GDS 122 Graphic Design II
Course Documents
Instructors: John Havlik and Paul
Young
Assignments
Projects
- Project 1: Billboard
- Project 2: Poster (also see final brief
) - Project 3: Menu
- Project 4: Visual Branding
Exercises
- Exercise 1: Personal Projects Page (and publishing)
- Exercise 2: Billboard (Holiday Inn)
- Exercise 3: Brochure Cover (Colt)
- Exercise 4: Systems of Visual Organization (Stamp)
- Exercise 5: Type Studies (Movie Titles)
- Exercise 6: Poster (Madama Buttefly)
- Exercise 7: Menu (Miko)
- Exercise 8: Pixels and Resolution
- Exercise 9: Catalog (Art Gallery)
- Exercise 10: Symbols (Bathroom Icons)
- Exercise 11: Logo (Auditor Assistant)
- Exercise 12: Identity (Henneman)
Resources
- GDS News & Announcements (or Subscribe)
- 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!)
- Getting Connected (Angel, student email, registration, more...)
- Photospin (high resolution stock images)
- Parkland Academic Calendar
- Parkland Center for Academic Success (Peer Tutoring, Writing Center, more...)
- Parkland Library
Also see the Student Resources Page
Class
Handouts
- Brief (Example)
- Brief (How to Write One)
- Classic Fonts Specimen Sheets
- Common
Graphics Formats
- Creative Process
- Design Process Framework
- Illustrator:
Finger Dance from The Illustrator WOW Book
- Keyboard
Shortcuts: Common Macintosh
- Keyboard
Shortcuts: Common Windows
- Keyboard
Shortcuts: Illustrator
- Marketing Communications
- Prepress Checklist
- Sample
Thumbnail Sketches
- Seeing
- Scanning
and resolution
- Vocabulary
Wheel
Last updated: 10/18/09 • Webmaster: Paul Young