1. Graphic Designer Project By: Szymon Gogolowski

2. What do graphic designers do? What education is required? A graphic designers job is to create designs that will catch the audiences attention. The designs vary from websites and magazines to billboards in NYC and on television. Graphic designers need a bachelors degree in graphic design. Some courses may be typography, book design, drawing, photography, and more

3. What skills do you think are important to have as a graphic designer? Many skills are needed to be a graphic designer but the most important are: artistic talent, creativity, technical skills in computer programs, and business skills. The artistic talent is obviously needed to help you create designs, technical skills help you use the programs, and business/communication skills are needed to collaborate with other coworkers and talk to clients.

4. How are different shapes used in graphic design? There are many possiblities graphic designers have with shapes. They can make you feel sad, happy, or afraid. One shape looks boring but a combination of shapes with different colors and shapes can really open your eyes. Circles have free movement, can roll, and have curves. They suggest warmth and comfort Squares/Rectangles look strong and perfect, with their right angles and 4 sides.

5. How do graphic designers use geometry? Graphic designers use a lot of geometry such as vectors, translations, dilations, rotations, symmetry, and reflection to create eye-catching designs

6. Image #1 Lets start off with a convex circle Now lets translate it over 1 unit to the right Rotate 180 degrees clockwise aroud point a Reflect the circle over line b Audi a b

7. Image #2 Start off with a blue circle Dilate the blue circle into a red one with a 3:2 ratio from the center of dilation (black dot) Now dilate the red circle with a 2:1 ratio. Lastly put a star in the middle with a rotation of 75 degrees clockwise around the black dot

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