WEEK 1: ILLUSTRATOR
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015
INTRODUCTION:
_Introductions
_Building Community: Name Game
_Review Syllabus
_What is Design?
_Review Layout of Books/Get peach pit account set up
_Start Pre-lesson: A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator (approx. 60 Min)
WEEK 1: ILLUSTRATOR: Thursday-Class canceled due to weather.
WEEK 2: ILLUSTRATOR
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13: LESSON Pre-lesson, 1 and 2
CLASS AGENDA
INTRODUCTION:
_Introductions
_Review Syllabus
_What is Design?
_Review Layout of Books/Get peach pit account set up
_Start Pre-lesson: A Quick Tour of Adobe Illustrator (60 Min)
_Give presentation: What is Illustrator? How do we use it? When is it appropriate to use it over the other Adobe programs?
_Work on Lesson 1-Getting to know the work area (45 Min)
_Work on Lesson 2- Techniques for selecting artwork (60 Min)
_What is Rhythm, Tension, and Balance?
_Introduce Exercise 1: Circles with rhythm, tension, and balance
_How to save to Website--Handout
Homework
_Complete Lessons 1-2 due Thursday
_Exercise 1: As a warm-up, let’s look at rhythm, tension, and balance. Using only black & white circles, create 9 compositions exploring each of these 3 concepts: rhythm, tension, and balance.
All compositions are 7.5″x7.5” square in black & white. Print all examples in real size on 8.5”x11” paper labeled with your name, date, and exercise number. We will have a class critique in the following class.
Comp 1-3: Circles all same size,
Comp 4-6: Two sizes of circles,
Comp 7-9: Three sizes of circles
Due Thursday, Jan. 15
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15: LESSON 3
CLASS AGENDA
_Building Community: Name Game
_Class critique on Exercise 1
_Introduce Lesson 3
_Work on Lesson 3: Using Shapes to Create Artwork for a postcard (90 Min)
_Introduce weekend homework: Exercise 2
Homework
_Complete Lessons 3: Using Shapes to Create Artwork for a postcard
_Exercise 2: Again looking at rhythm, tension, and balance create 9 compositions, this time using only lines. All compositions are 7.5”x7.5” square in black and white. Print all examples in real size on 8.5”x11” paper labeled with your name, date, and exercise number. We will have a class critique in the following class.
Comp 1-3: Lines all same size
Comp 4-6: Two sizes of lines
Comp 7-9: Three sizes of lines
WEEK 3: ILLUSTRATOR
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20: LESSON 4
CLASS AGENDA
_Critique on Exercise 2
_Introduce Lesson 4: Transforming Artwork
_Introduce Exercise 3 homework
Homework
_Complete Lesson 4: Transforming Artwork
__Exercise 3: Again looking at rhythm, tension, and balance create 9 compositions, this time using lines AND dots. All compositions are 7.5”x7.5” square in black and white. Print all examples in real size on 8.5”x11” paper labeled with your name, date, and exercise number. We will have a class critique in the following class.
Comp 1-3: 1 circle size, 1 line size
Comp 4-6: 2 circle sizes, 2 line sizes
Comp 7-9: All sizes of lines and circles
Due Thursday January 22
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22: LESSON 5
CLASS AGENDA
_Update: Flash Critique Exercise 2 and 3
_In Class time for Lesson 4 and 5
_Lesson Check for book Lesson Pre, One, Two, and Three.
_Homework check of exercise 3 compositions
_Class critique: best of rhythm, tension, and balance for each student
_Introduce Lesson 5: Creating an Illustration with the drawing tools
_Assignment 1: Collect all materials
Homework
_Collect required materials outlined in Assignment 1 for story selection. Compile an organized PDF that you can flip through and show Prof. Colby in class. I should NOT be watching you try and find your jpg or internet files, it should be in order and we should be able to quickly flip through.
