This is the Grade 6 MAPEH (Arts) Self-Learning Module for Quarter 2, Module 6: Graphic Design (Poster Layout). It was developed by DepEd Region VI – Western Visayas for home-based learning. It teaches learners what graphic design, posters, and layout are. It then walks them through planning and making their own poster, first on paper and then with the Paint 3D app on a computer.
On this page 7 sections
What learners will learn
After going through this module, the learner is expected to:
- Realize that art processes, elements and principles still apply even with the use of technologies (A6EL-IIe).
The module has one lesson, Lesson 1: Graphic Design (Poster Layout). It applies this competency to making graphic designs, especially poster layouts.
Key ideas: graphic design, posters, and layout
The module defines these terms:
- Graphic design is a field of art that communicates a specific message to a group of people through words and pictures. It is commonly linked with the commercial art of business.
- Graphic designers are the artists in this field. Agencies or companies hire them to create designs that look good and also communicate ideas or concepts well.
- A poster is a kind of placard or announcement. Its goal is to communicate information through words, pictures, or symbols.
- Layout is a very important part of making a poster. It is how everything in the poster is arranged.
In a poster, words and images are inseparable. They work together to tell the poster’s message.
Basics of a layout: seven steps
The module gives seven steps for planning a poster layout:
- Materials: illustration board or cartolina, glue, scissors, ruler (T-square), soft pencil, eraser, and coloring materials. The maximum size is printed as 32 high by 24 inches wide.
- Studies or sketches: move your elements around and sketch as many small thumbnail ideas as you can. Critique them, pick your best three, and turn them into final designs.
- Theme: decide on the important message you want viewers to remember from your poster.
- Title: decide where to place it. The title should be the largest text and readable from at least 5 feet away. It should tie in with and be supported by the other elements. Avoid clutter: less is more.
- Colors: choose colors that help carry the message and unify all the elements. Too many colors are distracting.
- Words and fonts: choose the font, the font size, and where the text goes. These add to the power and visual appeal of the design.
- White space: this is the empty area of a poster, with no text or pictures. Too little overwhelms the viewer’s eye, and too much makes it wander. Aim for a balance between empty and filled areas.
Making a digital poster in Paint 3D
In the What I Can Do part, learners follow the layout steps to make a sample poster on the computer:
- Open the Paint 3D app. Click Menu, then Open, then Browse files, and find the image you want to use.
- Insert the image or background.
- Enhance, resize, and move the image to match your layout plan.
- Add your text with the Text tool, using fonts that suit your theme and main idea.
- Print your finished poster.
This activity shows the module’s main point: the same art processes, elements, and principles apply whether you work with paper or with technology.
How to use this module
The module follows the usual parts of a DepEd self-learning module, in this order:
| Part | What learners do |
|---|---|
| What I Know | 10-item multiple-choice pretest |
| What’s In | 10 yes-or-no review questions on digital painting |
| What’s New and What is It | Read the lesson, then study four artworks and discuss their messages |
| What’s More | Answer five questions and make a sample poster and layout, then reflect |
| What I Have Learned | Review the key definitions |
| What I Can Do | Make a poster in Paint 3D |
| Assessment | 10-item true-or-false post-test |
| Additional Activities | Check a list of attitudes and feelings about the artwork |
- Learners: write all answers on a separate sheet of paper, and do not mark the module. Take the pretest first. Use the answer key at the end honestly to check your work.
- Parents: the poster activity needs a computer with Paint 3D and a printer. If you do not have these, ask the teacher about other options. The paper materials in Step 1 can still be used to make a poster by hand.
- Teachers: the Notes to the Teacher ask you to check whether the learner met the objectives and to give praise for their work.
Frequently asked questions
What grade and quarter is this Graphic Design (Poster Layout) module for?
It is for Grade 6 MAPEH (Arts), Quarter 2, Module 6. It covers the competency A6EL-IIe.
What is graphic design according to the module?
Graphic design is a field of art that communicates a specific message to a group of people through words and pictures. It is commonly associated with the commercial art of business.
What is white space in a poster?
White space is the empty area of a poster, with no text, pictures, or other graphics. The module says to balance empty areas with areas that have images and text.
What app does the module use for the poster activity?
The What I Can Do activity uses the Paint 3D app. Learners open an image, arrange it according to their layout plan, add text, and print the finished poster.
Does the module have an answer key?
Yes. The answer key at the end covers the What I Know pretest, the What’s In review, and the Assessment post-test.
