Why is it important to identify safely issues and safely operate equipment utilized in the classroom?
It is important to identify safety issues and safely operate equipment utilized in the classroom because if you don't, you could get seriously injured or damage the equipment.
How are interpersonal and employability skills affect both your everyday life and your future?
Interpersonal and Employability skills affect both your everyday life and your future because you will need to start practicing your skills before you get out of high school so you can start trying to find a job and you will already have the skills for your career!
What is Graphic Design? Why is it important to communicate visually?
Graphic Design is a creative process or skill of taking words and pictures and combining them into things like magazines, advertizements, or books to get a certain message across. It is important to communicate visually because if the other person is deaf or speaks another language, they can understand visually what you are trying to say.
What is vector-based design and how is it created?
A vector-based design is a design that has good clarity. So when you zoom in, it will still stay clear and there won't be little pixels everywhere. Adobe Illustrator uses vector-based designs.
How is color used effectively in a graphic design?
Color is used effectively in a design by mixing and using color schemes to make some colors stand out or to help portray the mood and feeling that the designer wants the audience to feel.
What is a raster-based image and how is it created?
A raster-based image requires 300 dpi to print but only a maximum of 72 dpi. It is created by pixels on a screen usually.
How does the manipulation of size and resolution effect digital images?
The higher the resolution, the clearer the image will be. But if you change the size of the image too large then the resolution will be smaller and it will look bad.
What are the principles of design and how can they be used within a design?
What is the function of type within a design?
To communicate with typeface
How do designers use a page layout program?
Designers use page layout programs to change the way the design is structured, it all depends on the message they are trying to get across and mood.
What steps does a designer take to designer take to design a page layout from concept to final product?
How is color used effectively in a graphic design?
Color is used effectively in a design by mixing and using color schemes to make some colors stand out or to help portray the mood and feeling that the designer wants the audience to feel.
What is a raster-based image and how is it created?
A raster-based image requires 300 dpi to print but only a maximum of 72 dpi. It is created by pixels on a screen usually.
How does the manipulation of size and resolution effect digital images?
The higher the resolution, the clearer the image will be. But if you change the size of the image too large then the resolution will be smaller and it will look bad.
What are the principles of design and how can they be used within a design?
- Repetition- repeating an element through a work
- Proportion/Scale- relative size and scale of the various elements in a design
- Balance- distribution of heavy and light
- Emphasis- stressing a particular focus
- Unity/Variety- "wholeness" and differences
- Figure/Ground- Positive and negative space
What is the function of type within a design?
To communicate with typeface
How do designers use a page layout program?
Designers use page layout programs to change the way the design is structured, it all depends on the message they are trying to get across and mood.
What steps does a designer take to designer take to design a page layout from concept to final product?
- Research
- Brainstorm
- Sketch
- Execute
- Critique and Design
What are the key developments in the history of visual communications?
- Cave Paintings
- Cuneiform -worlds first language
- Codex/Scrolls
- Type
- Photography
- Printing Presses
How do these developments shape our industry?
They have greatly impacted our industry by bringing us type and better communication and photography too.
What careers are available within the field of graphic design? What professional organizations are associated with the industry?
Careers:
- Graphic Designer
- Production Artist
- Art Designer
- Creative Director
- AIGA
- PIAG
- SPD
- PPA
- APA
- NAPP
- NPPA
