Eleven years ago, Apple introduced its iconic iPod ad campaign with loud upbeat music and dark silhouettes dancing on a solid neon background. Today it’s hard to remember how cutting-edge having “1000 songs in your pocket” really was. Our sixth graders have never experienced a world without iPods, and their familiarity with the ads is mostly from seeing previous sixth grade classes do “the iPod project.” Happily for us this year, Apple brought back the campaign with the release of their iPhone 6S and their giveaway of U2’s latest release on iTunes. So sixth graders began the year in Graphic Design by learning how to transform images of themselves into silhouettes reminiscent of the original iPod ads. They took their pictures in creative action poses, and then they carefully cut out the images in Photoshop using the Pen Tool. Next, they removed the color and contrast to create a silhouette. They then decided whether they would be standing, flying, or upside down! They added shadows using the Gradient Tool, then picked a funny or descriptive word to accompany their image. Finally, accessories such as iPods were added to complete the pictures.