“Visual Puns”

Objective: / To practice Photoshop CS6 skills.
Description: / Students will create visual representations of a selected pun or words that sound alike. Selection tools and layer management skills will be utilized.
Skills: / Selections: marquee, lasso, wand, combining selections, transformation, moving, and cropping.
Layers: rearranging layers, copy paste layers, adding text layer, naming layers, layer sets, combining layers.
Concepts: / Create a visual pun from words that have a double meaning.
Design: Have point of emphasis and image dominant to background or surroundings.
Resources: / Internet, Digital Photos and Photoshop
Planning: / Make up a list of some possible puns such as: strong box, watch dog, coat of arms, six feet underground, shoe tree, navel orange, light house (See list on back). Visualize an image from these words. (A box with muscles, a watch in shape of dog head, etc.) When you get your idea you will search the Internet for pictures to use. You want to make sure the images you use are large enough and won’t be blurry when you adjust the size. When you have your images selected you will begin to “construct” your “Visual Pun.” Please do not forget to include the name of the pun along with placing the image in a corresponding setting.
Document: / Set up a Photoshop document 5” x 7” or 7” x 5” with a resolution of 72 dpi, RGB. Canvas size can be enlarged or cropped to meet the needs of the image.
Save your final image with “visualpun” to your individual h-drive. The final project will be saved in “Classfolders”


List of Visual Puns (most popular puns in bold print)

Watch Dog
Fan Club
Second Hand Store
Water Closet
Strong Box
Photo Bug
Bookworm
Loud Tie
Toothpick
Gatorade
Handcuffs
Horse radish
Fireman
Wisdom Tooth
Mail Man
Boxing Match
Book Worm
Butterfly
Moth Ball
Garden Hose
Horse Fly
Eye Ball
Handball
Football

Fruit Punch
Deviled Eggs
Flower Bulb
Jack Frost
Dreadlock
Fire Drill
Dragon Fly
Dr. Pepper
Money Order
Star Fish
Serial Killer
Bird Dog
Black Gold (slang for crude oil)
Black Light
Blue Bird of Happiness
Blue Green

Birthday Suit
Boneless Ribs
Books on Tape
Buffalo Wings
Bulldog
Calm Storm
Cardinal Sin
Catfish
Classic Rock
Cold Fever, Cold Sweat
Couch Potato
Diet / Lite Ice Cream
Divided Loyalty
Dodge Ram
Drug War
Freezer Burn
Gun Safe
Hard Roll
Hard Water
Hell's Angels
Holy War
House Boat
House Plant
Jumbo Shrimp
Junk Food
Mobile Home
Moving Target
One-man band

“Visual Pun” Rubric Sheet Name: ______

You will be evaluated for completing the following activities, quality checks and degree of creativity.

Photoshop Tools / Followed Directions: Points

Used at least one of the following selection tools well (lasso, marquee & move) ______/ 5

Used transform tool to change size of at least one selection/layer. / 5

Included a text layer that can be read easily (Name of Visual Pun) / 5

Included an original background that fits the visual pun / 10

Completion / Quality:

Met requirements for concept: Visual Pun created with Photoshop / 5

Made clean selections (Blending / blurring / smudging as necessary) / 10

Use of CRAP:

Project shows good use of the Elements of Graphic Design (when necessary) / 10

Creativity:

Project is original and creative / 5

Total / 55