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:
• 2 printed contact sheets - one text & graphics and one text & photos
• 2 PSD files with all sets and layers named and organized
• Printed B&W image(s) of your final selected design(s)

Instructions:

• Make a Project5 folder in your period folder
• Create subfolders as needed to keep gathered graphics

Composition Exercise

• Open 3 grey scale color mode letter preset documents for this exercise. Use Vecor shapes and the text tool.
• Create at least 3 each of the following combination of simple elements
  • 1 circle; 1 text (use the word "COMPOSITION")
  • 1 circle; 1 rectangle; 1 text
  • 1 circle; 2 squares; 1 rectangle; 2 texts

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 close around head
  • Resize image to 400 pixels high
  • 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
      
  • Size and place your image where you want it in your document
  • 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 4 new layers between the Original and Template layers
  • Name these layers Foreground, Eye, Head and Background
  • Your layers palatte sould look like this:
  • 
  • Lock all of your new layers -
    
  • Study the provided Peter Max images and select a color scheme you like
  • Create your swatchs
    

• Begin to create your portrait
  
  • Select and unlock ONLY the Head layer
    
  • Be sure that the Original image layer is showing
    
  • Choose a color for the head profile fill
    
  •  Set the stroke to 2 points and black
    
  • ZOOM IN!!
    
  • Using the pen tool create a very careful and precise path around the whole head ignoring any hair or hats
    
  • Turn off the image layers and adjust the head if necessary

Downloads:

Useful Links: Peter Max Portrait Examples

Instructions:

Pattern Experimentation

• Open you photo or scan image file
  
• Select the rectangle Marquee tool
  
  • Set the marquee tool to a fixed aspect ratio of 1 to 1
    
• Select an interesting area that is bigger than 450 pixels square
  
  • Press Cmd C  to put your selection on the clipboard
    
• Open a new file (the  file size will automatically be the size of the clipboard)
  
  • Resize the new file to 500 pixels on a side
  • Save the new file in your project file
    
• Paste your selection into the new file
  
• Copy the image layer twice
  
• Modify the top layer (rotating works well)
  • Be sure to name the layer with exactly what you did to modify it!
    
• Experiment with blending modes
  
• Put the two blended layers into a new set
  
  • Copy the new set
    
  • Merge the new set
    
• Continue to experiment
  
• Use filters sparingly!!
  
  • Some of the Distort Filters work well for modifying a layer to blend
    
    • Wave
      
    • Polar Coordinates
  • Be sure to name the layer with exactly what you did to modify it!
    
• Try opening a new 1000 pixel square file and joining 4 of your designs
• Experiment with Gradient Map Adjustment layer

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: