The Mag Fall 2013 is here!
Lunch Schedule
Tuesday 12/3: Gabri & Danielle
Wednesday 12/4: Jenny
Thursday 12/5: Shayna & Megan
Monday 12/9: Andrew
Tuesday 12/10: Micah
Wednesday 12/11: Kayla
Thursday 12/12: Gage & Jared
Wednesday 12/4: Jenny
Thursday 12/5: Shayna & Megan
Monday 12/9: Andrew
Tuesday 12/10: Micah
Wednesday 12/11: Kayla
Thursday 12/12: Gage & Jared
Yearbook Idea File Assignment
You have a few responsibilities this week.
1) Complete the yearbook theme idea file assignment, linked below. Due Friday, 12/6 at the end of class.
2) Create posters for yearbook sales during lunch this week and next week. Make an announcement. Figure out where you would like to sell them. You are ALL responsible for this!
The posters should include this information:
Yearbooks are $40 if ordered by December 13th.
Turn in the money during lunch or to Ms. Magyarosi.
(But make it look awesome. We need sales for all of this work to be worth it!)
3) Call the senior parents for senior ad reminders. Collect your business ad as well. Ads are due Friday 12/13, MONEY INCLUDED!
4) I will be printing out the Mag and will need help editing it. If you did not finish your pages, you need to fix them ASAP.
1) Complete the yearbook theme idea file assignment, linked below. Due Friday, 12/6 at the end of class.
2) Create posters for yearbook sales during lunch this week and next week. Make an announcement. Figure out where you would like to sell them. You are ALL responsible for this!
The posters should include this information:
Yearbooks are $40 if ordered by December 13th.
Turn in the money during lunch or to Ms. Magyarosi.
(But make it look awesome. We need sales for all of this work to be worth it!)
3) Call the senior parents for senior ad reminders. Collect your business ad as well. Ads are due Friday 12/13, MONEY INCLUDED!
4) I will be printing out the Mag and will need help editing it. If you did not finish your pages, you need to fix them ASAP.
theme_idea_file_assignment.docx | |
File Size: | 28 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Senior Ad & Business Ad Information
Here are the files for Business Advertisements and Senior Ads.
You need to have at least ONE sold Business Ad by Wednesday, December 18th!
We also are going to split the senior class up and call all of them to confirm if they would like an advertisement by that day as well.
You need to have at least ONE sold Business Ad by Wednesday, December 18th!
We also are going to split the senior class up and call all of them to confirm if they would like an advertisement by that day as well.
senior_ads_20132014.docx | |
File Size: | 1206 kb |
File Type: | docx |
business_ads20132014.docx | |
File Size: | 102 kb |
File Type: | docx |
The Mag Theme
Font Choices:
Arial 12pt - Body
Shayna's Handwriting - Titles (GET TITLE TO SHAYNA BY 11/13)
Espacio - Subtitle
Take elements from these three mood boards:
Andrew:
Color palette
Color pictures
TAKE PICTURES OF PATTERNS FOR ANDREW 11/13
Gabri:
Small buttons
Clean edges
Pattern
Frames around pictures
Shayna:
Font
Mixed Media Titles
Due Friday 11/22
Arial 12pt - Body
Shayna's Handwriting - Titles (GET TITLE TO SHAYNA BY 11/13)
Espacio - Subtitle
Take elements from these three mood boards:
Andrew:
Color palette
Color pictures
TAKE PICTURES OF PATTERNS FOR ANDREW 11/13
Gabri:
Small buttons
Clean edges
Pattern
Frames around pictures
Shayna:
Font
Mixed Media Titles
Due Friday 11/22
The Mag Issue One - Assigned Pages
1) Cover front and back - Danielle
2) Table of Contents - Gabri
3) English 12 Beowulf Project – Shayna
4) AP Art portfolio / National Portfolio Day - Megan
5) Photography - Gage
6) Freshman Seminar 15 Reasons Why / Breakfast Club Reviews - Jared
7) Creative Writing Poetry - Jenny
8) Math Barbie Bungie/Pickell projects – Andrew
9) Fall fest/Spirit week – Kayla
10) Ed Interview - Micah
11) The Wall - Mag (or can be incorporated into the cover)
2) Table of Contents - Gabri
3) English 12 Beowulf Project – Shayna
4) AP Art portfolio / National Portfolio Day - Megan
5) Photography - Gage
6) Freshman Seminar 15 Reasons Why / Breakfast Club Reviews - Jared
7) Creative Writing Poetry - Jenny
8) Math Barbie Bungie/Pickell projects – Andrew
9) Fall fest/Spirit week – Kayla
10) Ed Interview - Micah
11) The Wall - Mag (or can be incorporated into the cover)
The Mag Mind Map - To help with your Design System
Using a Mood Board to Create a Design System
What is a design system?
