Welcome to Graphic Design I!

Welcome to Graphic Design I!

Class begins Wednesday, January 17th and runs 8 weeks until March 8th.  The main thing to do this week is to get all of the systems up and running.

-Read through the class syllabus linked from the list of links in the upper right of the blog.

-Post a bio and hello to this blog.  Include a statement of what you hope to learn in this class.

-Secure a copy of Photoshop   Any version after Photoshop 5 will do, and that goes back a long way.  If you have ordered it from an online vendor and are waiting for it, you can download a free copy good for 30 days from https://creative.adobe.com/products/download/photoshop  Adobe has gone to a rental model for students at the rate of $9.99 per month  You could buy a copy of an older version on eBay and it will work just fine.  Newer Macs though need to run a Windows emulator though to get an older version of Photoshop to work. 

That's me on the left with Dr. Mazen and Dr. Cole at graduation May, 2016

By the end of Week 1, I want you to:

-Post a 1 paragraph review of a graphic design artist found either at the Museum of Graphic Design or through one of the links on the syllabus.  Include an image from their work.  This will count as 1 attendance record and your Bio will count as the other for the first week.  After that, your creative work that you'll post will count toward attendance.  There are two attendance records generated each week. 

-Watch some of the videos on how to use Photoshop, posted in the syllabus.

-Let me know if you have any concerns or if you don't know how to do something.  There is a video on how to post to this blog in the list of class links in the upper right hand corner where other important links are located.

-Getting off the ground this week is very important!  The class goes by quickly.  Any delay in learning to blog, installing your software, etc will set you back quite a bit.  There are thousands of tutorials on YouTube on Photoshop as well as the videos I have made for you, linked from the syllabus.  

Looking forward to getting this class launched!