In the Graphic Design class, seventh and eighth grade students are currently learning to use Adobe Illustrator. We have begun by exploring some of the ways type can be used and manipulated. In the first assignment students were asked to use type in anyway they chose to create an image or a message. They could distort letters, use them as design elements, or as words. In the second assignment students had to create type without using the Type Tool at all. They had to, in effect, create their own letters. Here are two student examples from each assignment.