Thoughts on digital explanation
"A design system is a combination of components and modules that define the visual attributes of an experience. These attributes come together to form rules that create the foundation for how a design translates from medium to medium and viewport to viewport. Think of design as building a house: design systems specify what materials, angles and styles you can use in the process. Creating a modular framework of visual language components ensures your creative holds up even in the most unforeseen conditions."
What is in a design system?
Content
Typography
Color Palette
Iconography/Shape/Form
Grid and Visual Hierarchy
Imagery
What is a mood board and how does it help?
A mood board is the visual representation of the inspiration behind a proposed design system.
An introduction to mood boarding and how to use it properly
How to create a mood board - 40 Examples
"When trying to convey a design idea, moods, feelings and fluffy stuff like that are hard to communicate. So professional designers will often use mood boards: a collection of textures, images and text related to a design theme as a reference point."
Your assignment:
Create a mood board based on what you feel like the style of the Mag needs to be.
It needs to include all of the elements of a design system, listed above.
It should be on a sheet of paper at least 18x24" and should include photography from print and magazine, color, typography, and mixed media elements.
The Reason Why I Wake Up... Public Art Project
Insane Graphic Design Studios
Pentagram Studio
Wolff Olins
Lewis Moberly
Pearlfisher
Williams Murray Hamm
Anti
Aesthetic Apparatus
Lundgren+Lindqvist
Heydays
Project Projects
Use these for inspiration!
Wolff Olins
Lewis Moberly
Pearlfisher
Williams Murray Hamm
Anti
Aesthetic Apparatus
Lundgren+Lindqvist
Heydays
Project Projects
Use these for inspiration!
Elements of Design Layout Project
Using the elements and principles of art and the inspiration that you've been shown so far in class, create three two page spreads. Find a way to include all of the elements and principles with the three spreads.
Make this image on paper using mixed media, colored pencil, and anything you can find in the art room.
Elements and Principles can be found HERE
Make this image on paper using mixed media, colored pencil, and anything you can find in the art room.
Elements and Principles can be found HERE
Graphic Designers/Illustrators
Typography Reference
I Love Typography
Typography Daily
Type Theory
Upscale Typography
We Love Typography
Friday Fonts
Type Goodness
Aisle One
Typography Daily
Type Theory
Upscale Typography
We Love Typography
Friday Fonts
Type Goodness
Aisle One
Graphic Design Videos
Interview Two Page Spread
In order to kill two birds with one stone, we are going to practice layouts while getting to know each other! Here are multiple examples of a two page layout.
beginning_of_the_year_interview.doc | |
File Size: | 222 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Sketchbook Information
What is a sketchbook?
Your sketchbook is a place for you to collect, develop and grow ideas. The word “sketchbook” is a confining term, but I do not want this place to be a confining place for you. Instead, consider it your idea book. Another term that you may have heard of is a “visual journal.” You will use these books for recording ideas and your process throughout the school year, in and out of class.
What goes in my sketchbook?
You are not confined to “sketching” in this book. Instead, it should be a place for experimentation in different media, recording your process, writing, collecting, drawing, gathering things that you love, that inspire you, that confuse you, that anger you. Your sketchbooks could/should contain written notes, photos, exhibition leaflets, photographs you find, photographs you take, postcards, sketches, experiments with different media, analysis of artworks, reviews of cultural events attended, mind maps, records of discussions, develop and/or practice skills, written reflections on progress as well as more ‘finished’ drawings, paintings and designs. Your sketchbook is there to support your development as an artist and specifically as ‘nourishment’ for your studio artwork.
