End of the Year, First Things First

Next week is the last week of the term, and of school for the year.  We are finishing up our photo manipulations today.  Monday - Wednesday students will work on their final exam.  I will give the details for it down below.  Thursday we will clean shop, make sure images are all on our google drives and off the computers.  We will also clean out our folders and reset passwords.

Final Exam Details:

The First Things First Manifesto is a document that was created by a group of graphic designers in 1964. The purpose of it was to be a proud proclamation about the intent of graphic design being a way to express creativity and feeling in stead of as only a way to make money through advertisements.

You need to go to the following link http://www.designishistory.com/images/publications/manifesto.jpg and read this document. After you read the statement you will open up a word document and complete each of the following:

1. Make sure your name is at the top in the header section.

2. Type a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining what the First Things First Manifesto means to you as a young graphic designer.

3. Type a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining to me how you have grown as a graphic designer this quarter.

4. Type a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining what grade you feel you have earned this quarter, and why.

5. Copy the picture of the document from the link, paste it into photoshop. You will then create a graphic using only that picture (cutting and moving around letters into a shape would be an example.

6. Shrink the picture to fit on your word document and place it above your paragraphs.

7. Spell check, make sure it all fits to one page, and make sure your name is on it.

8. Print to printer 1537, hand it in to me.

9. Place the paragraphs AND THE PICTURE on your blog.

10. All of this needs to be done in order for it to get any grade at all.

It has been a good term, and a very fast school year.  Each year seems to go quicker than the one before.  It's always tough to see terms end and say good-bye to our seniors, but it's just as exciting to know that we will be welcoming a new batch of students next fall.  Have a great summer!