2010 Spring Open House Postcard

Last week we started a new project of designing the postcards for the 2010 Spring Open House. We've been using the skills and techniques that we've learned throughout the school year in order to create a design that would best showcase an inviting welcome to this year's spring open house. Earlier this week we put the final touches on our designs before submitting them for our principle, Ms. Levystein and Justus to select one as the official 2010 Spring Open House postcard, which will be the invite for the spring open house.

This week we watched a documentary called Helvetica, that encompasses views of typography, graphic design and global visual culture. This documentary introduced us into our next project, in which we will be creating an editorial design piece. Check back soon to catch the results of our project in a future blog.

Graphic Design Artist Books

Hi everyone!!

This is Jeanette an Dorotha! The graphic design class has been working diligently on our artist books for the past month.  Each student has  a different artist book created by themselves to convey a message about themselves. It's not a traditional book instead it's creation made by the artists' imagination. We each composed a list of adjectives that describe ourselves and our classmates, then we brainstormed ideas surrounding that list. Everyone's artist book is very interesting and each one reveals something about the artist that we did not know, or could not figure out just by looking at them. Some were as simple as modified books but others were as complex as yarn hot air balloons. The students of graphic design put a lot of hard work and effort towards expressing ourselves through these pieces of art. We also critiqued each others book's to told what we learned about that person. 

Mattea

Mattea

Dorotha

Dorotha

Jeanette

Chicago Public Library Poster Contest!

http://notwhatyouthink.tumblr.com/post/489202998/imagine-design-compete-the-chipublib-org-design

Imagine. Design. Compete.
The CHIPUBLIB.ORG Design Contest returns for a second year. From April 5 – May 16, showcase your visual creativity through a library-inspired poster design using the URL “chipublib.org”.

30 Finalists will move on to a Judging Night Event held on June 3, 2010, in the Winter Garden of the Harold Washington Library Center in downtown Chicago where the Grand Prize Winner will be revealed.

Judges.
Grand Prize will be determined by a panel of judges including Chicago Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey, AIGA Chicago Representative Katherine Walker, and Chad Kouri of The Post Family.

Prizes.
At stake is the opportunity to have your winning design showcased around Chicago as a feature in the Chicago Public Library’s public awareness campaign along with a professionally framed print of your design courtesy of Peterson Picture Co.

But wait … there’s more.
Beginning 5/17/10 and ending 5/23/10, vote for your favorite design on the CHIPUBLIB.ORG Design Contest set located at www.flickr.com/photos/notwhatyouthink/. The People’s Choice Award Winner will receive a printed, framed poster of their work.

Good Luck!
So what are you waiting for? Click here to find out how to get started.

Hello, this is Tim And Jeanna and we will have the pleasure of telling you about our week in Graphic Design. Well first to start off we learned a new method called color theory in which we use the complementary, analogous, split complementary, double complement, Three Analogous plus a Complement. We utilize these methods by creating a pattern with the focal point being either a phrase or a picture. In which we had the colors going from lightest to darkest starting from the focal point. Now, we have a new project using a combination of the color theory and some Gestalt principles. You’ll find about more about that on the next blog!!!! Until next time readers Chao!

Color it awsome

Jared Bailey

Dolores Meraz


Tim Sheppard

Hey, Team Graphic Design here to update the blog! We learned color theory and how to use color schemes such as monochromatic, complementary, double complementary, split complementary, triad, and analogous and their tints and shades.

The Beginning of Something New

Erica Scott


Jeff Hunter


Dolores Meraz

Hey Everyone. Erica here doing a weekly update on the blog. We had a few interesting things happen this past week. A few weeks ago we started creating a poster for the Metra poster contest that will help send a positive and friendly message to all those who ride the Metra. The slogan was LOOK LISTEN LIVE, which can be interpreted in many ways as is displayed in some of our work.
Additionally, the class was introduced to our new unit and project on color theory. Through the use of a few websites, and an explanation by our wonderful teacher, Claudia, the class was able to start on a new project with a fresh eye, newly trained, to use color in interesting ways! Hopefully we’ll be able to post those projects sometime next week.

Metra Project in progress!