What should I do when I work in my sketchbook?
For this class, my expectation is that you will be completing two page spreads in your sketchbook to keep your creativity up.
Please also follow the guidelines below when working in your sketchbook.
How much should I do?
For each week of the marking period, you should fill a minimum of a two page spread in your book (about 1-2 hours of time a week). Do work regularly in your book (set aside 2 hours a weekend regularly or work 15 minutes each day, or 30 minutes every other day), don’t leave it all to the last minute.
When are they due?
Sketchbooks will be due the last day of the marking period. Remember that no late work will be accepted.
What will I be graded on?
When assessing your sketchbook, I will be looking for the following things:
· Effort: You are spending the expected time and effort on the work and pages are complete thoughts and visually complete.
· Purpose: It is obvious that your work has an idea and reason behind it, it has meaning.
· Creativity: You look at the theme with new perspectives, and you use unique images and ideas.
· Detail/Complexity: Pages are full of detail, the entire page is used effectively.
· Risk-taking: You try new things, you may even make mistakes, but you make them work
· Variety: You try a variety of media and/or ideas, you write and draw and collect and college, etc.
Your sketchbook is a place for you to collect, develop and grow ideas. The word “sketchbook” is a confining term, but I do not want this place to be a confining place for you. Instead, consider it your idea book. Another term that you may have heard of is a “visual journal.” You will use these books for recording ideas and your process throughout the school year, in and out of class.
What goes in my sketchbook?
You are not confined to “sketching” in this book. Instead, it should be a place for experimentation in different media, recording your process, writing, collecting, drawing, gathering things that you love, that inspire you, that confuse you, that anger you. Your sketchbooks could/should contain written notes, photos, exhibition leaflets, photographs you find, photographs you take, postcards, sketches, experiments with different media, analysis of artworks, reviews of cultural events attended, mind maps, records of discussions, develop and/or practice skills, written reflections on progress as well as more ‘finished’ drawings, paintings and designs. Your sketchbook is there to support your development as an artist and specifically as ‘nourishment’ for your studio artwork.
What should I do when I work in my sketchbook?
For this class, my expectation is that you will be completing two page spreads in your sketchbook to keep your creativity up.
Please also follow the guidelines below when working in your sketchbook.
- Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Mistakes often lead to new ideas.
- Always finish what you start. If you stop a piece, go back and finish or change it, even if it is a month later. You must turn in a sketchbook that is full of finished ideas.
- Fill the pages and make what white space you leave valuable and meaningful.
- Try something new!
- Do not always work from photographs or existing images. Using others’ images can be considered plagiarism. Instead, work from what you see around you. When you work from life, your work will show that life. Although it is tougher and will take more work, the end result will be worth it. If you are inspired by an existing image, how are you going to change it to make it your own?
- Work with meaning. Do not put things in your sketchbook because you think they are cute or pretty. Everything you put in your sketchbook should have meaning and substance to them.
- Take risks. Your sketchbook is your place for exploration. It is okay if things don’t make sense yet to other people. Don’t be afraid to do something different or challenge your viewer
- Make sure you site your sources when you include images, writing and work from others in your book
- Write the theme and date on the pages your pages. I will not be able to grade your work if I do not know what I am looking at.
How much should I do?
For each week of the marking period, you should fill a minimum of a two page spread in your book (about 1-2 hours of time a week). Do work regularly in your book (set aside 2 hours a weekend regularly or work 15 minutes each day, or 30 minutes every other day), don’t leave it all to the last minute.
When are they due?
Sketchbooks will be due the last day of the marking period. Remember that no late work will be accepted.
What will I be graded on?
When assessing your sketchbook, I will be looking for the following things:
· Effort: You are spending the expected time and effort on the work and pages are complete thoughts and visually complete.
· Purpose: It is obvious that your work has an idea and reason behind it, it has meaning.
· Creativity: You look at the theme with new perspectives, and you use unique images and ideas.
· Detail/Complexity: Pages are full of detail, the entire page is used effectively.
· Risk-taking: You try new things, you may even make mistakes, but you make them work
· Variety: You try a variety of media and/or ideas, you write and draw and collect and college, etc.