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High School Art Lessons- Categorized by Grade Level. Pen and Ink Techniques - Camouflage. Social Syllabus. In Class At the beginning of today's class, I would like you to e-mail me your mockups for the redesign project.

Social Syllabus

Please save them as PNG-24 files from the "Save for Web" menu so that they're not too big. After that I'd like you to break into groups of 6 and do critiques of eachother's designs. Because the class is so large, we can't do everyone's work individually on the screen, so we'll be doing critiques like this for the remainder of the semester. You can either print out your work (and the original site) and hang it on the wall / hold it up so that everyone can see it, or bring it up on your monitor and have everyone gather around.

HOW Design - Art Chantry on Creativity and Design. I’ve been a fan of Art Chantry ‘s work for many years.

HOW Design - Art Chantry on Creativity and Design

When I first saw his posters in the late ’80s, I was impressed by their raw power and intrigued with the designer’s knack for exposing the dark side of what seemed superficially bright and cheerful. Today I admire Chantry for enduring in a field driven by trends and marketing whims. His work from 25 years ago looks just as fresh by today’s design standards as it did then. Coming up with a great concept for any design assignment is a feat, but maintaining a high level of creativity for a significant period is remarkable. When asked to write this article, I jumped at the chance to discover the secret behind Chantry’s prolific and long-lasting brilliance.