Due Tuesday, January 27
WEEK 4: ILLUSTRATOR
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27: LESSON 6
CLASS AGENDA
_Homework check, talk to students about collected materials for Assignment 1
_Introduce Lesson 6: Color and Painting
Homework
_Exercise 4: Building on what you’ve learned about making meaning from form in the previous 3 exercises, convey the 3 action words of your story using any combination of lines and circles. One composition for each of your 3 words. (3 comps. skills: layers, opacity)
_Complete Lesson 6: Color and Painting
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29: LESSON 7
CLASS AGENDA
_Class critique on Exercise 4
_Introduce Lesson 7: Working with Type
_Introduce Exercise 5
Homework
Exercise 5: Place your found letter forms in an Illustrator file. On another layer, trace the letterforms EXACTLY using the pen tool. If there is a counter space, create a compound path of the two forms. Have three letters completed in total, could be diff letters, could be same letter but in a diff. style. (1-3 letters, B&W, vector)
WEEK 5: ILLUSTRATION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3: LESSON 8-9
CLASS AGENDA
_Homework check of Exercise 5
_Introduce Lesson 8-9: Working with Layers and Perspective Drawing
_Introduce research homework
Homework
_Complete Lesson 8-9: Working with Layers and Perspective Drawing _Research one of the designers: Josef Muller-Brockmann, Kenya Hara, Stefan Sagmeister, Armin Hoffman, Paula Scher, Katherine McCoy, Jaqueline Casey, Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, or Steff Geissbuhler, Neville Brody, or David Carson. Look through their work, pick one poster of theirs that you admire. Print it as large as possible on an 8.5”x11” sheet of paper and bring in for class discussion. Write a minimum of 100 words briefly describing the background/history of the design and a minimum or 300 words on what drew you to the poster. Think of this in DESIGN terms. Not just why you like the poster, but what design elements are working. Think of composition, color, rhythm, tension, balance, line, shape, type. What about it is successful?
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5: LESSON 10
CLASS AGENDA
_Class discussion/critique of designers and successful posters
_Introduce Lesson 10: Blending Colors and Shapes
_Adding Type to a Poster
_Introduce Exercise 6
_Talk: how to visually represent and object
Homework
_Complete Lesson 6: Adding Type to a Poster
_Exercise 6: Draw a well balanced expertly executed 2-dimensional translation of your object, to strike the right balance of legibility and abstraction. This can be a volumetric translation or 2D icon. Use variations of live traces or image manipulations in Photoshop as visual research to inform your design decisions. (1 translation, B&W vector)
WEEK 6: ILLUSTRATOR
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10: LESSON 11 and 12
CLASS AGENDA
_Class Critique of Exercise 6: receive feedback and make changes
_Introduce Lesson 11: Working with Brushes
_Introduce Lesson 12: Applying Effects
Homework
_Continue to revise Exercise 6
_Complete Lessons 11 and 12
_Make feedback changes to Exercise 6
_Exercise 7: Experiment with at least 5 different “effects” on mass media images. Compile findings in a PDF that is easy and quick to flip through with instructor.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12: LESSON 13 and 14
CLASS AGENDA
_Review Exercise 7, homework check
_Introduce Lesson 13: Applying Appearance Attributes
_Introduce Lesson 14: Working with Symbols
Homework
_Complete Lesson 13 and 14
_Final Project: Introduce final poster project homework: Compose a 17″ x 22″ poster for your story. Consider all that you’ve learned from your various exercises and how each addition or shift in material has affected your ability to express the story visually. You also need to now consider how this change in scale (BIG) affects your elements and their relationships. You can use typography (your letters) as formal elements but no text. You may also now try using color as another tool in visualizing your story. Build your files real size. Take into account bleeds and crop marks. Cut down poster to rid of these edges.
_Start sketches for final poster project: 20 thumbnail sketches of possible layouts
_Make three versions of final poster project and print on 8.5”x11” paper to review for critique in class on Tuesday.
WEEK 7: ILLUSTRATOR
TUEDAY, FEBRUARY 17: LESSON 14 and 15
CLASS AGENDA
_Class critique on three poster versions
_Introduce Lesson 14: Using Adobe Illustrator with other applications
_Introduce Lesson 15: Preparing Content for a Website
_Meet with students individually about final poster versions
Homework
_Complete Lesson 14 and 15
_Make revisions from given feedback on posters
_Complete and print ONE final poster real size for final critique
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19: LESSON
CLASS AGENDA
LAST DAY OF ILLUSTRATOR
FINAL ILLUSTRATOR POSTER CRITIQUE
_Critique day of Illustrator posters
_Workday to compile all work (Lessons, Exercises, Assignments, Research, and Poster into one file.) Template for this to follow
WEEK 8: Photoshop
Tuesday, February 24: Introduction, Lesson 1, Demo
Class agenda
_Introduce self to new students
_Review the Syllabus/Schedule
_Have everyone buy books/get peach pit account all set up
_Get started Lesson 1: Getting to know the work area (approx. 60 min)
_List of your 50 favorite things- Places, things, art, colors, animals, clothes, patterns, etc.
