Computer Graphics Course Catalog Cover Design
PROJECT:CourseCatalogCover//100pts.
YouarebeinghiredtodesignthecoverofSandiaHighSchool’sCourseCatalog.
TheSHSadministratorswillselectthewinningcover.Aprize
willbeawardedtothewinner.
Essen:alQues:ons
1).Whatisthedifferencebetweenastrongcatalogdesignandaweakone?2).WhatmakesaDYNAMICcatalogdesign?
Gooddesignisaboutgoodlayout.Noma@erhowmuch:meyouinvestintotypography,
photography,andcolor,youcanforgetaboutmovingforwardifyourlayoutlooksbad!!
FINDINGINSPIRATION
GREATIDEASARENEVERBORNINAVACUUM.INOTHERWORDS,UNLESSYOULOOKATWHATPEOPLEDIDINTHEPAST,IT’SHARDTODOSOMETHING
BETTERINTHEFUTURE.
Becrea2veandoriginal.IncorporatetheElementsofArtandPrinciplesofdesignin
yourartwork.
COMPOSITION
ThetermcomposiNonmeans“puQngtogether”-andcanapplytoanyworkofart,frommusictowriNng,thatisarrangedorputtogetherusingconsciousthought.In
thevisualarts,composiNonisoWenusedinterchangeablywithvarioustermssuchasdesign,
form,visualordering,orformalstructure,dependingonthecontext.
ComposiNon&Contrast
VisualHierarchy
Balance
Whichoneisbalancedandwhichisnot?Why?
Color/Font
TheruleofthirdsisacomposiNonalruleofthumbinvisualartssuchaspainNng,photographyanddesign.Therulestatesthatanimageshouldbeimaginedasdividedintonineequalpartsbytwoequally-spacedhorizontallinesandtwoequally-spacedverNcallines,andthat
importantcomposiNonalelementsshouldbeplacedalongtheselinesortheirintersecNons.Proponentsofthetechniqueclaimthataligningasubjectwiththesepointscreatesmoretension,energyandinterestin
thecomposiNonthansimplycenteringthesubjectwould.
FocalPoint
ThefocalpointisthecenterofinterestoracNvityinaworkofart.Itmayormaynotbetheactualcenterofaworkofart,butitisalwaysthemostimportantpart.Contrastandcoloraretwothingsthathelpdefinethefocalpoint.
FocalPoint
Keepitsimple….
Thisflyeristoobusyanddifficulttoread.Why?
WarpTextFXDropShadowEmbossOuterGlowEtc…
Strongexamples:
Plus/Delta
THINGSDONEWELL THINGSTOCHANGE
CourseCatalog2017-2018REQUIREMENTS
1. Titles–1.“SandiaHighSchool”2.“CourseCatalog2017-2018”3.“7801CandelariaRd.NEAlbuquerque,NM87110(505)294-1511”4.APSlogo(googleit)
2.Image(s)/CoverPhoto(s)8.5”x11”300Resolu:on