IN CLASS
Critique Illustrated Avatars on screen

NEW MATERIAL
Introduce Photoshop!

• Recap of Raster Images
• Tour of the interface
• Document Setup/Pixel Dimensions
• Layers
• Masking
• Adjustment Layers
• Non-Destructive Editing

RESOURCES
Intro to Photoshop Tutorial

PS tools

IN CLASS EXERCISES
Use this image to clone out the deer
Use this image to clip the creature and add a color background
Use this image to make everything black + white except flowers (and change the color of flowers as a bonus)

HOMEWORK
Combine a person and a food by masking 2 found images together.
Upload your image into this Dropbox folder

IN CLASS
We’ll take a look as a class, and meet 1-on-1 to critique your Illustrated Avatar
Work in class to push these

Project 03 PDF + Rubric

HOMEWORK
Final Illustrated Avatar
Put your 2 page PDF in this Dropbox Folder named FirstLastname_P03_Avatar_Final.PDF
You don’t need to print these!

IN CLASS
Critique Final Printed Versions of the 4 Icon Project
Introduce our next project: An Illustrated Avatar

Project 03 PDF + Rubric

New Tools:

• Pattern Swatches
• Clipping Masks
• Compound Paths
• Refresh on Artboards, Doc setup, layers

RESOURCES
Skillshare with Ryan Putnam

HOMEWORK
Round 1 of Illustrated Avatar Project Due Next Class: 10/23

IN CLASS
Critique Full R1 of 4 Icons Project (looking at concept, visuals, typography, composition, & color)

• Work in class to finish 4 Icons Project
• Review saving print-ready PDFs

Project PDF

HOMEWORK
Finish 4 Icons Project
(submit PDF on Dropbox & bring Printed 17×11 to class)

GRADING
Project Rubric

IN CLASS
Review Parts 1+2 of Project 02 / Work in Class

• Using Source Imagery
• Screenshotting (CMD+Shift+Ctrl+4)
• Outline Stroke (and leaving a live version)
• Leaving copies
• Offset Path
• Working symmetrically
• Typography Intro

RESOURCES
The Noun Project
(use these as inspiration, don’t just copy these)

Coolors – Color Palette Generator
(great tool to explore palettes online)

PROJECT 02
Parts 3 + 4 Due Next Class – 10/09
Aka: The full Round 01 Due (Digitally only – PDF)
Project PDF Here

HOMEWORK
Project 02 Parts 3&4 Due NEXT CLASS
Submit PDF using this naming convention: FirstLastname_P02_4icons_R02.pdf in this Dropbox Folder