Requirements:

• General:
  • Use provided template
  • Background must remain white - no background color or image
  • Finished sentence at bottom of page must match the font -size and color - as the "and I"
  • at least 2 prototypes
• Files: One 300dpi 8.5 x 11 inch psd file with all layers appropriately named and in tact.
• Prints: One 8.5 x 11 print.

Instructions:

To Warp a Text Object in Illustrator: (for those who choose to do this - it is NOT a requirement)

• Open a new Illustrator image the size and orientation that you are using
• Create the text you want, the correct size (Use something bold like Arial Black and use all Upper case for best results)
• Create the shape you want with the pen tool
• Select both the shape and the text
• Select Object/Envelope Distort/Make With Top Object
• Save your file - It will be an ai file
• Close the file
• Open your new ai file in Photoshop - use 300 dpi

Downloads:

• Template-Landscape
• Template-Portrait

Useful Links:

Instructions:

• Using maskes perform the following tasks on the files:
  • A-SkyMask - Put in a sky behind the light post (Save as Exercise 2A)
  • B-Levels1 - Darken the butterfly (Save as Exercise 2B)
  • C-Levels2 - Lighten up the house but leave the sky as is (hint: use a gradient) (Save as Exercise 2C)
  • D-Color - Change the color of the orange shirt and the red sweatshirt to 2 different colors. (Save as Exercise 2D)

• General:
  • File at least a Four megapixel image - bigger is better
  • Differences were carefully planned
  • Minimum of 6 well planned, well executed differences – a  good variety of
    • additions
    • color changes
    • deletions
  • Layers in tact
  • No changes on the Background or copy of the background
  • Layers organized and named appropriately
  • File in Completed Work
  • File named correctly
  • Effort beyond the minimum required
  • Final choices made from many options
  • Final artwork patiently done (as good as hard work can make it)
  • Class time used efficiently

• Files: 
  • One psd files:
    • One file with  the following orderly and appropriately named layers / layer sets:
      • Background – Untouched original       
      • Changes – (Layer Set) All changes in this set
      • Answers– Circled answer key
      • Adjustment(s) – (optional) Levels, color balance, brightness, contrast, etc

Instructions:

• Use the advanced techniques that you learned in exercise 2 to create the difference
• Put each difference on a different PhotoShop level

Links: AudubonHunt

• General:
  • File create on the provided template - 3" x 3" at 300dpi
  • Minimum of 2 Positive/Negative and 2 Figure/Ground well planned, well executed designs, each in it's own set, all in the same file
  • Layers in tact
  • Layers organized and named appropriately
  • File in Completed Work
  • File named correctly
  • Effort beyond the minimum required
  • Final artwork patiently done (as good as hard work can make it)
  • Class time used efficiently

• Files: 
  • One psd file
  • Two jpg files

Instructions:

Create multiple prototypes of 3 different design types all in the same file (provided template) using sets to organize your designs

1. Negative/Positive Design
   • Work in Full Screen Mode
   • Work in Black & White Only
   • Use your own initials (at least 2 and no more than 3 letters),
   • Use the same font for all your letters.
   • Avoid very decorative fonts. Your design should come from the placement of the letter forms, not the inherent decorative quality of the font itself.
   • You can scale and rotate - don't distort
   • Vary the size of the letters
   • Overlap!
   • Challenge the borders of the template
2. Figure/Ground Design
   • Work in Full Screen Mode
   • Work in Black & White Only
   • Use only 2 letters (You don't have to use your own initials),
   • Use 2 different fonts for your letters.
   • Use solid black or white shapes
   • You can
     • extend the edge of a shape
     • overlap a form or
     • hide an edge by placing a black letter against a black background or white against white
   • Do not distort the basic shapes
   • 
3. Your own Design
   • Create a chop of your own design using the provided template
   • No other rules

Choose you best design from 1 and 2 above and create the "rubber stamp" effect

• Open a new Chop Template file
• Drag the 2 sets of your selected final designs into this file
• Merge each set so that there are now 2 layers - one of each design
• Change the black pixels to red: E1150F
• Create rubber stamp effect

Downloads: Chop Template file from the server - Right click to copy file and paste it in your own Project 4 folder.