Hello there, this is Matt and today I'll be sharing some information
about what's going on in this awesome class of awesomeness! ^_^

Today, the students are putting a lot of effort into their Metra project. So far, this class have wonderful ideas and they are looking good. Still, some of the students are doing a little bit of photo research in order to bring their idea to life or whatever. I can't say much about today because today is running slow and it's stupid Monday and no one likes Monday. If you like Monday you have a problem!! Anyways, there's small talk here and there, but the project will be done before the deadline!!

"Look, Listen, Live"

Hello everyone,

It’s our time to update the blog once again. This week, our class focused on the Metra Train safety poster contest. It’s a surprise to know that many lose their life each year just because they didn’t take simple precautions. We were asked to show the importance of railway safety through our images, and the principal of emphasize, combined them with the slogan “look, listen, live”. With any project, we started sketching, and researching things like common accidents, and railway safety tips. Our deadline is February 24th, 2010, and winners will be selected form each grade level. Usually, we would supply a picture of work of our own with our posts, but since we’re so hard at work, we’re just going to leave you with the phrase, “look, listen, live”.
- Patricia H.
- Ricardo C.

Sireze Booker


Jared Bailey

Hello Everyone! Sireze & Jared here to bring you another update!!!

This past week we have been working on another project which was about Gun Violence. We learned about the five different types of Gun Violence which were suicide, unintentional, crime-related, unplanned deliberate, and planned deliberate gun violence. Over all, this was an interesting project & we enjoyed doing it. Please take time to view our final projects on the left side of this post, which of course were done almost completely in Illustrator, occasionally Photoshop. The top one was done by Sireze while the one on the bottom was done by Jared.

Also, this week was the deadline for the All City Art fair. Students willing to participate have submitted 12 pieces of art done either in our class or outside of it.

Teen Artists Taking a Stand

The Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (ICVH) is having a contest for grades 1-12, who may want to submit an essay, poetry, or piece of visual art, expressing how they feel about gun violence. In class we are creating our own individual pieces to show how we feel, how we are affected, or just making a statement about gun violence. We've done alot of research in order to gain a basic understanding of gun violence; where it occurs and what types of gun violence there are. This week we brainstormed using the research we did to come up with ideas for our project and we have begun making those ideas into art.

What is Gun Violence?
Gun violence is the use of a firearm to threaten or inflict violence or harm.

Statistics
Everyday at least 300 people are shot and every year at least 109, 518 people are shot.

• 30,896 people died from gun violence.
  • 12,791 people murdered.
  • 16,883 people killed themselves.
  • 642 people killed accidentally.
  • 360 killed by police intervention.
  • 220 died but intent was not known.

• 78,622 people survived gun injuries.
  • 56,626 people injured in an attack.
  • 3,797 people injured in a suicide attempt.
  • 17,215 people shot accidentally.
  • 984 people shot in a police intervention.

Source:
Data: CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (2006 (deaths) and 2008 (injuries)), www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/. Calculations by Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

It’s Jeanna and Jeanette here to give you the update on what Graphic Design has been working on. Now that we’re done with our concrete poems, we are now working on our new project relating to “gun violence. We did some research about “gun violence” and learned there are many types of “gun violence.” Gun violence comes in different forms such as: Suicide, Crime-Related, Unplanned Deliberate, Planned Deliberate, Planned Undeliberate and Unintentional. Afterwards, we shared our on personal stories relating to “gun violence;” We noticed that a majority of the stories were Crime-Related. Learning this information, we were able to brainstorm ideas for our projects. One thing that is different about this project is we get to make it into t-shirts, posters, brochures, buttons, logos, or etc.

If you want learn more about gun violence then check out these following websites:

• http://www.nowpublic.com/chicago_loses_more_black_kids_than_soldiers_in_iraq_to_gun_violence
• http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.summer.shootings.2.810166.html
• http://crimelab.uchicago.edu/gun_violence/rfloi.shtml
• http://www.violencepreventioninstitute.org/gangs.html
• http://www.ichv.org/facts-about-gun-violence/general-facts-about-gun-violence/
  

Hello, this is Tim and Jeff, and we will be the ones who will have the pleasure of giving you this week’s blog. First to start off we had our winter showcase, in which we presented our work some of the work included us doing a typography project in which we take a picture of ourselves and use type to make the photo. We had many designs that were included such as our patterns as well as our city stickers designs. We also invited guests to view our work. Thank you and have a wonderful week from Graphic Design to you good day….