Buttons and T-shirts for a Social Issue

For this project you will be designing T-shirts with a message. You should address a social issue you feel strongly about and create a design that reflects your feelings. First complete the Research and Planning worksheets. 

Vocabulary

Use the dictionary on your computer to look up the following words: social justice, *communicate * persuade * protest * issue * propaganda

Research

1. Look at these Links as a class:

• Pintrest page of T-shirt Designs.
• Graphic Advocacy Posters

2. Look through the links on your own. Pick your favorite three designs and answer the questions on your worksheet.
Iconsforchange.com

Makayla W.

NoGodsNoMasters T-shirts
Spreadshirt Activist Ts
AllRiot T-shirts

3. Now research a social issue that you would like to address. This link may help. Circle one of the subjects on your worksheet, or write in your own

4. Sketch 12 different designs.

5. Create a document to try some different fonts and text effects.
Tutorial video on basics of working with text
How to design a T-shirt in Illustrator (Adobe Tutorial)
Design a T-shirt in Illustrator (video)

6. Download symbols or pictograms here: TheNounProject.com
Use your school email and password.

Choose one design to create in Adobe Illustrator. Show Ms. Fowler to "okay" before you begin on the computer.
Follow the design directions on your worksheet.

Warm Ups
Video: Design of Dissent
Video: The Art of Protest
Video: Posters of Protest
Video: Graphic Design Fundamentals
Podcast: Protest Posters

8th Media Arts: Claymation

Research

1. Try a practice animation:

• Animation game
• Flipbook Animate
• Toonator

2. Find a claymation to share with the class

Claymation Videos  

Vimeo Claymation Staff Picks
TheKidsShouldSeeThis
ThisIsColassalClaymation

3.Vocabulary

4. Plan your claymation
Making Claymation in the Classroom

Warm Ups:

Pingu
Fresh Guacamole
Making of the Corpse Bride
Frankenweenie Featurette
Making of the Nightmare Before Christmas
Marcel the Shell

Make a Stop-Motion with Kristen Lepore

Planning

Pick a partner

1. Watch How to make a stop-motion
2. Draw your storyboard. Your character(s) must transform and move. There will be no dialogue. There will be a music background or overdub. Keep your idea simple-the characters morphs into different shapes? Maybe your character(s) dances?
3. Person 1- Director: Oversees the filming and production. Follows the storyboard. Person 2- Camera-person: Makes sure each shot is properly lit, in focus and steady. Both are in charge of editing the movie together.

Create

1. Download some photo options for your green screen set at PEXELS or Pixabay. Or use Google image search but be sure your image is large.
2. Create a title sequence, or other practice sequence.
3. Make your characters, and anything else you need.
4. Take pictures
5. Edit your photos in iMovie
   

stop-motion in iMovie

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6th Media Arts: Legendary Creatures

Directions

Vocabulary

Go to wordcentral.com and look up the definitions to the vocabulary words.

Research

1. What are myths? What are legends? What are folktales?
2. Mythical Creatures (answer the questions in your packet)

3. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)

4. Look at these professional examples:

Photoshop Animals 1


Student examples

3. Write
Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.

4. Sketch

Sketch in your packet

5. Design

Collect Photos: Go to Morguefile.com , Pexels, pixabay to collect your photos. Copyright law: A Fair(y) Use Tale

VIDEOS

Photoshop animals

How is Photoshop used to trick us? Is anyone model perfect?
PBS Off Book: Photoshop

Disney Legends
The Tortoise and the Hare
Mythical Creatures part 1, part 2
Cows, cows, cows
Animal Planet: Monster Week
5 Mythical Creatures That Could Actually Exist
5 Unexplained Sea Creatures
10 Mythical Creatures Caught on Camera

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Scholastic

*Extra time activities: SwitchZoo, Build Your Wild Self, Creature Creator