Blast from the Past: T-shirt Design from 2009

I had the gumption to teach Illustrator to 7th graders. The cool thing is, the school created a Computer Graphics course 2 years later--So, those 7th graders could take the course this year. I resurrected a few of their old t-shirt designs today, and showed their work to the class. They were pretty embarrassed--shouldn't have been. Here's a few. I love them.

Artist: M

This was my favorite design, but the student left the school. Wish I had an after pic.

Artist: PK

This student was in the process of submitting his design to threadless.com when the bell rang, and he never finished. Since then, he's completed several t-shirt designs he is in the process of submitting. Two of his designs were accepted by Threadless judges, but didn't make the final cut. One is pictured below:



Artist: LS

This student created the Air Jordans word art we know and love.



Artist: TW

TW created the word art cat "Cat's Got Your Tongue?" that won first at the T City Art Show.

More Awesome Word Art

Word Art

My student created this for an assignment in class. She created the image in Adobe Illustrator by overlapping words to create areas of value and color. When I assigned the project, I didn't expect much, because not even ocd me has the attention span for this kind of thing. The 9th graders blew me away! My jaw's still dropped. More to follow.

Computer Graphics Valentines

My Computer Graphics students created these valentines on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I'm pleased. Just wait until you see the 8th graders' work!

Graphic Novels

I'm psyched about the graphic novels my students have created. I only required they complete 2 pages. Several created 15-20 page novels. Here's two that caught my eye. More to come. (I'm a show off).

This makes me laugh.

This makes me cry.

Post Impressionist Mural

My seventh graders designed this mural. They each completed a section with expressive colors and texture (both implied and actual). I LOVE it!