Earth Creation Myths
WI State Standards:
- AA Cr10h
Investigate: Engage in critical thinking, problem solving, and research through elements and principles of art and design studio practices and processes.
(aesthetics / problem solving) - AA Cr12h
Make: Create works of art that introduce students to media, care of tools, and basic craftsmanship skills.
(skills) - AA Pr10h
Develop meaning: Create s body of work incorporating personal, historical, and contemporary art to communicate one or morepoints of view.
(aesthetics / communication)
Learning objectives
- creative project: planning and executing
- manipulating images
- editing tools
- communicating ideas and concepts
Illustrate an existing Earth Creation myth.
Make it as real as possible.
Incorporate text into the poster.
Find the most bizarre legend and have fun with it!
examples
STEPS
1. Research
Explore different cultures to find out how people used to explain the creation of the Earth.
2. Save
Save a link or create a document to save the text of a myth.
3. Plan
Sketch out your idea first. This will help you to organize your thoughts and to plan your strategy.
Collect images that you might need. Make sure they are good quality images.
Plan your approach to creating any extra graphics.
4. Create
Now it’s time to have fun!!!
Photoshop time!!!!
Create a new file:
- 11"x17"
- resolution 300
Utilize layer styles, filters, effects, etc.
5. Finalize
Create a new file in Illustrator: 11"x17"
Place the Photoshop file onto the artboard.
Add text, header, etc.
If you need to adjust something in the image – do so in Photoshop, and the file will get updated in Illustrator.