Art 97 Fall 2008

NO CLASS. LABOR DAY

September 8 - 10

Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera
Artist Examples:
Scannagrams
Glass Membrane: Scanner to Screen
Hong Hao
Observaciones: Enrique Mendez de Hoyos
Vik Muniz
Student Examples
Review: Chapters 2: Sizing and Transforming Images p98 -101
Scanning, sizing and transforming. Resolution concerns (pixel dimensions handout)

September 15 - 17

Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera
Read: Chapter 3: Layering your image p,108 -123 and 127-134
Layer styles exercise

Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera
Exercise: black cat
Exercise: layer styles
Exercise: blend modes
Review Chapter 3: Layer Styles p123-126
Review Chapter 12: enhancement p360-390

September 22- 24

Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera
Quick masks
Review Chapter 2: Selection Primer 102-106

Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera
Assignment 1 Checklist
Layers exercises, Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Layering your image p,108 -123 and 127-134

September 29 - October 1

Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera
Assignment 1 Checklist
Adjusting tonality and color. Refer to Chapter 9 regarding color information and adjustments.
Exercises: Levels, hue and saturation, color balance, levels and curves.

Critique of in-progress files, Assignment 1 / Scanner as Camera
Assignment 1 Checklist
Experiment with your clippecd scans in a series of files. Drag your scans to files, resize, rotate distort, apply blend modes, layer styles, adjustment layers, change color, opacity, etc.
Work toward two finals for printing.
Assignment 1 and exercises due end of class, Monsday, October 6

Assignment 1 and exercises due end of class
Assignment 1 Checklist
CD burning, project file organization, printing for sketchbook.
Class photos taken / bring your digital camera, if you have one.
Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art, Introduction / p7-26

Print Assignment 1
Assignment 2a (part 1): Digital Compositing
Nancy Burson
Exercises: Big City Night, Correcting a Portrait exercise
Adjustments: Curves, levels, hue/sat, color balance
Sketchbooks due next Wednesday
Sketchbook Checklist
Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art, Chapter 1 / p27- 65

Assignment 2a (part 1 ): Digital Compositing
Nancy Burson
Print Assignment 1
Making layer masks
Review Chapter 13 p419-423 (layer masks)
Review Chapter 11: Sharpening

Assignment 2c (part 3): Digital Compositing
Color adjustment layer masks review
Review Chapter 15: Retouching p482-536
Photo retouching exercises, dust and scratches, clone, duplicate, restoration

Complete Assignment 2 and exercises for next Monday
Assignment 2 Checklist
Assignment 3 / Image and Text
Artist examples
Student examples
Exercises: paths1,2,3
Bring a poem next class to create a line drawing in response to a visual poem.
Research writers e. e. cummings and Pablo Neruda.

Assignment 2 and exercises due beginning of class
Assignment 2 Checklist
Assignment 3 / Image and Text
Paths exercise. Type on a path using a visual poem and line drawing as template.
Review: Chapter 13, p417 - 419 (pen tool)

Assignment 3 / Image and Text
Print assignment 2b
Print Assignment 2c
Working with type
Text exercises: font, text paths, text and filters, text and layer styles, text and layer masks
Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art Chapter 2 / p 67 - 139
Homework: Photo research for assignment 3. Shoot the equivalent of one roll of film (24) shots to be used in Assignment 3.

Print Assignment 2
Assignment 3 / Image and Text
Exercise: el jefe
Exercise: vector masks
Review: Chapter 14 p456 - 461 (vector masks)
Exercise: vector shapes
Review Chapter 1 p41 - 42 (shape tools)
Custom shape exercises

Assignment 3 / Image and Text
Sketchbook Due next Monday.
Sketchbook checklist
Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art, Chapter 3 p139-246

November 10 - 12

Work on Assignment 3
Sketchbook Due for Assignment 2
Sketchbook checklist
Brushes
Review Chapter 1 p32 - 41 (using brushes)
History and snapshots
Exercise: Seahorse

November 17 - 19

Assignment 3 Individual critiques
Turn in Assignment 3 and exercises
Assignment 3 Checklist
Assignment 4: Final Project
Next class: Submit a typed proposal that outlines:
1.Your idea 2. How you will go about your project 3.What you will produce 4. A plan of how you will use your time
Include 3-5 idea sketches with the proposal.

Assignment 4: Final Project
Assignment 4 research
Print Assignment 3
Assignment #4 Typed proposal & idea sketches due.
Exercise: Pattern stamp
Exercise: Color
Exercise: gradients
Exercise: Diesel.

November 24 - 26

Assignment 4: Final Project
Quiz review rescheduled: Wednesday, Dec. 3
Exercises: Overlay techniques.
Printing.

