Friday, March 20, 2009

Course Calendar

Week One

March 3- First Day of Class
  1. introductions
  2. read Course Blog together
  3. read Project Descriptions
  4. create individual blog accounts and send URL to Michelle
  5. collect e-mail addresses
  6. printing policy and labs
  7. ODIN account info
  8. art server
  9. font folder + loading 

April 01

Project Calendar Update and Review
Flickr site invite an posting wallpaper design and patterns
  • scale
  • contrast
  • frame crop
  • form
  • texture

Make sure you know how to load images to Flickr
Adobe Illustrator Intro 
  • setup document- project 01 7x7 square,  Black and White  ONLY!
  • interface and palettes
  • arrow selection tools
  • pen tool- points handles
  • type tool
  • outlining type to make it an object
  • object selection properties
  • cutting lines and points
  • joining points
  • page crop and printing

Work In-class! Start those Patterns!

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Week Two

April 06
Review tools and Q/A
Technical Demo
Work In-class on Patterns

Today will look at first round of pattern designs and talk about them. We will focus on our vocabulary usage and visual elements of the patterns and composition.
  • Contrast 
  • Figure Ground Relationship
  • Scale
  • Line weights
  • Frame
Illustrator tools continued:
  • What are layer and how can I use them to be organized and more efficient?
  • Crop tool
  • Pathfinder Palette
  • scissors- cutting points
  • joining points
  • repeat effect tool- cool!

Has everyone uploaded a JPEG to the flickr 120 site?

Homework:
Work on patterns Critique in on Wednesday! Have four of your best designs.


April 08
Critique Project 01 wallpaper pattern and design
From the critique use suggestions to make improvements and make your final hand-in by posting to your Blog and the Flickr 120 group site. Please post on your blog the panels shown for the in-class critique and then post again your reworking the patterns with comments /suggestions that you were given and revision you made. 

Hand-out Designers to students for the next project. Do research over the weekend and post research on the designer on your Blog.
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Week Three

April 13
Technical Demo: 
Scanning Images/Device
Resolution
File formats
Photoshop to Illustrator
Tracing tool 

Work In-Class on Postcard

April 15
Technical Demo
Work In-class on Postcard
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Week Four

April 20
Critique Project 02 Design History postcard and exchange
From the critique use suggestions to make improvements and make your final hand-in by posting to your Blog and the Flickr 120 group site. Please post on your blog the postcard shown for the in-class critique and then post again your reworking the patterns with comments /suggestions that you were given and revision you made. 

hand out logos for recreation and groups

April 22
Work In-class on logo recreation
Technical Demos as needed for project
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Week Five

April 27
Technical Demo for Presentation and preparing graphics
Work In-class on logo recreation


April 29
Presentations for Project 03: logo recreation
This is Mid-Term.
I will be giving you a Mid-Term grade for Projects 1-3 Illustrator projects.

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Week Six: Adobe PhotoShop

May 04
In-Class Assignment: Potato Head + Rubbie Duckie


May 06
In-Class Assignment: Sit, Dog, Sit + Green Photos suck!
Select project one or two for the Photoshop Composite and let Michelle know!
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Week Seven

May 11
Work In-class on Composite Project

May 13
Work In-class on Composite Project
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Week Eight

May 18 
Critique Composite Project
Start Heraldic Logo

May 20
Work-In Class on Heraldy
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Week Nine

May 25 Holiday No Class

May 27
Show and tell stop motion animations
Animation Demo
Work Day!!
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Week Ten

June 01
Work day!!


June 03 No class due to Sophomore Portfolio Review
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Week Eleven- Final Exam Week

June 08 
We will have class at our Regular schedule time. Final Critique for Heraldic Logo
and Film Strip Show.

June 09 - Final Hand-In Date
Please have your Blog updated with your final work and comments about your idea and process fo each project


IMPORTANT DATES:

Sophomore Portfolio Review Dates
June 03 - 04

Final Exam Week
June 8-13

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