Logos, Portfolios, and More

Graphic Design class has finished up with the first part of their identity designs.  This included the creation of a digital version of their logo.  Next, students will create a portfolio using PortfolioGen.  Students will then upload their logo and a reflection to their site.  This portfolio will then be used to add work throughout their technology classes at NPHS.  Once we have all of our logos uploaded, we will move on to creating a brand with our logo.  We will make business stationery, and finish up with a branding guide or identity standard.

Week 2: Design Process

Students will be turning in their career research papers by the end of class on Monday, then we are ready to start our first designs!  We will start off with the design process, and use this as a way to create our first project which will be a logo for an identity design project we will be working with later.  We will look at examples of effective identity designs, sketch ideas, collaborate in groups, then will have a final drawing of what we want to use for our logo designs.  Once we get our drawings finished, we will learn how to use our digital tools in our class, then will ultimately create our drawings on the computer and will publish our work to a digital portfolio.

2017 term 1 graphic design (week 1)

Welcome back to school everybody!  Graphic Design is a great class that allows you to use creativity, art, technology, and problem solving to become visual communicators.  We will start off learning about ourselves and becoming familiar with our classmates then will spend some time learning about career opportunities and the role in our world for visual storytelling.  Students will include their findings in a report that they will turn in at the end of the first week.  I'm looking forward to seeing everyone soon!