Links: Rubber Stamp Effect

• Cover must contain all of the following information:
  • Program of Studies
  • 2009 - 2010
  • Guidance Department, Ridge High School
• 3 printed contact sheets of finished designs (text, graphic, photo)
• 3 PSD files with all sets and layers named and organized
• Two flat duotone mode eps files of the selected cover design
• Printed B&W image(s) of your final selected design(s)

Instructions:

• Make a Project5 folder in your server folder
• Create subfolders as needed to keep gathered photos and graphics
• Create 3 Photoshop documents - Letter size preset
  • project 5T for text prototypes
  • project 5G for graphic prototypes
  • project 5P for photo prototypes
  • Set guidelines 1/2" in from all sides
  • Create all of your prototypes of each type in the same psd file each in a separate set
  • Lock the sets that you aren't working on

Useful Links:

Introduction to Type

• Cover must contain all of the following information:
  • Ridge High School
  • Student Planner
  • 2010 - 2011
• 2 printed contact sheets of finished designs (text and graphic)
• 2 PSD files with all sets and layers named and organized
• 1 JPG of your best design

Instructions:

• Make a Project5 folder in your server folder
• Create subfolders as needed to keep gathered photos and graphics
• Create 2 Photoshop documents -5" x 8" - 300 ppi
  • project 5T for text prototypes
  • project 5G for graphic prototypes
  • Set guidelines 1/2" in from all sides
  • Create all of your prototypes of each type in the same psd file each in a separate set

Useful Links:

Introduction to Type

• Completed exercises 1 through saved in your folder as Illustrator files
• Completed exercises 6A and 6B saved in Completed Work ad Illustrator files

Instructions:

• Create an Exercise6 folder in your Period folder
• Copy the folder "6-PenTool" from the Downloads/Design folder on the server
• Complete each exercise in order and save them as Illustrator files
• For Exercises 6A and 6B use a black single pixel stroke

• Files: 
  • One ai file
  • One jpg file (600 pixels on the longest side)

Instructions:

• Prepare selected image
  • Open reference photo in Photoshop
  • Crop around image
  • Use ImageSize to make image fit into 8" x 10" (Do NOT resample!)
  • Save

• Setup Project in Illustrator
  
  • Open image in Illustrator
    
  • Save and name using the naming convention
  • Click on File/Document Setup
    • Set Size to Letter
    • Set Orientation to the orientation you want (Landscape or Portrait)
    • Click OK
      
  • Duplicate image layer
    
  • Rename top image layer “Original”
    
  • Rename bottom image layer “Template”
    
  • Check template box in Layer Options window
    
  • Set Dim Images to 50%
  • Create new layers between the Original and Template layers
  • Name these layers appropriately
  • Your layers palatte sould look something like this:
  • 
    
  • Create your swatchs
  • Lock all of your layers
    

• Begin to create your translation
  
  • Select and unlock ONLY the layer you are working on
    
  • Be sure that the Original image layer is showing
    
  • ZOOM IN!!
    
  • Using the pen tool create a very careful and precise path around your shapes
  • Be very careful to NOT jigsaw!

Requirements:

• General:
  • Photo at least 5 megapixels
  • Layers in tact
    
  • Layers named appropriately
    
  • File in Completed Work
    
  • File named correctly
    
  • Effort beyond the minimum required
    
  • Final choices made from many options - both pictures and effects
    
  • Final artwork patiently done (as good as hard work can make it)
    
  • Class time used efficiently
    
• Files:
  
  • One psd file with a layers organized in sets - All layers and layer sets should be appropriately named and in tact.
    
  • Two JPG file - 640 on the longest side
    
    • Original image
      
    • Final image
      
• Storyboard: at least 3 ideas to choose from.
  
• Prints: One print of final image.
  
• Homework: Take/scan original photo/s.
  
• Other:
  
  • Completed image will contain speech/thought balloons and/or Onomatopoeia splashes.
    
  • Completed image will make use of Photoshop halftone filters

Downloads:

Useful Links:

• Pop Art 1
• Pop Art 2
• Comic Effects 1
• Comic Effects 2

Instructions:

Downloads:

Useful Links: