Tag: WEEK 7

WEEK 7 Class Info

• Date: 3/8/24: You now know what VALUE is. You understand the difference between VALUE and CONTRAST. You understand how VALUE is achieved through pencil and inking techniques. You know what COMPOSITION is and how value can enhance your composition by guiding the viewers eye. You know how to choose a pencil. You understand that reworking ideas is the best way to find the best option. You know Design Concepts AND you know your role as an Illustrator. Knowing all of this and keeping it in our toolbox, we step back and look at Illustration from a historical context to understand the industry today.
• Beyond the lecture, NEXT WEEK IS WEEK 8. WEEK 8 IS THE MIDTERM PRESENTATION OF YOUR INKED POSTER. This is a big part of your grade, don’t be late — find a way to get on track.

DUE WEEK 7/This Week

• Poster: Fully Pencilled 8.5″x12″ Poster
  • FINAL WILL BE DUE NEXT WEEK: -Inked -On Bristol board/Illustration Stock. -No Digital. -No Color (B&W Ink only)
• Sketchbook Exercise Week 7: FIVE Value Studies
  • 5 “acceptable” Value Studies done THROUGH shading techniques. (line-weight/stipple/hatching/etc—not grayscale!)
  • Acceptable = 1 value study includes 6 progressive Squares
  • Acceptable = No smudging!
  • Acceptable = No Large Gaps in value!
  • 5 is not the limit—5 is the REQUIREMENT. Produce as many Value Studies as needed to get 5 good ones—I will call you out on it!!
• Week 6 Reading: 1) Albrecht Durer, master of ink and value • 2) Composition Basics: Value Structure by Dan Don Santos • 3) Fundamentals of Light and Form by Gvaat • 4) How Do You Hatch With a Pen by Smashing Pencils • 5) Understanding Value and Tone for Better Painting by Lori McNee • 6) Beginners Guide to Alternative Shading by Erika Lancaster • 7) The History of Print from 1900 to 1949 • 8) How America’s First Popular Comic Shaped the 19th Century Newspaper Wars

Objectives

• Week 6transitions into week 7 SEAMLESSLY in a way to expand your understanding of the Illustrative power you wield, but also to give context for the field you are competing in/ways to sound smart when you talk about art and key factors that got us here. This is the week where we start finding the path to your

Activities

Discussion

• Review 5 Value Studies
• Close the door on techniques and the technical components of Illustration. Transition back to the Industry.
• Shout’ergories #4 + Pencil Critique at end of class.

Lecture: A History Surrounding the field of Illustration:

• Review of early tools, inventions and landmark moments that provide us the industry we play in today.
• Lecture: From Blombos Cave Paintings, to King James Bible, to Joseph Pulitzer VS William Randolph Hearst: How the table was set for you to enter this world as an Illustrator. Taking you up to WW2, the state of newspapers, and the advent of commercialism driven by print and production, these are the events that shape the modern world that provides us opportunities as Illustrators, for better or for worse.

Review Assignments and Expectations for Next Week’s Class

Critique: Week 5/6 Assignment: Pencilled Posters & 5 Value Studies.

LAB: Hammer out your final ideas for inking/ INK!

Due Week 8!!

• Poster Midterm 2:3 – Fully INKED Poster in actual size (8.5˝w x 12˝h) on Bristol Board/Illustration Board. This poster dimensions mirror 24×36 at a much smaller scale, but serve the same purpose.
  • MUST INCLUDE (AT LEAST) 3 INKING TECHNIQUES (line-weight +stipple +hatching +etc)

WEEK 7 READING

• Art Licensing: Is it for you? How does it work? https://jennarainey.com/art-licensing-if-its-for-you-and-how-it-works/
• Illustration Licensing 101 By Maggie Enterrios: https://www.littlepatterns.com/blog/illustration-licensing
• A guide to copyright, licensing and illustration fees: https://www.lisamaltby.com/blog/a-licence-to-bill-understanding-copyright-licensing-and-illustration-fees
• Licensing vs. Work for Hire: https://diymfa.com/writing/licensing-vs-work-for-hire/
• History Matters: A History of Ink in Six Objects: https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/history-ink-six-objects
• Timeline of Printing: https://printinghistory.org/timeline/
• Printing Newspapers 1400-1900: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/printing-newspapers-1400-1900

Week 7 Presentation HERE (extremely truncated to reach file size limit, please contact if unclear.) Meant to posit everything we’ve learned so far and how PRINT and “the Press” facilitates our roles as Illustrators and has set the scene for the industry we are currently working in…