Good Morning! Today we will continue to work on our Mr. Potato Head project. We will be focused on Shape and Value (highlights and shadow shapes), Pen Tool precision (as limited anchor points as possible), and using Layers efficiently (Ear layer, Ear highlights, Ear shadows, etc.).

You will need to complete at least 10″pieces” with base colors, highlights, and shadow layers (take a look at the finished student examples below).

If you are finished, you can either add more pieces to Mr. Potato head, find your own reference image online to make vector, or continue with our line practices.

 

Mr. Potato Head Practice

Good Morning! Today we will post our choice line practices to our blog and start our Mr. Potato Head practice. We will be focused on Shape and Value (highlights and shadow shapes), Pen Tool precision (as limited anchor points as possible), and using Layers efficiently (Ear layer, Ear highlights, Ear shadows, etc.).

 

Directions for posting line practices to blog:

Open your line practice document.
Hide your reference layer
Resize your artboard if needed 
File > Export and save your file as a JPEG
Log in to your blog and post your these images to your blog.

 

Directions for Potato head below:

Find the JPEG file Titled “Mr. Potato Head” in the folder:
Shared >Students >Fine Art >Pen Practice.
Drag this image to your home folder.

1. Open a new Illustrator document.
2. File> Place the Mr. Potato image on your Artboard.
3. Name this layer reference image and lock it.
4. Create a new layer name “Body” and trace the outline of the potato.
5. Using the Eyedropper tool, fill this shape you made by clicking the potato color.
6. Lock and hide this layer.
7. Create a new layer named “Eye and Mustache layer”.
8. Trace around the white eye shapes and black mustache shape.
9. Use the Eyedropper tool to fill these shapes.
10. Lock and hide this layer.
11. Create a new layer named “Pupil and mustache highlights”.
12. Continue working this way.

This example has too many anchor points used and not clean shapes:

Pen Tool Practice Continued

We are going to keep practicing our pen tool skills in Illustrator Today and Tuesday. Follow the directions below:

1. Please Finish experiences 5.2, and 5.3. Make sure you are following the steps on the blog post from Sept. 13th (Set fill to none, choose stroke color, Stroke weight at 3pt., Create new layer, etc.). Make sure you save these finished exercises to your home drive so I am able to check them on Wednesday.

2. When you are finished with 5.2 and 5.3, you may start another image of you choice in the pen tool practice folder: Shared > Students> Fine Art > Pen Tool Practice. When setting up a new document, complete the following steps:

• Create new document.
• File > Place the image of you choice
• Resize holding down shift.
• Resize Art Board using art board tool if needed.
• Lock your photo layer.
• Create new layer and start tracing lines as accurately as you can.

Here are some of the images in the pen practice folder:

Pen Tool Practice

Good Morning!

Today we will continue the Pen Tool exercises. You can find these in the folder: Shared > Students > Fine Art > Pen Tool Practice. We will work on exercises 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. Remember: Complete each exercise 2-3 times (on separate layers) until you have mastered it. Tips: Press “P” to deselect, Edit > Undo (Ctrl Z)  if you made a mistake, and Ctrl + to zoom in and Ctrl – to zoom out.

Complete these steps when starting the exercises: 

1. Set Fill to None.

2. Select a Stroke color

3. Set your Stroke Weight to 3 pt.

4. Click the Layer icon on the bottom right panel  

5. Click Add New Layer icon 

6. Name the new Layer “Practice 1 or 2”

7. Click the Eye icon to hide “Work on this Layer” and make sure the top layer is highlighted before you start working.

Please Remember: these are graded so save to your Home Folder > Graphic Design.

Webquest Posts are due Wednesday, September 20th. 

Good Morning!

Please complete the following:

1. If you have not finished your Graphic Design Webquest post to your blog, use your time today to do so. Please ask a neighbor if you are having trouble describing a certain design element in your image. Directions here: https://rooseveltgraphicarts.wordpress.com/projects/graphic-design-webquest/step-2/

2. If you are finished with your Webquest post, can log into your blog and experiment with different themes and explore the layout of wordpress:  https://wordpress.com/. Remember your login is your email address and your password is Capital first initial, lower case last name and your ID # (example: Bgaster23482)

3. If you are finished with all of the above you can attempt Pen tool exercise 5.1 following the steps from the post below. We will continue this tomorrow. (watch the pen tool tutorials as you work:  http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1652772&seqNum=3. You can also watch Tutorial 1 and Tutorial 2videos found in the Shared > Students > Fine Art > Pen Tool Practice folders.

