Monday, February 20, 2012

Final Project

Remember the final project needs to be completed by the beginning of class on Monday Feb 27th.

This means all material and visuals will be presented once we start class. Be ready to hand in your typed parts of your project.

Breakdown below:
50 pts - Presentation of Completed Project
          10 pts - Complete
          25 pts - Composition 
          15 pts - Presentation/Explaination
          
50 pts - Printed Material
           10 pts - A brief written description of what it will look like/what it's about
           10 pts - Why it’s going to be your best piece you’ve ever done
           10 pts - Why it’s important to you or how it relates to your personality
           10 pts - 3 Main Colors
           10 pts - Principles of design
                        Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Repetition, Proportion, Rhythm
           10 pts - 5 thumbnail sketches (scan in and print out)

Friday, February 10, 2012

Final Project information: The first two are due on Monday


Objective
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Choose a final project that uses something that we’ve learned so far and plan what and how you are going to make it the coolest thing you’ve ever done so far.

Materials
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- Handwritten summary/notes of what your final project is, to include:
           1 - A brief written description of what it will look like
           2 - Why it’s going to be your best piece you’ve ever done
           3 - Why it’s important to you or how it relates to your personality
           4 - 3 Colors that you intend to use
           5 - List out and describe how you will use the principles of design in your work
                        Balance, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Repetition, Proportion, Rhythm
           6 - 5 thumbnail sketches (about 2 inch by 3 inch) of how your piece will look

Any questions email me!

Monday, February 6, 2012

For Wednesday Feb 8th

We'll be doing animation in Painter! Bring in 12 small thumbnail sketches of a sequence of images making something move. You can do all of this in one page of your sketchbook and we'll scan them in and paste each one into a frame to animate. Here's a couple of examples:



Any questions let me know!!!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Alright, getting our inking done, we're moving on to coloring.

Whether using selections and gradients or just going at it with a brush and blender, create a layer underneath the ink layer and create your base colors. From there, start adding your highlights section by section. Be sure to determine a light source in your head so there is consistency throughout the composition.


Any questions let me know!

Finish these up for Monday! 


Examples:

Jim Lee's inks, Alex Sinclair's colors in Batman. Notice that some of the ink is even lightened to make the foremost figure most prominent. Click on the image to visit the page about the work.