About the overarching Unit Question:

The Visual Narrative Project asks Juniors,

"How well can you visually tell a structured story?"

Beginning with an exploration of prose fiction and the graphic novel, students practice communicating character and story arc through descriptive storytelling, narrative digital art, storyboards, films, and animations. Students deepen their technical communication skills by learning a variety of modern professional equipment and applications such as Wacom Digital Drawing Pads, lighting equipment, downshooters, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Animate, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Avid Pro Tools, Propellerhead Reason, HTML/CSS, DragonFrame, and Google Apps.

About the specific project within the unit that is featured in this gallery:

Juniors in Digital Media were challenged to improve their illustration skills by choosing to produce from a menu of projects such a stickers, wearable art, embroidery patches, personal illustrations, laser engraved art, and even candle shades.

Each design was drawn in Adobe Illustrator. Stickers were printed and cut out on a Silhouette Cameo die cutter. Designs for clothing were heat pressed onto apparel. A few designs were laser engraved on our AEON Mira 9 60W laser machine. Candle shades were also laser cut on the Mira 9 from wood and paper. Patches were embroidered on a computer controlled sewing machine.