GRAPHIC DESIGN

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Graphic Design for Beginners (Introduction to digital art)

 

Digital art is an artistic work or practise that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process.

 

• Design and create objects / Characters / backgrounds 

• Introduction to poster designing and a Birthday card (digital work will be sent to parents via email)

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Graphic design is more than throwing together clip art and different fonts and colours. It is creative problem solving through design thinking. Graphic designers work to take the confines of societal acceptability and make it a beautiful part of our everyday visual landscape with the intention of influencing individual and group behaviour, political policy, and even society.

 

This course is an elemental design course that starts at the very basics of creative thinking, basic drawing, and compositional design. In this course, we will explore the design process at its most basic level to solve design problems through visual communication.

 

Students will:

• Use thumbnail drawings to create a variety of ideas

• Through classroom interaction, students will determine which of their ideas are the best

• Make rough sketches

• Make a final comp

 

Students will move through a multi-step design process by using the visual elements of design to create a meaningful 2D design with abstract images.