5116 TTh • Art 5 • 2-5pm
Resources:
• Robin Williams: Non-Designers Design Book
• Josef Muller-Brockman: Grid Systems
ECC Links:
Open Lab Schedules
Tutoring & Other Open Lab hours
Art 5 open for tutoring every Tues & Thurs in Art 5 12:30-1:50pm
Joyce Dallal
DallalECC@gmail.com
310/660-3593 x3533
Office Hours:
TTh 9-9:30am, 5-5:30 in Art 5 or Art 16A
Website Key:
Grey = link
* = graded exercise or assignment
CAPS = Project
WEEK 1 | introductions
2.18/2.20
Handouts:
Computer Lab Set-up | Working smart
Online Resources:
Elements & Principles of Design
Blog Primer | Tumblr Art & Photo Blogs
Exercises:
Focal point collage | Design Basics
To do this week:
1. Set up Cloud account
2. Join Facebook Group
WEEK 2 | indesign basics
2.25/2.27
INDD Tutorials:
Resources:
Handouts:
Exercises
*Conversation/ Character Styles
PROJECT:
WEEK 3 | Heirarchy
3.3/3.5
Online Resources:
To do this week:
Finish flyers and send to client
Handout:
PROJECT:
WEEK 4 | illustrator basics
3.10/3.12
Illustrator Tutorials:
Excericise:
Page setup: 5.5x8.5" vertical, .25" bleed
Illustrator Negative Shape Typography video
Homework:
Finish typographic illustrations
Post ideas, sketches, research for Myriad cover design on blog
WEEK 5 | Photoshop TEchniques
3.17/3.19
Photoshop Tutorials:
Using adjustment layers with masks
Exercise:
Add texture to Illustrator illustration
To do this week:
Place illustrations into INDD spread
Create your own page design
WEEK 6 | cover illustration
3.24/3.26
INDD Tutorials:
Creating and Applying Master Pages
Resources:
To do this week:
Place illustrations into INDD spread
Create your own page design
WEEK 6 | myriad project
3.24/3.26
Handouts:
Styles & Master Pages worksheet
Color Resources:
Design resources:
TED Talk: Chip Kidd, book designer
Photoshop Tutorials:
Sample Myriad Exercise:
Sample Myriad Project Output Direx
PROJECT:
To do this week:
Start on Cover Design
WEEK 7 | preparing content
3.31/4.2
Online Resources:
Character vs. Paragraph Styles
Placing and flowing Text from MS Word
Running headers/text variables
To do this week:
Review Multi-page document topics:
WEEK 8 | about images
4.7/4.9
Resources:
Using Levels Adjustment in PSD
Handouts:
Digital Print Center Order Form
Exercise:
To do this week:
Myriad PDFs to client
Prep for printing to make book mock-up
PROJECT:
spring break
4.13-4.17
WEEK 9 | poster design
4.21/4.23
Importing tables from MS Word/Excel
To do this week:
1. Finish Open House flyer front and submit PDF
2. *Table Ex: Open House Flyer Back
To do this week:
Open house poster roughs
Myriad design team: refine design
WEEK10 | myriad / OH Flyer
Production
4.28/4.30
InDesign Tutorials:
Importing tables from MS Word/Excel
To do this week:
1. Finish Open House flyer front and Back
2. *Table Ex: Open House Flyer Back
WEEK 11 | production
5.5/5.7
To do this week:
1. Open House: finish & send to print
2. Myriad Production: Rough draft #2
3. Class Catalog: Design team
4. Robot Book: Design team
WEEK 12 | e-publishing
5.12/5.14
InDesign tutorials:
Make a Reflowable e-pub from print document
Exercise:
Slide show
To do this week:
1. Myriad production, slide show
3. Open House tote-bag art production
WEEK 13 | Preflight
5.19/5.21
Resources:
To do this week:
Myriad to printer Thursday 5.21
Art Department Open house & Student Show 5.22
WEEK 14 | catalog pages
5.26/5.28
To do this week:
1. Work on class catalog pages
WEEK 15 | lab
6.2/6.4
To do this week:
1. Finish catalog pages
2. Myriad publication party 5/28
3. Self-evaluation & Peer evaluation
WEEK 16 | portfolio
6.9/6.11
Resources:
To do this week:
1. Preflight and upload catalog to Blurb
2. Bring scantron for Final exam