Science of Creative Design Course Description
Course Description: Science and creative design are everywhere. It is impossible to go through a day without seeing countless examples of science in action or endless combinations of words and images on DVD covers, in magazines and books, on billboards, online, and even inside your kitchen cabinets! This course is designed to help students express themselves visually and digitally as well as to understand the science behind the design process.
Content Overview:
Cycle 1:
Cycle 1:
- Intro to Financial Literacy
- Understanding Money Lingo
- Business Planning
- Resume Building
- Understanding the Creative Process
- Elements of Graphic Design
- Elements Graphic Design Project
- Principles of Graphic Design
- Principles of Graphic Design Project
- Resume and Interviews
- Adobe Illustrator Projects
- Producing Vector Art
- Logo Design and Branding
- Social Justice Poster
- Adobe Photoshop Projects
- Two Animals in One
- Creating Personal Pop Art
- Where’s Waldo?
- Animated .GIF
- Adobe InDesign Projects
- Text and Image Frames
- Master Pages, Paragraph and Character Styles
- Book Cover Designs
- Sell My Home
- Design a Magazine Ad
- Design a Brochure
- Possible Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign Projects
- Montessori Postage Stamp (Photoshop and Illustrator)
- Urban Essence Magazine Cover (InDesign)
- Anti-Prejudice Poster (InDesign)
- 6-page Magazine (all, mainly InDesign)
- Photoshop Extras:
- Healing Brush Tool, Reshape Images with the Content Aware Tool, Photo Effects and 3-D Building City Tutorial
- Surrealistic Imagery
- Create an Animal Out of Letters
- Create a Restaurant Menu
- Design a Ransom Note/Blackmail Letter Invitation
- Dreamweaver for website building