PERSONAL LOGO DESIGN:
For this project, students learn about logos. They learn about why companies need logos and how to make a better logo that will be recognizable as well as meaningful to any viewer. Their goal for this project is to create a logo that is personal to them. They are to choose imagery and design qualities that show something important to them.
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MORPHING AND ANIMATION PROJECT
Design synectics are used to supplement the steps in the creative process. . There are many different synectics you can use. Simply by looking at different options such as deleting a portion of an image, morphing an image from one thing to another or blending two images together can give you many different looks or meanings to your design.
In the first project using synectics, the students are to create a Morphing Project. The students start with two images that have some type of connection for them. The students then draw each of the steps of the morphing process in Macromedia Freehand or Adobe Photoshop and then animate the steps into one final project. The students use Photoshop to animate the image into a gif file.
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SELF-PORTRAIT GRID
The self portrait grid is used to help students learn the more advanced features of Adobe Photoshop Elements. This program allows students to edit photographs however they want to. This grid consists of nine different variations of self-portraits by the student. They may use the same photo for all nine or nine different photos. No two photos may use the same treatment, and only three of the images may use ONLY a photoshop filter as the treatment.
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SELF-PORTRAIT MONTAGE:
The self-portrait montage is an extension of the self-portrait grid. The students use at least three images taken from their grid and complete one image with those elements combined with other elements that may be taken from anywhere. The students are given a lot of freedom with this assignment, but are asked to make the image a cohesive one. This means that the images look like they belong together. This stresses overall composition and decision making, as well as problem solving skills.
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DESIGN SYNECTICS: Choice of Synectic Trigger
For this assignment, students are expected to create a project based on another design synectic of their choice. The students must not only make these images look professional, but also make these images mean something. The images may be based on history, the relationship of two different people or objects, or many other things. This is a difficult assignment, but these are often some of the students' best works.
2ND SYNECTIC TRIGGER EXAMPLES
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PROJECT: WEB SITE DESIGN
This project is the final project during the semester and makes use of everthing that the students have used thus far to create a visually appealing website for a product. The students are to create a fictional product and company to design the website and product packaging for. The students will create visually appealing logos and packaging for the products. The students are to create links to pages with product information, company history, shopping links, etc.
The main focus of this assignment is on creating a layout for the web page that makes sense for the type of product they choose as well as making it functional and fun to look through.