Happy Last Day Before Break!

Agenda Cover sketches should be turned in by now...they were due on Wednesday.

Program of Studies for Web can be turned in anytime between now and January 3rd.

Agenda Cover

                           Agenda Cover  

To do first:

-View actual examples of agenda covers from over the years at Lincoln, and those from other school. 

-Research designs online.

-Create 10 sketches for the agenda design.  These designs should be icon/image and font based.  Include The Lincoln High School and the year at minimum.  You can also include quotes, images and designs.  The sketches should be basic, mostly showing the placement or layout of important design elements.

-The design can be based on Lincoln, Lincoln High School or visually exciting design.  Design something you would want to use.

-Create a folder for the project and in it 2 more folders, one for fonts and one for images.  Start collecting content for these folders for you to use later.

-Keep the 10% rule or use original photographs or drawing for your work.

-Be clever and think out of the box and off of the line.

Programs and Layout

Your agenda design is a tool that students can with them throughout the day.  What would be cool or interesting to you and your classmates?

Use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or both.

Dimensions: 5” wide & 8” tall

Use guidelines to create a ¼” extra space.  The area within the guideline will fit the cover.  The purpose of the “bleed area” is to accommodate the rounded corners of the agenda cover.

This is a full color design.

It should have layers to create depth.  Find texture and paint brushes online to create visual interest.

Design dimensions are as follows:

·         300 dot resolution (155 lines)

·         5” x 8” (pull in margins)

Program of Studies for Web

Please take a few minutes to take the Secondary Student Art Survey.  This information we gather to help us as a K12 art department to see what we are doing well, what can we improve and what can we include.
The survey link is on the the Rapid homepage.  I will also sending sending information through Skyward asking for your parents to participate in the survey.  Thank you for you help!

Your tutorial exercise can be turn in in the POS folder.  It is called Photoshop exercise turn-in.
Your exercise should be one that your feel you can use for one of the upcoming pieces.

Program of Studies

Photoshop document>300 x 500 pixels w/ transparent background

Can use photographs you take around LHS

Can use Illustrator and/or Photoshop for your final design

Must include the following:

-Educational or school spirit related imagery

-Lincoln High School

-Program of Studies

-2014-2015

Things to consider:

-Full color using the styles

-Lots of Layers

-Change the opacity

-Photography

-Interesting textures either as backgrounds or in letters

-paint brushes to create interesting designs and textures
-paint brushes can be download from Deviant Art or other websites with free photoshop brushes.  Make sure that they can be use with CS6.

Tuesday

Everyone will be looking for Photoshop tutorials for graphic design.  Look for something that you can use for the program of studies for the web or for the agenda cover.  Think cool and creative!  The following links are great examples.  They can be use if you are at a complete loss for finding something great on your own.

1. Clean Professional Logo
2. Glossy Blue Logo
3. Smoke Desktop Wallpaper

Search suggestions:

photoshop graphic design logo tutorials
photoshop logo tutorials

I will open the office door.  Behind the door are the headphones to use while you use the tutorials.  You can also use your own headphones/earbuds.

Monday

Let the photoshop experience flow!

We use Photoshop differently in Graphics then the Digital Photography students do.  We are interested in cool effects that can be applied to letter forms.  Over the next couple of weeks, we will work on becoming familiar (more familiar for some) with the ins and outs of Photoshop from a Graphic Design perspective.  We will also learn how to find, load and use brushes.  We will even learn how to manipulate the brushes and their product.

Upcoming projects:

1. Program of Studies for the web
2. 2013-2014 Agenda Cover
3. Website Design

Other Projects:
1. State Park Sticker
2. Jerry Marshall Program

Tuesday

We will be finishing the last of the critiques today.  The rest of today and all of tomorrow is for tweaking and turn-in.

You must turn in a 13" x 13" version of your design.  If you want the coaches to consider your piece, print it out and give it to me.  You can also turn in and print out a t-shirt preview version or versions.

Let me know if you need to be scheduled for ie this week.  Both days are open.  Today is in 133 and tomorrow is in here.
If you already asked to be scheduled, please have me double check. I know that I missed a few requests from yesterday.

IE schedule

Mondays-Fibers Room (with me) or Drawing Room (Ms. Kleman) CS6 available -Must get a pass

Tuesdays-Sculpture Room (with me) CS6 available

Wednesdays-(varies due to teacher meets)-Computer Lab (with me) available this week

Thursdays-Sculpture Room (with me) CS6 available

Fridays- Drawing Room (Ms. Kleman) CS6 available

State Cross Country T-shirt Design

Design Requirements:

13" x 13" design area

One of the WIAA logos (see resources folder)

Wisconsin State Meet

Cross Country

102nd Annual

2014

Imagery that reflect the sport (see resource folder)

Design for your age group, but appeal to all ages

Everything including fonts must be able to be sold for profit, so pay attention to copyright!

