Happy Monday! I'm sorry I can't be there with you today as I am home sick. I would like you to continue working on your typography designs today, just as we have been doing the last few days. Remember, we are aiming for a Wednesday, end of class, due date! Therefore, make sure you are working hard today and I expect that you all will be on your best behavior for the substitute.
For any questions about the process, please refer to the blog post that has the directions listed or the worksheet I gave everyone with the steps. You may also ask your neighbors for help if you are stuck.
Don't worry about your ARTiFact, we will catch up on them when I return.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Thursday 9/26
Students will continue working on their final Typography project. For directions, see two posts below.
We are aiming for a Wednesday Oct 2 due date.
We are aiming for a Wednesday Oct 2 due date.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Tuesday 9/25
Today students will begin their final project in the Typography unit. All directions are listed on the previous post. Please re-read for step by step directions. Students will be allowed to move to their final project after I have checked their Parrot Eye design. If you have any questions about the directions, please ask! You will need to use your creativity and patience for this project and they will turn out great!
Good luck!
Good luck!
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Thursday 9/19
Today students will continue working on their "Parrot Eye" activity. When students are done, they need to show me and when given the "ok" they will be able to begin searching for a photo they would like to recreate with words. Students may choose either an animal or a person.
Directions for Design:
Step 1: Choose your image (Human or Animal. NO CARTOONS) and save to your H: Drive
Step 2: Decided your composition and change it as you need. Don't change to make it simple, change it to make it interesting!
-Are you going to keep your image the same size?
-Are you going to crop your image to choose the most interesting part?
Step 3: Create a new document and open your saved Image
Step 4: Change your Image size by going to Image > Image Size and change only your resolution to 300. Leave the actual size as is. If this makes your image HUGE then use your Ctrl and +/- key to make it smaller (or larger if your image is small)
Step 5: Choose in your head how you are going to execute your image. Will you use words? Will you use letters? Will you use a combination or both? Whatever you choose, make sure that the letters or words relate to your image. For instance if you used a Zebra. The letters that make up Zebra would be good letter choices.
Step 6: Think about the color theme you will use.
- Will you match your letters to your background?
- Will you use all light wording on a dark background? Or vice versa.
-Will you come up with a color theme of your own like changing colors from one color to the next.
See examples below for inspiration. Or Google "typography as images" and see what you can find. Use examples as inspiration...not to copy! :)
Things to remember as you are going through this project
Directions for Design:
Step 1: Choose your image (Human or Animal. NO CARTOONS) and save to your H: Drive
Step 2: Decided your composition and change it as you need. Don't change to make it simple, change it to make it interesting!
-Are you going to keep your image the same size?
-Are you going to crop your image to choose the most interesting part?
Step 3: Create a new document and open your saved Image
Step 4: Change your Image size by going to Image > Image Size and change only your resolution to 300. Leave the actual size as is. If this makes your image HUGE then use your Ctrl and +/- key to make it smaller (or larger if your image is small)
Step 5: Choose in your head how you are going to execute your image. Will you use words? Will you use letters? Will you use a combination or both? Whatever you choose, make sure that the letters or words relate to your image. For instance if you used a Zebra. The letters that make up Zebra would be good letter choices.
Step 6: Think about the color theme you will use.
- Will you match your letters to your background?
- Will you use all light wording on a dark background? Or vice versa.
-Will you come up with a color theme of your own like changing colors from one color to the next.
See examples below for inspiration. Or Google "typography as images" and see what you can find. Use examples as inspiration...not to copy! :)
Things to remember as you are going through this project
- Think about the contours (lines/shapes) of your 3D object. Try to capture those curves to make your image appear 3-D.
- Think about your fonts, sizes, adding in boldness, italics and s p a c i n g.
- Most importantly, make it look like your image! When you take your picture away, it should still appear as the same image.
- Breathe! This is a frustrating but rewarding project. Take your time, and have fun with it. If you need a break, take one, just don't make it too long or bother others that are trying to work.
- I am here to help. I don't know you are having trouble or frustrated unless you tell me. :)
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday 9/17
Today students finished their ARROW designs and learned how to make multiple layers into one layer.
To merge your layers together you must:
Select a layer and then shift + select the other layers you want to combined and press control + e
This merges the layers together, therefore you may now move everything together, make the object larger or smaller, or even rotate them. In addition, you may add detail to your object, like adding shadows or bevels to the object by double clicking in the layer.
After students finish their ARROW they will begin on their Parrot Eye class assignment. This is the "pre-test" to students final projects. Using what they learned by creating their ARROW assignment, they must do the same thing with the Parrot Eye, BUT they must now also change the color of the text to match the background.
Here is an example:
To merge your layers together you must:
Select a layer and then shift + select the other layers you want to combined and press control + e
This merges the layers together, therefore you may now move everything together, make the object larger or smaller, or even rotate them. In addition, you may add detail to your object, like adding shadows or bevels to the object by double clicking in the layer.
After students finish their ARROW they will begin on their Parrot Eye class assignment. This is the "pre-test" to students final projects. Using what they learned by creating their ARROW assignment, they must do the same thing with the Parrot Eye, BUT they must now also change the color of the text to match the background.
Here is an example:
This is the starting picture
Here we have began to add wording/lettering into the center part of the eye.
If we take away the background picture, here is what the picture begins to look like.
Basically, we are recreating a picture using letters/words, colors, and shapes.
This process is very long and patience is needed, but in the end the final product is worth it! When students are done with their parrot eye, they will begin selecting a picture for their final Typography. They will have to OK the picture with me as well as show the parrot "pre-test" to prove they know what to do.
Next class we will finish up our parrots and begin selecting our final images!
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Up to date...9/11
Please forgive my lack of posting within the last few weeks. There have been many schedule changes which means a lot of catching up with many students. If there is something you have missed before this time, please speak with me directly and I will catch you up with what you need to know. As for now...lets move forward!
On Wednesday, September 11th students began a new unit: Typography. We discussed typography as a class while going through the Typography PowerPoint that is located on Cole 3.0. We discussed: appropriate typefaces (fonts) for different scenarios, ALL CAPS vs. lowercase, as well as sizes and colors. We also talked about how different typefaces give different emotional connections to the viewer.
After a few small class activities, we began creating a simple contour word design. We created an arrow and using the word arrow and the letters in a-r-r-o-w to arrange them inside of an actual arrow. The point of this is when you remove the background (starting) picture, you should still see the shape even though we have taken away the original picture. See example below.
Next class we will finish our arrow designs and students will begin working with a more complex picture of their own. Similar to....
Also I have attached all the artifacts up to this point!
On Wednesday, September 11th students began a new unit: Typography. We discussed typography as a class while going through the Typography PowerPoint that is located on Cole 3.0. We discussed: appropriate typefaces (fonts) for different scenarios, ALL CAPS vs. lowercase, as well as sizes and colors. We also talked about how different typefaces give different emotional connections to the viewer.
After a few small class activities, we began creating a simple contour word design. We created an arrow and using the word arrow and the letters in a-r-r-o-w to arrange them inside of an actual arrow. The point of this is when you remove the background (starting) picture, you should still see the shape even though we have taken away the original picture. See example below.
Next class we will finish our arrow designs and students will begin working with a more complex picture of their own. Similar to....
Also I have attached all the artifacts up to this point!
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