Category Archives: Course Activities

Class 22

Class Info

  • Class Date: Thurs. Nov. 12
  • Class Time: 8:30AM-10:00AM

Topic

  • Project 2 Due today
    • Final File Submissions due today
    • Presentations Project 2 today

Activities

To-Do After Class

1. Post one dynamic typographic poster design image to media library take examples from this site
https://www.typographicposters.com/posters

2. Project 3 Posters Series and Social Media Posts

In preparation to our next assignments (a series of posters and social media material), we will need to collect some text

Posters must include the following text:

• Pet Peeve

• Merriam-Webster.com definition- a pet peeve as a frequent subject of complaint

• Title of your Pet Peeve •

Your paragraph explaining your pet peeve

  • Do not design anything at this point. We are just collecting text,

FYI: What is a pet-peeve?

  • dictionary.com: a particular and often continual annoyance merriam-webster.com: a frequent subject of complaint vocabulary.com: a peeve is an annoyance, and a pet peeve is an annoyance that’s nurtured like a pet — it’s something someone can never resist complaining about. There are all kinds of pet peeves, like littering, misusing punctuation, driving slowly in the fast lane, or talking during movies. If something like that drives you crazy and you have to yap about it, it’s a pet peeve.

This example shows sketching on the actual grid. Might be helpful to keep proportion and to think of exact grid placement of elements

Class 21

Class Info

  • Class Date: Tues. Nov. 10
  • Class Time: 8:30AM-10:00AM

Topic

Final Project 2

Activities

Type Challenge – Grid

Type Talk Discussion – Type Talk Anja Kaiser

To-Do After Class

Project 2 – Part 1,2 – FINAL Deliverables

  • Make all corrections and edits
  • Final presentation. due NEXT CLASS
    • 8.5 x 11 Indesign Document
    • .5 margins all around (see below for additional measurements
    • final versions of the four words (expressive type assignment)
    • final version of the lettering assignment with images of process (sketch and process)
  • A post on OpenLab named
  • last Name_firstname Project 2 final
  • give categories, Project 2, Student Post
  • Create Indesign page in format below placed your finals into file.
  • export as Both JPG and one multipage PDF
    PDF named last Name_firstname Project 2 final
  • insert into your post
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This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is lettering_final_size-1024x742.png

  • Based on sketches and ideas, students determine what is the best way to continue with their lettering project:
    • Is it best to take photographs of objects?
    • Use traditional material (paint, draw, etc) or work digitally (with application)?
  • Once you know which way you are working, then determine process to follow:
    • Capture image (via camera, scanner/ phone/ app/ copier)
    • Bring image into Illustrator/Photoshop/other apps. This depends on your solution, for example:
      • Trace or use pen tool in Illustrator
      • Clean or adjust colors in Photoshop
    • If working by hand: Use tracing paper and pencils, then marker to clean image.
    • Capture image again and repeat steps if necessary
  • Careful with spelling (you are essentially drawing so there is no automatic spell check!) and keep work editable if corrections needs to be made