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Name:_________________________ Hour:___________ Use the word bank to answer the following questions. Each word will only be used once. Aesthetics Criteria Fine arts Art Process Applied arts Art Media Visual art 1.________________________ are the standards of judgement . 2.________________________   is a branch of philosophy concerned with identifying the criteria that are used to understand, judge, and defend judgments about works of art. 3.________________________   describes design or decoration of functional objects to make them pleasing to the eye. 4.________________________ refers to arts with have no practical function and are valued in terms of the visual pleasure they provide or their success in communicating ideas or feelings such as painting, sculpture, and architecture. 5.________________________ consists of the materia...

You are now in HIGH SCHOOL art , so say farewell to sunshines in the corner of your page, goodbye to stick figures, and adios to scribbling in crayon to just 'get it done'. Here are a few examples of what your work should strive to resemble, and some examples of artwork you should avoid. Also shown are some tips and techniques for how to achieve certain effects. CRAYONS Things you might try photograph them all arranged to show different values melt them into a thick, layered design use multiple colors and multiple layers  to achieve shadows and tones, the elephant is a sketch-like technique this uses very rich colors and even though it's messy, it creates a mood and doesn't really have the childish crayon feel a professional crayon artists advice "practice practice practice!" Things you might avoid (although these are great children's drawings, you should aim for a higher level) avoid cartoony characters for pro...

QUIZ REVIEW Go over the 4 principles from this website that we've covered recently. Make sure you are familiar with the examples and how each principle is used. PROXIMITY, ALIGNMENT, CONTRAST, & REPETITION. In groups of 2 come up with solutions for this design problem. Write out a plan to answer these questions and come up with a way to make this better. Sketch your idea, then you may add color.  Using the design principles how could you improve this business card? Who would be going here? What age? College students? Elderly people?  Do the images work FOR the business or are they distracting? How can you unify the information? How can you make it clearer? Think of the name of the place, and how can you show the theme of it through the design? What colors might work better? What type of fonts might work better? What is the most important information? Is there any information that should be included, but is not?

When looking at these examples, study the notes underneath to see what all has been changed to make these more effective. When you get ready to design, keep the bolded things in mind. They brought in soothing spa-like colors... unified it by using the blue at the bottom and consistent fonts ...Organized the info with bold headings and blue subheadings...Also included photos of the facility and top ratings of being chosen as the 'best' spa. They cleaned it up by simplifying the color scheme from red, blue and yellow to just red and cream...used a professional looking font.. repeated the thin circular design behind the photo and the 'A' logo...made the photo slightly bigger. They used an eye-catching color scheme of black, yellow, and white.. used a graphic or a bird that represents power..they used it small in their logo and then repeated it in the background silhouette..they organized the information using proximity and aligned the bottom set of info ...

A business card should not be a resume - but it should be eye-catching and have a lot of punch! What size? standard business cards are 2 x 3.5 inches but oversized, undersized, and uniquely cut sizes are gaining popularity. What to include? This may help you decide...read the list. • Your name • Your title • Credentials, certifications, degrees • Your company name • Your address • Your phone number • Your website • Your email address • Other contact numbers - cell phone, fax, etc. • Your slogan or motto • A photo • A logo That's certainly way too much to fit on a standard-sized business card! So how do you pare down the list?  Then answer the following two questions:  1) Who will receive your business card? and...  2) What information will the recipient need?   Simply include the essential information for your particular recipient and leave off everything else! Will he or she be coming by the office? Leave off the address! Will he or she ever see...

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slideshow for definitions make a table of contents with vocabulary of Principles of Design & their definitions.

Some of the reference websites we will be using for our class. Thanks for sharing!   NHS designs Kirkwood Schools Graphic Design i love typography HOW design Mayang- free textures dafont- free fonts lost and taken- free textures photoshop tutorials

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