Urban Design: Skate Decks

Skate Deck Requirements

• 2 Designs: One 'simple' & one 'complicated'
• 7.5" wide, 31.75" tall
• 300 PPI (pixels per inch)
• Combination of Imagery & Typography
• Well-Coordinated Color Scheme
• Specific Theme in Imagery & Text

Consider theme: Music? An artist/song? A place - city or destination? Can the theme be a quote or a lifestyle?

At the end of the project, there will be a voting poll to vote on the Top 5 designs in each class. Winning designs will be printed! 

Jenner's Inspiration Board:

Fri 9/6 - Inspirational Quotes

For your own layout, use your skills of typography to create a poster illustrating a quote.

Pick any inspirational or philosophy quote you like, or lyrics you resonate with.

• 6"x6"
• Well-coordinated color scheme
• Two, well-paired fonts
• Use of alignment and centering

Check out this video and my pinterest board for ideas:

Thu 9/5 - Type Basics Day 2

I Shot the Serif

Typographic Dating Game

Typewar

Fontpair.co

Tinder for Font Pairing

What the Font

Google Web Fonts

60+ Best Free Fonts 2019

Comic Sans Criminal

Resources:
FontPair
Beginner's Guide
Moods in Type

Font Pairing Infographics
Ultimate Guide to Font Pairing

Wed 9/4 - Type Basics Day 1: Kerning

Let's talk Typography. For starters, Kerning and Tracking.

Kerning is space between individual letters in a line of type.
Tracking is space between all of the letters in a line of type.

After you learn to track and kern in Illustrator, try out the Kerning Game. Shoot to score over 70 on each word.