1. Graphic Design Written by: Joey Cardenas Megan McGilvray Chelsea Schneider Presented by: ______________

2. Introductions

3. Where can I use this? ●TSA Events ○ Webmaster ○ Promotional Graphics ○ Any Backboard ●School Projects ○ Powerpoints ○ Student Government campaigns ●Resumes ●Life

4. What if I’m bad at art? “You don’t have to be good at Drawing, Painting, or Interpretive Dance to be a great designer!”

5. Good Design is as easy as 1-2-3 1.Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 1.Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 1.Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are!

6. Good Design is as easy as... 1. Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 2. Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 3. Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are!

7. Good Design is as easy as 1-2-3 1.Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 1.Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 1.Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are! Good Design is as easy as… 1. Learn the principles They are simpler than you might think. 2. Recognize when you are not using them. Put it into words - name the problem 3. Apply the principles. You will be amazed at what an awesome designer you are! Which do you like better? Why?

8. Key Areas ●Typography ○ Font ●Layout ○ Alignment ○ Balance ●Design principles

9. Design Principles ●Contrast ○ Refers to the arrangement of opposite elements. ○ Light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc. ●Repetition ○ Duplicated patterns, styles, and visual elements. ●Alignment ○ Alignment has to do with grouping and organizes information to create order. ●Balance ○ Positioning of objects, colors, textures, shapes, fonts, etc ○ Can be used in creating symmetrical or asymmetrical balance

12. Some of FITC’s Work!

16. Resources ●Adobe Kuler - https://color.adobe.comhttps://color.adobe.com ●Adobe Creative Cloud Trial ●Dafont http://dafont.com ●Photoshop CS2 (Free!) - https://goo.gl/kNRgKrhttps://goo.gl/kNRgKr ●GIMP (Free!) - http://gimp.orghttp://gimp.org ●http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/ ●Ron Fowler - https://www.youtube.com/user/ronfowler57

17. Questions? Comments?