Fall 2024 Academic Calendar

Class 1

  • Day & Date: Thursday, August 29
  • Meeting Info: P123
  • Topics: Intro, Syllabus, Course Overview, Supplies, Icebreaker, Project One

    Learn about the definition of design and breakdown of the design process. Begin learning basic elements of design, including:
    • Points
    • Lines
    • Shapes
    • Texture
    • Scale
  • Activities: Icebreaker, Potential exercise
  • Homework: Gather supplies for next class, Sketches for Project One, Visual Library post

Class 2

  • Day & Date: Thursday, September 5
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Topics: Methods of Line Making
  • Activities: Ink pen demonstration, Refining your sketches
  • Homework: Practice inking and mark making. Choose final 6 designs to begin inking.

Class 3

  • Day & Date: Monday, September 9
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Activities: Studio Day, Work on finalizing 6 textures.
  • Homework: 6 inked and finalized textures, Post your first Visual Library if you haven’t done so.

Class 4

  • Day & Date: Thursday, September 12
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Topics: Grids & Compositions, Project One next steps
  • Activities: Sketching 6 composition ideas.
  • Homework: Begin sketching out your final composition, including your 6 patterns/textures.

Class 5

  • Day & Date: Monday, September 16
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Topics: Project One next steps
  • Activities: Begin inking your Project One final design
  • Homework: Finish inking Project One for critque day

Class 6

  • Day & Date: Thursday, September 19
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Activities: Studio Day, more time to work on Project One
  • Homework: Finish inking Project One for critique day

Class 7

  • Day & Date: Monday, September 23
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Topics: Contrast and Figure/Ground, Intro to Project 2
  • Activities: Critique for Project One, Begin word map for Project 2
  • Homework: Finish inking Project One for critique day

Class 8

  • Day & Date: Thursday, September 26
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Activities: Studio Day, go over sketches with professor
  • Homework: Experiment with tracing paper with symmetrical and asymmetrical compositions.

Class 10

  • Day & Date: Monday, October 7
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Topics: Value, Grayscale & Contrast
  • Activities: Critique for Project 2
  • Homework:
  1. Choose and/or take 5 black and white animal photos. Find high quality images. Posterize the image you will use for Project 3.
  2. Take photos of your hand in the 3 value ranges. Post to Openlab.

Class 18

  • Day & Date: Monday, Nov 4
  • Meeting Info: P125
  • Topics: Principles of Color, CMYK & RGB & Color Wheel
  • Activities: Critique for Project 3
  • Homework: Take 10 new photos with your phone or camera. Crop the images into squares.