Illustration Project
I would like you to create THREE graphics that could be used in the school newspaper. You can do any of the following for these three graphics, but you must do at LEAST 1 political cartoon and 1 infographic. I will give you instructions next class on how to turn in these three graphics:
1. Create an infographic with data and art.
2. Create a political cartoon with a clear opinion/message, that includes symbols & labels, one of the persuasive techniques you learned about last class, and that is factual based. Consider exaggerations that you might utilize with this piece.
3. A art piece that could be used with a review of some sort (this could be a review of a movie, book, music, restaurant, etc). OR you can create another Infographic or Political Cartoon
Here are some ideas if you need help coming up with something, but feel free to come up with your own ideas and plans:
School Construction
AP exams
SAVE Act
Bowie Buddies Special Olympics
Homelessness
STUCO Dodgeball
Coachella Lineup
Stock Market
Anything related to the Trade war/Tariffs
Airline cancellations or delays
Russia v Ukraine war (or Israel v Hamas)
Met Gala 2025
NHL or NBA Playoffs
Real ID's
Alcatraz
Pope Francis or anything related to the Conclave
Immigration
You could also do a how-to infographics on just about anything....
Using Illustrator or
You will need to do any of these tutorials and post your efforts on your blog for credit on this assignment. Please remember that the object of this is to help you learn how to create art for the newspaper, so try to find tutorials that help with that task.
Make sure to open Illustrator. You will likely have to push the F4 key on the top of your keyboard and look for the Icon for Adobe Illustrator which is Orange and has the letters AI on it.
A dialog box will open. Please TYPE IN YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS. DO NOT use the single-click buttons to log in with Facebook, Google, or anything else. I will show you this step on the screen.
Once you put in your email address, the system will take you to the portal, where you will need to sign in using your normal credentials. This process could take a few minutes.
Once you open Illustrator, click the button on the far left that says CREATE NEW and select the A4 option. You can choose the "Orientation" button on the middle right to decide if you want a vertical or horizontal page.
I believe that Illustrator is a very intuitive program, but it does take practice. One of the best ways to get better is to watch tutorials. Below I have linked a bunch of them. You have two days for this assignment, so you have time to watch a few and learn how to do basics.
Here are some links and both have clickable links to other tutorials and sites so click away!!:
You can also just google Adobe Illustrator tutorials and you will find lots of links.
Follow the instructions above.
Using Canva or
If you would prefer to use Canva, that is fine, but you may ONLY use the Draw and Text functions. Do not upload anything, use elements, brand or templates. You must create these like it is a drawing program.
Follow the instructions above:
Using Sketchpad
Follow the instructions above.
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