INDEPENDENT STUDY: EPIC SKETCH-SOURCE BOOK/JOURNAL THINGY
We will divide our course binder into a few sections, thereby converting it to an EPIC SKETCH-SOURCE BOOK/JOURNAL THINGY!
Here it goes:
1. Calendar
2. Journal: Reflection + Progress
3. Sketchbook
4. Source Images
5. Facts about artists/companies, etc.
6. Techniques and processes.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Dingbat Self Portrait Rubric
1. Portrait is composed of 4 distinct values:
*Darkest shadow, dark mid-tone, light mid-tone, and white space. Values are appropriately balanced in relationship to one another.
2. Portrait is broken into clean, smooth paths.
*Student took great care in creating the paths. Lines are curved and straight where appropriate. Paths do not look 'choppy'.
3. Paths are used to create clipping masks.
*Clipping masks serve as a boundary for the dingbat shapes, keeps them contained, establishes the form for that part of the portrait.
4. Dingbats have been scaled, rotated, etc. Effort was taken to make them fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. There is a distinct visual texture as a result.
5. A variety of dingbats have been used.
*At least three fonts are incorporated into your design.
6. Thorough write up--details to come.
Expect to discuss work process, covering the criteria points.
1. Portrait is composed of 4 distinct values:
*Darkest shadow, dark mid-tone, light mid-tone, and white space. Values are appropriately balanced in relationship to one another.
2. Portrait is broken into clean, smooth paths.
*Student took great care in creating the paths. Lines are curved and straight where appropriate. Paths do not look 'choppy'.
3. Paths are used to create clipping masks.
*Clipping masks serve as a boundary for the dingbat shapes, keeps them contained, establishes the form for that part of the portrait.
4. Dingbats have been scaled, rotated, etc. Effort was taken to make them fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. There is a distinct visual texture as a result.
5. A variety of dingbats have been used.
*At least three fonts are incorporated into your design.
6. Thorough write up--details to come.
Expect to discuss work process, covering the criteria points.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Dingbat Portrait Info
For our next project, we will tackle a challenging art task for any medium: Portraiture. The fun and funky part of our portrait is that it will be a way for us to explore a really cool aspect of type: DINGBATS!
Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat
A dingbat is an ornament, character or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament" or "printer's character".
The term continued to be used in the computer industry to describe fonts that had symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters.
Check out this website for some examples of dingbat portraits:
http://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/01/05/creative-singers-ad-bose-sound-system-designs/
Anyway, the first steps to achieving this portrait are to:
1. Learn a little bit about shading, value and abstraction. Follow the links below for some reading on this topic.
http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/shading.html
http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/shading-explained.html
2. Start finding some rad dingbats to fill your different value areas. Download the fonts, save the type files in your server folder, and install them in the Fonts folder in your Control Panel.
Search for dingbat fonts that represent your personality here:
http://www.dafont.com/
http://freeres.info/free-fonts.php
For our next project, we will tackle a challenging art task for any medium: Portraiture. The fun and funky part of our portrait is that it will be a way for us to explore a really cool aspect of type: DINGBATS!
Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingbat
A dingbat is an ornament, character or spacer used in typesetting, sometimes more formally known as a "printer's ornament" or "printer's character".
The term continued to be used in the computer industry to describe fonts that had symbols and shapes in the positions designated for alphabetical or numeric characters.
Check out this website for some examples of dingbat portraits:
http://www.walyou.com/blog/2009/01/05/creative-singers-ad-bose-sound-system-designs/
Anyway, the first steps to achieving this portrait are to:
1. Learn a little bit about shading, value and abstraction. Follow the links below for some reading on this topic.
http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/shading.html
http://www.portrait-artist.org/basics/shading-explained.html
2. Start finding some rad dingbats to fill your different value areas. Download the fonts, save the type files in your server folder, and install them in the Fonts folder in your Control Panel.
Search for dingbat fonts that represent your personality here:
http://www.dafont.com/
http://freeres.info/free-fonts.php
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Project Proposal Questions
When doing a proposal it is important to anticipate the questions the person you are presenting to will have, so you have the answer when they ask.
Try to find an answer for the following questions. Remember, as you develop the pitch, make sure that each person is making a contribution to the presentation.
1. What’s in it for me?
2. How much is it going to cost?
3. How will it help future classes/STEP/advance the program?
4. How many places to order from?
5. How do you expect to achieve your goals?
6. Who will it benefit?
7. What will you need besides the supplies you are requesting? (space, facilities, time, access)
8. How long will it take?
9. When will you need the supplies by?
10. Is it school appropriate?
11. Are there safety issues?
12. Legal issues?
13. How do expect to manage your materials (clean up after yourself)
14. Are your materials necessary? What’s the point of getting them?
15. What’s your plan B? Do you have a plan B?
16. Relationship to Art Technology?
17. How will it get to your end user—get people to care about/use your product?
18. Why are you doing this?
When doing a proposal it is important to anticipate the questions the person you are presenting to will have, so you have the answer when they ask.