Monday

All the available POS sketches are graded.  I know that many of you skipped the sketches.  Regardless, you must be creating an Illustrator version of one of the starred designs.  Consider this the feedback from your client.  The client will expect you to design based on the choices that they indicated that they were interested in seeing.  This design will be due on Friday of this week.

We will be talking about the about the State Cross Country Logo next.  Again, you have a real client. Copyright laws must be observed as these designs will be sold to the public!  There are 3 cash prizes for this project of $50, $25 and $15 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place designs.

Wednesday

10 sketches are due by the end of the day on Thursday, Oct. 24 of possible layouts of the Program of Studies.  Sketches must be completed first or the final will be worth 0 points.

Requirements:
-Program of Studies
-WR logo
-Lincoln High School
-2014-2015
-Education related images, Lincoln High School related images or President Lincoln related images
-Full color, but able to print with out heavy toner required in black and white
-8.5" x 11" portrait layout

Also due Friday:
-Illustration drawing tutorial
-Typographic/iconic logo design-turn it in on a presentation template that you alter to fit the assignment title.

Please see me if you are having trouble with the deadlines!

Asymmetrical Balance-Rule of 3rds



Symmetrical Balance

Wednesday

We are having a critique today.

Please copy your typographic/icon logo into the temporary type/icon logo folder in the N drive.  This is great chance to see your work from a different perspective.  We will be looking at readability, arrangement and color impact.  You will get a grade for this, so make sure your work is in the folder. Don't panic! It does not need to be finished!

Take notes on the recommendations.  They can be worked on Thursday, when I am on The Hartman Creek field trip.

We will be wrapping this assignment up soon.  The next assignment is 10 sketches for the Program of Studies that Mrs. Hoch introduced yesterday.  They will be due next week.

I am caught up on grades, so I will be trouble shooting the couple of tutorial questions emailed to me, tonight.

One last thing...is anyone familiar with iCloud5?  Someone looking for help with it.  Let me know if you can help out.

Friday

Today is a great day to catch up!

Things to consider working on:
-Illustrator version of your best icon/typography design from this week.  Find tutorials that will help you create the most awesome version of this logo possible.
-Finish up missing assignments.  Email me the Illustrator file (.ai) so I can grade it at home this weekend.
-Work on a personal project
-Check out the contest tab and see if anything appeals to you.

Please stay off youtube unless it is a tutorial for your logo.

Thank you for your hard work!

Tuesday

One more day...
Finish up the sketches and turn them in so I can grade them.

If you feel strongly about a couple of them, start working in Illustrator.

I saw a couple of links were sent to me.  I will look at them tomorrow.  My brain is not on tonight.

Monday

We are starting our final logo design project.

This videos will help get you started.

I shared your assignment with you as a Google Doc.

Monday

This is a shortened day, so be prepared for classes to end at different time than normal.

Today we will be searching for Adobe Illustrator tutorials that will show you how to create a drawing of an icon or image.

The following links are collections that you can search for possible tutorials.

Option #1

Option #2

Option #3

or try typing in "adobe illustrator cs6 image drawing tutorials" into a Google search and find your own tutorial.

Your goal is to find a tutorial which will help you learn drawing techniques using Illustrator.  Do not choose a complicated image as we will be applying what we learn to an icon of our own design that will be used to eventually create a type and icon logo.

Options 1-3 are collections of illustrator drawing tutorials, but are not what I am expecting you to choose from.  Choose something that you can use.

When you start your drawing exercise tutorial, please paste the tutorial web address on a layer of it's own.

Thursday

All 4 logo variations are due today.
-They must be placed on the presentation template for final grading.
-To turn them in, create a folder in the logo turn-in folder titled with your name.
-Inside this folder place all 4 logos on their individual presentation sheets.
-Each folder will have 4 documents in it to be graded.

Let me know if you need help!

What if you are finished?  This is a great change to start a side project.  Do you belong to club that wants t-shirt?  Work on design.  Do you want try out some other tools to see how they work?  Try them out.  Check out the tab for

Tuesday!

3 Days Left

Assembly!
Juniors and Seniors-8:00 am
Sophomores-9:45 am
Leadership Group-11:30-2:00 pm

Master Path-it's a must.  Remember that the master path is your black on white logo.  It's the starting point for all the logo variations we create this week.

