Week of March 20th

Tuesday we worked on studying up some master artists and mimicking their styles/techniques. For Thursday, be sure to look at a few others that you found and take notes on how they used elements and principles of design…think especially hard at pattern and texture.

Think of where you see patterns…jot down at least 10 patterns that you see on your way home.

Have your blogs updated with the 4 lessons we've completed so far. Type up a short description and analyze each one concerning elements and principles.

Color Theory

Alright, today we covered the rest of the color theory that we had started on Tuesday. From there we went over scanning procedures and a few quick tips on opening/placing items in Painter, along with a review of shortcuts and hotkeys, and finishing up with using the selection tools and edit>free transforming.



Definitely get on there and use the http://kuler.adobe.com site for color selection, whether it's for what matching sweater and collar you're getting your Chihuahua or for your next huge masterpiece…it's cool stuff.


And finally, remember to WORK BIG…get the composition done, then go in and start getting things in place and adding detail. Here's a couple decent examples of this in time lapse.

Tuesday March 8th

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8 1/2x11"Sketchbook
Flash Drive

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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)

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!

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!!!

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.