   Have a great day!

   Today we will continue the Pen Tool exercises. You can find these in the folder: Shared > Students > Fine Art > Pen Tool Practice. We will work on exercises 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. Remember: Complete each exercise 2-3 times (on separate layers) until you have mastered it. Tips: Press “P” to deselect, Edit > Undo if you made a mistake, and Ctrl + to zoom in and Ctrl – to zoom out.

   Complete these steps when starting the exercises: 

   1. Set Fill to None.

   

   2. Select a Stroke color

   

   3. Set your Stroke Weight to 3 pt.

   

   4. Click the Layer icon on the bottom right panel  

   5. Click Add New Layer icon 

   6. Name the new Layer “Practice 1 or 2”

   

   7. Click the Eye icon to hide “Work on this Layer” and make sure the top layer is highlighted before you start working.

   

   Please Remember: these are graded so save to your Home Folder > Graphic Design.

Welcome Back!

Elements & Principles of Design: Line, Shape, Texture, Color, Value, Space, Size, and Repetition.

 

Today we will begin our introduction to Adobe Illustrator. We will familiarize ourselves with the workspace and tools – specifically the pen tool.

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1. Pen Tool Exercises

   Today we will continue the Pen Tool exercises. You can find these in the folder: Shared > Students > Fine Art > Pen Tool Practice. We will work on exercises 5.1, 5.2, 5.3. Remember: Complete each exercise 2-3 times (on separate layers) until you have mastered it. Tips: Press “P” to deselect, Edit > Undo if you made a mistake, and Ctrl + to zoom in and Ctrl – to zoom out.

   Pen tool tutorials:  http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1652772&seqNum=3.You can also watch Tutorial 1 and Tutorial 2videos found in the Shared > Students > Fine Art > Pen Tool Practice folders.

   Complete these steps when starting the exercises: 

   1. Set Fill to None.

   

   2. Select a Stroke color

   

   3. Set your Stroke Weight to 3 pt.

   

   4. Click the Layer icon on the bottom right panel  

   5. Click Add New Layer icon 

   6. Name the new Layer “Practice 1 or 2”

   

   7. Click the Eye icon to hide “Work on this Layer” and make sure the top layer is highlighted before you start working.

   

   Please Remember: these are graded so save to your Home Folder > Graphic Design.

Happy Friday!

By the end of class today, we will examine the images we gathered in our Graphics Webquest using the design principles and be able to create and publish a post on our blogs.  https://rooseveltgraphicarts.wordpress.com/projects/graphic-design-webquest/step-2/

(Remember your login is your email address and your password is Capital first initial, lower case last name and your ID # – example: Bgaster23482),

Create Portfolio & Explore Artists

Good Morning! Today we are going to create our online portfolios. This is where you will upload your class projects during the semester. Follow these steps to create yours: https://rooseveltgraphicarts.wordpress.com/your-blog/creating-your-blog/. Make sure to log in to the email that you used and confirm the email from WordPress.

When you are finished, you can continue collecting your images (2 from each category) from yesterday’s Webquest project. When you are finished with your Webquest, start browsing different graphic artists to see the ride range of different design styles: https://rooseveltgraphicarts.wordpress.com/projects/graphic-artist-presentation/graphic-designer-presentation/ . Copy and Paste (Ctrl C, Ctrl V) the name of these graphic artists into google and save at least 10 images that are interesting and beautiful to you.

Follow this link and browse through different projects. Right click and save your favorites as the artist’s name who created them: https://www.behance.net/search?search=adobe+illustrator

Mattis Kun:

Viscera Vicarious:

Chloe Choa:

Ben the Illustrator:

Marcelo Oliveira:

Ivan Filipov:

First Project

We will begin our first project today. You can find the outline under the tab:

Projects > 01 Graphic Design Webquest

https://rooseveltgraphicarts.wordpress.com/projects/graphic-design-webquest/

By the end of class today, you will know where to save your projects to, how to save images correctly, and get more of a sense of how design dominates the world we live in.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Graphics!

Find a computer and Login.

 

 

Here are some student examples of class projects we will be working on this year:

“Currently I’m . . .”  Drawing 

Brainstorm and list some of your current interests. Then search images, logos, and/or brand designs to illustrate.

 

On the back of your paper, answer the following questions: 

1. Have you ever had any experience with either Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator? If so, explain.

1. Why did you take Graphics?

3. What are some questions you have about this class?