Anyway, I guess that recent sickness did result in something okay: plenty of time to ponder what I would like to purposefully pursue for the next six weeks. 'Ooh, an open-ended Gifted project,' I thought, 'I should probably just do something that I enjoy, right?' Thus, here is my unedited and hardly-remembered list of things that I don't mind doing:
- Programming (it makes me feel clever)
- Engineering (ditto)
- Playing Settlers of Catan (my theme reader knows this well)
- Graphic design (ah, an artistic expression that doesn't require materials and result in mess)
- Playing Minecraft (a fair place to express of architectural ideas)
- Writing blog posts (ooh, that would make this project really easy, wouldn't it?)
I wonder what I chose.
So, graphic design, eh? Why that? Well, there's more than one reason:
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
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[Make 1 test layout for each Element & Principle of Design][Design final layout][TED Talk]
During the first four weeks of this project, I plan on refining my current design ability by making a practice layout for all 11 of the Elements & Principles of Design. This will be done with the aid of my trusty reading material, Making a Good Layout by Lori Siebert & Lisa Ballard, which goes into depth about each Element and Principle. For example, one of the elements of design is line, so my layout for that would be toying around with what I can evoke with lines and what I can make into lines. By the end of the fourth week, I expect to have each element and principle down pat.
This is where the real challenge comes in: between weeks five and six, I'm going to redesign the assignment sheet for this project using the 11 elements and principles to make it look awesome.
Finally, there's the TED Talk. I don't have much of a plan for that yet.
In case I haven't expressed them clearly enough above, here's the required entries for each blog, just to make sure that they're in here:
Measurable Goals:
So, graphic design, eh? Why that? Well, there's more than one reason:
- I like it (already established)
- My dad likes it (he's a graphic designer by profession, so I guess it's rubbed off a bit)
- I'm very comfortable with Photoshop and Illustrator (my "talent" has left my work in Computer Graphics class an example for future students)
- I'm a creative mind (following instructions doesn't feel right for this project)
An example of my graphic design ability as of last year.
Yeah. So now that we've got the basics in place, let's get into the nitty gritty details, via timeline.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
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[Make 1 test layout for each Element & Principle of Design][Design final layout][TED Talk]
During the first four weeks of this project, I plan on refining my current design ability by making a practice layout for all 11 of the Elements & Principles of Design. This will be done with the aid of my trusty reading material, Making a Good Layout by Lori Siebert & Lisa Ballard, which goes into depth about each Element and Principle. For example, one of the elements of design is line, so my layout for that would be toying around with what I can evoke with lines and what I can make into lines. By the end of the fourth week, I expect to have each element and principle down pat.
This is where the real challenge comes in: between weeks five and six, I'm going to redesign the assignment sheet for this project using the 11 elements and principles to make it look awesome.
Finally, there's the TED Talk. I don't have much of a plan for that yet.
In case I haven't expressed them clearly enough above, here's the required entries for each blog, just to make sure that they're in here:
Measurable Goals:
What
are your goals? To learn about the E's & P's of Design & To make the assignment sheet look gorgeous and easy to decipher.
How will you measure your progress/achievement? More-or-less by how many layouts I have completed and how good I think they are. If I feel like I'm learning, I'll know that I'm doing well.
Discoveries and Setbacks:
Don't really think I have any major ones so far, how about this: I've discovered how much I have to learn about graphic design, and I've been set back by my accursed sickness.
Look, Ma, a cyclical ending!
How will you measure your progress/achievement? More-or-less by how many layouts I have completed and how good I think they are. If I feel like I'm learning, I'll know that I'm doing well.
Discoveries and Setbacks:
Don't really think I have any major ones so far, how about this: I've discovered how much I have to learn about graphic design, and I've been set back by my accursed sickness.
Look, Ma, a cyclical ending!
