Final!

Create a magazine spread (11x17inches) that incorporates your 4 best projects from this semester. Make sure that you choose:

1. 1 project that demonstrates mastery of the pen tool in Illustrator
2. 1 project that demonstrates mastery of creating brushes in Illustrator
3. 1 project that shows the integration of Photoshop and Illustrator
4. 1 project that demonstrates your photo manipulation skills

4 projects is minimum - incorporate more projects if you can.

For the TEXT of your magazine article:

1. Describe to me the key differences between Photoshop and Illustrator. Which one do you feel you worked the best with? Why?
2. Tell me the steps in Photoshop to turn a pen tool PATH into a SELECTION.
3. Tell me about the process of creating each project that is included.
4. Tell me the differences between COPYRIGHT, CREATIVE COMMONS, and PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Save your final and post it to your blog. If the text is too small to read on your blog, copy and paste your article into a separate blog entry. 

Incorporate one of these swirls into your magazine spread. You must trace it with the pen tool in illustrator, make it a different color and stroke, and use it within your final.

Final Review

Today we will be going over what will be expected for your final. You do not need to log in.

After we talk about the final, you will have some time to make sure that all of your projects are completed to the best of your ability. You may work on past projects to improve your grade.

Review

Today I would like you to review your pen-tool skills in illustrator, as well as fill out a skills inventory to see what we need to go over before your final.

YOU WILL NEED SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH TODAY.

Download the image of the maple leaf above, open it in Illustrator, and trace it with the pen tool. Use a stroke of black, 1pt and fill with any color you like. Post to your blog when you are finished. You should be working independently on this.

You pick!

Choose one of these tutorials to work on for the rest of this week!

http://www.designzzz.com/best-photoshop-tutorials-2012/

Zombies.

Today you will be morphing yourself into a ZOMBIE!!!!!

http://www.designzzz.com/scary-zombie-photo-effect-photoshop/

You will use a photo of yourself, not the one on the tutorial.
You will need to download the textures, or you may find your own texture photos online.

This is due on your blog at the end of class TOMORROW.

Tuesday!

Today before you begin, I would like to go over VECTOR MASKS with you.

Please open Photoshop, but do not begin working.

Welcome Back!

I hope you all had a great break!

Today we will begin creating an elephant sundae!

Also, this is my new foster dog, SMOKY!

Today

FIRST
Post your tutorial from YESTERDAY on your blog.

THEN
Begin your next INDEPENDENT project: Here
You may use the images from the tutorial, BUT you will need to get them from the stock photo websites, which may require you to open a free account.
You may ALSO use your OWN images, BUT they must be high resolution photos - I don't want to see a bunch of PIXELATED images.

This is a PHOTOSHOP project, but some of the vector pieces are made in Illustrator.

Neeeext

Next tutorial:

http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/design-a-coldplayapple-inspired-portrait-in-photoshop/

I will help you with the first few steps in class, and then you will be on your own!

PUPPY!

Happy Monday!

This weekend I got a FOSTER DOG! This is Little Bear!  He is a Mountain Pet Rescue pup looking for a permanent home. He's about a year old, very well-behaved, and (mostly) potty trained!

Today and tomorrow will be work days. By the end of class today your face replacement should be on your blog. By the end of class tomorrow, your text tutorial should be on your blog.

Happy Thursday!

Today you will create a Neon Lights New Years celebration!

Click Here

Change the text to 2013!

Your ROOMs are due on your blog by the end of class TODAY.
Your FACE REPLACEMENTS are due on your blog MONDAY.
Your Neon Lights are due on your blog on TUESDAY.

Face Replace

You have until the END OF CLASS TOMORROW to post your Empty room projects.

Your next project is to put YOUR face on a movie poster. Here is the tutorial: Face Replace

Today's Juice:

1 Pomegranate

A million Raspberries.

WORK DAY!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Today will be a work day on your Emtpy Room project. This will be due Thursday.

Juice of the day:

4oz Cabbage Juice (DID YOU KNOW that if you drink more than 4 oz of cabbage juice in a day, it might make you gassy!? The internet told me.)
4 (ish) carrots
2 Apples

Empty Spaces

For your NEXT project, you will be creating a room.

