GK Enamel Pin
Past Student Examples
Design Enamel Pin
Must be vector artwork (no raster: no blending/smudging colors or gradients)
Vector brush to create outlines (metal)
Paint bucket to fill in with color
Optional: include dangling parts, spinning parts, and blinking lights:
Brainstorm your design
You are a graphic designer working for GKHS tasked with designing an enamel pin for GKHS that represents the school (or a specific club/activity/event) to be sold in the student store.
Questions to think about:
Do you want to design a general GK pin?
Or do you want to design a pin specific to a club/activity/event?
Examples: GK Football, 2024 Seniors, Video Club
GK Brand Element Requirements
Must include at least 2 of the following GK brand elements:
Color: Blue
Color: Orange
Text: GK or GKHS
Text: Eagles
Drawing Options
Your design must follow our in-class rules on copyright material and tracing.
You may:
Free-hand draw (no reference/trace)
Trace photographs (images of real life, taken on a camera) - either yours or found online
Trace drawings/illustrations (must combine, cannot only trace one)
Or a combination of free-hand drawing, tracing photographs, and/or tracing drawings/illustrations
Trace a Photo (YES)
Find a photograph online, trace it, and be done. (You can also trace multiple!)
Trace Multiple Illustrations (YES)
Find multiple illustrations online, trace them, and combine.
Trace an Illustration (NO)
You may not only find one illustration online, trace it, and be done.
Start a New File Fresco
Open Adobe Fresco.
Start a new document: tap "+ Create new"
Tap the "Print" tab
Tap "Tabloid"
Rename
Tap the "Untitled..." at the top of the screen
Tap the "Untitled..." again
Rename to "Last Name, GK Pin"
Tap "Save"
Choose an Outline Color
Choose a color for your outlines (this is the metal portion) Options:
Black
Silver (gray)
Gold (choose a color close to gold)
Gold:
Silver:
Black:
Draw Outlines (Metal)
Use a Vector brush (3rd brush icon)
Draw your outlines (this is the raised metal portion)
Optional: Outline Vector Brush Option
There is a vector brush option with an outline where you can choose the outline and fill color.
Make sure the outline is your metal color and then you can choose your fill color (enamel)
Fill in the colors (enamel)
Fill in your outlines using the paint bucket tool
Save as a PDF File
On Fresco:
Tap the share icon at the top
Tap "Publish & Export"
Tap "Export as"
Choose "PDF"
Tap "Export"
Tap "Drive"
Add PDf to Google drive
Go into the "Folder" area and tap "My Drive"
Tap "Graphic Design" > "2 - Careers"
Tap "Save here" in the bottom right
Tap "UPLOAD" in the top right
Submit Graphic Design Link to Canvas
Copy Link
Go to the drive.google.com on Safari
Navigate to your "Graphic Design" folder and click the "..." to the right
Tap "Get link"
Tap "Copy link"
Submit to Canvas
Go to the Canvas app and find the assignment
Click "Submit Assignment"
Tap the Website URL area twice and tap "Paste"
Click "Submit Assignment"
