Phase 3. What is Typography? Exploring Typography

Description

Students will create a self-portrait illustration with the photography of their self-portrait, which was one of their previous project.

Students will make the placed photo layer to template, and create a new layer to trace their self-portraits. 

Central Foci

1. Art Context: 

Typography

2. Elements and Principles: 

• Elements: typefaces
• Principle: harmony, balance

3. Personal Perspective: 

Students will choose two typefaces for their social justice poster.

4. Production ("Making" words): 

Brainstorming, researching 

Learning Objectives

Skills/Techniques

Students will be able to:

• Learn how one color defines differently by its hue, value and chroma.
• Learn how to repaint their self-portrait illustration without using eye-dropper tool to select colors. 

Concepts

Students will understand that:

• With more practice in canalization, they will be able to create precise illustration.

Pre-requisite

Essential Prior Learning

• Use of Pen tool
• Use of Live Paint Bucket Tool
• Knowledge of social justice

Learning Readiness

My cooperating teacher told me that students already learned about social justice in their social studies class. For Adobe Illustrator, I previously taught students how to use the Pen Tool and Live Bucket Tool, so students are in process of learning, but they still need to develop using Bezier Handles to create natural curves. 

Potential Misunderstandings and Strategies

Students would not understand the importance of using specific styles of typography.

For this phase of learning segment, I attached a website as a visual resource as well as PowerPoint slide on Google Classroom.

Materials

iMac (or Desktop Computer)

Adobe Illustrator

Self-portrait photography

Drawing Tablet (optional)

Visual Resources

Shepard Fairey - "We the People Are Greater Than Fear"

Jessical Sabogal - "Women Are Perfect"

Website: https://fontsinuse.com