2026 RESOURCES

On-Site Project

AFTERNOON EXERCISE (PDF)

This is the assignment sheet you will need for this afternoon’s hands-on practice.

on-site project Submission DROPBOX (LINK)

This is where you can submit your school’s project.

Graphic Design

Typographic Hierarchy

This short article at Medium.com gives a brief overview of some of the considerations needed when creating a Typographic Hierarchy for your publication.

KernType (A Letterspacing Game)

KERNTYPE let’s you practice tweaking letterspacing In typography, an important task especially when working with larger type (such as headlines). Kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result.

TYPE TERMINOLOGY HANDOUT (PDF)

An overview of some of the terms and tools you learned about in your session today.

Thinking with Type (Lots of valuable Typography information)

Ellen Lupton provides clear and focused guidance on how letters, words, and paragraphs should be aligned, spaced, ordered, and shaped.

KHROMA

Khroma, color tool for designers, lets you search and save an infinite amount of color combinations based on a personalized algorithm.

Coolors

Coolors is a website that generates an infinite amount of color palettes with a click of your spacebar. What we love in particular is the amount of control users have in terms of editing each color within your palette. Coolors also enables uploading images in which it’ll generate a palette based on.

Design Principles (Cheat Sheet)

An infographic illustrating 20 important design principles with tips for making use of them in your projects.

Photography

Afternoon Photography Exercise (PDF)

This is the assignment sheet you will need for this afternoon’s hands-on practice.

Composition Lecture Slides (PDF)

Slides from Brian Kyle’s composition lecture.

Camera Sim

Similar to Canon’s Camera Simulator but it can be useful to try settings with a different scene.

FIELD GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE (PDF)

Field Guide to Photographic Exposure is a straight-to-the-point pocket guide by PUC’s own Brian Kyle that explains the settings that offer you creative control over the technical aspects of camera use as it relates to image making.

Miscellaneous Cheat Sheets (PDF)

A PDF of a variety of Cheat Sheets that are worth perusing to see if they provide any applicable tips, or answers to questions you have about photography.

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— STUDENT, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY ACADEMY