Due by end of class.
Directions:
1. Read the "Principles of Design" and take the quiz. You are welcome to help each other, use the internet for answers.
- Think About: You have already started to use some of the "principles". When you designed a logo, when you were hand drawing and even in your portrait (your portrait probably followed a "rule of thirds"). You are on your way to being a designer! Well, maybe or maybe not. You cannot simply follow these "principles" and be guaranteed success but the terms and concepts seem to appear over and over in all sorts of creative fields. You can start to "break the rules" after you start to develop basic skills.
The quiz is worth 50 points.
2. Take the Salary "Quiz" found at the link below. Use the internet and various sites to look up salary data for Graphic Designers both here in Tucson and Los Angeles.
Graphic Design Salary Quiz.
- Think About: Do you want a family with children, adequate medical insurance, a nice second home in the mountains, swimming pool, etc? Are you ready for the management demands you will need to earn that sort of salary? Are you content living more modestly and earning less? Having more free time to enjoy with family may mean less salary but a better quality of life, or will it? Would you rather work in a big city like Phoenix, Los Angeles or NYC and earn more/pay more to live? Would you rather work in Pinetop/Lakeside, AZ and go fishing nearly every day after work (but make much less let alone even be fortunate to have a job at all!)
The survey is worth 50 points.
For more information on career research in the field of graphics/web design (or other fields) visit:
www.salary.com
Try this link too: http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/Graphic-Design-Specialist-Job-Description.aspx
Click on the "Free Salary Data" button to see money money money.
www.careerbuilder.com
www.freelancer.com
http://www.indeed.com/q-Graphic-Design-jobs.html
