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See-through Students
Using Photoshop, my Graphic Design 1 students were able to apply various blend modes over their self portrait images to make it look as...
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Surreal Portraits
When I used to teach middle school, doing surrealism was always one of my favorite things to teach. Now that I teach high school graphic...
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Hybrid Animals
My Graphic Design 1 class learned how to feather selections in Adobe Photoshop and they were to piece together 3 — 5 animals to create a...
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Graphics 1: Introducing the Elements Line and Shape
We are only 1 month into the beginning of the '22-'23 school year and students in Graphics 1 have been busy learning about the tools of...
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Radial Tessellations
Theres something awesome about designs that can repeat on infinitely. Students looked at the work of M.C. Escher and were challenged to...
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Vector landscapes by Graphics 2
Students hones their observation skills as they tried to capture atmospheric perspective and the effect that light has on color in the...
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Clipping Masks in Ai!
Students in Graphics 1 learned how to trace a raster image (of a hand-drawn element) and turn it into vector artwork. They then...
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Portraits in Illustrator
Students in Graphic Design 2 Created vector postraits based on someone who they feel influenced them. They also learned how to create a...
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Sugarskulls= sugarskills
My graphics 1 class learned to combine shapes using the Pathfinder panel in Adobe Illustrator and the created these amazing Sugarskulls...
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Emoji Gifs!
As I adjust to teaching graphic design it can sometimes feel like I'm already getting in a rut of teaching the same thing. Typography,...