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Learning Graphic Design & Illustration


Core Code Alignment

CTE / Skilled & Technical Sciences
    Precision Production Trades
        40100000044: Advanced Production Graphics

Fine Arts
    Visual Arts
        02010000041: Commercial Art/Computer Graphics II


Recommendation

Recommended Limited

Evaluation

Content Narrative:

Provides a variety of activities aligned with standards & objectives for Digital Image Editing and Digital Illustration. Includes Graphic Design History and Principles of Design content. Activities attar with basic concepts and~build on basics to develop more advanced skills. Provides clear directions for activities, but difficult to locate any single skill or concept. Step by step navigation easy to follow, but difficult using as a reference source.

Accessibility Narrative:

Book accessible to all students with accesses to Adobe Creative Cloud. Students would be required to purchase software to use the text at home. Fell the book would be better adaptable by teachers with a more detailed table of contents, but a~great book for providing pre-canned assignments to students.

Pedagogy Narrative:

Provides hands on activities for a variety of objectives (skills) in Photoshop and Illustrator. In addition, it provides a review of the history of Graphic Design, Principles of Design, a


Educators Using These Materials

Jessica Benson  
Ignite Entrepreneurship Academy (District), Ignite Entrepreneurship Academy, Educator

Rubric

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Career and Technical Education 2025
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