Full text of the module
The text below is a transcription of the PDF above, as printed.
MAPEH – Arts
Quarter 2 – Module 6: Graphic Design (Poster Layout)
[illustration: students reading and studying outdoors and indoors, a teacher, a globe, and a lamp]
CO_Q2_Arts6_Module6
MAPEH – Arts Alternative Delivery Mode Quarter 2 – Module 6: Graphic Design (Poster Layout) First Edition, 2020
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Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand names, trademarks, etc.) included in this module are owned by their respective copyright holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher and authors do not represent nor claim ownership over them.
Published by the Department of Education Secretary: Leonor Magtolis Briones Undersecretary: Diosdado M. San Antonio
Development Team of the Module
Author: Danny U. Nagtalon Editor: Joyce M. Toriaga Reviewers: Margie R. Ibuyan, Rovie C. Abello, Rebecca Y. Ibarreta, Mahnnie Q. Tolentino, Hajji S. Tropa Illustrator: Danny U. Nagtalon Layout Artist: Gerry D. Almanon Management Team: Ramir B. Uytico, Pedro T. Escobarte, Miguel Mac D. Aposin, Jerson B. Labos, Elena P. Gonzaga, Donald T. Genine, Jerry A. Oquendo, Dobie P. Parohinog, Mahnnie Q. Tolentino, Rebecca Y. Ibarreta, Hajji S. Tropa, Rovie C. Abello
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MAPEH – Arts Quarter 2 – Module 6: Graphic Design (Poster Layout)
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions, exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM. This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how they can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master art. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the module you are now using.
After going through this module, the learner is expected to:
- Realize that art processes, elements and principles still apply even with the use of technologies. A6EL-IIe
What I Know
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
What is graphic design?
a. It is the process of creating art by transferring an image or design from a source into another material.
b. It is a field of art that has to do with the communication of some specific message to a group of people through the use of words and pictures.
c. It is a collection of pictures or images that are arranged in a specific order to tell the progression of events, emotions, and concepts.
d. None of the aboveWho are the artists in the field of graphic design?
a. Graphic designers
b. Graphic artists
c. Photographers
d. None of the aboveWhat is poster?
a. It is a special to many graphic designers.
b. Has to do with selling.
c. A kind of placard or announcement that has a goal to communicate/ convey information through words, pictures and symbols.
d. ComputerWhat is layout?
a. Relief printing
b. Lithography
c. Paper printing
d. An important part of making a posterThe person who is usually hired by designed agencies to arrange everything found within the poster is called ___________?
a. Layout artist
b. Graphic artist
c. Directors
d. Virtual artists______ should be readable and should be tied and support the elements on the poster design.
a. Colors
b. Design
c. Title
d. BalanceFont and font size in your text contributes to the power and ______ appeal of your design.
a. ideas
b. visual
c. white space
d. sketches_________________ is a vacant area in a poster.
a. white space
b. ideas
c. visual
d. designIt is a field of art that has to do with the communication of some specific message to a group of people through the use of words and pictures.
a. layout
b. poster
c. graphic design
d. digital paintingLayout is such an important part of making a ________.
a. layout
b. picture
c. poster
d. design
Lesson 1: Graphic Design (Poster Layout)
After going through this lesson, the learner is expected to realize that Art Processes, Elements, and Principles still apply even with the use of technologies in making Graphic Designs (Poster Layout). A6EL-IIe
What’s In
It’s check-up time!
Answer each statement with Yes if it is True and No if it is False. Write your answer on your paper.
- Is digital painting a fun hobby, one that you will enjoy for years?
- Digital work can be transferred or printed on almost any media.
- You DON’T need a computer and operating system to run on to create a digital painting.
- Poster is a kind of a placard or announcement.
- Brush Tool, Burn Tool, Scanner, Eraser Tool are coloring tools used for Digital painting.
- Scanners are absolutely essential to digital painting.
- The Hand Tool makes lines and can be used to create different shapes.
- The Pencil tool soaks color out of the image.
- Paint Pencil Bucket Tool fills or makes an area one color.
- Gradient tool is used by dragging the pen to highlight a color and make it fade from dark to light.
Clap! Clap! Clap! If you got 10. Don’t be sad if you got 5 below.
What’s New
The lesson from this module will help you develop your interest. Today, you are going to learn about Graphic Design (Poster Layout).
Get yourself ready to learn what Graphic Design is all about. Below is the information about Graphic Design. Read and understand the texts about the lesson.
