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Intro to Graphic & Creative Design

In this class students will learn how graphic designers use words, images, and symbols to communicate their ideas and messages. They will explore the building blocks of graphic design: including contrast, alignment, repetition and proximity. Students will work on their own projects that could include creating a poster in Pages for a class project. Students will use paper, computers, and iPads to create fantastic and eye-catching visuals.

Week 1 - Color

• Introductions
  • Transportation?
  • Examples
  • Color
  • Color Scheme Designer
  • Pages
    • colors
    • download the file playwithcolor.pages
  • Make a blog banner - example
    • shapes
    • color
    • resize with shift
    • copy shape with option
    • screen shot - command-shift-4

Week 2 - Font

Week 3 - Contrast