G raphic D esign

GRAPHIC

DESIGN

Sidney Watts

Honors English lV

Mrs. Saunders

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Why I chose this topic.• I love art.• I’ve always been interested in

designs made on the computer.

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HISTORY

How graphic design started:• 3rd and 4th millennium BC- First

written language in Sumer• 4th and 7th century A.D.- Printing• 1950s- Technology used by

military and scientists• 1970s & 1980s- Computers

TYPES OF JOBS

Publication

Advertising

Packaging

Animation

Web page design

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PRODUCT

Wrap for Care Link ambulance.

I had to draw designs for the

wrap on a template and then

design it on the computer.

DESIGNS

Design #1

Design #2

COMPUTER DESIGN

BEFORE THE WRAP

FINAL PRODUCT

PRODUCT

I spent a total of 15 hours with my

mentor.

My grandmother had breast cancer

and that’s how I connected with this

product of making the wrap.

MENTOR

Jan Brown

Her qualifications- • Graduated from Appalachian State with a bachelors degree in graphic design.

Desk I worked at.

Sign my mentor made for when I

came in.

WHAT I LEARNED

Learned how to advertise

Photoshop

Watched my mentor work on other

projects and she talked me through

how to do things.

OBSTACLES

Time- management

Confidence

HIPPA

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INTERESTING FACTS

There are more people that are

involved in making a graphic design

than you think.

Graphic designers hire other

graphic designers sometimes.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

Any questions?