Final Class

For the Photoshop projects completed, briefly identify and explain how you used the following:

Selection Tool

Layers

Typography tool

What is surrealism?

For the Illustrator projects completed, briefly identify and explain how you used the following:

Pen tool

Layers

What is the difference between a bitmap and a vector drawing?

Give 3 characteristics of Robert Indiana’s work.

Briefly explain the process of creating a Reduction Block Print.

Printmaking Research

Introduction tp Printmaking

MOMA Printmaking Resource

Follow each of the links below and answer the following in a post on your blog:

1. List the various methods of printmaking that fit into each of the three categories. 

2. Give information on how each of the types of prints are created.

3. Review the artwork of  major artist that is well known for using each of the three methods,and copy and paste the artwork to your blog. Add the artists name  and the date the artwork was created, and give a detailed description of each the prints.

Relief Printing

Intaglio

Stencil Printing

Post Your Illustrator Work and Self Assessment

Post all of the work you've done in Illustrator, including:

• The first practice traced objects
  
• Your original drawing - the one you scanned
  
• The Illustrator version of your drawing
  
• Artist statement, in paragraph format, answering the following:

1. Describe your drawing. What does it mean to you?
2. What tools in Illustrator did you use to create the image? I want you to name, define the function, and how you used each tool.
3. What problems did you encounter when crerating the Image? How did you resolve them?

• Do the Self Assessment. This time, instead of answering using a number scle, use your own words to dewcribe how well you fulfilled the following:

1. Objectives - How well does your work solve the requirements outlined in the assignment? 
2. Production - Did you take your time or rush? Do you have good craftsmanship or is it sloppy? Did you stay on task? 
3. Creativity - How original, innovative, and daring is your work? Did you explore new ideas or just stick to the basic requirements? Is it unique from everyone else’s? 
4. Growth - How does this work compare to previous work? Does it show improvement in your skills, thought, and planning? Are you brainstorming and considering many ideas before diving in?
5. Composition and Design -  How well did you use your elements and principles in your work to create a well balanced composition?

Digitize an original drawing in Adobe Illustrator

Your assignment for the next two class periods will be to Digitize an original drawing in Adobe Illustrator.

 Using an orginal drawing, scan and place it in a tracing layer in Illustrator.

Using the Selection, Direct Selection, Pen tool and Layers, Trace your drawing. Make sure you use Bezier curves and cotrol handles

Use at least two colors.

Your goal will be to improve your skills with Illustrator, particularly the Pen tool.

Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Today we'll begin working with adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is a Vector Based graphics program. So far we have worked only with a Bitmap based graphics program, Photoshop.

For a discussion on the difference between the two programs click the link below:
Vector and Bitmap Images

Here is an example of the same image in both formats. The Vector graphic is on top, the Bitmap graphic is on bottom. Notice that as the Vector graphic is enlarged the edges stay smooth, whereas the bitmap graphic becomes pixelated.




Today we will learn about the some of the basic tools in Illustrator and do a brief exercise using these tools.

Selection Tool
Direct Selection Tool
Pen Tool
Layers Pallette

Post your Project

Please post your completed Surreal Image, along with the following:

• Thumbnail Sketches

• Original photos used in your project

• Artist statement, in paragraph format, answering the following:

1. The title of your picture.
2. Description of the image and why it fulfills the definition of Surreal, or Magic realism.
3. What tools in Photoshop did you use to create the image, such as the Polygonal lasso to make selections, or the layers Pallette.
4. What problems did you encounter when crerating the Image? How did you resolve them?

• Do the Self Assessment. Answer on a scale of: Exceeds(5) Good (4) Average(3) Needs work(2) Poor (1)

1. Objectives - How well does your work solve the requirements outlined in the assignment? 
2. Production - Did you take your time or rush? Do you have good craftsmanship or is it sloppy? Did you stay on task? 
3. Creativity - How original, innovative, and daring is your work? Did you explore new ideas or just stick to the basic requirements? Is it unique from everyone else’s? 
4. Growth - How does this work compare to previous work? Does it show improvement in your skills, thought, and planning? Are you brainstorming and considering many ideas before diving in?
5. Composition and Design -  How well did you use your elements and principles in your work to create a well balanced composition?

MC Escher Documentary

Good morning everybody. I am out of class today so you will watch a documentary on a well known graphic artist, M.C. Escher.

Here is his official website

mcescher.com

Here is the documentary:

Metamorphose - MC Escher documentary


We'll discuss the documentary next week.

Creating your Surrealist Image

Today you will begin designing your composition.

The design must use your own photography except for objects that you do not have access to.

Remember Erik Johanssens 3 rules for creating an image

1. Photos that are combined must have the same perspective
2. Photos combined must have the same type of light
3. Photos must be seamlessly combined 

Begin by creating 3-5 Thumbnail Sketches. A thumbnail sketch is a small, quick drawing that you use for planning your final design.