Todays theme is spot color and how to achieve it.

Monday

Four Day Week

Lots of school events the next 2 weeks.  Dress up days for Homecoming Week, and I believe that includes attending 3 assemblies!

In between the fun, we will be finishing up the typographic logo series.  Last week everyone began designing a black and white typographic logo.  We ill be continuing that theme and learning other ways of creating interesting logos for your clients.

Todays theme is white on black and how to achieve it.

Traced scans should be completed and turned in by today.

There are still a few people who need to turn in transfer, collages and a few whole sketchbooks.

Corrections can be made on the chapter worksheet.

Black on White Typographic Logo is one of several final pieces for this unit.  It will be due early next week.

Today's topic is....the PEN TOOL! Making curves

There are still a few people who need to turn in transfer, collages and a few whole sketchbooks.

Corrections can be made on the chapter worksheet.

Tuesday

Keep on scanning.  There are 4 scanners in this room that can be used.  You will need a scan for the next assignment.

Today's new topic is....the PEN TOOL!

We will get started with using the pen tool.  This is a skill.  It takes time, patience and practice.

Those of you scheduled for ie with me this week, be sure to bring your sketchbook.  If you had trouble with the worksheet, bring that as well.  We will meet in here.

Monday

We will be learning about scanning
-scanned images can be made into templates
-templates can be traced, creating original images.  We will be working on this tomorrow, so be sure to scan today!

We will also learn about guidelines and how to use them.

Labtime:
Finish up your manipulation assignment from Friday.  The finished document can be placed in the Font Manipulation turn-in folder in the N drive.  You will name your file as follows:

Font Manipulation.Your Name (first and last)

Scan 1 or 2 of your favorite designs from your sketchbook.  Save them into your H drive today

Friday

Still a few sketchbooks due...
Some people still need to turn in the Ch 10 worksheet.  Today is it.

Today's mission...learn basic tools in Illustrator and perform...FONT MANIPULATION!

Thursday

Sketches are required for the our first "big" assignment.  If you did not turn them in yesterday, turn in what you have today.

Today's theme:

Illustrator vs Photoshop!!!!

Let the games begin

Wednesday

All 50 sketches are due today.
Be sure to use some transferring and collaging for your sketch methods.  Place a star by the transferred sketches.

Thing to remember:
-don't get stuck on the line
-sizes can vary
-break traditional rules
-Try something new

Worksheets are due!  Get them finished up and turned in no later than Friday.

Tuesday

Everyone should have at least 20 sketches by now.
Be sure to use some transferring and collaging for you sketch methods.

We will have today and tomorrow to finish all of our 50 sketches.

Worksheets are due!  Get them finished up and turned in ASAP.

More about Designing

Sketching is most often used for recording ideas quickly.

Why collaging?

How do you use transfer techniques?

Beginning Logo Design

We are going to be moving into our first design problem.  As we do this we need to understand more about typography and logos.


Typography

Logo Design

Types of Logos

Graphic History of Typography

Flashback!

Designing a Typographic Logo:

-Think back to what we talked about last week regarding brainstorming.

-Think about what the chapter reading described as methods of recording brainstormed ideas.

-Finally, your logo should have 3 characteristics:

1. Easily Recognized

2. Visual Meaning

3. Memorable

Your next assignment:

You will be sketching 50 designs based on the idea of a Topographic Logo for your graphic design company.  5 or more of these designs will use the collage or transfer techniques along with sketching.  Which we will talk about more next week.  These sketches will be due next early next week.

Guided Reading...due Monday due to network issues!!!  If you cannot read online, ask me for the book.  It can be checked out for the weekend.

Bugs and Blocks

Quick Note!  There are no lab fees for Computer Graphics, and sorry we will not be going to Hartman Creek!  Multitasking is not always a good thing.

Brainstorming-quick recap



Looking at factors that can block creative thought-Bugs and Blocks
Don't forget the guided reading assignment!

Brainstorming

Brainstorming!



Where do ideas come from?





We will be talking about this today and trying it out.








If there is time at the end of class you can start to work on the guided reading assignment.

Computer Graphics

Computer Graphics

Big few weeks ahead to get us started for the semester:

Work with brainstorming/fonts/designing/composition / typography / icons / and some bells n whistles.

Motivation:

YOU are the one who will be getting these projects together... and you are the one that will make it happen.

I will definitely do all I can to assist but YOU are the ultimate do'er.

P.R.I.D.E

respectful. responsible. committed.

