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State the first three Essential Questions and briefly answer each below the question.

Essential questions

1. Why is it important to identify safety issues and to safely operate equipment utilized in the classroom?

If you do not identify safety issues it could be a problem in the next class, and you could get in trouble for it. It is also important to operate equipment utilized int he classroom because 

2. How do interpersonal and employability skills affect both your everyday life and your future?

3. What is graphic design and why is it important to communicate visually?    

Blog week 3 questions

How can graphic designers effectively communicate? In your own words, explain the communication process.

They can use images and symbols to go past language barriers and effectively speak to all people.  Designer also have to figure out what to say and how to present it to people.  For a topic like "smoking is bad" graphic designers will either be straight forward or they will be cunning and go out of the box.  The person could just put a picture of  a cigarette and a red X in front of it, or they could have someone smoking but the shadow of the cigarette is a gun. 

Understanding the history, culture and movements of fine and graphic arts will make you a better producer of visual messages. Why?

In a way graphics and design is the same concept as what people have done in history movements of fine and graphic arts. If the designer knows more about history and cultures it will be easier for him/her to think of ideas when a client asks for a design about this certain event in history or a certain culture of a country.  

What is OSHA? What do the letters stand for?

OSHA stands for occupational safety and health administration.


OSHA's job is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and to provide enrichment.

Podcast #1 Elements of Design

What does it take to create good graphic design?

What is the difference between elements and principles?

Name the six (6) elements of design.

What can lines aid in, when alone or combined with  other lines or shapes?

Which lines suggest a feeling of rest? Why do you think?

Vertical lines communicate a feeling of what? Why do you think?

What lines suggest a feeling of movement? Why do you think?

Soft, shallow curved lines suggest what? Why do you think?

These lines suggest confusion and turbulence? Why do you think?

What element defines a specific area of space?

What is the difference between two dimensional shapes and three dimensional shapes?

Describe the difference between geometric shapes and organic shapes?

What are abstract shapes?

Which basic shape projects an attitude of honesty or equality?

What do triangles suggest?

Circles convey feelings of what?

Describe positive space and negative space?

What is texture?

Incorporating texture into a design can help do what?

What is value?

What is another name for value?

What can the element of color do when incorporated into a design?

Intro Goals

Why did you take this class?

I choose to take intro to graphic and design because when I saw this room on orientation day, I was amazed of all the MAC's in this one room and i decided to join this class so i could use them and also learn to use adobe programs that i will use in the future.

What goals do you have for the class?

My goals for this class is to be able to use the programs that i use here in this class in the future and learn the advanced techniques of those programs. I also want to learn more about the MAC and its capabilities.