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Altered Musical Instruments
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ARTS 075 Intro to Graphic Design
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Translation
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Translation Logo
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ARTS 077 Graphic Design: Perception
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ASSIGNMENT 1: Illusion Poster
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Celtic Knot
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Fasces
Visual Identity
App Prototype Design
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Cards (New Suits)
Box
Grouping and Hierarchy
XULf Design Show
Figure/Ground Transformation
Grid Compositions: Zoom
Symbol Set
Gestalt Theory
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Graphic Design Perception Syllabus
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InDesign Layout
Type History
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assignments ARTS 081
1. What Do We Know About Type?
Kern This
How to pick the Right Typeface
4. Choosing Typefaces 1
2. My Favorite Typeface
3. Choosing Typefaces
Some Good Typefaces
Typeface of Truth
4. Asymmetric Layout
Text, What is it?
5. Dialog or Dialogue
Fluid Typography
Living Surfaces
6. Animated Type
The Xspace
7. Letterpress
7A. Foundry Type: Designer Quote Book, “What They Said”
7B. Wood Type: Letterform Pattern
Letterpress terms
Darius Wells
Linocuts
What Did Ben Mean?
Archived Assignments ARTS 081
Typographic Logo
Dog Breed Brochure
Baseline Grid
3D TYPE
Visual Vernacular
Word Painting
Typographic Symbol Set
Vinyl
8. Chief Seattle, Frederick Douglass, Dolores Huerta
Word As Image
4. Photo Alphabet
Letterform Assignment
Dust Jacket with Inside Panels
Letterform
Letterform Pattern
Monogram
Advanced Typography Syllabus
ARTS 081 Advanced Typography, assignment calendar
ARTS 091 Digital Graphics & Layout
assignments ARTS 091
Intro Illustrator
1. Head Drawing
2. Two Portraits
3. Portraits Package
4. GIF Animation
Intro to inDesign
5. Magazine Article
6. Themed Menu Design
Archived Assignments: ARTS 091
Concept Package—Box-’O-Frogs
2. Three Portraits
Technical Illustration
2. Two Portraits
Portrait Morph
Finalize the Morph Series
6. Book of Short Stories
Book Binding
Comb Binding
Designer Spreads vs. Printer Spreads
Diminuendo
Duplex Printing Booklet to Ricoh Printer
Perfect-Bound Covers
Pull Quote
Ruled Lines
Saddle Stitch Printing Steps
Social Media Assets—Ukraine
Digital Graphics and Layout assignment calendar
Saving Backwards
Digital Graphics and Layout syllabus
Vector Graphics
ARTH 101 Design Thinking
Design Thinking
Research Questions
Design Thinking Assignments
1. Incunabula & Gutenberg Group Presentation
2. Industrial Revolution/Victorian Era Paper
Captains of Industry
Victorian Style
3. Arts and Crafts Movement
Small Press Movement
Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation
4. Frank Lloyd Wright
FLW Early Success
5. FINAL: Hire a Design Thinker
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Avant-garde Art Movements
Charles and Ray Eames
Raymond Loewy
Design Thinking Research Process
Design Thinking Presentation Guidelines
Design Thinking Research Paper Guidelines
Raymond Loewy Paper
Zeitgeist
Keywords Design Thinking
Design Timelines
Experience Design
ARTS 103 Graphic Design: Production
Assignments ARTS 103
In Class/Studio Assignments
Speciality Printing Mock-ups
Color Separations I – CMYK + Spot
Designer Photo
Process Color to Spot Color
Separation Process
Color Separations II – CMYK
Digital History
Sailing RGB
Semester Assignment: Passport to Pre-press
VOCAB QUIZ
Assignment 1–3: Linkedin Learning
Assignment 4: Cereal
Assignment 5: Paper Resource Booklet
Assignment 6: Class Portfolio Magazine
Archived Projects ARTS 103
Class Portfolio Magazine – 2016
Data Merge
In Class Assignment: Setting up a multi-page document for print
inDesign: Combine separate chapters as one inDesign Book
Packaging
Paper Resource Booklet Assignment
Paper Booklet Workflow
Printing Techniques – 3D Box
Printing Techniques Brochure
Printing Techniques Brochure Spring 2016
Printing Techniques Interactive
Typographic
Tracking and Line Length Assignment
Assignment 6: Printing Techniques Brochure
Assignment 7: Four 3D Boxes
Lecture Slides 2022
Graphic Production Syllabus
The Basics
Printing Processes (videos)
Study Guides PDF
Production Resource Links
Digital Pigment Printing
Embedded Files & File Formats
Half-tone
Moiré Pattern
ARTS 115 Animation
Advance the Narrative
Storyboard
TBM: Animation syllabus
ARTS 127 Illustration
ARTS 171 Graphic Design: Branding & Ads
Graphic Design III Syllabus
ARTS 173 Design For Impact & MEDX 193B Media For Impact
Assignments ARTS 173
Applied Metaphor Campaign/Series
Metaphor Campaign Rubric
Metaphor Plan
Metaphor
Sound Metaphor
Marketing Campaign
Make a Boring Product Sexy
Applied Metaphor Campaign/Series Presentation
