Album Cover

Due: March 13th
Pretend you are a band putting out their next Album.  What would your cover look like?

Objective:  Students will learn how to use selection tools, filters, blend modes, and layer masks to make a dynamic abstract image.

Essential Objective Question: How did you use the selection tools help you achieve your desired outcome?


Selection Tools Cheat Sheet - Click to view

Requirements:

-Must use 13 images representing your identity (may be from the internet or you can bring in your own)

-Must use a filter

-Must use a blend mode

-Must use Text somewhere (can be a quote, name, date, etc.)

-Must use a paint brush to add an effect

- Must use opacity

-There should be no 4 corners visible on the pictures.  Must be cut with the selection tools.

-Image Must blend and flow together. DO NOT Copy/Paste a collage. 

**TIP!  Try rotating your objects, flip them sideways and upside down. Try overlapping.

Letter Composition

Objective: Students will create a composition using a single letter of the alphabet using rule of thirds and the 4 design principles (Repetition, Alignment, Proximity, Contrast). Identify and practice using basic Photoshop tools and keyboard shortcuts to help them in their design (transform, layers, paint bucket, gradient, type tool, opacity). Experiment with color theory to develop a successful layout while considering the design principles.

EQ: How did you utilize the design principles and composition rules in your arrangement?

You Must:

Use a upper and/or lower case letter but only 1 letter type.
Use different fonts (optional)

Use Blend modes
Use filters
Use gradients
Use Paint Brushes

You may not:

Use more than one kind of letter.

Use images of any kind

Use pictures of fonts from the internet

Title: Typography Comp

Size: 8 inch x 8 inch

Resolution: 300 Pixels/Inch

Color Mode: RBG Color


CLICK for Vocab and Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet

Welcome! Lets make our blogs!

Create or go to a gmail account.

Click on the square made out of 9 dots in the upper right side of the web page.

Go to the blogger icon and click it.

Hit create blog and follow the directions.

**Add your name and blog address to the comments on this post so I can add you to the class. :)

Digital Painting

Due: January 10th

Objective: 

• Students will demonstrate how to use paint brush tool, eye dropper, and mixer brush tool.
• Students will execute painting accurately. Colors are blended well; there are shadows, highlights, and a high level of detail.
• Students will correctly use previously learned tools on Photoshop
• Students will utilize layers in Photoshop correctly to create painting.

Essential Question: How were you able to get a smooth transition of value and color?  What types of ways were you able to create texture?


*IF YOU WANT DO BE ENTERED INTO CONTESTS OR ART SHOWS I HIGHLY SUGGEST YOU DON'T DON'T DO COPY WRITTEN CHARACTERS. 

If the idea was invented or created by someone else it is copy written.

**Instead use ideas OF YOUR OWN or use images YOU have created.

Paint Brush Tools

*** If you need a paint brush and it's not in the list you can download one for free online OR you can make your own.

To Save a brush from online

1. Search for type of brush, make sure to put "Photoshop" and "FREE."

2. Click on the download button, a file will download in the left bottom corner of your screen. 

3 Click the file to open it.  

4. Click the ABR file to open it in photoshop

5. Click on the brush icon in photoshop, click on the where you size the brush, and scroll down to the new sub folder for the brushes you downloaded. 

Create a brush tip from an image

1. Using any selection tool, select the image area you want to use as a custom brush. The brush shape can be up to 2500 pixels by 2500 pixels in size. When painting, you can't adjust the hardness of sampled brushes. ...
2. Choose Edit > Define Brush Preset.
3. Name the brush, and click OK.

How to make a Digital Painting

EXAMPLES OF FINISHED WORK

Identity Album Cover

Due: December 13th

Pretend you are a band putting out their next Album.  What would your cover look like?

Objective:  Students will learn how to use selection tools, filters, blend modes, and layer masks to make a dynamic abstract image.

Essential Objective Question: How did you use the selection tools help you achieve your desired outcome?


Selection Tools Cheat Sheet - Click to view

Requirements:

-Must use 13 images representing your identity (may be from the internet or you can bring in your own)

-Must use a filter

-Must use a blend mode

-Must use Text somewhere (can be a quote, name, date, etc.)

-Must use a paint brush to add an effect

- Must use opacity

-There should be no 4 corners visible on the pictures.  Must be cut with the selection tools.

-Image Must blend and flow together. DO NOT Copy/Paste a collage. 

**TIP!  Try rotating your objects, flip them sideways and upside down. Try overlapping.

Andy Warhol POP Art

Due: November 20th

Who is Andy Warhol?  Click to Learn

Objective: Students will learn to navigate the selection tools nd layers while discovering Andy Warhol and Pop art.

EQ:  How were you able to select the color with ease? What tool?

Pop Art Cheat Sheet  

1. 1. Take a picture of yourself or a friend and upload to Photoshop.  

2. 2. Make a new document that is 8x10 and a resolution of 300. 

3. 3. Pull in picture to new document and size it to the page. 

4. 4. Hit the crop tool  then hit the return button twice. 

5. 5. Go to Image> Adjustments> Black & White. Hit Okay.  

6. 6. Go to Image> Adjustments> Brightness & Contrast.  Adjust until you have a nice crisp black and a vibrant white.  

7. 7. Go to Filter> Filter Gallery>Artistic> Cutout. Move the slider bars until you have 3 Values of grey within the picture. Hit Okay when done.  

8. 8. Make a copy layer of your original image. LOCK ALL THE LAYERS.  

9. 9. Make a new blank layer by hitting the page icon (looks like a post-it). 

10. 10. Click on the still locked portrait layer you made and select the magic wand tool. Tolerance should be set at around 20 and contiguous should be unchecked. 

11. 11. Click on a shade of grey, black, or white.   

12. 12. Switch to the unlocked layer 1.   

13. 13. Pick a color and paint using paint brush tool. 

14. 14. Repeat steps 10 – 13 until all the grey, black, or white is filled. 

Examples:

Sugar Skull Design in Illustrator

EU: Computer illustration or digital illustration is the use of digital tools to produce images under the direct manipulation of the artist, usually through a pointing device such as a tablet or a mouse.

EQ: How can I make a digital Illustration using Illustrator?

Assignment: Design your own sugar skull using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator to be used for print and for a Greeting Card. Apply color in Photoshop. 

New Tools/Vocabulary
Illustrator (Pen tool, path, anchor point, handle, direct selection tool, selection tool, stroke, line weight)
Photoshop (Paintbrush, magic wand, color swatch)

Steps:
1. Start by reading the clicking the link below to read the following article....
History of the Day of the Dead & the Sugar Skull Tradition

2. Begin a blog post entitled "sugar skull" discussing some of the design work you would like to include, why you chose it, and what colors you may use. 
DO NOT SAY "I chose it because it's pretty" or "I chose it because I like it." (Each symbol usually means something.  Ex. marigolds symbolize the pathway from this world to the after life. Crosses are symbolic of the Christian faith.)

3. Using illustrator, design half of the skull outline including one eye, half of the nose, and half of the teeth. You may use a drawing or this picture of a skull to help with the base. (Just right click the image and save to your Student # folder)

4. Continue working with small designs on half of the face, enclose any portion of the design that you would like to be in color

5. When finished, select all of your work, copy + paste, and flip to create a full skull, adjust where necessary and join paths.

6. Apply color using the paintbrush in Photoshop. I would like to see some fading from light to dark in some areas. If time allows, you may add extra design work to your skull depending on your creativity and skill level. Check with me first.

7. Post finished work to blog within original blog post and add a short reflection



Examples of finished Sugar Skulls: