• About the Program
• Career Opportunities
• Alumni Profiles
• Student Gallery
• Student Links
• Faculty

Assignments

• Process Book
• Blog
• Homework

 

Projects

• Project 1: The Grid
• Project 2: Storyboard
• Project 3: Map
• Project 4: Book Cover Design

 

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Dreamweaver and XHTML and Publishing
• Exercise 2: Unity
• Exercise 3: Emphasis
• Exercise 4: Balance (Symmetry, Asymmetry, Random)
• Exercise 5: Rhythm
• Exercise 6: Depth (Illusion of Space)
• Exercise 7: Map (Ad Club Judges Guide)
• Exercise 8–14: Color
• Exercise 15: Book Cover (Winona)

 

Lectures

• Design Principles
• Color Theory

 

Resources

• GDS News & Announcements Group
• C138 Open Studio Hours (also see Policies)
• C138 Studio Use FAQ Wiki
• delicious.com/parkland.gds (Internet resources for graphic designers)
• Facebook (become a fan!)
• my.parkland.edu (Angel, student email, WebAvisor, more...)
• Parkland Academic Calendar
• Parkland Center for Academic Success (Peer Tutoring, Writing Center, more...)
• Parkland Library
• Photospin (high resolution stock images)
  
  Also see the Student Resources Page

 

Class
Handouts

• Classic Fonts Specimen Sheets
• Common Graphics Formats
• Illustrator: Finger Dance from The Illustrator WOW Book
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Macintosh
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Windows
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Illustrator
• Process
• Scanning and resolution
• Seeing
• Thumbnail Sketches (examples)
• Vocabulary Wheel