Assignments

Due 12/17

1. Write about the field trip in your eportfolio

2. Color inventory project – album cover
Details colorinventoryformat

Link to video explaining color inventories
Link to Adobe Color if  you want to play with it

3. Extra credit (absolutely no exceptions)
Details extracredit

Due 12/15

MEET AT:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 E 91st St
New York, NY 10128

We are meeting at 6:30 pm outside the reception. You will need your ticket which you will receive from me there.

We are going for the design lecture series where we are going to hear:
The future of design with Bruce Mau

If you are late or lost call or text me at 718 679 7200

You will be turning your mood transformation project in to me there- bring it!

1. 22nd design journal entry:
Look up Bruce Mau and come up with one question that you could ask on our field trip- post it on your eportfolio.

2. Mood transformation project due today
Guidelines here: moodtransformationcomposition

Looking ahead – due on 12/17
1. 23rd design journal entry:
Write a summary of what you got out of your field trip on your ePortfolio

2. Color inventory project
Link to video explaining color inventories
Link to Adobe Color if  you want to play with it

3. Extra credit (absolutely no exceptions)
Details extracredit

Due 12/10

1. 21st design journal entry:
Proportionate color inventory and non-proportionate color inventory

2. Bring in a copy of an music album cover that you like.

3. Work on the mood color transformation composition which is due on Mon 12/15. Guidelines here: moodtransformationcomposition

*If you missed class on Monday or if you have questions set up an appointment for office hours Weds from 5-6 in N1120.

Extra credit opportunity information extracredit

Due 12/8

Post the exercises from Weds class on your ePortfolio. Comment on 3 other projects.

Due 12/3

We are meeting in the computer classroom – N1120.

1. 20th design journal entry:
Psychology of color and what you think of it

2. Read pgs 120-127 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition

3. Post your color relativity tests on your ePortfolio.

There should be five in total:

1. Change in hue
2. Change in saturation
3. Change in value
4. Change in hue, saturation and value
5. 2 different colors that look like the same color

Suggestion to everyone who missed class: My office hrs are Weds from 5-6pm in N1120. I will explain what we did on Monday and the assignment on Weds at 5pm. Let me know if you plan on attending.

 

Due 12/1

Nothing!

We are meeting in the computer classroom – N1120.

Due 11/26

We are meeting in our regular classroom- N1119.

1. 19th design journal entry:
Color relativity, inherent light in color, and luminosity

2. Project 4 due at the start of class
You will be turning in a total of 5 sheets of 9 x 12″ bristol, with two sheets of tracing paper over each of them. This consists of:

1. Traditional color wheel (RYB) with saturation continuum
2. CMY color wheel

And 6 copies of a composition using the following color guidelines:

1. Chromatic grays, broad value range, broad hue range
2. Chromatic grays, narrow value range, broad hue range
3. Muted colors, broad value range, broad hue range
4. Muted colors, narrow value range, broad hue range
5. Prismatic colors, broad value range, broad hue range
6. Prismatic colors, narrow value range, broad hue range

Use the same composition for all of them! Place two on one sheet of bristol in this format Project4 (so you will be handing in 3 sheets of bristol).

Email me if you have questions!

Due 11/19

We are meeting in our regular classroom N1119 (not computer room!). Bring all of your materials and paints.

1. 17th design journal entry:
Process color, spot color and hex triplets

2. Read pgs 98-101, 104-107, 112-117 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition

3. Finish saturation continuum and rby color wheel.

Due 11/24

A reminder to bring all of your materials (and paints) to class- we will be meeting in our regular classroom.

1. 18th design journal entry:
Bezold effect, simultaneous contrast and keyed color

2. Continue working on project 4, which due on Weds 11/26
which includes:

2 separate color wheels

1. Traditional color wheel (RYB) with saturation continuum
2. CMY color wheel

And 6 copies of a composition using the following color guidelines:

1. Chromatic grays, broad value range, broad hue range
2. Chromatic grays, narrow value range, broad hue range
3. Muted colors, broad value range, broad hue range
4. Muted colors, narrow value range, broad hue range
5. Prismatic colors, broad value range, broad hue range
6. Prismatic colors, narrow value range, broad hue range

Use the same composition for all of them! Place two on one sheet of bristol in this format Project4 (so you will be handing in 3 sheets of bristol).

Email me if you have questions!

Due 11/19

We are meeting in our regular classroom N1119 (not computer room!). Bring all of your materials and paints.