You will then gather, or take pictures of the images you will need for your composition.

Surrealist Photo Illustration

What is Surrealism? Magical Realism?

For our purposes Surreal or magical realism describes an image where the elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment. Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts.

Here is a link to a TED talk by Erik Johansson. Erik creates realistic photos of impossible situations.

Today we will begin creating a surreal image using photoshop.

Using the provided images plus at least one of your own, (either from the web or a photos you have taken), create a magical realist composition using exaggerated scale. You may select, crop, and place the elements in the composition in any way that presents them in an incongruous, unusual or “super normal” manner.

Activities/Skills/Followed Directions:

Set up document at stated size and resolution. 10 x 10 150 dp1
5/________

Photoshop Skills 

Made precise selections                                                                                                5/________

Used Transform-scale tool to change at least one selection/layer.                           
5/________

Used move tool to move selections from one document to another.                

5/________

Used Multiple Layers                                                                                                                     5/________

Named Layers                                                                                                                        5/________

Include at least 1 additional image to the composition                                               
5/________  

                                                                                     

Creativity

Met requirements for concept: Magical Realism using scale                                      
 5/________

                                                                                                                               

Post your work and complete the self assessment

Today we will post our expressive typography assignmnet.

Save each document as a jpeg file.

Upload each file to a post in blogger.

For each document, answer the following:

1. What is the definition of the word? You should look this up online.

2. What are three things that you did to express the meaning of the word? Consider spacing, size, rotation, placement, repetition, omission of letters, or any other specific ideas that you used.

For the next questions answer on a scale of: Exceeds(5) Good (4) Average(3) Needs work(2) Poor (1)

1. Objectives - How well does your work solve the requirements outlined in the assignment? 

2. Production - Did you take your time or rush? Do you have good craftsmanship or is it sloppy? Did you stay on task? 

3. Creativity - How original, innovative, and daring is your work? Did you explore new ideas or just stick to the basic requirements? Is it unique from everyone else’s? 

4. Growth - How does this work compare to previous work? Does it show improvement in your skills, thought, and planning? Are you brainstorming and considering many ideas before diving in?

5. Composition and Design -  How well did you use your elements and principles in your work to create a well balanced composition?

Typography Assignment - Expressive Text

Choose 5 words from the list below. In 5 different compositions, arrange each word to express its meaning. You can change the size, spacing, placement and orientation of the letters.

You can repeat, omit, slice, block or overlap words or letters.

You must not use drop shadows, or stretch or distort the letters.

Use Arial Black Typeface only.

You will use photoshop to create an 8x8 document with 2 inch guidelines. The letters must be aligned with the  2 inch grid.

compression

transition

contraction

addition

subtraction

disruption

repetition

elimination

migration

expansion

confusion

Helvetica

Today we will begin watching the documentary Helvetica, a "film about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture." 

I will pass out a study guide to review. Answer questions 1 and 9 plus two others of your choice.

Link to the Study Guide:
 PBS study guide

Post your answers in the comment section below.
1. How does a typeface create a mood, feeling or image? Can you describe an occasion when you had a particular reaction to something in print, not because of the content, but because of the typeface?

2. In HELVETICA, design writer Richard Poynor says, “The designer has an enormous responsibility” as the person who is “putting wires into our heads.” What does he mean? How would you define that responsibility? 

3. Think of the font you most commonly use when working on your computer. Which one is it and why do you use that one?

4. American designer David Carson says, “Don’t confuse legibility with communication.” What does he mean? What’s the difference between them? 

5. How is design an expression of the times? How does politics affect the art of design?

6. What is your reaction to the grunge style of type and design? Why do you think you respond to it that way?

7. Imagine that the post office, your local bank or other government or corporate entity whose signage is familiar to you started using a different typeface. How would that change their image or your feeling about that business or organization?

8. What might you take away from this film in terms of possible effects on your work or other aspects of your daily life?
9. What changes, if any, has this film made in how you think about print and graphic design? 

This is a post

Here is an example of a blog post.

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Setting up our blogs

Today we will each use blogger to create our own blog for this class.

You will upload projects and document your progress as you work throughout the semester. This is where you will also upload your final portfolio.

You automatically have an account in blogger because you have your school google account. You will use the same login and password as your Ozark google mail.

Let's get started! 

Welcome to the class!

This will be our class blog for the semester.
Today we'll go over the syllabus, look at some examples of great design, and go over the basics of using Blogger to set up our own blog.

IMPORTANT NOTE!!!! Please have your parents read the syllabus (click on the Syllabus link to the right), and email me at johncazort@mail.ozark,k12.mo.us. You will recieve 25 points credit as soon as I get the mail.

You will also need to bring a sketchbook of some kind to class every day

Here is a link to a brief video about the Bauhaus. Please take a look at it before next class.
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