Outline for semester:

-Logos

-Program of Study (B & W) 

-Exercises 1, 2, 3

-State Cross Country T-shirt

-Program of Studies for Web

-Agenda Planner Cover

-Web Design

-Free Project....

A brief History of Typography

Guided reading about Graphic Design will be worked on throughout the week and handed in by Friday.

Things to bring to class by Friday:

-Pencil

-Notebook or Sketch

Happy Summer Vacation!

Thank you all for your hard work this semester!  Keep on taking great pictures :)

Thursday

Great projects this semester!

Check your grades!
What needs to be completed?
Zeros will be changed to grades as things are turned in.  Remember to print out final Digital Paintings and the rubric as well as placing it in the "N" drive.
Email me if you added an HDR, Wiggle or other tutorial to the folders for turn-in.

Wednesday and still raining...

The printer is still working, so submit your images.

Mrs. Tonn is looking for thank you's to adults in the building who has done great things for you.

Finish up you Digital Paintings, Wiggles and HDR projects.

Still a couple of tutorials left that you may not have tried.  Give them a try.

You should not be surfing, but rather you should be creating!

Monday, Monday!

Getting things finished up?
-Digital Painting
-HDR
-Wiggles

Got it covered?
Try out the cinematography tutorial.  You can use the classroom digital cameras to capture the video and extract the clip using Premier Pro.

or

3D Animal tutorial

or

Word Art tutorial

or

an independent project

Everyone has something for Digital Imaging to do.

Happy Friday!!!  ONLY one more to go...

This is a great day to finish things up...
-Digital Painting?
-Wiggle?
-HDR?

OR

Need something new for fun?

I am going to see where everyone is today before I decide on next week's adventure.

Thank you Seniors for a great semester!  Lots of amazing work with interesting perspectives.

Everyone check skyward.  I have made changes since yesterday.  Senior failures must be reported by 4pm.  Be sure you are not on that list.  I will be around after school tonight if you need work time.

Happy Last Friday Seniors!

Check skyward!  I have made changes.  Some of them are drastic.  Advanced Students...hand in pieces with rubric asap!

How to save Wiggles.

Work Day!

Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday!

Alright,

Having size issues with your wiggle?  Check your resolution.  Set it at 72 dpi.  
How large is your image?  Set it for 11" or less.

Something neat to look into.... WE have done some of this through photoshop and using 

texture application and displacement layers.

WE ARE going to hit something up today quick...
It is a pretty neat feature and something we may need to create into a full blown project:  

Just an Effect.

It kind of goes like this....HDR effect

This is a series of 5 images that I took at Hartman.  I adjusted the exposure with 2 images 
under exposed and 2 over exposed.The middle image looks like this...

After adjusting the photo using merge to HDR Pro, the image looks like this...

Try it out using my pictures or yours.  It's lots of fun!  Turn in what you come up 

with into the HDR folding in the 'N' Drive.

Tuesday/Wednesday

Tuesday/Wednesday

Alright... so if you still need some info:

-Fine Art Trio- hand in

-Threshold Painting- hand in

-Digital Painting- keep working

-Save your 3D text

-Saving your wiggle- We will go over this Friday.

-Skyward:  This will be one on one.

-N-drive: work needs to be also saved in this!

Lets get going~!

Workin on the Wiggle.

Workin on the Wiggle.

Alright,
So this we start the week off:
Editing the images taken for you wiggle animation.
Putting the animation together....
Reminder on how this works....
ALL layers are ready to go, in order, edited and GREAT.
Timeline window at bottom of interface or go to window
drop down: Timeline.
Bottom left 3 square icon turns the layers into frames.
Upper right icon allows you to make frames from layers.
NOW: work with timing and choose to loop the animation and adjust the 
setting to Forever.

Walah!  We will then go about exporting as everyone is done.

Digital Painting should be finished this week.

Happy Monday...
Grades are in for those that got evaluations to me... I will be connecting with 
some of you who still need to get that work in!

WORK DAY:

WORK DAY:

Working away:  Yes I will be bothering you!

Lab fees anyone?  Final day to pay it before Mrs. Stanton has it.

Double check skyward and what you are needing to have in.
Check the N-drive:

Are your Fine Art Trios in there?
Is your threshold painting in there?
How about your 3D word?
Did you give me you Hartman Creek contact sheet?
Any final pieces Advanced Ladies?
Are you working on your wiggle....

Thursday.

Thursday.

Working with what we have gone over yesterday:
Reminder quick of what the steps are and then you are off.

WIggLe away with photos you are deciding to take or have taken.
Assignment:

Create an 8 or more frame wiggle from the Hartman Creek images or create new pictures 

for this assignment.  Pay attention to the adjustments in the color and lighting, and 

align images and crop as needed.

