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

Assignments

• The Sketchbook
• Blog
• Homework

 

Exercises

• Go to calendar for links
  

 

Projects

• Project 1: Book Design
• Project 2: Typographer Layout
  
• Project 3: Newsletter Design
• Project 4: Business Stationery

 

Resources

• Photospin Stock Photos and Illustration
• Parkland College logo
• GDS News & Announcements Blog
• GDS Discussion Group
• C138 Open Studio Hours (also see Policies)
• C138 Studio Use FAQ Wiki
• del.icio.us/parkland.gds (Internet resources for graphic designers)
• Parkland Academic Calendar
• Parkland Center for Academic Success (Peer Tutoring, Writing Center, more...)
• Parkland Library
• Parkland Online (Email, Angel, Grades, Registration, more...)
  
  Also see the Student Resources Page

 

Class
Handouts

• Classic Fonts Specimen Sheets
• Common Graphics Formats
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Macintosh
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Common Windows
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Illustrator
• Process
• Sample Thumbnail Sketches
• Scanning and resolution
• Seeing
• Vocabulary Wheel