Do Good Design For Good
Compelling Story
Story Telling Images
NCUR
Oakwood ReBrand
Projects from Facebook
Research
Abstract
Sample Abstracts
Citation Styles
Research Process for Designers
Research Writing
Word of the Day
Research-Driven Design
Self Identity
Design For Impact and Media For Impact syllabus
Preparing for ARTS 175 and ARTS 185
ARTS 175 Graphic Design Senior Seminar
ARTS 175 General Assignment Schedule
ARTS 175 Senior Portfolio
ARTS 175 Syllabus
Backward Mapping
Big Push
gallery postcard
Design Competitions
Exit Interview
Extend Your Portfolio
Senior Show
Wine Labels
Senior Graphic Design Seminar syllabus
ARTS 193A 3D Modeling w/Maya
Special Topics
ARTH 191 History of the Avant Garde
Lenin
20th Century European Avant Garde
1980’s Memphis Style
Guerrilla Girls
Living Surfaces: Digital Typography
Mothers of American Modernism
Shifting Gears: The making of an Art Car
The Social Realist Soireé
Wine Label Project
SJGH Innovation Lab
Design Proposal
Grouping and Hierarchy Flyer
Metropolis
Mural Project
Simpsons/Toy Story
Groucho Drawing
Pac Sem III cover
Media X
History of Graphic Design
History of Graphic Design (Thinking) syllabus
Assignments History of Graphic Design
Graphic Design History PowerPoints
Avant Garde Architecture
Keywords
Keywords: Gutenberg
GDH questions chapter 5, 6
Latin translations
Keywords: Writing Systems
GDH Questions chapters 1–4
Keywords: Incunabula
Keywords: Renaissance
Keywords: Rococo
Keywords: Industrial Revolution
Keywords: Arts & Crafts
Keywords: Art Nouveau
Style Comparison Take Home
Victorian, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau Comparisons
Keywords: Genesis of 20th Century
Keywords: 20th Century Avant Garde
Keywords: New Language of Form
Keywords: Modern Movement in U.S.
Keywords: International Typographic Style
Keywords: The New York School
Keywords: Corporate Identity and Visual Systems
Keywords: Conceptual Image
Keywords: Postmodernism
Keywords: National Visions
Keywords: Digital Revolution
Small Group Presentations
Final Project/Presentation
Projects
Ancient Scripts
GD History Timeline Project
Final Designers Thinking Videos, Fall, 2016
Timelines
1900
1910’s
1920’s
1930’s
Annual Report
1940’s
1950’s
1960’s
1970’s
1980’s
1990’s
Pre–History–1890
Additional Readings
Designers/Artists
Style Comparisons
Historic Typeface and Letterforms
Professionalism
AIGA
NYC Gallery Show
Photographing your 3-D Art and Design work
Creative Design Process
Brontosaurus Leg
Design Brief
Mark Making
Mood Board
What Designers Need to Know
Becoming a Designer
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Professional Design Organizations
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Watermark your Photos
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Correct Your Grammar
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Master Designers
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Graduate School, Art and Design
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Internet at Home
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Target Audience
Academic
Calliope: Pacific’s Student Literary and Art Magazine
Calliope Designer Resources
Campus Map
Graphic Design Publications
Graphic Design Social Media
Pacific Academic Calendar
Summer Sessions Catalog Design
Bar Code & QR Code Generators
Color Theory
Color Gamut
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Decimal/Inch Conversions
Digital Printing, Epson & Ricoh
Bleed
Digital Printing Step-by-Step and Troubleshooting—Epson
Digital Printing Step-by-Step and Troubleshooting—Ricoh
Double-Sided Printing to single sheet
Printing Terms
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Drawing
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inDesign Tips
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Layout examples
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Pacific Visual Identity
Paper
Paper Samples
Paper, History
Perspective
Photographing Your Art
Image Correction
Presentations
Production
File Management
Prototyping Software for Interactivity
RIT Graphic Design Archive
Rule of Thirds
Software Tips
Typographic Resources
20 Classic Typefaces
Garamond Typeface
Helvetica and Arial Typefaces
Asymmetric Typography
Choosing and Matching Typefaces
Colophon
Hyphenation and Justification
inDesign Cheat Sheet
Keyboard Characters
Keyboard Shortcuts
Minimum Typographic Management
Non-Lining Numerals
Punctuation
Dashes and Typographer’s Quotes
Punctuation Marks Chart
The Comma, serial or otherwise.
Table of Contents (TOC)
Type Anatomy
Letter Anatomy
Letterform Optical Illusions
Type Tips (mistakes everyone makes)
Typeface Classifications
Typographic Variables
Determining Proper Line Length
Typographic Website Resources
Typoholism
The Art of Typography
Web and Scripting sources
Smartphone Apps
WHERE TO FIND (and buy) ART STUFF
Which CMYK Profile?
WordPress
Gallery
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