Graphic Design
Graphic Design is a field of art that has to do with the communication of some specific message to a group of people through the use of words and pictures. Graphic design is commonly associated with the commercial art of business. Below are some examples of graphic designs and graphic designers.
Graphic Designs
[illustration: colorful geometric triangle pattern in pink, blue, and orange] https://i.stack.imgur.com/5sa3Y.png
[illustration: green background with overlapping metallic circles and swirling lines] http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJ68SSm93IA/TDY_Vw_DD NI/AAAAAAAABlI/YBA-u1d9ZtU/s1600/Musy-SonedBackground-Vector-Graphic.png
- What is Graphic Design? What are the important details of a Graphic Design?
- Where can you usually find graphic designs?
- Do you know someone making a graphic design? Can you name them?
Graphic Designer
[photo: graphic designers working at desktop computers in an office] https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2016/08/Graphic_Design-collaboration.jpg
Graphic designers are the artists who are in the field of graphic design employed by designed agencies or companies to create for them designs that are not just visually appearing but are also effective in communicating ideas or concepts.
A poster is a kind of a placard or announcement that has as its goal of communication of information through words and pictures or symbols.
Layout is such an important part of making a poster.
Basics of a Layout
Step 1: Materials Illustration board or cartolina, glue, scissors, ruler (t-square), soft pencil, eraser, coloring materials, etc. Dimensions: 32’high x 24″inches wide max
Step 2: Studies/sketches Move your elements around. Sketch as many thumbnail ideas as possible. After critiquing your ideas, select your best three ideas and translate them into final designs.
Step 3: Theme Decide which important message you want to communicate to your viewers. Then, ask the message you want your poster design to be remembered.
Step 4: Title Decide where to place the title. The title should be the largest text, the most readable (from at least 5 ft away), and should tied with and supported by all the other elements on the poster design. Avoid clutter. Less is more!
Step 5: Colors Choose the colors that help communicate the message and unify all the elements together. Avoid too many colors, this is distracting.
Step 6: Words/Fonts Decide on what font to use, the font size and where these texts should be placed. These contributes to the power and visual appeal of the design.
Step 7: White Space White space is a vacant area in a poster. There are no texts, pictures or other graphic images covering the white space. The viewer’s eye will be overwhelmed if you have too little and wander if you have too much. Aim for a balance between areas without images and texts and areas with one.
EXAMPLES:
[illustration: two example artworks side by side; left, a stylized apple and human profile in teal, red and cream on a dark navy background; right, a colorful abstract painted human face]
https://miro.medium.com/max/740/1*m4g0e2x6JClIFGyOai5esw.png
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/57/79/5b5779502d0 6f1f4c3fa9d4fc6ba7e64.jpg
https://images.vexels.com/media/users/3/73574/raw/ 9c55b2030807873640a8a858896d3517-earth-treeecologic-poster.jpg
[transcriber’s note: the four source lines above are the text-layer copies of the image captions printed below the artworks on this page]
What is It
Look at the four artworks below. Tell something about it by answering the questions.
[illustration: abstract painting in red, yellow, teal and pink tones] https://enlightened-digital.com/art-by-computers-how-ai-is-transforming-the-graphic-design-industry/
[illustration: colorful painted portrait of a young man with glasses] https://webneel.com/daily/22-colorful-digital-painting-alicezhang?size=_original
[illustration: colorful splash-painted dog’s head] https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/57/79/5b5779502d06f1f4c3fa9d4fc6ba7e64.jpg
[illustration: cream tree with branches above a globe on a green background] https://images.vexels.com/media/users/3/73574/raw/9c55b2030807873640a8a858896d3517-earth-tree-ecologic-poster.jpg
Questions: ✓ What is the message of each picture? ✓ Do you think the artists who made them were effective in telling their messages clearly? ✓ If you were the artist, would you do the same?
Notes to the Teacher Check the work of your learner if he/ she met your objectives. Give some praises.
What’s More
Now, you have learned your lessons on graphic design. Hey! It’s your time to show me that you learned.
Answer the following questions below:
- What is a poster? Make a sample.
- Whydoes an artist makes a poster?
- Is a poster important? Why?
- What is a layout? Make a sample.
- How important is a layout? Why?
Reflection: Look at your work. Compare them. What can you say about your work? Did you apply the elements and principles of arts on your work? Identify them. Do you think the elements and principles of arts are important to an artwork?
What I Have Learned
Hey! Stop! Park your learning here.
