2020 term 3 week 6: Projects and Printing

NPHS advanced graphic design students are progressing nicely through their projects.  We have been doing a lot of 3D printing this week.  We have a few model buildings/arenas created, a card holder, some promotional materials, and much more.  Great to see our printers getting this much use!

2020 term 3 week 4: Project work time

Advanced graphic design has been working on their term-long projects.  We have had some Illustrator projects, logo redesigns, 3D printing, photo manipulations, and apparel designs happening, and it's been a lot of fun to watch.  The class is working hard, and making some good progress!

2020 term 3 week 3: Work Time

Advanced Graphic Design students have finished up their project boards.  Each student in class now should have an idea for a project, a schedule for how to get it finished, and a collage of similar work that has been done to help guide them going forward.  Students will work on their projects now for the next 5 or 6 weeks or so, until it is time for them to put together their portfolios, present their work, and have their critiques.

2020 term 3 week 2: Project Boards

Advanced graphic design students had last week to brainstorm ideas for a term-long project of their choice.  They then wrote a project proposal of what they wish to work on this term, and a timeline of the components of their project, and what they will be responsible for each week.  A big part of the grade for this class is demonstrating a term worth of growth in advanced digital design.  Next week students will be putting together a project board.  The project board is a collection of similar work that is assembled into a collage.  The collage helps to provide direction for designers as they work on their projects, and to help get back onto track if they get stuck.  The project board also must include sources where they got the images for their collage.  This is for our standard that teaches students to be aware of fair-use guidelines and copyright policies.

Once students have their project boards complete, they will be able to start their term projects and follow their time lines that they created in week 1.

2020 term 3: week 1: Graphic Design 2

Happy New Year!  We are half-way through the school year already, but we are getting started with a new section of advanced graphic design.  Students will be learning the expectations for the course this week, then will be spending time coming up with an idea for a term-long project that they will be focusing on.  Advanced graphic design is exciting because students get to choose an individualized project where they design their learning based on the state standards for advanced digital design.  I'm looking forward to seeing what great ideas we have this first week!

2019 term 2: week 5: Projects & Photography

Advanced graphic design class has been working well on their projects.  Next week we will continue to work on our designs, have our weekly conferences, and work on our photography elements.  There has been a lot of progress made on our work, and I couldn't be happier with how this class is working!

2019 term 2: week 4: The grind

Students are really diving into their projects, working hard at getting their early components finished from their timelines.  It takes a lot of self-discipline and focus to work as hard as they are on their term-long projects.  There has been a lot of great work done so far in class!