I'll show you how to save it next week when your assignment is complete.

I am checking with each of you for what needs to be in today... 

-Fine Art Trio

-Threshold Painting

-3D word exercise

Time to WIGGLE

Time to WIGGLE

WE ARE GOING TO WIGGLE!

These are sample images.. you can use them right now... in the N-drive.

This is what we do with them!

1. edit and layer for consistency
2. animate.. a neverending dance of whatever it may be you would like to wiggle about

and.. some other stuff..

Last semester's wiggles are under the tabs, so check them out!

Monday is 3D text day:

Lets jump into 3d effect with PS6!

Something fun... and can definitely turn from not only text but also in moving from flat
 images to 3-dimensional..
AND.. yes, there is animation through the use of the timeline! :)

3D Intro tut on the digital tutorials page.

Friday!

Digital Painting Reminders:

-Copy your original image and hide it.

-paint on a new layer either above your copy or below it. (if you are using the photocopy method, remember to delete the white in the photocopy layer if you are painting under that layer)

-make new layers as you change colors or as it makes sense to.  This makes it easier to edit your work.

-merging layers is not requires, but if you merge layers only do so once you are 100% confident you will not need to edit anything.

-try different brushes to get different effects

-create light, medium and dark values of colors

-THINK about the impressionist painters.  THINK about the light.

Thursday

Digital Paint, YAY!

Coming to a digital class near you:
-Photoshop wiggles
-Flash animation
-HDR
-Printing Finals on the good stuff!  Everyone can print at least one picture of their choice.  I am checking if more are allowed :)

Also...check out the new tab for Digital Contests.

FYI
For Sale:Nikon D60 Digital Camera with 18-55mm lens $400 (originally $800)
Battery, CHarger, 2 camera cases, two haze filters $100
55-200mm Nikon DX lens $180 (orginally $260)
Total Outfit: $600 plus CD's, books on digital photo
See Mrs. Kleman if you are interested

Wednesday!

Wednesday! 

We are going to look at a few different ways to start with a painting composition.

Sketch Filters from our filter gallery assist in outlining the objects in our photograph.

Fill/Adjustment Layers also help in finding a photo filter/fill layer to assist in giving our 

paintings an undertone.
- warm/cool/etcBurn/Dodge on paint to highlight/darken without changing color
(utilizing tints/shades)

And now...we work.

1. Fine Art Trio/Rubric done and saved in N-drive with name and, also, printed!

2. Hartman Creek Contact sheets/rubric handed in

3. Begin Digital Painting.... chose to use a photocopy filter &/or warming/cooling 

photo-filter or opt to use a transparent layer.  Either way all work needs to be done 

on a separate layer: not on the background/filter layer.... PAY ATTENTION to your 

layer window.

Need help: LET ME KNOW.

Tuesday

Tuesday 

Preview of painting

1.  Fine Art Trios/Rubric in N-drive label with name and also printed to 131, 
stapled, handed in
2.  Hartman's Creek/Outdoor Photos have been uploaded (bout 50ish)
3.  Photograph chosen to work with on Digital Painting.

Monday!

Monday!

Alright everyone.... moving into the digital painting.

Today we talk about...

Painting.  Color.... Influence of the impressionists.

Color... Lets talk color.

Impressionists were rebels at their time.... And we will also rebel.

Impressionists....

Mary Cassatt

Edgar Degas

Pierre Renoir

Claude Monet

Memory Cards?

Memory Cards?

I hope so!  Contact sheets from Friday need to be printed, annotated and evaluated asap!

Threshold...

What's Threshold?
It is the reduction of a photo to straight black and white.  As the artist you can change 
the balance of black to white in your composition.  We will be manipulating the contrast 
balance and adding color as we go.

Steps.
1. copy bkgrd
2. image-adjustments-threshold
3. magic wand- select white/select similar/delete
4. select inverse
5. begin color scheme: what are you looking for with color in the image?
6. paintbrush/color/ ctrl D= deselect
7. repeat

This is great intro to digital painting.  Choose an image from your Hartman Creek shoot 

for this piece.  Choose a color scheme that creates the mood you would like to convey 

with this piece.  Cool colors are quiet and melancholy, while warm colors are exciting
and cheerful. 

Fine Art Canvases...
this should definitely work in a series...
minimum of 3 canvases working as a series piece created of only textures/brushes 

with the use of color/composition/variety/repetition... MAKE IT GREAT.

Rubric will be in the N-drive and we will follow the same kind of routine.