- Have you learned something from lesson 1?
- Can you name them?
Graphic Design is a field of art that has something to do with the communication of some specific messages to a group of people through the use of words and pictures.
Graphic designers are the artists who are in the field of graphic design employed by designed agencies or companies to create designs that are not just visually appearing but are also effective in communicating ideas or concepts.
A poster is a kind of a placard or announcement that has its goal of communication of information through words and pictures or symbols.
Layout is such an important part of making a poster.
In a poster, words and images are inseparable. They work together to tell the message of the poster.
Therefore, art processes, elements and principles can be applied in the same way even with the use of technologies. The elements and principles are all about labeling the components in which aesthetic is mainly judged in a universal way.
Wow! Great! Congratulations!
What I Can Do
Following the steps of basics in layout, make a sample of poster.
- Open 3D Paint Application. Click Menu and Open Browse file and find your image you want to use.
[illustration: Paint 3D start screen with the Open button, the Untitled – Paint 3D Menu button, and the Open and Browse files options, with red circles and arrows marking each step]
- Insert the image or background you want to use.
[illustration: File Explorer window showing the folder of images with one selected image circled in red]
Note: All illustration on this page were created by Danny U. Nagtalon
- Enhance, resize, move image according to the layout concept that you have in mind.
[illustration: Paint 3D canvas with a black-and-white line drawing of a group of children at a table, with the Marker tools panel open]
- Insert your texts. Use the text type tools from your toolbar to create and place the texts in the picture and from fonts that you think are appropriate for your theme and main idea.
[illustration: Paint 3D toolbar with Brushes, 2D shapes, 3D shapes, Stickers, Text, Effects and Canvas; below it the 3D text panel and a poster with the word “TEXTS” placed on the picture]
- Print your finish product.
Note: All illustration on this page were created by Danny U. Nagtalon
Assessment
Challenge yourself! Deal or No Deal?
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is wrong.
_____1. Art processes, elements and principles can be applied in the same way even with the use of technologies. _____2. Graphic designers are persons who are in the field of graphic design. _____3. Posters are either made up of small (leaflets or handbills) or large(billboards). _____4. Graphic design does not work if the product sold well or the traveler found the right service. _____5. Layout is NOT an important part in making a poster _____6. Art processes, elements, and principles Cannot be applied in the same way even with the use of new technologies. _____7. The artists who are in the field of graphic design are called Graphic Designers. _____8. Poster is a kind of a placard or announcement _____9. Graphic design is a field of art that has to do with the communication of some specific message. _____10. Graphic designers are hired by designed agencies to arrange everything found within the poster.
Additional Activities
Put a check mark (/) before each statement that describes your attitudes and feelings during and after doing the artwork.
_____1. I realized that art processes, elements and principles still apply even with the use of technologies. _____2. I can appreciate the elements and principles applied in layouting. _____3. I can apply skills in layouting and photo-editing using new technologies (hardware and software) in making a poster. _____4. I can create an advertisement/commercial or announcement poster. _____5. I can expand my imagination while making a poster. _____6. I can understand my classmates better through their participation in class. _____7. I can accept the remarks and suggestions of others. _____8. I can clean and take good care of the things in my classroom after using them. _____9. I can see myself improving in how I think and work in this activity. _____10. I am happy with, and proud of my works.
Answer Key
[transcriber’s note: the answer key is printed rotated 180 degrees in three columns; the entries below were read from the rotated text and are arranged in one table]
| Item | What’s In | What I Know | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | a | True |
| 2 | Yes | a | True |
| 3 | No | c | True |
| 4 | Yes | d | False |
| 5 | Yes | a | False |
| 6 | Yes | c | False |
| 7 | No | b | True |
| 8 | No | a | True |
| 9 | Yes | c | True |
| 10 | Yes | c | True |
References
Retrieved from:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/57/79/5b5779502d06f1f4c3fa9d4fc6ba7e64.jpg
https://images.vexels.com/media/users/3/73574/raw/9c55b2030807873640a8a858896d3517-earth-tree-ecologic-poster.jpg
https://i.stack.imgur.com/5sa3Y.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJ68SSm93IA/TDY_Vw_DDNI/AAAAAAAABlI/YBAu1d9ZtU/s1600/Musy-Soned-Background-Vector-Graphic.png
https://miro.medium.com/max/740/1*m4g0e2x6JClIFGyOai5esw.png
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2016/08/Graphic_Designcollaboration.jpg
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