WEEK 10 Class Info
- Date: 11/3/23: WEEK 10 Lecture of Web/UI Design in the field of Commercial Illustration • Color Theory > Digital Illustration
DUE WEEK 10/This Week
- DRAW THE NEWS: Final Inks • Choose 1 of your Stories/Advanced Thumbnails to finish your Editorial Illustration • Ink your editorial illustration 6˝ x 10˝ • Emphasis on metaphors/simile/comparison • Consider composition to push tone / message • Think ahead to colors you would use for next step
- Week 9 Reading: Monochromatic: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd3313jlongoart/?p=700 • Three Attributes of Color: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd3313jlongoart/?p=698 • Working in Color: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/comd3313jlongoart/?p=695 • Inktober: https://inktober.com/rules • Check out Alfonso Dunn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ALPHONSODUNN who helped us with todays texture quick-fires.
- EXTRA-CREDIT / aka “TEXTURE-CREDIT” FINAL Halloween Extra Credit Opportunity: Choose 1 prompt —EMPHASIS ON TEXTURE!!!!! GET INTO THE DETAILS!
Objectives
- Exploring the basics of converting and cleaning up your art work and advancing that with digital coloring making use of the color knowledge gained over the past few weeks. We see how the pulls of print and advertising advance into the digital age and the new expectations that surround us as Illustrators.
Activities
Discussion
- Reading Assignments form last week: Thoughts?
- Drawing the News: Critique/Group Chat
- Lecture: We push past the print boon of the 1900s and move into the 2000s to recognize how the industry shifts to digital, adding the use of Web & UI Design into the Illustrators toolbox and know-how.
Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class
LAB: Work on assignments
Due Week 11
Use this link to access scanned Mid-Terms: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17AaeqOIitPrZMn_k3el12r-n3ZFT6WJ8?usp=drive_link (REMINDER: Some scans need to be converted to RGB: Image > Mode > RGB)
HOMEWORK #1) 3-COLOR DIGITAL MID-TERM/ EDITORIAL/ REQUEST YOUR CHOICE
- USE YOUR EDITORIAL, MID-TERM, OR—WITH PERMISSION—SOMEONE ELSE’S, OR REQUEST PERMISSION FOR YOUR PROJECT. OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDED IN GROUP FOLDER.
- CHOOSE COLOR SCHEME: Base/Mid-Tones + Shadows/Dark-Tones + Accent/Highlights
- CLEAN UP ART > blacks are BLACK / whites are WHITE!
- Layers recommended in this order (top to bottom): 1))LineArt{ fx: multiply } 2))Highlights/Accents 3))Midtones 4))BKGNRD/Basecolor
- Do not use white or black as any of your 3 colors
HOMEWORK #2) Digital Grey 2 (TWO) Previous Assignments
- RECOMMEND CONTOURS + INKTOBERS + ARTIST SELFIE
- USE 3 DISTINCT VARIATIONS OF GREY • BLACK & WHITE AS NEEDED
- CANNOT USE VALUE STUDIES / PACKAGING SKETCHES / SILHOUETTES
HOMEWORK #3) Sketchbook Assignment: Advanced Packaging Sketch
- EXPLODED SKETCH OF PACKAGING
- STRAIGHT LINES FOR BOX! • MINIMUM SIZE 8.5˝ x 11˝
- DETAIL ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP PACKAGING: SPOT ART, BOX MATERIALS, WINDOW, TAGS, BARCODE LOCATIONS—EVERYTHING!!
HOMEWORK #4)
- Week 10 Reading: 10 Big Reasons to Apply Illustrations in UI Design: https://blog.tubikstudio.com/big-reasons-to-apply-illustrations-in-ui-design/
Week 10 Presentation HERE:
Post your projects when complete!
- GO TO: CLASS SITE
- DASHBOARD > POSTS > ADD NEW >
- Write your post. Add a Descriptive title.
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