TTh•Art 5
5100: 9:30-12:30pm
Tutorials:
ECC Links:
Open Lab Schedules
Tutoring every Tues & Thurs in Art 5 1-1:50pm
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 & blog
2.18/2.20
Resources:
Illustrator Overview, Vector & Raster
Drawing a character with Shape
Computer Lab Set-up | Working smart
Blog Primer | Tumblr Art & Photo Blogs
To do this week:
1. *Ex: Animal Collage | Computer Collage
2. Set up Cloud account
3. Join Facebook Group
Set-up & post link on FB group, Post 'About me,' Find blogs to follow
WEEK 2 |Illustrator basics (ai)
2.25/2.27
Assignment:
Resources:
Tutorials:
To do this week:
2. *Ex: Pathfinders Cheat Sheet
3. *Draw background & character for animation
Blog: Post mini-animation progress
WEEK 3 | Layers & Animation
3.3/3.5
Resources:
To do this week:
2.*Animating with Blend tool
3. Finish mini-animation
WEEK 4 | Fills: color, valuE, pattern (ai)
3.10/3.12
Assignment:
Tutorials:
Gradient Mesh Help (legacy)
Gradient Mesh video (legacy)
Mask Resources:
Masks | Heros & Villains Archetypes
Color Resources:
To do this week:
3. Critique Animations
4. Finish all exercises and hand in.
5. Blog: Post idea, research, sketch and production plan for mask.
WEEK 5 | pen tool & Mask
3.17/3.19
Linking Resources:
AI: Linking and embedding files, template layers
Pen tool exercises
More AI drawing tools
To do this week:
1. Do pen tool exercises (above)
3. Set up your AI mask file, import your sketch, start mask drawing
WEEK 6 | Mask: Lab
3.24/3.26
Resources:
Artist Spotlight: Custom brushes
Work on Masks in class
Blog: Post mask work-in-progress
WEEK 7 | final output: Printing & matting
3.31/4.2
InDesign Tutorials:
Resources:
Digital Print Center Order Form
Placing your illustrations into INDD
To do this week
1. Finish Mask illustration
2. Place into template. Add title and story, spell and grammar check!
3. Print files and mat
WEEK 8 | type (AI)
4.7/4.9
Assignment:
Tutorials:
Resources:
To do this week:
3. CRIT: Mask. Post final version and reflection to blog. Hand in screenshot of AI file with swatches and layers panels open.
4. Blog: Idea, research, sketches for poster
Spring Break
4.13-4.17
WEEK 9 | portfolio e-book / Intro to PSD & scanning
4.21/4.23
Assignment:
Resources:
PSD Size and Resolution Worksheet
Tutorials:
Image size & Resolution Explained
To do this week:
1. Crit Masks
2. Make e-book
3. Poster process: sketches, research, production plan on blog
WEEK 10 | PSD Layers, selections & Masks
4.28/4.30
Resources:
Tutorials:
To do this week:
1. *PS: Layer masks & adjustments
2.* Mock poster Ex
3. Work on posters
4. Turn in Part 1 of e-book portfolio
WEEK 11 | digital painting
5.5/5.7
Resources:
Photoshop & Illustrator: Smart Objects
To do this week:
4. Finish mock poster
WEEK 12 | lab: poster
5.12/5.14
To do this week:
Work on Poster
WEEK 13 |PSD Animation
5.19/5.21
Assignment: Choose one
Resources:
Creating a seamless repeating background
Move a walk cycle across the frame
Tutorials:
*Photographic Gif Frame Animation
*Hand-drawn Gif Frame Animation
*Stop motion gif frame animation
* Animated illustration timeline animation
Exercise:
To do this week:
1. Finish poster and hand in for Costco printing
2. Work on Animation resources: Storyboard, take photos, video, or make photoshop drawings to animate
WEEK 14 | PSD Animation
5.26/5.28
Resources:
Creating a photographic cloud brush
Exercises
To do this week:
1. CRIT Posters
2. Work on animations
WEEK 15 | Lab: PSD Animation
6.2/6.4
To do this week:
1. Finish animation
2. Finish portfolio e-book
WEEK 16 | portfolio book & final exam
6.9/6.11
Resources:
To do this week:
Bring scantron for Final exam
Crit animations & books
Final exam