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Graphic Design 1 Journal Assignments

The document outlines 10 graphic design assignments for a journal. The assignments include analyzing successful and unsuccessful ads, designing a personal or business logo, creating collages with different themes like using a single color palette or redesigning book covers. Students are asked to use design principles like balance, unity and emphasis in their analysis. The assignments aim to develop skills in visual communication, typography, and concept development.

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Graphic Design 1 Journal Assignments

The document outlines 10 graphic design assignments for a journal. The assignments include analyzing successful and unsuccessful ads, designing a personal or business logo, creating collages with different themes like using a single color palette or redesigning book covers. Students are asked to use design principles like balance, unity and emphasis in their analysis. The assignments aim to develop skills in visual communication, typography, and concept development.

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Graphic Design 1 Name ______________________________ Hour

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Journal Assignments
All work and written answers are to be done in your Journal. Journals are
due on Monday.
Assignment #1- Choose a successful ad and a non-successful ad. Answer the following
questions about each ad in your Journal:
1. Tell exactly what you see in the graphic design project(s).
2. Analyze: Use at least 2 elements and at least 2 principles of art to reect upon the
design(s). (Elements: line, shape/ form, color, value, texture and space. Principals: pattern,
rhythm, proportions, balance, unity and emphasis.)
3. Interpret: Consider the following
! What is the artist trying to say?
! What caused the artist to say it?
! Is there a historical component to the design(s)?
! Why was the work of art created in this particular style? Who is the audience?
4. Evaluate: How successful or important is the work/design(s)? Why?
Assignment #2- Create a Personal Logo or Business Logo. Create a personal logo using your
initials or rst name or create a business logo. Use the graph paper to design your
logo as a vector drawing. Meaning use the graph paper to help guide your design
to create balanced. Font samples and lesson will be given for this assignment
Assignment #3- Start a Graphic Design Collection. Create a 2 page collage. This can include
ticket stubs, magazine clippings, newspaper ads, candy wrappers or any other
kind of packaging.
Assignment #4- Color Your World. Create a 2 page collage of graphic work in a color palette
you like. It can be based on your favorite color, warm or cool colors or tones or
tints of a single color.
Assignment #5- Flip That Color. Create a 2 page collage of work where you color your graphic
images with markers or highlighters to change the color and the content.
Assignment #6- Create a Pattern. Collect wrapping paper and solid colored paper to create a
pattern. It can be striped (horizontal or vertical), checkered or any other pattern
you can think of. Remember negative and positive space.
Assignment #7- Redesign a Book Cover for Your Favorite Book or CD Cover. This can be a
drawing or it can be a collage.
Assignment #8- Cut Up Message. Find a short quote and cut out letters to recreate the quote.
Use different letter and fonts to create the mood your quote gives. Remember that
color also conveys a mood.
Assignment #9- Sele Ad. Create a sele and add text to create an ad that expresses something
about you. You may do this a a collage. Option: Obama-me.com is a great way to
do this image. You will need to email the nal piece to yourself. The selection for
the text is very limited: Hope, Progress, Change, Believe, Purpose and We Can.
Assignment #10- Create Your Own Font. From A-Z you will come up with a comprehensive
alphabet that has a similar style from the beginning to the end.

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