1. 17th design journal entry:
Process color, spot color and hex triplets

2. Read pgs 98-101, 104-107, 112-117 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition

3. Finish saturation continuum and rby color wheel.

Due 11/17

1. 16th design journal entry:
Prismatic color, muted color, achromatic color, and chromatic color

2. Use the template that we handed out in class to create the two color wheels using gouache. Color wheel template BLANK

• Traditional/pigment color wheel (finish this one for Monday)
  
  source: http://paulturounetblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/12-hue-color-circle.jpg

 

• CMY color wheel
  

Source: http://www.sitepoint.com/rgb-or-cmyk/

Explore the colors. Notice the color when it is wet and when it is dry. Try to create swatches with even coats and no brush strokes or streaks. Glue the swatches in a circle of the center (horizontally and vertically) of a 9″x 12″ piece of bristol.

Keep bringing all of your materials to class including paint.

Email me if you have questions or missed class.

Due 11/12

1. 15th design journal entry:
Primary triad, secondary triad, tertiary hues, cmyk, rgb

2. Post the Project 2 in your ePortfolio. Include pictures of your project and a summary of what you learned.

3. Bring in a swatch of the purest red that you can find.

4. Catch up on reading if you need to.

Due 11/10

1. 14th design journal entry:
Color, hue, saturation, intensity

2. Read pgs 86-93, 102-103 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition
Read pgs 70-83 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton

3. Project 3 due at the beginning of class.

There are 6 components:

1. Value scale
2. Illustrator composition
3. Composition repeated in magazine
4. Composition repeated in gouache
5. Composition repeated in pencil
6. Composition repeated in pen/marker

The should all have two sheets of tracing paper taped over the top (cut to size and taped neatly), with your self-assessment on one of them.

See below for format directions for each component. Please follow these directions- pay attention to margins and spacing. Erase pencil marks.

Email me if you have questions: ldaiga@citytech.cuny.edu

Due 11/5

1. Continue working on project 3. This will be due Monday Nov 10. Bring all of you materials to Weds class to work in class. Tweak what you need in your original composition to create a visually resolved composition utilizing the design principles we have covered so far- focusing on transparency and layering.

Project 3 Value studies components

• Value scale (see due on 10/29 below for format directions)
• Composition done in all four grayscale materials from the value scale (see due 10/3 below for format directions):
  1. Magazine
  2. Pencil
  3. Pen/marker texture
  4. Gouache
  5. and Illustrator print out

Due 11/3

1. 13th design journal entry:
Shade, tint, tone

2. Finish transparency value compositions. These are what we started in class. It is the same exact composition created in two different ways, in Illustrator and with gray shapes from magazines. Exploring layering, transparency, and value to create the feeling of the halloween word your group chose.

Tips: Keep it simple! No symbols or representational shapes! Try to apply the design principles we have explored so far to create the feeling.

Both are 7″ x 7″.

One is printed from illustrator (print it to size)

The other is recreated on bristol with magazine grayscale cutouts.Project3

Bring materials including back and white paint to class on Monday.

Due 10/29

1. 12th design journal entry:
Value, transparency, layers

2. Read pgs 94-95, 66-67 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition
Read pgs 126-157 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton

3. Finish value scale Valuescale_formatguidelines

Due 10/27

1. Finish Project #2 – moving sound book. Must be complete at the very start of class. See guidelines below.

– needs to be turned in with 3 layers of tracing paper for each side (but not taped to the book, like last time). You can tape pieces of tracing paper together to create 4in by 32in sheets of tracing paper, 3 sheets for each side.

– bottom layer is for you to draw arrows showing movement in your composition

– second layer is for your self evaluation (like last project)

– third layer (top) is for me

Email me if you have questions!

Due 10/22

1. Finish design journals and eportfolio for midterm evaluation (make sure you bring your design journals to class).

2. 11th design journal entry:
Find a sound visualization that you like and say why – post on eportfolio

3. 30% finished with project #2
(this will be due on Monday- we will be working on it in class on Weds so bring your materials)

Create 8 panels on both sides- these are compositions expressing movement and rhythm, inspired by your song.

• Use only lines on one side
• Use any design element on the other (but stick to black and white only)
• You may use markers, black paper, or newspaper (as texture)

Due 10/20

1. 10th design journal entry:
How does time and format effect composition?

2. Catch up on reading and past design journal entries.

3. Start sketching thumbnails in your design journal for our moving sound book, using your song or sound as inspiration. This will be two different series of 8 compositions (one either side). One side should incorporate lines only, the other can include any design element (except for color- no color yet). Keep it simple, no symbols, and experiment with contrast.

Create a mock-up of the book by cutting 8 squares of paper taped together like an accordion. This is a rough draft so it can be any size. The finished book will be in 4″x4″ squares.

Monday we will be working on these in class, so bring your materials: bristol, black paper, newspaper, pens, pencils, glue, exact knife, ruler, triangle, drafting tape (you will not need paint yet).

 

Due 10/15

1. 9th design journal entry:
Time, implied motion, actual motion, animation, and interactive graphics

2. Read pgs 215-231 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton

3. Start Project 2

1. Create 1 set of 8 compositions using one design element which is changing/moving from one composition to the next. Post in your ePortfolio in the order you decide you want the viewer to see it as they scroll down the page.
2. Take the first set and add 1-3 more design elements to interact with the initial design element. Make 8 compositions and post them in your ePortfolio.
3. Make 1 composition showing movement. Up to you whether you do this in print or on screen – either way – make it nice, craftsmanship counts! If you do it on the computer print it out to bring it in.
4. Bring in a song or sound which inspires you for the next class.

Parts 1 & 2 are to be made in Illustrator to the specs we used in class, 400 x 400 px. Save the file for web and save as gif to post online.

Part 2 tip- think of each element as another sound track or instrument. Each part needs to be interesting, but they must also work together to make a song.

Think about the letter we spoke about in class.

Also, check out what your classmates have made and comment on their pages- remember these are your future collaborators and colleagues!

Email me if you have questions: ldaiga@citytech.cuny.edu

 

Due 10/8

1. 8th design journal entry:
Movement and rhythm

2. Read pgs 44-47, 68-71 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition
Read pgs 34-39 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton

3. Create a composition in your design journal or on a sheet of bristol using the spatial proportion that your group chose. You will create the composition which your group voted for you to work on from your thumbnail sketches. Use newspaper, black paper, pen, marker, or pencil.

Tips

• Do not use symbolic or representative shapes (no pictures of lemons, turtles, suns, people, words, etc).
• Less is more. Use just a few design elements in your composition.
• Play with contrast and texture.
• Remember to look at the figure/ground relationship.

If you missed class, the exercise is:
Choose a spatial proportion (i.e. golden section, rule of thirds, etc.), and draw 5 thumbnail sketches of compositions using this proportion. Choose one of the thumbnail sketches to turn into a formal composition. In your design journal or on a sheet of bristol draw a picture plane (your choice on size, though a suggestion could be a square 5″ x 5″) and create this composition using newspaper, black paper, pen, marker, or pencil. Email me to be sure that you understand what you are to do.

Due 10/6

1. 7th design journal entry:
Proportion: including the golden section, the rule of thirds, musical logic and mathematical logic, and visual hierarchy

2. Read pgs 62-67, 72-77 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition
Read pgs 114-125 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton

3. Draw 12 textures in your design journal*. You can use a word to describe them or not. Examples: 1, 2

4. Choose 4 sets of contrasting terms (opposites) and create 4 compositions illustrating this contrast, in your design journal*. Use cut out newspaper print, black paper, pens, pencil, etc.. No color yet! Look at pg 75 in Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition, for examples.

*You can choose to do this or part of it in Illustrator or Photoshop- if you do, print out your work and put it in your design journal.

Email me if you have questions: ldaiga@citytech.cuny.edu

Due 10/1

1. 6th design journal entry:
Contrast, tension, emphasis

2. Read pgs 40 – 51 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton.

3. Post all three components of the 1st project on your ePortfolio
(Part 1 can be the Illustrator file, Parts 2 and 3 photograph or scan)
and, write a paragraph about what you learned, what was successful and what wasn’t.

Due 9/29 (absolutely no exceptions)

1. 5th design journal entry:
Texture, scale, and weight

2. Read pgs 54-57 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition
Read pgs 53-69 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton

3. Project 1 fully complete with 3 layers of tracing paper over each component.
Part 1: (from 9/15)
Print 3 compositions (to size on regular printer paper, one per page, so three pages total) created in Illustrator where you explore the figure/ground relationship with letters.
Specifics:
In Illustrator create a file that is 4″ x 4″.
Using 1 or 2 letters, play with the space and figure ground relationship.
Use only black and white and don’t add any other elements
Tips

• Try to focus on the black and white shapes that the letters make.
• Don’t try to make them look like anything symbolically (like a hat, turtle or a smiley face).
• Try to hide the letters so that we can’t tell what they are.

