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Practical Graphic Design

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021287
ISBN
9780972205856
Grade 6-AD
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Publisher's Description of Practical Graphic Design
Practical Graphic Design™ uses our hands-on approach and is a second natural extension of the Complete-A-Sketch™ series. Practical Graphic Design is a self-paced, self-teaching course that introduces the fundamentals of graphic design in a clear concise and fun way. This book shows the student great examples and includes tests and design projects. The book is full of information that is fundamental in the world of graphic design. It is based on the proven self-study methods developed in all of our other books. This book, like all of the Insight Technical Education books, is meant to inform, educate, and motivate. It can be used to follow-up Complete-A-Sketch, used in conjunction with Practical Drafting, or it can stand alone. Graphic design is used in every aspect of our lives. The intent of Practical Graphic Design is to introduce students to the basics of graphic design and to make students aware of the possibilities of career options. Graphic design is used in all types of presentations, sales, information, technical illustration, manuals, etc. This book gives you the tools for developing ads, business cards, and other documents. Practical Graphic Design can be a key component in helping to decide on a career path. The student learns by observing, reasoning, & doing.

All the lessons in this book may be accomplished both by hand and on the computer using graphic design software. Practical Graphic Design exposes the student to many types of graphic design concepts. Topics include design rules, page layout, dominance, repetition, rhythm, unity, contrast, gradation, and balance. Graphic design touches our lives everyday. Someone chooses the type, colors, and layout for every book, newspaper, or ad.

This book uses humor to make this topic even more fun! Watch out for the Graphic Design Police.

The skills you will learn in this book will benefit you for life regardless of your final career choices. The goal is to assist the student in mastering some design concepts and the art of creating something from nothing, to overcome the blank page. Written by Paul Bunch and Melvin G. Peterman. Illustrated by Paul Bunch.
  • Introduction to graphic design concepts
  • Open career options
  • Provides basis for presenting information clearly
  • Promotes self-directed learning
  • Reference material
  • Life skill
  • Minimal instruction required

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  • A tool for unzipping the download
Category Description for Drafting Sketchbooks from Insight Technical Education

Insight Technical Education has come up with a unique approach to technical art. Technical art manifests itself as drafting and computer-aided design. The author, Mel Peterman, has spent years doing drafting and CAD work in architecture, piping and electrical blueprints, and machinery design. Mel's idea is to give students the foundational work of doing technical drawing manually so that they may have a better "feel" and "style" when progressing to CAD programs.

The Complete-A-Sketch books should be the first books used. Mel's approach is very much "hands-on" - after a brief explanation of orthographic projections, isometric projections, and perspectives, it's drawing, drawing, drawing. But the drawing technique is easy to follow - easy enough, he even suggests starting Complete-A-Sketch with 4-6 year-olds! For each exercise, a small version of the object is shown, then the large version has all the corners and intersections filled in. The student connects all of the lines to complete the object. The objects get more detailed as you go. This volume "bridges the gap" between Complete-A-Sketch Vol. 3 and Practical Drafting, by teaching advanced technical sketching and also introducing drafting concepts and CAD. It includes 37 sketching projects, eight 3-D paper models to build and 25 bonus projects. Unlike the other volumes in the series, this one is on .pdf format on CD, so you can print pages for consumption.

Once you have completed the Complete-A-Sketch books, you are ready for Practical Drafting (recommended for Jr. High and up). The author asks that the student do each exercise both manually and using CAD software. To complete the project manually, the student will need some additional supplies. Of course, to complete the project on a computer, you will need some type of CAD program for your computer.

The last item is more free-form. Practical Graphic Design deals with page layout and design techniques for print projects. Points of discussion include margins, text columns, headers, footers, mastheads, headlines, subheads, captions, graphic objects and white space.

This program would be a good way to test the waters to see if your student in interested in engineering or technical art.

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Product Format:Softcover Book
Grades:6-AD
Brand:Insight Technical Education
ISBN:9780972205856
Length in Inches:11
Width in Inches:9
Height in Inches:0.5
Weight in Pounds:1.05
Publication Date:2003
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