I used the element shape, I shaped the text to make it look like a lightning bolt. I used color. I made the background black to bring out the text. I made the lightning text yellow to add energy. I made the lightning text bold to add energy. I used the design element size. I made the text go from large to small to emphasize the change. I got the lyrics from http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/queen/bohemianrhapsody.html

Worksheet

Color Theory Worksheet

1. Define hue: The generic name for a color.
2. Define value: The darkness of a color.
3. Define saturation: The brightness of a color.
4. How many colors are available on our computers? millions
5. Define secondary color: The mixture of two primaries.
6. Define tertiary color: The mixture of a primary color and a nearby secondary color.
7. Define complementary colors: The colors on the opposite side of the wheel.
8. What are the primary colors in Photoshop? Red, green, and blue
9. What are the secondary colors in Photoshop? Cyan, yellow, and magenta.
10. Define subtractive color model: A model that can mix cyan, yellow, and magenta to get black.
11. Define additive color model: A model that mixes red, blue, and green to get white.
12. Is RGB additive or subtractive? Additive
13. Is CMYK additive or subtractive? Subtractive
14. What is the RGB color model used for?  Computer screens
15. What is the CMYK color model used for? Printing presses
16. Define analogous colors: colors that are next to each other on the wheel
17. Define tint: A color with white added
18. Define shade: A color with black added
19. Define neutral: A combination of complementary colors.
20. What can be said in general about warm colors? They jump forward
21. What can be said in general about cool colors? They recede
22. What color is associated with stability?  blue
23. What color symbolizes royalty? purple
24. What is the color of cleanliness? white
25. What color symbolizes freshness? green
26. Which colors are associated with joy? Orange and yellow
27. What color symbolizes passion and danger? red
28. Dark red is associated with: vigor, rage, and willpower
29. Reddish-brown is associated with: harvest and fall
30. Dark orange is associated with: deceit
31. Gold is associated with: prestige and high quality
32. Yellow is associated with: happiness and sunshine
33. Dark green is associated with: ambition, and jealousy
34. Olive green is associated with: peace
35. Light blue is associated with: health, understanding, and softness
36.  Dark purple is associated with: gloom and sad feelings
37. Why is the use of color important in graphic Design? Color can influence emotion. If you use  the wrong color, then you can send the wrong message.

wave (One-word art)

I moved around the letters to give a wavy direction. The soft shape of the font gives a more liquid feel. I scaled the letters differently to make it more wavelike.

quote

The reason I grouped the words together represented the Earth. I used shape to make the Earth shape. I used size to emphasize most of the quote, and to make the eh look extra small.

Typo

Pikachu (glyph monster)

The biggest struggle that I had was actually using glyphs.

Typography applied

Typography

Typography Worksheet: Kyle Schlueter

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/courses/CSE5910/lectureFiles/lecture5b.htm

Anatomy http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/anatomy.php

Write out the answers to these questions in complete sentences. 

Label and define all of the above numbers:

1. Ascender line: Imaginary line that is the maximum height of letters that go above the mean line.
2. Base line: The line where the bottom of the characters sit.
3. Ascender height: the distance between the ascender line and the base line.
4. Cap height: the height of capital letters.
5. Descender: a stroke that goes below the base line.
6. Ascender: A stroke that goes above the mean line.
7. X-height: The height of lowercase letters that lack a descender or ascender.
8. Cap line: The height of a capital letter
9. Mean line: the line that determines the maximum height of a lowercase letter that lacks a descender or ascender
10. Descender line: the line that shows the bottom of descenders

Type Families:   http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/type-families.php

Define Serif: text with marks at the ends of letters
Define Sans-Serif: Text without marks at the end of the letters
When do you use Antique Fonts? When you want to give a period feel
At most how many words should be Decorative Fonts at a time? three
What does a script font resemble? When you want to make the text look like it was written
What element of design does script represent? (From elements lesson) shape
Why use Symbol Fonts? To add embellishments

Essentials:  http://freelancefolder.com/typography-essentials-a-getting-started-guide/

Define Typography: The art of arranging type for media use
Why do designers need a solid foundation in typography? Because most graphics involve typography
Kerning: the space between the letters
Leading: the space between the lines
Tracking: rivers of white between the text

When do you use the following?
Center Alignment: headlines
Right Alignment: business cards
Justified Alignment: newspaper and textbooks

Styling:  http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/styling-formatting.php

What is remembered: good styling or bad styling? Bad styling
What is legibility? The ability to be read
Type size smaller than 7pt is: difficult to read
Type size smaller than 3pts is: illegible
Type range for legible type is: between 8pt and 14pt
What do you use for long passages? Serif
What case do we use for Body? Sans Serif
What is measure? The width of the column
What can you tell me about Ragged Edges? That ragged right is easier to read than ragged left

Text as Image: http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/text-as-image.php

What are some ways text can be used and what font types do you use for each?
Text can be used to make images. Text can be used to wrap around images. Hand drawn letters are good for shaped text. Calligraphic scripts can be used to make more organic lines. You can make photograph-like typography by using the text carefully and making some parts have greater weight.

Choosing and Using Type:  http://www.will-harris.com/use-type.htm

**Read ALL of it.  Answer the following:

Why is choosing and using the right font important? (Two reasons)

Type is your personality on paper, and type is your image.

What are the two most important things to remember? Type is to serve the text, and there are appropriate and inappropriate type. 
What is appropriate? What do you have to consider?

You have to consider your audience and the mood of your text. If your business is more formal, use formal type.

Tell me the rules:  (there are 10)

1. Body text should be between 10 and 12 point, and you should use the same type for all the body copy.
2. Use enough leading, and add at least 1 or 2 points to the type size.
3. Don’t make lines to short or too long, between 30 to 70 characters.
4. Make paragraph beginnings clear, use indent or block
5. Only one space after a period
6. Don’t justify text unless you have to, if you do use hyphenation.
7. Don’t underline anything.
8. Use italics, not underlines
9. Don’t set long blocks of text in italics, bold, or all caps.
10. Leave space more above headlines, then below them. Use subheads to help readers find what they’re looking for.

Dirty Drop

I used the radial gradient tool to give the eyes and body texture. I used the transparency tool to make the shine and shadow. I used the brush tool to create the spots. Finally I used the pathfinder panel to make the shape of the shine and shadow.

pen practice

Basketball player

I used the knife tool to cut objects for the shoulders and neck. I used the spiral tool, and the width tool to make the hair. I used the shape tool to make the shoes and mouth. I used the opacity tool for the basketball's shine.