Photoshop Tutorials

Start to play around with Photoshop.
Learn the Tool Bar and the Options Menu at the top
Try a tutorial or two to orient your self:
https://phlearn.com/
http://lifehacker.com/5753459/learn-the-basics-of-photoshop-in-under-25-minutes
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/basics/

Banner

You are to create a self-portrait banner for your blog using Illustrator.

• Start a New document with the dimensions 200 x 700.
• Make at least two layers- one for your design, the other for your name.
• Experiment and play with Illustrator drawing tools: shapes, lines, colours, gradients.
• Create a simple banner that expresses something about you for your Computer Arts blog.
• Have fun, be creative, try several 5+ different arrangements of the same design.
• Post the different arrangements to your blog.

http://thecutestblogontheblock.com

Self-Portrait Font

Post your finished self portrait font to your blog. Writing your name.
Reflect on your self-portrait font. Here are some questions to guide your write-up.

• Describe the font, what sort of personality does it have?
• How does it represent you, or what aspect of your self dopes it embody?
• How is it different from other fonts?

Then evaluate your font. Give your self a mark for your self-portrait font based on the scale:
4. Very True, 3.True, 2. Sort of True, 1.Not Really 0. No

1. Font is legible can recognize/read the letter forms.
2. The font spells your name.
3. My glyphs have a similar/familiar resemblance- Heights: baseline, x height, bowl diameter,  ascender/descender heights...
4. The width/thickness of the lines are even too : stems width, ascender/descender thickness, serif thickness...
5. My font design are unique to me. It's like no other. 

Give your self a mark out of  /20. Then explain why you gave yourself the mark. Effort, interest, creativity, play/experimentation.
Do you like working with typography?