The pages in this booklet will give you some
background information on heraldry; and provide you with
some ideas and examples to help you with your task. Have
a look through it all before you start.
You have been commissioned
to design a "coat of arms" that will represent
a specific family, company or club; then use this design
to reproduce either a sheet of personalised note paper, a
business card, a newspaper advertisement or a poster.
1. Keep a diary of you work for
every lesson - to include the following:
Date, filenames and brief
description or sketch of their contents
If you are working with a partner - Who did what? Who
decided what?
Name of the program used and any new tricks you have
learnt.
2. You should include in your
design something that picks out a particular activity,
interest, or other characteristic of the people it
concerns. Keep your design reasonable simple and choose
your colours carefully. Make some rough sketches of your
ideas on paper.
3. Use a computer art program to
develop and produce your design. You must save each stage
of your work - then if you make a serious mistake you won't
loose everything. You will also need them later to
illustrate your report.
4. Copy and paste
the coat of arms into a desk-top publishing program such
as PageMaker. You may need to shrink your design to a
more suitable size. Add name, address and any other
suitable text. See 'Guidelines for Writing an Address'. Create lines, boxes, panels, etc. to
improve the appearance of the page. Move these objects
around the page to obtain the best layout. Try different
ideas and make sure that you save all of your work and
keep it secure from accidental loss or damage.
5. Choose a suitable computer
program and write a full report on your work - see next
page.
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