Graphic+Design

= Graphic Design - Multimedia and Publishing =

This is Ms. Sagastume's Graphic Design class blog. It contains student responses related to learning about effective design and communication. To earn daily participation points, students may choose a prompt to respond to, for days that they are absent from class.



====What might you do to organize the layout of this ad so that it is more 'readable' and isn't so 'all over the place? Use the principles of design (contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity) to guide you. ====

= CD Cover = What kind of music would you expect to hear if you listen to this CD? What is there about the image that makes you anticipate the kind of music you think you will hear? List four visual clues that you find and explain each one.

** Alignment ** [[image:9008976.jpg]]
After our discussion in class about the four principles of design. How could you use the principle of alignment to make the advertisement above, more effective?

WEB SITE COMPARE and CONTRAST Surf the web to find two sites.

One site should be an example of a web site that is well designed, uncluttered, easy to use, and easy to read. The graphics and photos are high quality but load quickly, and they don't overpower or clash with other content.

One site should be an example of a web site that may be poorly designed, confusing, difficult to use and difficult to read. The graphics and photos may be of poor quality, load too slowly, and may not enhance the content of the website.

Include the URL for each site in your post. Use the above discussion points in your response for each of the sites, describing clearly why you believe one to be a well designed site, and the other to be a poorly designed site.

= Business Card Design = Which of these two business cards do you think is most effective at communicating what the business does?

Based on these examples, list the necessary information for an effective business card. = = = =

=Book Cover Design = Which of these two books would you buy? Imagine that you don't know anything about either of these books, and there is no way to look inside, or at the back cover for more information. All that you know about these two books is what you can tell from the front covers. You have to choose one. Explain why you will choose one over the other.

Compare, Contrast, Reflect
After viewing the following two pieces of art, make an entry that describes one similarity and one difference between the two. It must be different from any previous entry. In your blog entry, name the title of the art you are making the observation about. Next, Google the title of the painting to learn more about it. In this same blog entry, describe one thing that you learned about each piece of art that you didn't know before and that no one else has cited in a blog entry before yours.

Finally, after everyone has responded, I will ask you to tell me which of the two pieces of art you prefer and why. Use at least three of the elements or principals of art to explain your preference. Also, explain how either of the two art works relate to your life in some way.

The twelve (12) elements and principals of art are: line, shape/form, color, value, texture, space/perspective, pattern, rhythm/movement, proportion/scale, balance, unity and emphasis.

//Woman Turned Towards the Right// - Pablo Picasso, 1934 //Mona Lisa// - Leonardo da Vinci, 1503

For a total of 10 points, you will be graded as follows: 2 points = clearly state and identify one similarity and one difference not mentioned in an earlier blog entry. 2 points = after doing some research, share one piece of information for each of the two art works that was not contributed in an earlier blog. 2 points = use at least three of the art elements or principals to explain why you prefer one of the images over the other. 2 points = explain how one of the images relates to some aspect of your life 2 points = write in complete sentences using conventional standards of written English.

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