Part 2: (from 9/17)
Create 4 compositions using your knowledge of geometric and organic shapes and the figure ground relationship. Use black drawing paper to cut out geometric and organic shapes and glue them on the picture plane.  Cut out frames from another sheet of bristol and tape the two sheets together on the seam. Format guidelines here: Project1_formatguidelines_
Tips

• Do not use symbolic or representative shapes (no pictures of lemons, turtles, suns, people, words, etc).
• Less is more.
• Play with scale and the relationship of the shapes to each other.

Part 3: (from 9/22)
In pencil draw a 7″ x 7″ square on a piece of bristol, with grid lines marked at every 1″. Choose one composition from the previous assignment (black paper cut outs) to create an inked pattern in pen.

Use this template Project1_formatguidelines_3.

Tracing paper guidelines:

1. Bottom layer- sketch the reverse figure/ground relationship (explained another way, color in the negative shapes)
2. 2nd layer- self critique, point out what works well and what doesn’t in your composition
3. top layer – leave blank

Give yourself plenty of time to work on this. Plan out a few chunks of time over the week that you can sit down and put time into this. Craftsmanship counts! And good craftsmanship takes time!

Feel free to email me if you have any questions:
ldaiga@citytech.cuny,edu

 

Due 9/22

1. 4th design journal entry:
Unity

2. e-portfolio assignment:
Introduce yourself and answer the following 4 questions
1. write out your design goal, why are you taking the class?
2. what type of work inspires you?
3. what is your preferred design process – how do you like to work? (i.e. coding, on
the computer, with a marker, pencil, in small notebooks, murals, collages,
planned out, spontaneous, etc.)
4. what types of projects would you be interested in collaborating on?

3. Part three of project 1: at least 70% completed for Monday
In pencil draw a 7″ x 7″ square on a piece of bristol, with grid lines marked at every 1″.
Using the exercise we started in Weds class, chose one composition from the previous assignment (black paper cut outs) to create an inked pattern in pen.

Use this template Project1_formatguidelines_3.

 

Due 9/17

1. 3rd design journal entry:
Balance and repetition

2. Continue Project 1 with black paper cutouts
Create 4 compositions using your knowledge of geometric and organic shapes and the figure ground relationship.
Format guidelines here: Project1_formatguidelines
_ Tips

• Do not use symbolic or representative shapes (no pictures of lemons, turtles, suns, people, words, etc).
• Less is more.
• Play with scale and the relationship of the shapes to each other.

Meet in N1120 next class. Bring your projects, design journals, a usb memory stick and a cord to plug your phone or camera into the computer.

Due 9/15

1. Read
p 34-53 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition
p 100-113 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton (digital edition through the library)

2. 2nd design journal entry (see below for guidelines)
On plane, shape and frame
*tip if you read the reading first, this will be easier

3. Start of Project 1
Bring in 3 compositions printed on a sheet of paper using the tools and guildelines that we started in Weds class.
Specifics:
In Illustrator create a file that is 4″ x 4″.
Using 1 or 2 letters, play with the space and figure ground relationship.
Use only black and white and don’t add any other elements
*Tips*
Try to focus on the black and white shapes that the letters make.
Don’t try to make them look like anything symbolically (like a hat, turtle or a smiley face).
Try to hide the letters so that we can’t tell what they are.

Due 9/10
Read p 28-33 and 58 from Design Elements by Timothy Samara, 2nd edition (digital edition on Issuu, buy it, or check it out from a library.

Read p 12-27 from Graphic Design The New Basics by Ellen Lupton (digital edition through the library)

Buy underlined materials

Be ready with you cunytech.edu email account to set up ePortfolios.

First Design Journal entry
Topic: Dots, lines, and figure ground

 

Daily Design Journal assignment
Will be announced online and in class

You will be given a visual term to explore by completing the following:

1. Write the formal definition and the source
2. Write your own definition
3. Create a visual representation/definition of this term (hand drawing, picture, or on the computer)
4. Find an example of this visual term in print or web

• Assignments for your design journal may also include a reflection question on areas of contemporary design and your experience.

You may also use your ePortfolio to post entries for your design journal (if you do, print it out and put it in your design journal sketchbook and bring it to class).

This is your design journal, so you are welcome (but not required) to also include:

• Visual and written materials: daily inspiration, thoughts, ideas, notes, handouts, etc.
• Personal observations: both written notes and drawn sketches
• Idea sketches: rough sketches to brainstorm and formulate ideas for class work
• Preparatory sketches for projects: drawing practice to support the development of finished compositions
• Studio course assignments, handouts, objectives, etc.: resources and materials to refer to in support of course work
• Research notes and reference images
• Notes from class lectures

The design journal will be used during class and there may be also occasions that the class will review your work in your design journal. It will be reviewed during your individual mid-term evaluation meetings with your instructor.