Graphic Art

Graphic Art
(SEMESTER, GRADES 11-12)
PREREQUISITE: INTRODUCTION TO ART and Photography/photoshop/or Graphic Design

*FULFILLS .5 VPA CREDIT and/or
.5 COMPUTER CREDIT

This course will focus primarily on the process of communicating visually using text and images to present information through the use of Adobe CS6 Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, etc.) as well as a variety of traditional art making methods.
This Graphic Design course embraces a range of visual arts skills, aesthetics, and crafts, including typography, design principles, color theory, and page layout. Students will also create a digital portfolio in preparation for college admission by designing their own personal website.

Graphic Art Syllabus

Graphic Art Class Website: nhsgraphicart.weebly.com

Course Textbook:
"Communicating through Graphic Design"
by Kevin Gatta & Claire Mowbray Golding

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Art vs. Design

Artist

Graphic artists, like all artists, create works that are born from or meant to convey an emotion or feeling, or are meant to set a mood. Professional graphic artists simply use their creations in a commercial way. Graphic artists craft scenes and images using visual media such a photographs drawings, and computer-generated images. These are used on everything from tissue boxes to the walls of buildings. Their work is used to market products and ideas.

Designer

Graphic designers solve visual communication problems with images and text. The key goal of graphic designers is to convey a message that causes the viewer to take some kind of action. This could mean getting a website visitor to move his eyes down the page or causing a consumer to identify with a logo or symbol. Artistic appeal is secondary to function, and the layout is meant to lead the eye in a natural sequence.