Welcome to Mr. Benadom's Class

Don't Forget - Tutorials for many of the assignments are located in the link below so you can work on these at home.

Copying, Pasting, Removing, & Cloning digital images. We are getting closer to starting the digital photography unit.

Assignments From Previous Weeks

Week 1 - Landscape1. 800x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - correctly creating a design using layers.

Week 2 - Design1. 800x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - incorporating commonly used tools in design software to create an image; building on knowledge from previous week.

Week 3 - Parrot1 & Parrot2. Focus area - correctly using the lasso tool to trace out objects to create a selection area, and then design inside that area.

Week 4 - Theme1 & group4-p1-mms-theme. 800x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - creating graphic design themes & being able to design within theme-related guidelines.

Week 5 - Group#-p#-mms-theme. 800x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - creating graphic design themes & being able to design within theme-related guidelines.

Week 6 - Text1, Text2, & Text3. All 3 files 600x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - diversifying your typography skills and designs / building abstract graphic design skills.

Week 7 - Flametext1 & Flametext2. Both files 800x600. 200 dpi. Focus areas for Flametext1 - creating an image by using text and image based tutorials, and demonstrating correct use of the layer blending modes and distortion brush to recreate a realistic fire effect. Focus areas for Flametext2 - building creativity and critical thinking skills by changing flame colors, adding text colors, and incorporating the use of filters to the design.

Week 8 - Logo1. 600x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - turning an idea into an image. Students had a choice of either looking up what their name meant or list 5 adjectives that described themselves. They used word association techniques with their answers to come up with related items that could be used for their logo, and then created a logo that they feel represents themselves through text and illustration.

Week 9 - MMS-logo. 800x600. 200 dpi. Focus area - using prior knowledge of logo & logo creation to create a logo for the MMS Graphic Design Class.

Vocabulary Words

1. Digital - Computerized
2. Monitor - Computer Screen
3. CPU - Body of the computer
4. Digital Design - Images created on a computer
5. Visual Communications - Any of the ways to communicate that require the eyes, or sight.
6. File Name - The name you use to save the project you are working on.
7. Folder - The location where you save your file.
8. Aesthetic/ Aesthetics - Deals with the beauty and balance of the artwork / The things that make your artwork attractive to the viewers.
9. Clone - An exact copy / duplicate / replica of an original.
10. Source - Starting point.
11. Target - Ending point.

Tutorials for many of the assignments can be found
HERE.

Please note: To download most of
the templates and tutorials, you will
need to have Artweaver installed on
your computer in order to be able to
open them.

*There is a link in the "Programs We Use**" section of this page to download the Artweaver program.*

Gallery of Student Artwork

The Computer Programs We Use:

Thank you to the following company for providing educational software for our graphic and web design projects:

Coffeecup Software

Many of the other programs we currently use are freeware; meaning there is no cost to download and use them. This is to help all students stay on top of their skills when they're out of the classroom. The following programs are free:

Graphic Design -

Artweaver- http://www.artweaver.de
You will need to download all 3 of these files in order to get all he features we use in class:
          *Artweaver
          *Artweaver LUA
          *Plugin Pack

Web Design -

PageBreeze- www.pagebreeze.com

Classroom Technology Use Policies

USB Flash Drives- All students are highly encouraged to bring their own flash drive to class in order to save a copy of all their work. A minimum of 1 GB is best to be sure there is enough space on the flash drive to save all of the work.

If students want copies of the work they've completed in the class, and they don't have their own USB flash drive, they will need to bring in a blank writeable CD so they can make a copy for themselves before the last day of class**

Classroom Rules

Academic Honesty- Any student caught cheating will receive an automatic 0% F, and a call home. Repeated violations will result in the school's progressive discipline policies.

Students are assigned a computer to use. They may not touch any other computers in the classroom for any reason without the teacher's permission.

Students may NOT change any settings on any computers in the graphic design lab. The computers are the property of the school, and they have been set up with specific settings to ensure all programs work at optimum performance.

Only websites approved by the teacher, that have educational value, will be able to be accessed in the Graphic Design Lab.

Students may not deface or damage the computers, computer equipment, or anything else in the graphic design lab. This includes the work of other students.

There is to be NO FOOD, DRINKS, or GUM at all in the computer lab. This includes sunflower seeds, which are prohibited items on campus. The computers are very expensive, and we cannot afford to have them damaged. This rule is strictly enforced.

No running.

Stay seated until you have permission to leave your seat.

Raise your hand and wait to be called before talking.

Do not talk during instruction.

Assignments for This Week