Try to find an answer for the following questions. Remember, as you develop the pitch, make sure that each person is making a contribution to the presentation.
1. What’s in it for me?
2. How much is it going to cost?
3. How will it help future classes/STEP/advance the program?
4. How many places to order from?
5. How do you expect to achieve your goals?
6. Who will it benefit?
7. What will you need besides the supplies you are requesting? (space, facilities, time, access)
8. How long will it take?
9. When will you need the supplies by?
10. Is it school appropriate?
11. Are there safety issues?
12. Legal issues?
13. How do expect to manage your materials (clean up after yourself)
14. Are your materials necessary? What’s the point of getting them?
15. What’s your plan B? Do you have a plan B?
16. Relationship to Art Technology?
17. How will it get to your end user—get people to care about/use your product?
18. Why are you doing this?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Type Nameplate File Prep and Print
To Prepare Your Files:
1. Make sure each of your letter panels is FLATTENED (Layer>Flatten Image) and saved as a JPEG or TIFF.
2. Create NEW Document: Width 11 inches, height 8.5 inches.
3. Set to 150dpi/CMYK Color
4. Place X Coordinate Guides at: 0.25, 5.25, 5.75 and 10.75 inches.
5. Place Y Coordinate Guides at: 1.75 and 6.75 inches
6. Insert two of your designs in the squares created by the guides. (File>Place>file.jpg)
7. Merge your placed designs into one layer.
8. Poke layer in eye and repeat steps 1-6 for remaining designs.
To Print Your Files:
1. When ready to print, turn on the layers one at a time. Change the following settings:
A. Activate the layer you wish to print. The layer you don't want to print gets poked in the eye.
B. File>Page Setup>Legal Size, Landscape Orientation.
C. When printing, make sure to put Legal size paper in the printer. Take it from the ream on the windowsill by the printer.
To Prepare Your Files:
1. Make sure each of your letter panels is FLATTENED (Layer>Flatten Image) and saved as a JPEG or TIFF.
2. Create NEW Document: Width 11 inches, height 8.5 inches.
3. Set to 150dpi/CMYK Color
4. Place X Coordinate Guides at: 0.25, 5.25, 5.75 and 10.75 inches.
5. Place Y Coordinate Guides at: 1.75 and 6.75 inches
6. Insert two of your designs in the squares created by the guides. (File>Place>file.jpg)
7. Merge your placed designs into one layer.
8. Poke layer in eye and repeat steps 1-6 for remaining designs.
To Print Your Files:
1. When ready to print, turn on the layers one at a time. Change the following settings:
A. Activate the layer you wish to print. The layer you don't want to print gets poked in the eye.
B. File>Page Setup>Legal Size, Landscape Orientation.
C. When printing, make sure to put Legal size paper in the printer. Take it from the ream on the windowsill by the printer.
Friday, February 20, 2009
INDEPENDENT STUDY: Project Proposals
Your digital art projects will involve some collaboration with your colleagues.
Basically, your goal is to make something, and it must encompass some independent research and learning in order to be able to complete your project. If nothing else, the collaboration is in the research of techniques. You will eventually teach the class the techniques you research. Develop the following project proposal with your partners. Yes, the partnership is required.
1. What do you want to make?
2. What do you need to learn in order to do it?
3. How long do you think the learning will take?
4. How will you show the class what you learned?
5. What materials will you need?
6. How will you get the materials?
7. How long do you think the project will take?
8. Who will you be working with?
Your digital art projects will involve some collaboration with your colleagues.
Basically, your goal is to make something, and it must encompass some independent research and learning in order to be able to complete your project. If nothing else, the collaboration is in the research of techniques. You will eventually teach the class the techniques you research. Develop the following project proposal with your partners. Yes, the partnership is required.
1. What do you want to make?
2. What do you need to learn in order to do it?
3. How long do you think the learning will take?
4. How will you show the class what you learned?
5. What materials will you need?
6. How will you get the materials?
7. How long do you think the project will take?
8. Who will you be working with?
Type Designs: Nameplate
1. Create a design using the letters of your name
(first, last, nick, initials, family or friend)
2. At least three panels measuring 5x5 inches @ 150 dpi.
Each panel will be a different letter of your name.
3. Each panel should feature a pattern created by the combination of at least two categories of typefaces (Serif, Sans Serif, Decorative, Script) Use the letters to create different shapes that form positive and negative spaces.
4. Incorporate at least two of the following type adjustments into your design: Leading, Kerning, Tracking, Vertical Scale, Horizontal Scale.
5. Incorporate at least two Layer Styles into your final work.
1. Create a design using the letters of your name
(first, last, nick, initials, family or friend)
2. At least three panels measuring 5x5 inches @ 150 dpi.
Each panel will be a different letter of your name.
3. Each panel should feature a pattern created by the combination of at least two categories of typefaces (Serif, Sans Serif, Decorative, Script) Use the letters to create different shapes that form positive and negative spaces.
4. Incorporate at least two of the following type adjustments into your design: Leading, Kerning, Tracking, Vertical Scale, Horizontal Scale.
5. Incorporate at least two Layer Styles into your final work.
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