ah teaches graphic design (SD) (Sketchapalooza lecture)

Sketchapalooza

Lecture outline

An overview of the course and the fundamentals of sketching and design process. Lecture slides will be made available on the day of the lecture.

Welcome to IAT-102!

Questions?

Please raise your hand or feel free to type it into the chat and I will address it when I next pause.

Your teaching team

(of one)

Contacting your instructor

A friendly how-to

Andrew is available via:

• Email at ac.ufs@h_werdna
• During office hours (Mondays from 8-9pm on Zoom)
• At pre-arranged times (on Zoom)

Email rules

Announcements

There will be semi-regular announcements posted to Canvas. These will serve as a 'what is coming up' notification.

Illness policy

If you are ill and unable to attend please follow-up with Andrew to arrange an alternative time for critique.

If you will be ill for a prolonged period of time (more than a week) please email Andrew to arrange accommodations.

If Andrew is ill, I will notify you via Canvas/email before 8:30am on the day of the lecture.

Lectures

What to expect

Our lecture will involve a fair bit of talking, but not always by your instructor. These will include:

• Explanation of theory and practice
• Sketching/in-lecture activities
• Critiquing sketching exercises, project deliverables

Workload

A reminder that this course expects about 3-6 hours of work per week outside of class. You will be able to complete some of this work during class.

If you ever have concerns with workload please email Andrew.

Canvas

Our main course-site

Andrew opens up Canvas and briefly introduces it here.

Projects

1. Process — 10% (Individual)
2. Layout — 20% (Group)
3. Presenting — 15% (Group)
4. Portfolio — 30% (Individual)

75% of your grade.

Readings

Fee-free!

Readings are available entirely digitally.

Sketching exercises

Sketching exercises are to help further explore your projects and practice your sketching. We will typically discuss some of the prior week's sketches at the start of lecture.

10% of your final grade.

In-class activities

To help explore readings or course concepts we will have small in-class activities most weeks.

10% of your final grade.

Critique quiz

Near the end of the term we will have a quiz on your ability to critique other work.

5% of your final grade.

Plagiarism

This course has a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism on projects. If you are found presenting work that is not your own or resubmitting old work without notice, you will receive a failing grade on that project. No exceptions.

Late or problematic submissions

Late submissions receive 10% per day late.

Concerns with grades

Please notify Andrew of any grading concerns within 10 days of the grades being released. This can include just getting some further feedback and/or wanting to have something regraded.

Course overview questions?

If you have any questions that linger about the course overview, please feel free to email Andrew or ask during our lecture time.

Let's Figma!

Meet your neighbours

We are going to take a moment to meet your neighbours. In Figma, you are going to:

1. Introduce yourself (Hello, my name is INSERT_NAME_HERE!)
2. State your pronouns
3. Describe any previous experience with graphic design (I once Photoshopped myself out of a photo...)
4. Explain why you are interested in this course (I am in this course because I really want to learn about octopods...)
5. Share a fun winter break anecdote (I didn't know it was possible to rain so much...)

Graphic Design is Process

Design Thinking

1. Define
2. Research
3. Ideate
4. Choose
5. Try
6. Learn (and repeat)

Design Thinking

1. Define
2. Research
3. Ideate
4. Choose
5. Try
6. Learn (and repeat)

Define

Let's brainstorm possible magazine project ideas.

Switch over to Figma and write down as many online magazine ideas as you can.

You have 5 minutes.

Look back at your ideas

How do you know your ideas are 'new or novel'?

Please type responses into the chat and/or raise your hand.

Ideate

Generate ideas, lots of them

For today we'll be focusing on ideation through sketching.

Good Sketching

When generating ideas

We are looking to suggest and explore, not to confirm our ideas.

Generating ideas

We are looking to suggest and explore, not to confirm our ideas. Our sketches should be:

• Quick
• Plentiful
• Appropriately detailed
• Disposable

Quick sketching

Quick sketching can be achieved through making appropriate sized sketches and not committing too much time to each sketch.

Plentiful

We want to be generating lots of different ideas when we sketch.

'Similar' ideas:

Less 'similar' ideas:

Appropriate detail

When generating ideas our sketches should be low fidelity; rough with enough detail to talk about.

Let's sketch

Take your brainstorming ideas from earlier, and turn them into something visual. What could visually represent the ideas you came up with earlier?

You have 5 minutes.

Keep Your Work

We will require all your paper, digital and in-process materials for your final project. Therefore keep all materials.

How to Choose the Best?

When dealing with a series of sketches, picking the best options to further explore is part of the challenge of learning design.

Technical Notes

Some things to be wary of in the coming weeks

Sketching Exercises

I will be shortly introducing your first sketching exercise, but just some items to remember about the exercises before we start:

• Sketching is not about how beautifully you render something.
• We should still be able to read and interpret your sketches clearly.
• Sketches will be due the next Wednesday before 8am.
• Sketches may be shown in lecture, so please avoid putting your name on them.

Moodboarding

A primer

1. Have a clear goal.

Moodboarding

A primer

1. Have a clear goal.
2. Collect materials — images, typography, colours — that evoke the 'mood' you are striving for.

Moodboarding

A primer

1. Have a clear goal.
2. Collect materials — images, typography, colours — that evoke the 'mood' you are striving for.
3. Review, edit, and present.

Exploring Graphic Design

Your term, in IAT-102

Homework review

Things to work on this week:

• Submit your sketching exercise before 8am on January 12.
• Work on your project and bring your deliverables to class next week.

Next week we talk about perception and design principles.

To Figma for the activity

We have a small in-class activity (and will have one most weeks) for you to complete. Let's head to Figma to get started.