Graphic Arts: PROJECT 1– WORD ART

Using Illustrator, design a series of 10 (TEN) pieces that illustrate a words meaning visually through the type you use and the way that you arrange and manipulate it, one word per page.

An example might be to illustrate the word BUBBLE using fat, rounded text that looks bubble-like.

Think carefully about space: the interaction of the space of the page with the text, as well as the spaces in, around, and through the text. The letters may be scattered across the page, they need not be in a straight, orderly row. Once you create a word with the font that seems most appropriate (experiment!) you may outline your text (Type>Create Outlines). Outlining turns your text into objects. Next ungroup the newly outlined word (Object>Ungroup). You may then select individual letters to move them around the page (Selection tool or black arrow).

Play with the words and their meaning, visualize them! Some words you might think about experimenting with: LAZY, FALLING, SLOTH, JUICY, BALLOON, SLIDE, SLITHER, FAMILIES, SLIP, MARK...

Please look through the available typefaces carefully in order to choose type that will work well with the meaning of the words you choose.

You will be assessed on the inventiveness and creativity of your word creations. Try to visualize the word as you say it out loud.

Once you have finished ten pieces, choose your FIVE strongest.

Close the pieces in Illustrator. Open Photoshop on your dock at the bottom of the desktop. File>Open
Find the files, Open one of your images.

File>Save As
Under Format (at the bottom of the Dialog box) Change to a jpeg file.

If the space around the image has changed for the worst, you can go to Image>Canvas Size
Here you can change the space around the word art you have created.

WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION!

This was from a visit I made this summer to the Potholes in Shelburne Falls. I took lots of photos and created a panorama out of them, in three parts. The top image is what I was working from; lots of images that I took and layered into a Photoshop document. The file size was enormous, and I ended up having to break it up into three pieces.The second, finished image you see here is actually 44 inches wide. We'll be making panoramas later this semester in Graphic Arts.
This piece shows the landscape, but also if you look carefully, you can see the same people doing different things–we are actually seeing the passage of time.

1. Go to http://blogger.com (in your blog address please include ehs as the first letters).

2. Create a new blog (Remember that I will be viewing this throughout the semester, you may also give the address to friends and family, so they can see the work you are doing in class).

3. Write about a favorite summer activity, add from 3-7 images of your summer activity or activities.

4. Use this blog as your class notebook, you will post images and text about your projects here.

5. Send your blog address to clavele@easthamprom.k12.ma.us, also send me your email address.

6. Share your blog address with other students