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Third Quarter: Weeks 3 & 4

2/6/2019

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My Favorite Photographer -
​This photo theme project is going to be a little bit different. You can work with a partner on this project if you'd like. Here are the steps for completing this project:
  1. Google-image search the term "famous photographers" and choose a photographer whose work you admire. 
  2. Image-capture five to ten images of his/her work and create a slideshow (Powerpoint, iPhoto or Weebly page) that shows the work.
  3. Present your slide show to the class with your partner. If you can locate a video interview of the artist you might want to play that as well during your presentation.
  4. Lead a discussion about positives and negatives of the photographers' work. State what you like about the work and why.
  5. Choose one image that stands out to you and try to recreate the shot here on campus using our cameras. Submit your slide show and image to the project folder on Tucker's Resources.
This is a model of what your finished project should look like.

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Magazine Cover - Using the portrait studio with lights, take a magazine cover photo of yourself or a classmate. We'll be using Photoshop to change the background. Download these mastheads to use for your title. Create the cover by placing teaser text, other images and a background color.
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Art Exhibit Poster - Choose a famous artist (daVinci, Michaelangelo, or Caravaggio would work well.) The poster will be tabloid size and advertise a spring exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. You will need a dozen sample work images for your artist. A research source you could use is the Google Art Project.

The skills we'll be trying to develop this week include:
  • Designing for bleed
  • Placing Images into frames
  • Scaling, Cropping and positioning images
  • Linking Text frames
  • Exporting as pdf and jpg
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Third Quarter: Week One Projects

1/23/2019

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Careers for Creative People Link

The next project we work on will be a Career and Professional development project. We will be creating/editing and then creating a brand mark for your Resume package. This is a graduation requirement for our school.

We will be using this website to help you develop the copy for each of these components:
  • Career Plan
  • Resume
  • Cover Letter
  • Thank You Letter

For those of you struggling with starting work on your career plan, below are three samples that might help you construct your plan:
  • Sample Plan 1 - Illustration
  • Sample Plan 2 - Graphic Designer
  • Sample Plan 3 - Photographer
  • Sample Plan 4 - Multimedia Artist

​We'll be utilizing Google Docs to edit templates to create the text for your original documents. I would recommend using your student Google drive account for these documents so that you can share them with staff members here for evaluation/input.

After these documents are finished we will be modifying them using Adobe InDesign. For this, I am going to ask you to research some font pairings that you think will work for this professional correspondence. The website Just My Type will be helpful with dealing with fonts that are available from Adobe TypeKit. Adobe's TypeKit website could be another great resource to help you make font decisions. Listen to the pros, it will make your life easier and your work look better. I'd like to see you create a type pairing sample sheet like shown below:
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january 2, 2019: projects & competencies

1/4/2019

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Competencies We will be Utilizing:
  • 503 - Demonstrate basic use of page layout software.
  • 505 - Demonstrate basic use of a vector-based drawing program.
  • 507 - Demonstrate basic use of image editing software.

Over the next few weeks we are going to be working on remediating some basic Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign skills to help our Seniors (and eventually everyone) prepare for the upcoming NOCTI evaluations. Please download the following files that we'll be using in class:

Color Cast Photos Practice Files

Remove/Straighten Photos


NOCTI Study Notes - this document may help you remember the various techniques we've worked with this year.

NOCTI Practice Test Files/Specifications

Letters with Counters Practice Sheet



In addition to this work I am asking you to create a recycled art project. We have a number of supplies that could be used for this and the project gives you lots of room for choice. Pinterest could be a great resource to come up with ideas for a project that you could choose.

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December 17, 2018 Assignment

12/17/2018

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I discovered a great new way to learn Adobe Illustrator last week with Jason Secrest's website. I've learned some new tricks for working with a Wacom Tablet and Illustrator's pencil tool that I'm sure you're going to like.

I recommend that you look over Jason's website and be sure to subscribe to all the resources that he uses in his tutorials. That will make doing these small projects much easier to accomplish.

Below is a video that explains how he uses the pencil tool to create wonderful cartoon-like drawings using the pencil tool. In order to access the settings that he's using you will need to double-click on the pencil tool itself in the toolbar. I would recommend watching this video in the YouTube environment - it will allow you to go full screen and see things better. The URL for the project we'll be working with today can be found here.

I've attached a simple drawing that you can use to try these techniques out.