_Give a lesson on how to scan
Homework
_Get book and setup Peach Pit account
_Complete: Lessons 1-3
Thursday, February 26: Lesson 4,5,6, HW1 and HW2: College Favorite Things Images
Class agenda
_Photography demo basics with white background, How to get a clean shot
_Start Working on Lessons 4,5,6
_Introduce Design HW1: Collect/Scan and Photograph objects/images/places that represent your 50 favorite things listed. These can be found in magazines, photographs you have taken, or copyright free high-resolution photos found online (places like https://unsplash.com—although find other sites as well—we don’t want the whole class using photos from here at the same time).
One photo/scan for each item listed. Save the 50 photos as .jpeg’s in one labeled folder on your thumb drive. Please have these images with you everyday for class. You also need to print out reference pages with each photo. Photo must be 3 inch (width or height) and in full color. Place reference pages in a three-ring binder. See example on the HW Submission Page.
_Design HW2: Have students contact 5 people who know them well (friends, family, mentors). Students are to ask each person for a list of 5 words describing themselves. “What are 5 words that come to mind when you think of me?” of “What words do you think describe me?” From those 25 collected words, choose 20 words to portray in self-portrait scans/photos.
Homework
_Finish lessons 4,5,6
_Design HW1 and HW2 (20 words)
Tuesday, March 9: Lesson 7, 8 and 9, Collage Artists, HW 2 Continued
Class agenda
***Possible Skype Interview with Kate Arends of Wit & Delight: http://witanddelight.com/about/
__50 images and lesson 1-6 homework check
_Lesson 7,8, and 9
_Listen and Watch Interviews on so+ba and John Stezaker—Resonating Nostalgic Lyricism located on the Reference Page. Write 3 things down you found interesting/surprising about how each artist works
_Artist Presentation: The Art of Collage
_HW2: (Continued… )Scan 10 images of yourself – face on scanner bed that depicts different words from your list. You can use your face, hands, feet, hair etc. Be appropriate. All Black and White imagery only. Please clean the scanning bed when you are done (and most likely in between each scan).
-Use a tripod, self-timer, or friend and take 10 full-body photos of yourself also depicting words from your list. Keep the background very simply as you will most likely be cutting all of it out. Get creative with poses, angles, clothing, facial expressions, etc.
-Each photo needs to be labeled with only one describing word.
-Save each high res. photo/scan in a titled folder on your thumb drive and bring to each class. Please also print a reference page (see above) with your 20 self-portrait images.
Homework
_Complete Lesson 7,8,and 9
_HW 2 completed
Thursday, March 12: Lesson 10-1, HW 3 and HW4
Class agenda
_Lessons 10-11
_Design HW3: Choose 3 of your descriptive words and illustrate them using type only. Only the letters used in that word. Create 3 iterations of each word, so you will have 9 compositions in total. Black and white in 7.5”x7.5” squares printed separately on 8.5”x11” paper with labels of names and description of work.
_Design HW4: Artist Research: Choose one designer working with collage. Find 3 works by that designer and critique their use of collage and design in at least 500 words. Submit and Print the three works and your critique for presentation.
Homework
_Finish lessons 10-11
_HW 3 and HW4
Tuesday, March 17
Class agenda
_Critique of 9 compositions, revisions given
_Designer Presentations
_Homework check 7-11
_Critique of 9 descriptive word iterations
_Design HW5: Draw 3 images in BW pen and ink of a visual that represents each of your words. 1 drawing for each word. It can be as simple or as complicated as you want, but has to be only in black and white, use a strong black pen. (Sharpie, India Ink, Micron Pen, etc.) Scan In.
_Lesson 12
Homework
_Complete lesson 12
_HW5 drawings
_Face Scan revisions, Bring, printed in black and white, to class Thursday.
Thursday, March 19, Hand-drawn elements into computer, Favorite Things Poster
Class agenda
_Homework check
_Tracing Paper, Ink, Paint, drawings in class—Meet in Drawing studio
_Critique drawings, explain how to remove background and insert into an image, layer
_HW6: Compile all elements into a poster: Face scan, type expressions, drawings /paintings. Think of these posters as a self-portrait about you. Show a sense of depth in your poster. Can use any of your words. Have 6 iterations for Tuesday. Build posters real size.
