Course Schedule

·   review syllabus and supply list

·   lecture: figure/ground and negative space

·   take photos for project

·   lecture: compositional movement and balance

·   begin sketches for Lost and Found project

·   tips for photographing your work

·   painting day: basics of painting with acrylics

·   start “Step 3 – Paint” of Lost and Found project

·   demonstrate spray mount on illustration board (method for presenting physical work)

·   assign Project 2: Pattern Portrait

·   lecture: form and line

·   introduction to Adobe Illustrator: interface, layers, stroke, fill, the pen tool

·   shape tracing exercise

·   introduction to Photoshop: interface, resolution, saving and exporting

·   Illustrator: importing images, image trace, object groups, working with control points, saving and exporting

·   apply techniques to “Step 2 – Convert”

·   Illustrator: outline strokes, compound paths, making, applying, and creating patterns

·   begin “Step 3 – Palette” of Pattern Portrait

·   share/discuss palettes from Step 3

·   demonstrate pathfinder/compound paths in Illustrator

·   apply patterns to portrait, adjust scale/orientation and revise design if needed

·   lecture: color relationships, “standard” color schemes, tint/tone/shade and color emphasis

·   painting day: color wheel and tint/tone/shade scales

·   assign Project 3: Living Room

·   begin work in class on “Step 1 – Analyze”

·   painting day: visualizing music

·   painting day: swatch game

·   identify and essentialize visual elements from Project 3, add to template, post to OpenLab

·   discuss color palettes and graphic elements in groups; begin final pattern designs

·   moodboards and “informal” graphic layouts

·   assign Project 4: Album Art

·   lecture: photomontage and the photo as graphic

·   clip and scan photomontage materials for Album Art project

·   Photoshop: selections, layer masks, and quick masks, basic brush settings

·   work on “Step 2 – Sourcing Images” of Album Art project to collect and digitize your imagery

·   inform students of midterm grades

·   choose final design direction, begin work on “Step 3 – Final Draft” of Album Art

·   complete Album Art project

·   assign Project 5: Photo-Illustration

·   introduction to photo-illustration: selections, adjustment layers and clipping masks

·   begin draft comp of photo-illustration project

·   refine draft comps

·   assign Project 6: Portfolio/Zine

·   lecture: layout styles and applications

·   print resolution and image guidelines

·   collect images for “Step 1 – Curate” of the Portfolio/Zine project, resizing/reformatting if necessary

·   develop type treatment for Portfolio/Zine

·   begin work on “Step 2 – Draft Layouts”

·   work on final cover design for “Step 3 – Cover” of Portfolio/Zine project

·   InDesign: exporting for print

·   demonstrate staple-binding technique

(study session/no set agenda)

·   Critique projects, watch Brunchsquatch