzzle and Art Journal worktime
8th - File Format lesson - Worksheet9.11 Week 6 - Pros and Cons of Image File Formats Assignment
9.12 - ESCAPE ROOM LINK 9.13 File Format Test
9.14 - 15 - Elements of Art - Shape - Art Journal Color Lesson9.18 Week 7 - Color Lesson - Color Worksheet
9.20 - Illustrator Color Study Project9.25 Week 8 - Color Models Lesson - Color Model Compare Worksheet
Color Exploration Group Poster - Adobe Illustrator Color Assignment - See schoology for assignment
TEST on Color- Thursday10.2 Week 9 - 10.2 - PPP Shirts Due. Art Journal Due! Will not accept late art journal - 2nd 9 wks Art Journal Prompt - Form added.
10.3 Typography Lesson - Part 1 with Part 1 Notes
10.4 Typography Lesson Part 2 - with Pt. 2 Notes
10.5 - Typography Part 1&2 OpenNote Test
10.6 - Art Journal work dayLegal & Ethical Responsibilities in Graphic Design
Legal & Ethical Notes Worksheet - Legal & Ethical Lesson Vocabulary
Student Vocabulary Worksheet - See Schoology for Assignments.
Unethical Discussion
2nd 9 weeks click here to see 2nd 9 weeks assignments - 2023
- 10.11 Week 1 - Typography Textbook Worksheets Part 1 and part 2. In Class assignment. 10.12 - Texture Lesson - Texture Art Journal Assignment
10.16 Week 2 - 16th - PreACT Test for 10th grade.
17th - Space Worksheet - Element of Art Video - Negative and Positive Space Art Journal Assignment 10.18 - 1pt. perspective Lesson - Video Cityscape10.23 Week 3 - Type Picture Design - Project Grade
10.30 Week 4 -10.23 Typography Illustrator Assignment typography Part 3 Lesson and Pt. 3 Guided Notes. 10.25 Typography part 4 and Pt. 4 Guided notes
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Credential Quizlet
Credential Terms QuizletWeek 6 - Credential review assignments on schoology
Week 7 - Credential review assignments on schoology
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3rd 9 weeks click here to see 3rd 9 weeks assignments - 23-24
Week 1 - January 8 – 12, 2024
Monday 1.8 - Introduction to Principles of Design|
Thursday 1.11 - Principle of Design Balance
Friday 1.12 - Making a Principles of Design BookWeek 2 - January 16-19, 2024
Monday - HOLIDAY
Tuesday 1.16 - Complete Book - Principle of Design ContrastWeek 3 - January 22-26, 2024
Monday - Group Assignment - Rhythm
Monday - Friday - Maker Space Group ProjectWeek 4 - January 29 - February 2
Monday 1.29 - Illustrator Warm Up - On Schoology - Illustrator Tool Worksheet. Illustrator
1 Lesson - Getting Started - with Assignments - See Illustrator Lesson Files button for all Image files needed for assignments.Week 5 - February 5-9, 2024
2.5 M - Finish Lesson 1 - Getting Started - Robot assignment submit to Schoology. Principles Book is Due Friday! If absent you must turn in 1st of class Monday.Week 6 - February 12-16, 2024 -
Warm up using Illustrator. Continue Lesson 1 projects : Monday Last day to complete.
Valentines Work Day - Type tool refresher - Virtual Day Friday - Added 1 more attempt to retake on all Warm upWeek 7 - February 20-23 2 Lesson - Working with Text Reference Today in class slides for weekly instruction.
Week 8 - Feb. 26th - March 1st - Portrait Lesson
Week 9 - March 4th - 8th
Continue Portrait lesson - Schoology assignment
4th 9 weeks click here to see 3rd 9 weeks assignments - 23-24
Week 1 - March 11th - 15th
Art journal - ACT - 5 min drawing challenge - Illustrator assignment submit to schoology.Week 2 - March 18th - 22nd
Homophone Illustrator assignment - PreACT - New Drawing Challenge game on friday.Week 3 - April 1-5 - PROM WEEK
Art Journal work weekWeek 4 - April 8-12
Open CC > PS
Photoshop Lesson 1 - Dog Collage - Dog PicturesWeek 5 - April 15-19
4. 15-17 Personal Collage
4.18 - Photoshop Lesson - Building Layers Lesson Slides - Lesson PicturesWeek 6 - April 22-25
Nachos, Impossible Situation, Animal Person Assignments posted to Schoology.Week 7 - April 29 - May 3
Fantasy Landscape Photoshop Lesson Slides - Fantasy Photoshop Pictures Fantasy project posted to Schoology. READ the Assignment for directions. Face Morph Photoshop Lesson Slides - Face Morph Picture FilesWeek 8 - May 6 - 10
ART JOURNAL DUE TUESDAY, MAY 8th NO Excuses!! Indesign & Project in class assignment.Week 9 - May 13 -17 Final Exam Review
2023 1st 9 weeks - Art Journal Aug - sept
Title Page -Fill the Page with your choice include Name, Class and Period
About Me Page - Illustrate 10 things about you. Fill the page and use color.
