Week 2 - Signs & Visual Communication, Part 2b- Designing custom Rebus, Pictograms, Re-Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS6

Week 2 - Signs & Visual Communication, Part 2b- Designing custom Rebus, Pictograms, Re-Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS6

And these are the two tasks you'll need to complete:
(Task 1)  Design two pictograms
(Task 2)  Design a Rebus with 3 or more symbols forming one sentence that is translatable to plain English.

Task 1:

1. 

Week 2 - Signs & Visual Communication, Part 2b- Designing custom Rebus, Pictograms, Re-Introduction to Adobe Photoshop CS6

WEEK 2 AGENDA

Part 2a - Tuesday/Wednesday ALL PERIODS
- Doing research on Calligrams, Pictograms and Rebus, putting those references on your personal portfolio blog.

- Using Photoshop and Illustrator to draw shapes; coloring and moving shapes; adding text and saving documents.

Part 2b - Thursday/Friday ALL PERIODS
- Making a custom rebus, and creating original Pictograms.

(1) RESEARCHING CALLIGRAMS
a.) Define the term calligram  What is a calligram?
b.) Find three separate images to post onto your blog as examples of calligrams.  In the caption beneath each picture, identify the word contained in the calligram, and what is being shown.
c.) See the examples below.  Copy each image to your blog, and in the caption identify each calligram - what is the image, and essentially what is the text saying.
a.) Calligrams - A calligram is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image.
b.)

c.)  

Panther. The animal and its in the shape of the panther.

Ant. It's int the shape of the ant and explaining what ants do.

(2) RESEARCHING PICTOGRAMS
a.) Define the term pictogram.  What is a pictogram?
b.) Find three separate images to post onto your blog as examples of pictograms.  In the caption beneath each picture, explain what the pictogram is displaying, and what the viewer is meant to do, think, or feel when he or she sees the image.
c.) See the examples below.  Copy each image to your blog, and in the caption identify each pictogram activity.
a.) Pictograms - A pictogram, also called a pictogramme, pictograph, or simply picto, and also an icon, is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.
b.)    

c.)   

This is about the airport.

This is about sports.

(3) RESEARCHING THE REBUS
a.) Define the term rebus.  What is a rebus?
b.) Find three pictures of a rebus puzzle, and attempt to translate the symbols used in the rebus into a sentence in plain English.  Write a second sentence that describes what images are used in the rebus.
c.) See the examples below.  Copy each image to your blog, and in the caption translate the meaning of the rebus.
a.) Rebus - A rebus is an allusional device that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
b.)   

c.)   

I love you.

Monday's TASK 1 (20pts)
1.) Redraw the shape below.
2.) Set the Fill color to (this hex code value #3A55A5), and the Stroke to (this hex code value #FFDE73)
3.) Use the Type Tool (T) to add the following text beneath, "CRENSHAW HIGH SCHOOL: ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS, ARTS."
4.) Save and email your Adobe Illustrator (.ai) file to teacher.jwebb@gmail.com.  Include your full name, class period, and title of the assignment within your email.
5.) Export an image (.png) and publish your finished version of the re-drawn logo with Crenshaw's official school colors.

(TASK 1) DRAWING # 1 - Practice drawing the following shapes in Adobe Illustrator CS6.
Email your Adobe Illustrator file to teacher.jwebb@gmail.com and post a screenshot to your blog for credit.

Copy both Pen Tool cheat-sheets onto your portfolio blog for future reference,
then attempt to do what each chart is showing.