This is the file he's using of the muffin man.
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Week 10: projects & Objectives

11/13/2018

 
Typography Portraits: Utilizing Photoshop, we will be creating typography portraits like the ones pictured below:
Key Concepts to Learn in Photoshop from this project:
  • Duplicating Layers
  • Deleting Layers
  • Changing Layer Blending Modes
  • Using Displacement Mapping in Photoshop.

Download this file for in-class practice

Basics Tutorial for this project - web link

week 8 & 9 Projects & Objectives

10/29/2018

 
You are going to be creating an accordian text book. This project could possibly use Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Below are the objectives for this project:
  • Students plan page layouts using Illustrator with a minimum of 6 pages. The page size will be 5" x 5". The finished layout size will be 5" x 10" with a .125" bleed.
  • Students choose a song lyric, poem, quote, or make up their own phrase to be the subject of their book. The phrase must be appropriate.
  • Students learn what an accordion book is and how to construct one.
  • Students follow the design process through by planning, executing, printing, and making/constructing their final product-a hand-bound type book.
  • Students use creative thinking and problem solving to illustrate their phrase through the use of font choices and text manipulation with Illustrator and Photoshop.
  • Students learn some basic elements of design, including composition, balance, concept and message, and the principle of unequal spacing.
You can download the instructions for this project here.
Type Techniques we've learned during this project:
  • Warp
  • Type on a Path Tool
Shortcut keys we are using:
  • Command 2: Lock Object
  • Command G: Group Objects
  • Command D: Transform Again
  • Option/Click/Hold/Drag: Quick Copy of selection
Type Formatting Shortcuts:
  • Command Shift > Selected Type Larger Font Size
  • Command Shift < Selected Type Smaller Font Size
  • Command Shift C (Center Type)  L (Justify Type Left)   R (Justify Type Right

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Week 7: Projects & Objectives

10/10/2018

 
Projects this week:

Sr. Pictures: We continue to take senior graduation portraits this week. I will be asking all of you to do touch up on these images so that we can get them up on our e-commerce site at Fototime.

Dia De Los Muertos (day of the dead) Project
Halloween is fast approaching. This week's project will allow you to work in any medium - digital or analog in creating an original calaveros. You can read more about this holiday (which is different than halloween) at this National Geographic site. 

​This is a great way to explore a different culture. Some samples are pictured below:

Week 6: Projects & Objectives

10/1/2018

 
Tasks we'll be working on this week:
507 - Utilize basic functions of a raster-based image editing software.
508 - Utilize intermediate functions of a raster-based image editing software.​
510 - Utilize different file formats correctly.
511 - Organize and manage digital files.​

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This week we're going to work on Colorizing black and white photos using Photoshop. Below are some practice files we can work with to learn the basic technique:
white.zip
File Size: 1600 kb
File Type: zip
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One of the applications of this type of work can be seen in the work of Marina Amaral. Marina takes historic black and white photographs and adds color to them for museums and historical societies being her main clients. Below is a YouTube video that features her work.

Weeks 4 & 5: Projects & Objectives

9/19/2018

 
Tasks we'll be working on this week:
502 - Identify the properties of vector and raster images.
505 - Utilize a basic functions of a vector-based drawing program.​
509 - Utilize use of input, output and storage devices.
510 - Utilize different file formats correctly.
511 - Organize and manage digital files.​

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Now that most of you have completed the Geometric Portrait project in Adobe Illustrator, I'd like to see you work on a project that is based on primitive shapes you can find in toolbar. Rectangles, Ellypsis, Polygons, Stars are part of many of the graphics that designers create. Choose one of the projects below for your next project. If you click on the graphic it should open a tutorial for creating the graphic you selected. Make sure to save your work frequently - every five minutes is a good idea.
The files below may help you understand how the pen tool works. It is recommended that you complete these practice files before attempting the unicorn image:
illustrator_pen_exercises.zip
File Size: 4680 kb
File Type: zip
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Week 2-3 Projects & Objectives

9/10/2018

 
Tasks we'll be working on this week:
502 - Identify the properties of vector and raster images.
505 - Utilize a basic functions of a vector-based drawing program.​
509 - Utilize use of input, output and storage devices.
510 - Utilize different file formats correctly.
511 - Organize and manage digital files.​

The next project we're going to be working on will utilize Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is a vector graphic program that creates very clean lines and allows for unlimited scaling without any loss of quality. It is used for logos, posters and highly detailed drawings.

For this project we willl be using one of the following tutorials. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you need assistance with this. Your choice as to what method you wish to use. These step-by-step directions will guide you through the project. Click on the image below to launch the tutorial:
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