graphic design

Class Friday, November 15, 2019

 Today’s Goal:

  • Create at least one graphic that you are proud to show off!

 Today’s featured website:

Graphic Design Challenges- Your Choice!

Pick one and do the one REALLY WELL!!! Spend time on it and don’t rush through it! When you finish, tell me so I can review it BEFORE you close out of everything and BEFORE you email it to me (agoldsberry@medford.k12.ma.us).

1. Create a graphic for Medford Public Schools/City of Medford social media

  • Happy Thanksgiving
  • Happy Holidays
  • Happy New Year
  • Medford vs Malden 132nd Thanksgiving Football Game
  • Facebook or Twitter cover photo for City of Medford or profile pic
  • Something you decide- school or Medford-related

2. Create a monthly-theme graphic

3. Other options and your own idea

  • Create a logo for something (or re-create a famous logo)
  • Create a graphic for a school or personal project
  • Try something that interests you in Canva (see link below; pick a template or theme)
  • Whatever else you want to do

Tools to create your graphic:

  1. To create these: you can use Pixlr.com  (Editor or Express), Microsoft Paint (on computer), or Canva  (you will need a free account, can sign in with Google), or Google (Docs, Drawings, Slides)
  2. Get your images from: Medford’s Facebook page , Pexels , Unsplash , or Bing.com  (do image search, then filter to free to share and use).
  3. When you finish: Email it to me (agoldsberry@medford.k12.ma.us).

 Checklist for Success
Student examples: July 4th graphics, Spring graphics, monthly graphics

  • Make sure you do the following to end up in the “wildly successful”, A-range category.
  • Wildly successful (A-range):
    1. You would be very proud to have this posted online representing Medford!
    2. 1 completed graphic
    3. Images came from sources listed above
    4. Strong, obvious attempt to create an appealing visual theme (colors, text, images)
    5. Images chosen carefully to go along with visual theme and to be as visually appealing as possible
    6. Text is easy to read
  • Moderately successful (B/C-range):
    1. You would let me post it but wouldn’t want anyone to know you created it
    2. 2 completed graphics
    3. Images came from sources listed above
    4. Images somewhat appealing; evidence of some attempt made to create visual theme.
    5. Text is somewhat hard to read
  • Not so successful (C or lower-range):
    1. You definitely wouldn’t want me to post this
    2. Incomplete graphic(s)
    3. Little effort put into creating visual theme
    4. Images from sources other than those listed
    5. Minimal text that provides little information
    6. Text is hard to read