Illustrate Rocky and include a background. Click Here for a description.
Using only images tell a story. Paper Provided by Mrs. Cassady Click Here to Print
Illustrate a scene or a landscape using at least 15 kinds of lines. Click here for example
Illustrate an animal using geometric shapes. Click here for example
Monochromatic Challenge: Choose a single color and create an entire page in your art journal using different values of that color. Explore the versatility of a monochromatic palette.
2023 2nd 9 weeks - Art Journal OCT. - dec.
2nd 9 weeks Art Journal Prompts
Form - Study of an object: Select an object (can be in the classroom or something of your own) examples: fruits, utensils, plants. Create sketches of the focusing on three dimensional form. Complete a front, back and side view. This prompt may be completed in pencil with no color.
Color - Color Symbolism: Research the cultural and symbolic meaning of a color. Create an art journal entry that explores how this color is used to covey specific ideas or emotions.
Texture - Use the impressions of texture by using the crayon rub technique and create a image. See my example on the board.
Space pt 1 - Negative and Positive Space Art Journal Assignment
Cityscape - 1pt perspective of city in video. 2 buildings with detail like video. Fill the page. Do not have to use color.
Halloween - your choice pick 1
- Spooky Forest: Create a page featuring a haunted forest with twisted trees, eerie fog, and mysterious creatures lurking in the shadows.
- Haunted House: Draw a spooky, decrepit haunted house, complete with ghosts in the windows and bats flying overhead.
- Monster Mash: Combine various classic monsters, like vampires, mummies, and werewolves, into a whimsical or eerie collage.
- Candy Corn Delight: Illustrate a page featuring the vibrant colors of candy corn and other Halloween sweets.Your Favorite Word? Is there a word that has a special meaning for you? Or maybe you just like how it sounds? Write it down and make art around it.
Create a page inspired by your favorite Christmas carol or song
Christmas Free Draw. Your choice to draw anything Christmas themed. For ideas click here
2022 OLD Art Journal Prompts
Art Journal requirements -
Plan (research and sketch), fill the page and use color
AUG - OCT
Title Page - Favorite Quote, Name, Class and Period
About Me - Title your page About Me. Illustrate and label 10 things about you.
Pointillism - Fill the page and use color dots to create an animal of your choice.
Opposites - Illustrate opposites- Plan (research and sketch), fill the page and use color. example: up/down, cold/hot, good/evil
10 things that are red
In the Ocean
In the Forrest
Illustrate your favorite nursery rhyme
Anything Halloween
Mutant Monster
Girl 1
Portrait your pick
Butterfly/Dragon
Typography Animal
NOV - FEB
Draw Self Portrait - Name, Class and Period
Self Portrait on Illustrator
Draw Cubism self portrait
Cubism self portrait on illustrator
Recreate The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch
Recreate The Scream, 1893 by Edvard Munch on illustrator
Scribble Art
Birds dressed as people
Your Favorite Food
Illustrate light
FEB - MAY
Draw a super scary creature
You've come across a magic mirror...What does it show?
Illustrate the letters of the alphabet with pictures. (Organize and plan!!)
Ask a friend to give you a random word—and then use it to inspire a page in your art journal.
Use an artistic method of your choice to develop a list of acts of kindness you could perform for others.
Choose a metaphor to illustrate your feelings for today.
Illustrate your passion!! I want to feel it.
Illustrate a valuable lesson learned at school (actual lesson not a moral lesson)
Illustrate a environmental problem.
Illustrate your summer plans
Art Journal requirements - TEST GRADE
Plan (research and sketch), fill the page and use color
How are you being a better human?
If you won a billion dollars, What's something interesting or unique you would do (can't be the usual, be creative.)
If you were a dog what breed would you be?
Draw your Dream House (Most requested)
Easter - Your choice, some examples were design your own egg, illustrate an easter bunny...
A comedy
What animal captures your personality
Create a designer outfit or a cake.
Illustrate a word of your choice... Include the word as your design.
