Monograms symbolize everything from people to companies, colleges and religious figures.

 

Monograms are often made by combining the initials of an individual or a company, used as recognizable symbols or logos. A series of uncombined initials is properly referred to as a cypher (e.g. a royal cypher) and is not a monogram

 

Assignment

• In Adobe Illustrator you will

  • Start with a typeface you feel would make a good monogram for you

  • Convert the type to outlines and modify the letter to interlock like a traditional monogram

  • At lease 2 of the letters must interlock or cross in some manner

  • Try to stay away from fonts Myriad and Arial

 

• Create a PDF

• • Upload your monogram that you created using Adobe Illustrator to Jupitergrades

 

Requirements​

• The PDF should be named "yournameMonogram"

• There must be a summary explaining your monogram and why you feel that way and how the image is a visual representation of you.

 

Description of Project

Students will create a PDF that contains an image that exemplifies themselves in a monogram. They will then explain how the image is visually communicating what they are feeling or trying to express.

 

Standards

Standard 1.1: Identify and use the principles of design to discuss, analyze, and write about visual aspects in the environment and in works of art, including their own

Standard 1.4: Analyze and describe how the composition of a work of art is affected by the use of a particular principle of design

Standard 2.1: Solve a visual arts problem that involves the effective use of the Elements of Art and Principles of Design.

 

CA Visual Arts Standards 9 - 12 Proficient& Advanced

 

DLT

Students will be able to...

1. Create a monogram that personifies them

2. Take a message being visually communicated and express it in written form

3. Summarize and justify your choice of design elements

 

Academic Language Development

Students will demonstrate understanding of the following terms . . .

• Themselves

• Typography

 

Checking for Understanding​

1. Idenification and and analysis of the effectiveness of an image to visually communicate

2. Written/verbal descriptions of design process (Analysis)

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Reference

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ALSQL2gpcr2Fas6Jw9I7WgAUsUyT4XFoMYgM9Rj1hrs/edit?usp=sharing