Seniors

1st- Seniors who owe me late work/need an extension for the Final, I need ALL YOUR WORK by June 11th. Grades get submit that night!


2nd- Seniors who hold a grade ABOVE 85 do not have to take the final exam. Those of you who qualify for this DO NOT HAVE TO do the Final Project: Public Service Announcement Poster if you do not wish to do so.

Before you decide you are one of these people, PLEASE CHECK WITH ME. Infinite Campus doesn't always update accurately, and if you're close to 85 and the typography grades aren't in yet it may be a risky gamble.

That being said, those Seniors in the 90s, congrats, you can be done if you want! Unless you're totally into PSAs  and photoshop and want another awesome grade for the book! :)

Digital Art Final Project

Public Service Announcements

Public Service Announcements (PSAs) are messages in the public interest with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue.

Your Final Project for this class (worth a Final exam grade!) is to create a Public Service Announcement Poster.

The Project will be graded in 2 parts:

- The actual PSA Poster, graded using the same sort of rubric we've used all trimester (appearance, effort, photoshop technique, image quality...)

- A written component at the beginning and end of the project (blog posts)

Step 1:

• What is a social issue that you feel you should call attention to?
• Create a BLOG POST that is a sort of brainstorm/journal entry about this.
• What's your topic?
• Why do you care about it?
• What do you want to say?
• How do you intend to portray your message?

Step 2:

• Create your poster.
• Gather images you could use in your design.
• Research your topic- is there a statistic you can include for emphasis?
• Make your canvas- be sure you have a high quality printable poster! Shoot for 300 resolution, and a size that's in the 1,000's (we used 4,000 x 4,000 for our typography projects!)
• Make sure you use the following:
• Text
• Layers
• Color Alteration OR a Filter
• at least ONE image/object you've photographed or drawn yourself.

Step 3:

• Finished Your Poster? Before your flatten your layers, make sure I check it. This is your final! Let's make sure they're perfect!
• Once you've gotten the OK from me, Hand it in on a flashdrive as a .jpg
• Complete a Final Blogpost reflecting on your project:
• What is a PSA?
• Did you learn anything new about your topic?
• How do you feel about your final product?
• What was the most difficult part of the project?
• How are you feeling about your Digital Art Skills now?

The projects will be due during our Final Exam block on June 13th.

Seniors, You leave before this, you  may complete the project before you leave and hand it in on June 6th, or you may take the extra time and bring me the finished project on June 11th on a flashdrive. It is YOUR responsibility to remember to do this! (You have to be here for marching practice anyways!)
That being said, Seniors, you may want to avoid an overly complicated or labor intensive design.

Typography Blog Post

When you have completed your typography project, please save it as a .jpg and upload it to your blog.

Answer the following questions for a SELF CRITIQUE (Quiz!) Grade...

• What is your typography piece about? Why did you choose this subject?
• Did you choose specific words for your piece? Why did you choose the words you did?
• This is a tedious process, be honest! How are you feeling about typography now that your done? Hate it? Enjoying the final product? Was it worth your time?
• What might you try different next time?

Reminder... this self critique will be a quiz grade, so put some effort into your answers :)

Please hand in Typography no later than MONDAY 6/3 at the beginning of class, and have this blog post complete as well.

Typography How To

Typography!

We are going to making TYPOGRAPHY designs. These are essentially really fancy Wordles- which means I'll be nice and let you off from Wordles for the rest of the trimester :)

Good typography uses layering, changing of fonts, changing of colors and opacities to really make the image stand out. All of the words used should enhance your subject.

HOW TO:

• Create a NEW document in Photoshop:
• Set the dimensions to AT LEAST 4000 x 4000 pixels and the resolution to 300 dpi. Bigger is better!

• You will need an image to use for this project. You can take your own photo, or use one from the internet. You want something with an empty background, and with an interesting shape that will work with the text. I'm going to use this eagle:

• Open your saved image in photoshop, cut it out if you need to remove the background. Place your subject in a new layer in your empty canvas you made in the first step.
• You should now have TWO layers. An empty 1st layer and a second layer with a guide image in it.
• Resize your guide image. Use the "show transform tools" button to drag the corners and center your subject. It doesn't matter if it's kind of blurry because we're going to delete it at the end!
• Familiarize yourself with the TYPE TOOLS.
• Press the "T" button. Now you should have a type menu at the top of your screen. You will want to use all different font sizes, shapes, colors and styles. Make sure you know how to change these things!
• Create a NEW layer for EACH text box you create. Make one now to begin.
• Create a text box over a section you wish to work on. I started with the Eagle's beak and zoomed way in so that was all on my screen.
• Type in words that work with your subject. Shape, color, and stylize them. Keep doing this until it looks appealing to you.

 

You can check to see what it's looking like by "hiding" your subject layer. In your layer window, "close the eye" on your subject layer and it will show you your words!

This is a LENGTHY process if done properly, but highly rewarding in the end. I expect you all to use your class time wisely for this. In the end, you should have well over 100 words in your typography projects.

These Projects will be due at the end of NEXT week.

On Thursday, May 30th for Period 3, and

on Friday, May 31st for Period 4

That will give Seniors 1 week for their FINAL PROJECTS and Underclassmen a week and a half!

There is no Final "Exam" for this class- but you will have a final project worth the same amount as an exam. It will have a project and written componant. We will go over it at the conclusion of this project.

Digital Art QUIZ coming soon!

We will be having a QUIZ on Wednesday May 29th, 2013.

Here's what we've learned, or will be learning, that you might want to know!

1. Digital Media
2. Depth of Field
3. Rule of Thirds
4. What are some of the AUTOMATIC modes on a camera?
5. What are MANUAL modes on a camera?
6. Silhouette
7. Contrast
8. Composition
9. Pop Art
10. Who is Andy Warhol?
11. Layers (photoshop)
12. 3 ways to change color in photoshop
13. What is OPACITY?
14. Portrait
15. Self Portrait
16. Photomontage
17. Typography
18. Wordle
19. know what makes a great photo.
20. how big should a photo saved from the internet be to use in photoshop?

BLOG POST: Portraits

PLEASE POST TWO (2) of your favorite Portraits you just handed in to me in a blog post.
One sentence about each would be lovely- more if you want :)

WE WILL BE CRITIQUING THESE- SO PLEASE POST THEM as soon as possible (In Class on Tuesday 5/21)

Saki Takahashi's Self Portrait

Critique Guidelines:

• Critique FIVE (5) classmate's portraits. post as comments on their blog posts.
• Be sure to type in the secret codes!
• Please do this by the end of class TUESDAY 5/21.

Wordle Wednesday! Portrait

Picaso- by Cory Smith

Wordle.net or Tagxedo.com

15 words or more