Graphic Design

1. TheArtofBringing PicturesandWordsTogether Graphic Design Created by Lucy McHugh and Jolene Walker January 2009

2. Graphic Design Cave paintings: Lascaux, France 15,000 years ago When people first started telling stories or communicating messages to each other, drawings were very important. There was no written language!

3. When people first started to write what is now our alphabet, they began with pictures. Can you believe that the letter “A” started out as the head of a cow-like animal called an ox! Graphic Design

4. Graphic Design Over a period of time (hundreds of years), people started drawing letters in a very fancy way--illuminated! The artists who drew the letters would often add pictures of animals, plants and people in the letters!

5. Pretty soon lots of books were made with both pictures and words. Artists took special care to match the letterforms to the illustrations. Graphic Design

6. LETTERFORM is the shape or style of drawing a letter. In computer class letterform is usually called FONT. Graphic Design

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8. The art of matching letterforms and illustrations to communicate a message became known as GRAPHIC DESIGN. Today most graphic designers use the computer as an art tool to create their work! We see the artworks of graphic designers everywhere! Graphic Design

9. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create the logos or trademark pictures for businesses. Graphic Design

10. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create the posters for movies. Graphic Design

11. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create billboard advertisements. Graphic Design

12. Graphic Design GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create comics and manga stories.

13. Graphic Design GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create graphic novels and comic books.

14. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create the packaging for video games and design websites. Graphic Design

15. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS put the words and illustrations together in children’s picture books. Graphic Design

16. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS create the greeting cards we send to each other for birthdays and other special occasions. Graphic Design

17. Graphic Design IN ART: We are making illustrations that tell stories of winter days. We are learning to work with MIXED MEDIA--using more than one art tool to add color.

18. Graphic Design IN COMPUTER: We will learn how to use a digital camera and a tripod to take pictures of our illustrations. We will import our pictures to PowerPoint.

19. Graphic Design IN COMPUTER: We will also learn how to use the crop tool to find the picture within the picture.

20. Layout: How to decide where to put words and pictures together. Graphic Design IN COMPUTER: We will learn how to use PowerPoint to match letterforms to our illustrations. We will be making greeting cards. Some will be vertical in layout.

21. Layout: How to decide where to put words and pictures together. Graphic Design Some will be horizontal in layout. We hope to have some cards to send to our new president, Barak Obama!

22. IN COMPUTER: We will also have the opportunity to explore these winter scene related websites. Have Fun! http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/index.html?skipDetect=true http://www.zefrank.com/snowflake/ http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com/index.html Graphic Design

23. Bibliography http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos090.htm#nature http://www.davidairey.com/alphabet-photo-art-gallery/ http://www.letterasimage.com/laiimage.jpg http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ http://historymedren.about.com/library/gallery/blpxkinitial.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design Graphic Design