DISCLAIMER: This is the 18-19 school year curriculum. I did not have time this summer to update the curriculum for the 19-20 school year. Those updates will occur periodically throughout the year on a separate set of pages.
There is a video of a lecture and demonstration along with a project folder for every assignment in this class. At any point in time you can jump ahead and start the next project. You are also free to roam YouTube for better tutorials, mine are okay, but there are plenty of better ones out there.
At left are all of the project folders for each unit. Contained within each folder are practice files, extra resources, and the presentation for the lesson with the criteria and objectives.
These resources are considered enrichment, they enhance your opportunity to acquire the skills for the assignment by offering alternative ways to learn the content.
Unit 1- Adobe Illustrator
U1.P1.1 Simplified Symbol Drawing U1.P1.2 Freehand Drawing in Illustrator youtube.com/watch?v=FC8ZUrCAlRc U1.P2.1 Fifty Drawings U1.P2.2 Pen tool tutorials youtube.com/watch?v=8oc0kmbPErs U1.P2.3 Trace symbols with the pen tool youtube.com/watch?v=LEdHtXkBmtU U1.P3.1 Wine Glass Tutorial youtube.com/watch?v=3v0cKs72PFk U1.P3.2 Symmetrical symbol Ai youtube.com/watch?v=8DXEwbxjXV8 U1.P4.A1 A.1 Mascot variations drawing youtube.com/watch?v=TF1Su3SzHTs U1.P4.A2 A.2 Create a Mascot .youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Y_b_8C9DQ U1.P4.B1 B.1 Drawings for your pattern U1.P4.B2 B.2 Make a pattern U1.P5.1 Create Pathfinder shapes youtube.com/watch?v=Kx-dkPOoD-U U1.P5.2 Create an Abstract Animal Mask youtube.com/watch?v=f0EOS7Q3jZA U1.P6 Warhol tracings youtube.com/watch?v=Km46FYxjr98 U1.P7 Ducky project .youtube.com/watch?v=kdF-tIcBbbs U1.P8 Design a Typeface youtube.com/watch?v=sjml6ijRvCw U1.P8 Threadless t-shirt design youtube.com/watch?v=qT6iqXIy1CUUnit 2- Type and Visual Hierarchies
U2.P1A A- Abstract letter compositions youtube.com/watch?v=_gqso_VM0Ss U2.P1B B- Type portraits U2.P2.1 Intro to Visual Hierarchy youtube.com/watch?v=06REZNv5BdI U2.P2.2 Visual Hierarchy youtube.com/watch?v=1OuGb_kwArA U2.P3.1 Low to High Graphic Names .youtube.com/watch?v=Qhn50i-xJUU U2.P3.2 Graphic Order youtube.com/watch?v=ChQm43dMnTc U2.P4A A- Movie & Gig poster youtube.com/watch?v=Q_FBpBd7-LQ U2.P4B B- Brand Identity U2.P4C C- Money Rede$ignUnit 3- Adobe Photoshop
U3.P1 100 photos with rules U3.P2 Making contact sheets youtube.com/watch?v=LFJWwAV3wkg U3.P3 Pick-a-something youtube.com/watch?v=dTIqiQvjIlA U3.P4 Photoshop workspace youtube.com/watch?v=FZnDhtV5ku0 U3.P5 Alphabet project youtube.com/watch?v=_n14luO7Odc youtube.com/watch?v=SIKgO7re1SI U3.P6 Lightroom basics youtube.com/watch?v=wcnQpmyia7g U3.P7 Basic photoshop corrections youtube.com/watch?v=JuSP62ToBiw U3.P8 Hockney photomontage youtube.com/watch?v=zxuyv8uKBRI U3.P9 Nametags youtube.com/watch?v=7-SijOZI3FA U3.P10 Faceswap youtube.com/watch?v=xc8fucB0jMI U3.P11 Coming out of the phone youtube.com/watch?v=rlEbJ8mUt1s U3.P12 Pop art and painting youtube.com/watch?v=gDHK9nYTpRU U3.P13 Kaleidoscope youtube.com/watch?v=t6ki9wYcPXg U3.P14 Digital collage youtube.com/watch?v=IHmpYb3fWHQ U3.P15 Surrealism project youtube.com/watch?v=WcpINc67Y10Unit 4- Print and Motion
U4.P1 Depth of field youtube.com/watch?v=t_fc3gOD8Io U4.P2 Tilt shift U4.P3 Double exposure youtube.com/watch?v=Mbf-QXCCXgM U4.P4 Retouch youtube.com/watch?v=u1GqZtVT_s8 U4.P5 Face melts youtube.com/watch?v=8rEO-zrDCTM youtube.com/watch?v=AkcS8YayxHA U4.P6 Nike advert youtube.com/watch?v=rrsX1STGius U4.P7 Movie and Gig poster U4.P8 Second half album covers U4.P9 CD cover design U4.P10 Informational brochure U4.P11 Packaging design U4.P12 Papercraft design U4.P13 GIF animation