Full Color, 11” x 17”.
_Lesson 13 and 14
Homework
_Finish lessons 13-14
_HW6: 6 Poster Iterations
Tuesday, March 24
Class agenda
_Homework/Lesson check
_Poster critique
_Lesson 15
Homework
_Complete lesson 15
_Make poster revisions
_Print and Submit final Poster
Thursday, March 26
Class agenda
_Final Poster critique
All Homework worth 20 Points=120 points
Final Poster worth 30 points
All Lessons, On-time, worth 1 point.
165 Total Points
Digital Tools: InDesign
Tuesday, March 31
Class agenda
_Introduce yourself to new students
_Review the Syllabus
_Have everyone buy books/get peach pit account all set up
_Get started, Lesson 1: Introducing the Workspace
_Introduce Design HW1: Pick three movies. They could be movies you’ve seen or movies you haven’t seen. Watch or re-watch them combing through the script, looking for a 1 sentence quote that is quintessential to the meaning of the movie. For example in the famous film, Casablanca, the key line to the film is the line that the main character says to his love interest as he leaves on a plane. He looks at her and says “Here’s lookin’ at you kid.” Another quote could be “Of all the gin joints, in all the world, she walks into mine.” These lines are not only famous, but help us get at the plot of the film. Your movie choice is open, but try and pick something that is popularly known. Genres with famous one-liners usually fall into the categories of classics or horror films.
After you pick the three movies, pull out at least 2 options for one-liners for each movie. So you should have 6 one liner options in total. Please compile in one document to show Prof. Colby.
Additionally pick an object for each movie that could assist in representing the storyline. For Casablanca it might be an airplane. Due on the following Tuesday (1 week to complete).
Homework
_Complete getting started and Lesson 1
_ Design HW1 (Due Tues. April 7th)
Thursday, April 2
Class agenda
_ Start Lesson 2, 3, 4
_Check lesson 1 and answer questions on movie quote and object idea collection.
Homework
Lesson 2, 3, 4
_ Design HW1
_ Artist Research: Check out http://bradvetterdesign.com/bio/ and look over his work. Type up 3 questions you have for him about his process, his inspiration, his designs, etc. Submit via class website.
Tuesday, April 7th
Class agenda
_HW1 DUE: Pick out movie quote and object choice to continue with.
_Design HW2: Take the object you selected to represent your movie and come up with 3 ideas of how to represent it graphically. Make it 2D. (Due following Tuesday: April 14th)
_Check lessons 2, 3, 4.
_Start Lessons 5 and 6
Homework
_ Design HW2
_Lessons 5 and 6
Thursday, April 9
Class agenda
_Start Lessons 7 and 8
_Keep working on Design HW2
_Pantone Color palette Design book exercise
_Design HW3: Using Colourlovers website find 5 color palettes that represent your film.
http://www.colourlovers.com
Homework (Thursday, April 9)
_7 and 8
_Keep working on Design HW2
_Design HW3
Tuesday, April 14th
Class agenda
_ Start Lessons 9 and 10
_Look over Design HW2 – 3, help them pick color palettes
_Show examples of Letterpress Posters
_Design HW4: Create a rectangle in the middle of your poster size and fit the movie quote into this shape. Use mostly Helvetica Neue, but you can use other accent typefaces to help depict the feel or your movie. Also include Title of movie, Starring actors, quote. 3 versions of this due, following Tuesday (April 21st)
Homework
_Lessons 9 and 10
Thursday, April 16th
Class agenda
_Check Lessons 5-10
_ Start Lessons 11 and 12
_Design HW4
Homework
_ 3 versions of poster
Tuesday, April 21st
Class agenda
_In class critique of 3 posters (have printed in full color)
_ Start Lessons 13 and 14
_Keep working on lessons and posters
Thursday, 23rd
Class agenda
_Start Lessons 15 and 16
_Keep working on Lessons and Posters
Homework
_Final Poster Printed in Full Color for Final and submitted online
Final Exams Week Meeting:
Class agenda
_ Final critique
_Check Lessons 11-15
Total Points Possible: 165 points
Artist Research Questions-20
Design HW-80
Lessons- 15
Final Poster-50