What Kind of Employee Are You?

"What does 'a' grade look like in e-Comm?", you ask. 

Grades will happen at the end of each semester. They aren’t based on percentages, and aren’t even based on how many “exceeds” or “meets” or “needs” you have on your reviews. The data from the performance reviews are used to form a general picture of what you “look like” as an e-Comm student, or employee.

The A employee looks like:

Exemplary employee, dependable, goes above and beyond, gets raises. Maximizes their time and abilities, takes advantage of opportunities to improve themselves.

The B employee looks like:

Comes to work, but hasn't found their passion. Is just there, doing what is asked, but without the drive to do more. Doesn’t always maximize their time or strive to improve themselves.

The C employee looks like:

May have attendance issues, not committed, wastes time, squanders opportunities to improve themselves or their work. May need to rethink a future in e-Comm.

The D or F employee:

Does even less and doesn’t care as much as a C employee. Needs to explore other options.

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An Example of a How To Tutorial

Ways to Make Rays

An inspired quest to create by Cynthia Lofquist

In an effort to create a radial burst I discovered a slice of design history, well, actually two slices.

First, the Swiss Style of design is iconic and as important to the field today as it was when it was developed in the 50’s. Easily recognized by its characteristic asymmetrical layouts, use of the grid, associated use of photography over illustrations, and emphasis on International Typographic Style. Some major players are Max Miedinger, who is responsible for Helvetica, and Josef Muller-Brockmann, influenced by Constructivism–the next style that I will address.

Second, we must look even further back to Constructivism, an activist post-WWI avant-garde movement that wanted to move the people. This socialistic style of art began in Russia in the early 20^th century and influenced decades of architecture, art, film, and just about any form of expression for decades and still extends into today’s Shepard Fairy’s infamous line of OBEY . Characteristics of this style include radical political agendas and brightly colored geometric designs. Through this style we will examine the second approach to making rays.

For our purpose today we will focus on the use of a radial array of lines and concentric circles using the polar grid tool. And a second method that will simply use the Ellipse shape and stroke panel. The end design of each can have different effects from elegant and timeless, to dramatic and in your face. Both are eye catching and a must in every designer's tool belt.

RED RAYS (for the People)

Step One

Open a new document in Illustrator, make a circle using the Ellipse tool (L). Set the Fill to “no fill” and the Stroke to whatever color you choose. I am going to use Red for our socialistic purpose since Red is the color of passion and desire.

Step Two

Go to the Stroke panel and check the Dashed box and the far right option of dashes.

Go to Object > Expand Appearance then Object > Expand and make sure the dialogue box that pops up has both Fill and Stroke checked. Click OK.

  

Step Three

Deselect and then with the Direct Select tool (A), draw a rectangle that selects all the inner anchor points (This is tricky so double check the anchor points are blue on the inside and open on the outer circle. You can shift select to add or subtract desired anchors.). Right click the selection and choose Average > Both from the dialogue box that appears.

Now all the rays meet at the center point. You are free to resize the design to cover the entire page. Use the Alignment panel to adjust preferred placement. Create a Clipping Mask to eliminate overhang.

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Orientation 
Room 2120

Tuesday October 21 @ 7:40am 

(2nd -15 minute session after school)

Reminders and Resources for Graphic Designers

Just a quick note to remind you all about the importance of documenting your process to bring as evidence when we meet again for your Performance Review. 

REMEMBER
Part of the process is getting stuck, not knowing what to do, and thinking about what you are thinking about. How you respond is your evidence!! How do you get unstuck, find out what you need to know, and document your ideas? Use your sketch books daily. It will not only be a record of your time but also allow you to reflect more easily when writing about your project.

Below are a few supports but remember your class/team is also a wealth of knowledge.
Now is the time to stop winging it.

Lynda.com

Illustrator Help

Google

Documents and Forms

Is Google's new logo good or bad? 

Test your Skills

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Quick Challenge 

Time yourself to see how long it takes for you to complete this 8 step tutorial. Use he comment box to post your Place your best time. 

Ready Set Go

Creating A Yin / Yang Icon In Illustrator

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Welcome to e-Communication

Endorsement Links

Attention e-Comm Students

Are you tracking your endorsement hours?

Follow this link to learn more about endorsement hours:

http://www.onwravens.net/ecomm/endorsement/

Follow this link to track and log your endorsement hours:

https://online.olatheschools.com/21century/21century.php

*Use your Olathe Schools email login and your password. 

*If you haven't logged in yet this year, the password is: Student15