

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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


Sugarskulls= sugarskills
My graphics 1 class learned to combine shapes using the Pathfinder panel in Adobe Illustrator and the created these amazing Sugarskulls...


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,...