Class Info
- Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
- Meeting Info: 6pm – 8:30pm
Topic
- Lettering Continue: Choose one solution from sketches working with materials around you
Objectives
- Based on sketches and ideas, students determine what is the best way to continue with their lettering project:
- Is it best to take photographs of objects?
- Use traditional material (paint, draw, etc) or work digitally (with application)?
- Once you know which way you are working, then determine process to follow:
- Capture image (via camera, scanner, phone, app, or copier)
- Bring image into Illustrator, Photoshop. or other apps. This depends on your solution, for example:
- Trace or use pen tool in Illustrator
- Clean or adjust colors in Photoshop
- If working by hand: Use tracing paper and pencils, then marker to clean image.
- Capture image again and repeat steps if necessary
- Careful with spelling (you are essentially drawing so there is no automatic spell check!) and keep work editable if corrections needs to be made
This PDF shows an analysis what tools might work best within Illustrator
For this example, we experimented with paper, glue and actual sprinkles to create the letters. The image would be cleaned up in Photoshop.
Activities
During Class: Type Talk
Look at the work of these lettering artists:
Martina Floor
https://www.martinaflor.com
Jessica Hische
https://jessicahische.is/working
Mary Kate McDevitt
https://www.marykatemcdevitt.com/work
Danny Pelavin
- Create a new post: Last Name_FirstName_TT_letteringartist
- Give it Categories:
- Student Post
- Student Post Type Talk
- Select a piece from one artist.
- Take a screenshot and add it to this post
- Who did you choose
- What do you like about this piece?
- What do you like about the style of this artist.
To-Do After Class
Graphic Assignment
- Bring lettering to next step:
Must show progress next class (actual illustrations, photographs, collages, others)
File can be a JPG or PDF
Name File: Lastname_firstname_progress_lettering - Place in Google Drive
- Notice the steps followed for this example:
- Sketched
- Chose actual sprinkles
- Experimented with glue
- Took photos
- Used Photoshop:
- Cleaned the pencil marks
- Used Illustrator to try a different approach
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