Step 1: Download an image of an empty room that shows AT LEAST two walls. Open it in PS.

Step 2: FILL THE ROOM with images that you have found, resized, and altered the perspective on to place in the room.
INCLUDE:
5 pieces of furniture
AT LEAST 1 light source
A picture
A window
An animal

To resize: Edit<Tranform<Scale
To change perspective: Edit<Transform<Skew

Step 3: Using the light sources in the room, use the DODGE and BURN tools to shade everything in the room, and add shadows.
DODGING makes things lighter
BURNING makes things darker.

You will be graded on:
Resourcefulness (Do you read the directions before asking for help? Do you reference my blog to figure out how to do things and what is expected.)
Fulfilling the required objects in the room
Skill with Dodging and Burning
Overall Craftsmanship (skill with selections, clone tools, etc)

Inspirational!

In light of the recent election, your next project is going to be an INSPIRATIONAL PHOTO in the style of the famous Obama Posters.

This project will take place in both Illustrator and photoshop, and I hope will help you understand how the two can be used together to take your work one step further.

Here Is the link to the tutorial.

The first step is to take a photograph of yourself looking very thoughtful and SuperHeroEsque. You may do this on photobooth, or have a friend take the photo with a digital camera or phone. If you do not have this photo taken by monday, you will have to just use a photobooth photograph.

A Few Words.

The vast majority of you have NOT POSTED your coffee cup, and several have not posted your Andy Warhol. The Coffee Cup is now ONE day late, and the Andy Warhol is now TWO days late.
A reminder: My policy is do downgrade one letter grade for every day late.

In light of this, today and tomorrow will be WORK DAYS to get yourselves caught up and make sure everything is posted to your blogs. Some of you need to write down your blog addresses for me so that I can grade your work.

If you are done with your coffee cup and your Warhol tutorial, pick up the Avatar tutorial where we left off yesterday.
Avatar tutorials will be due to your blogs by the end of class tomorrow- this due date is for ALL OF YOU, even those of you who have a lot of catching up to do. It is YOUR responsibility to find the time to do this. I will be available after school tomorrow for a couple of hours. If you post your avatar during this time, it will not be considered late. HOWEVER, I am only available in the ART ROOM, which means I only have 6 available computers, so make sure you get in RIGHT after school.

If you FINISH your Avatar, do something creative with it - change the background, give it eyelashes, add the text that is in the tutorial, OR create an ANIMAL AVATAR following the same tutorial:

Thanks,
Z

Avatar

Today you will begin creating an Avatar version of yourself.

First, you will need a photo of yourself from Photobooth. This should be a head and shoulders shot, not your whole body. We will mostly be working on your face, so that should be the main part of your photo.

Once you have your photo, open it in PhotoShop. Skip ahead to step 3. You may work on your own, or follow the steps along with me.

http://www.webpatashala.com/Photoshop/DisplayCategory.aspx?Photoshop=6

Thursday!

Today you will continue working on the Warhol Tutorial and the Coffee Cup tutorial. If you finish, post them to your blog.

Warhol Tutorial:
There should be no gaps of color at the bottom of your image - Your photo should go to the BOTTOM of the rectangle.
EACH rectangle should be a different color, no repeats.
EACH photo should be a different color, no repeats.

Remember - If you come to the play this weekend, you get 5 points of extra credit!

Your Warhol Tutorial is due on your blog TODAY.
Your coffee cup is due on your blog on MONDAY.

WARHOL

Today we will be working on an Andy Warhol style composition.

The FIRST thing that you need to do is take a photo of yourself (and ONLY yourself) in Photobooth. You have the first 5 minutes of class to do this. THEN open that photo in photoshop.

Warhol Tutorial

You may either work independently (silently), or follow along with me step by step. If you choose to work on your own, and you get stuck, you will need to wait until the class catches up with you to ask a question, so if you are unsure of your photoshop abilities, follow along with me.

TOMORROW I will not be in class. You will continue working on this tutorial and your coffee cup.

It's BLUEGRASS TUESDAY!

Today we are going to take a more in-depth look at the toolbar in Photoshop.

Please open your completed "Girl with the world" from yesterday.

http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/photoshops-basic-tools/