North High School | Graphic Design 2 Do-Now

MGD1014 & 1015 Do-Now

Today's CLO

Today I will either write, speak, or demonstrate my knowledge of ligature logos,

so that I can create a personalized ligature styled logo.

I know I have it when I have successfully designed a logo that incorporates ligature logo styles by directly using my sketch combined with a variety of Illustrator tools.

Friday 9/30

Project Tools

Go to Schoology to answer the Do-Now.

Wednesday 9/25

Ligature Techniques

1. Complete the October Count Survey.

2. Go to Schoology to answer the Do-now.

Monday 9/23

Tracker & Video Reflection

Review feedback and comments from the last project if you haven’t yet. Then update the competency tracker.
Go to Schoology, but you don’t need to complete anything yet.

Friday 9/20

Feedback Survey & Notes

Complete the project feedback survey for our last project.
Create a new folder in your final and title it “Ligature Logos”. Create a new doc inside there and title it “Ligature Notes”.

Wednesday 9/18

Designer Feedback

Give some feedback for the Animal Type project.

Monday 9/16

Tracker

Check that you updated the competency tracker and update it if you have not.

Friday 9/13

Critique Feedback

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

Wednesday 9/11

Typography Quiz

Go to Schoology to answer the Do-Now.

Monday 9/9

Typography Terms

Go to Schoology to answer the Do-Now.

Friday 9/6

Personal Objective

Open your creative brief and complete your personal objective statement for this project.

Wednesday 9/4

Survey & Prep Notes

1. Complete the future plans survey.

2. Create a new doc in your Misc. and title it Typography Notes.

Friday 8/29

Do-Now

Review the agenda.

Wednesday 8/28

Feedback

Go to Schoology to complete the Do-Now.

Monday 8/26

Parent Contact

Complete the parent contact form.

Friday 8/23

Theme Share Out

We will share what the theme is of our projects and what type of font you will be using and why you selected it.

Wednesday 8/21

Letter Form Exercise

Continue with the letterform exercise.

Typography Letterform Exercise

Create a new AI doc that is 6x6” with 4 artboards.
Explore fonts and sizes to create a unique and abstract shape in each box. Take your time to explore fonts, size and position.
Create a Clipping Mask by drawing a square above the letter. Select the square and letter, Control Click and select Create Clipping Mask.
Isolate just enough of each letter to hint at what letter it is while exploring positive and negative space.
Create 4 different compositions, which will be used in your brainstorming.