Essential Questions


1. Why is it important to identify safety issues and to safely operate equipment utilized in the classroom?
-so that everyone can stay safe in the work place


2. How do interpersonal and employability skills effect both your everyday life and your future?
-because it is always good to be able to work with others and when you go to college your going to want to know emplayability skills so you can get jobs.


3. What is graphic design, and why is it important to communicate visually.
-graphic design is sending a message through a visual that you make, it is important to know how to communicate visually becausse some people learn better through visuals and you never know if theres going to be language barries or something else.


4. What are the elements of design and how are they incorparated into a design?
-line, space, shape, value, texture, color, they are incorparated by putting each one into a design.




5. What is a vector based design and how is it created?
-vector graphics is the use of geometric shapres such as points, lines, curves, and shapes that all represent an image. You can create it by putting any of the things listed above (curves, lines, points, or shapes) to make one whole image.


6. How is color used effictively in graphic design?
-by using different color schemes and by thinking about contrast


7. What is a raster based design and how is it created
-it is an image or data structure that represents a rectangular grid of pixes and points of color and you can create one on photoshop


8. How does the manipulation of size and resolution effect digital image
-because if you make things different sizes the composistion becomes off


9. What is the function of type within a design? 

-it can be used to fill in space or to express an idea 


10. How do designers use a page layout program?
-it is used to layout a design and arrange things on a page so it looks good


11. What steps does a designer take to design a page layout from concept to final product?
-research, sketch, blueprints, create, revise


12. What are the key developments in the history of visual communication? How did these developments shape our industry?
-some key developments in the history of visual communication are the invention of the printing press, cuneiform, the alphabet, and many other things. They are all used very frequently used today and without them life would be very hard.


13. What careers are available within the field of graphic design? What professional organizations are associated with the industry

-Production Artist:, Art Director: Creative Director, Illustrator, Web Designer, Package Designer,Comic Book Artist, Graphic Designer, Computer Animator, Publication Designer, Story Board Artist, Copy Writer, Free Lancer. these are all jobs in the field of graphic design