Design Tutorials

Design Basics:

Overview of Graphic Design

1. Tutorial 1: Color Harmony
   1. During class, take notes while Mr. Heil teaches about color basics, choosing colors, & the psychological implications of color. Then watch the video overview while taking notes. Finally, complete the following activities for color.
2. Tutorial 2: Unity
   1. During class Mr. Heil will explain most of the following topics. If he does not cover some of them, make sure to review them on your own. On one page, draw an example illustrating each of the subtopics in Unity, Continuation, & Gestalt Principles and make sure to label them. This will help prepare you when you need to create the CD label which is typography design driven. Later you will have to apply these design principles to make a CD Cover (examples).
3. Tutorial 3: Typography Basics
   1. Watch the video and read about typography basics while taking some notes. Take a screenshot to upload to Schoology of your two fonts after you follow the DaFont directions to choose your font for your CD project typography. You do not have to do the type activity.
   2. Tutorial 4: Rhythm & Contrast Prerequisite: AI Panda & Swirls tutorial
   3. Follow the directions to learn about rhythm variations and contrasting color in order to make a seamless pattern for your CD design with your self portrait.
4. Tutorial 5: Design Layout Overview
   1. When you watch each video, take notes and you must draw diagrams/pictures to illustrate the concepts and it will help you better understand and remember for a future quiz and applying the principals to your project checkpoints.
   2. Part A: Watch the design layout video Part I and take notes.
   3. Part B: Watch the design layout video Part II and take notes.
   4. Part C: Watch the design layout video Part III and take notes.
5. Tutorial 6: Flow
   1. Learn about Flow while taking notes in your CA book. Do not post anything but be ready for a quiz on the content.
   2. Do not do:
6. Tutorial: Logo Color
   1. Complete the directions to formulate the color of your future logo.

Tutorial 2: Song Design

Watch Mr. Linn's back flip and then watch his video tutorial he made for our class on how he makes music while taking notes. If you want to open GarageBand on your Macbook to practice what he is doing, feel free.

Then follow the directions to learn about how to create and design a song in GarageBand.

As an optional bonus assignment, if you complete the typography magazine labels part of this assignment (example below) in your CA book, you will get the +30% point bonus on the quiz and +10% if you have both SD card & printer card together (only).