Your choice - creative freedom! (school appropiate)
1st 9 weeks click here to see 1st 9 weeks assignments 2022
- History of Graphic Design - Ancient Art - wk. 2
Ancient Art Worksheet
- History of Graphic Design - Renaissance -
Renaissance Notes- Overview of Graphic Communication - wk. 3
Overview worksheet
Overview Quizlet- Art Journal- See list below for page assignments - wk. 4
- Pointillism Video - Page 3 Journal wk. 4
-Overview Review and Test
-Safety Lesson-Textbook Safety Worksheet - Textbook Link wk. 5
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- Safety and Health- MSDS
- MSDS Video
- SDS Worksheet
- Safety Test: Must make 100Elements of Design Lesson Slides wk. 6
Line and Point Worksheet
Shape and Form Worksheet
Color Worksheet
Texture and Pattern Worksheet
Gestalt WorksheetGetting Started Illustrator Lesson 1 wk. 7
Vector images
Tuesday Sept. 20 Test on Elements Notes.Text Illustrator Lesson 2 wk .8
4 Logo Variations Every Brand Identity NeedsIllustrator Lesson assignment
Typography Animal with illustrator
Portrait Illustrator Lesson 3
Portraits Images
2nd 9 weeks click here to see 2nd 9 weeks assignments
Week 1 - Portrait Illustrator Lesson 3
Portraits Images - Complete Girl 1 - Add your name and print. Put in your Art Journal and I will go around and check.Week 2 - Pick an image from the portrait folder and complete. Add your name and print. Put in your Art Journal and I will go around and check.
Week 3 - Math in Graphic Communication - Class Discussion
Printer Math Lesson
Calculating Costs
Calculating Paper
Points and Picas Lesson
Leading Worksheet
Measure Type Worksheet
Point System WorksheetWeek 5 - Resume
-Submit Camille's Resume to Schoology
-New Design for Camille. Using all of the same info redesign Camille a new resume. Submit to schoology for a PROJECT GRADE.Week 6 - Math and Measurement Lesson Slides - Math Lesson Worksheet
Assignments on Schoology
InDesign Text Assignment
Business Card Assignment
Estimating Assignment
PrePress AssignmentWeek 7 - Business Card - Assignments on Schoology
Typography 101 Part 1 -
Typography 101 Part 2Week 8 Typography
Typography 101 Part 3 - Part 3 Lesson Notes 1-4 pages
Open Note Test in SchoologyWeek 9 - Christmas Projects, Mid term Test Review
4th 9 weeks click here to see 4th 9 weeks assignments
3/13-17 Week 1
13th - Photoshop Lesson 9 Slides Text Tricks - Text Images
Halloween Assignment
14th - Virtual Day - Art Journal Workday
15th - Wolves Assignment
16th - Memphis Assignment
17th - Text trick Assignment3/20-24 Week 2
20th - Photoshop Lesson 10 slides Animation
21st - Create your own Animation.
22nd - S/A complete and turn in AnimationWeek 3 - Credential Review
Week 4 - Credential Review and tests
Week 5 - 4.24 - Retake Offered
4.25 - Composition in Design Lesson Slides - with handout
Magazine group project - Matching Assignment on schoology.
4.26 - Kuder Interest InventoryWeek 6 - 5.1 - Design Board Layout tips
5.2 - A mile in my shoes lesson
Video Resources
Shoe Project How To
Shoe Design Rubric
3rd 9 weeks click here to see 3rd 9 weeks assignments
1/9-13 Week 1
9th - Digital File Formats Lesson
10th - Crossword Puzzle and Art Journal worktime
11th - ESCAPE ROOM LINK
12th - Link to File Format lesson - Worksheet
13th - Test on File Formats - Link to Escape Room1/17-20 Week 2
NAME THE CLASS FISH
Vote for Peeve's 2.0 Name
17th - Photoshop Lesson 1 - Dog Images - Cat Images
18th - Continue Lesson
19th - Start Dog Collage
20th - Complete Dog Collage and turn into Schoology1/23-27 Week 3
Google Doodle Due Friday 27th - Warm Up work on everyday for the first 10 mins of class
23rd - Photoshop Lesson 2 - Comic Pages
24th - Scanned Google Doodles
25th - Photoshop Lesson 3 - Sandwich Pics1/30-2/3 Week 4
30th - Photoshop Lesson 4 - Fantasy Landscape Images
31st - Create a mythical landscape turn into schoology
3rd - Escape room - Photoshop2/6-10 Week 5
6th - Photoshop Lesson 5 - Face Morph Images
7th - Turn in Lesson 5 Face Morph
10th - Turn in Frankenstein Project2/13-16 Week 6
13th - Photoshop Lesson 6 - Distressed Texture - T-shirt Design Images
16th - Art Journal Work Day2/21-24 Week 7
21st - Photos into Art Lesson 7 - Photos for Art2/27-3/3 Week 8
PhotoShop Lesson 8 - Photo Manipulation - Image Folder3/6-10 Week 9
6th-10th - Art Journal Workday