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