Today’s goal:
- Create a graphic with a monthly theme
To do:
- Create a monthly-themed graphic (similar to the ones we look at every month from Smashing Magazine).
- You can do any month you want!
- It’s OPTIONAL to add a calendar.
- Monthly-themed graphic examples: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/wallpapers/
- Choose your month and think about images/colors/themes that represent that month (see Smashing Magazine examples above for inspiration)
- To create these: you can use Pixlr.com (Editor or Express), Microsoft Paint, Canva, or Google (Doc, Slides, or Drawing)
- Get your images from the usual places: Pexels, Unsplash, https://pixabay.com/, or Bing.com (do image search, then filter to free to share and use).
- If you have time to create 2 you will receive extra credit
- Printing: We can’t print from here, so please let me know when you’re done so we can easily save/download the image for my use.
Checklist for Success
- Make sure you do the following to end up in the “wildly successful”, A-range category.
- Wildly successful (A-range):
- You would be very proud to have this hanging on the wall!
- Completed poster or monthly graphic
- Images came from sources listed above
- Strong, obvious attempt to create an appealing visual theme (colors, text, images)
- Images chosen carefully to go along with visual theme and to be as visually appealing as possible
- Text (if include calendar) is easy to read
- Moderately successful (B/C-range):
- You would hang it on the wall but wouldn’t want anyone to know you created it
- Completed poster or monthly graphic
- Images came from sources listed above
- Images somewhat appealing; evidence of some attempt made to create visual theme.
- Text (if include calendar) is somewhat hard to read
- Not so successful (C or lower-range):
- You definitely wouldn’t hang this up
- Incomplete graphic
- Little effort put into creating visual theme
- Images from sources other than those listed
- Minimal text that provides little information
- Text is hard to read