Assignment 4: Final Project
Assignment 3 Sketchbook due.
Final project development.
Individual conferences on final project.
Printing

Assignment 4: Final Project
Field Trip Documentation or Essay due
Quiz review.
Take home portion of quiz distributed.
Begin CD Portfolio.
CD Portfolio Checklist

December 15 - 17

FINAL 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Final CD Portfolio Due. Photo Documentation Presentation of Final Project and critique.

No class, finals week.

Week 1	September 1 - 3
Monday	NO CLASS. LABOR DAY	Wednesday	FIELD TRIP Saturday November 15 Make up essay if unable to attend field trip Questionnaire Standard Rubric for Art Studio Courses Introduction to course: syllabus, lab, schedule, text, materials. Introduction to using Macintosh OS and Adobe Photoshop. Bring CD-RW and/or flash drive to next class. Bring objects to scan for Assignment 1. Potato Head exercise Selections practice Transform tools Read: Chapter 1 p.4-28, Photoshop CS3 Studio Techniques On line instructional videos for Photoshop and various softwares may be found at: http://www.lynda.com/ Bring objects to scan next week for Assignment 1.
Week 2	September 8 - 10
Monday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Using the scanner. Navigating Photoshop interface and tool use. Browsing, scanning, saving files to folders and external flash drives and CDR / CD_RW. Scan materials for Assignment 1. Review: Chapters 2: Selection Primer p72-100 Tool experimentation	Wednesday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Artist Examples: Scannagrams Glass Membrane: Scanner to Screen Hong Hao Observaciones: Enrique Mendez de Hoyos Vik Muniz Student Examples Review: Chapters 2: Sizing and Transforming Images p98 -101 Scanning, sizing and transforming. Resolution concerns (pixel dimensions handout)
Week 3	September 15 - 17
Monday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Read: Chapter 3: Layering your image p,108 -123 and 127-134 Layer styles exercise	Wednesday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Exercise: black cat Exercise: layer styles Exercise: blend modes Review Chapter 3: Layer Styles p123-126 Review Chapter 12: enhancement p360-390
Week 4	September 22- 24
Monday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Quick masks Review Chapter 2: Selection Primer 102-106	Wednesday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Assignment 1 Checklist Layers exercises, Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Layering your image p,108 -123 and 127-134
Week 5	September 29 - October 1
Monday	Assignment 1 / Scanner As Camera Assignment 1 Checklist Adjusting tonality and color. Refer to Chapter 9 regarding color information and adjustments. Exercises: Levels, hue and saturation, color balance, levels and curves.	Wednesday	Critique of in-progress files, Assignment 1 / Scanner as Camera Assignment 1 Checklist Experiment with your clippecd scans in a series of files. Drag your scans to files, resize, rotate distort, apply blend modes, layer styles, adjustment layers, change color, opacity, etc. Work toward two finals for printing. Assignment 1 and exercises due end of class, Monsday, October 6
Week 6	October 6 - 8
Monday	Assignment 1 and exercises due end of class Assignment 1 Checklist CD burning, project file organization, printing for sketchbook. Class photos taken / bring your digital camera, if you have one. Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art, Introduction / p7-26	Wednesday	Print Assignment 1 Assignment 2a (part 1): Digital Compositing Nancy Burson Exercises: Big City Night, Correcting a Portrait exercise Adjustments: Curves, levels, hue/sat, color balance Sketchbooks due next Wednesday Sketchbook Checklist *Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art,* Chapter 1 / p27- 65
Week 7	October 13 - 15
Monday	Assignment 2a (part 1 ): Digital Compositing Nancy Burson Print Assignment 1 Making layer masks Review Chapter 13 p419-423 (layer masks) Review Chapter 11: Sharpening	Wednesday	Sketchbooks due Sketchbook Checklist Print Assignment 1 Assignment 2b (part 2 ): Digital Compositing Assignment 2c (part 3): Digital Compositing
Week 8	October 20 - 22
Monday	Assignment 2c (part 3): Digital Compositing Color adjustment layer masks review Review Chapter 15: Retouching p482-536 Photo retouching exercises, dust and scratches, clone, duplicate, restoration	Wednesday	Complete Assignment 2 and exercises for next Monday Assignment 2 Checklist Assignment 3 / Image and Text Artist examples Student examples Exercises: paths1,2,3 Bring a poem next class to create a line drawing in response to a visual poem. Research writers e. e. cummings and Pablo Neruda.
Week 9	October 27- 29
Monday	Assignment 2 and exercises due beginning of class Assignment 2 Checklist Assignment 3 / Image and Text Paths exercise. Type on a path using a visual poem and line drawing as template. Review: Chapter 13, p417 - 419 (pen tool)	Wednesday	Assignment 3 / Image and Text Print assignment 2b Print Assignment 2c Working with type Text exercises: font, text paths, text and filters, text and layer styles, text and layer masks Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art Chapter 2 / p 67 - 139 Homework: Photo research for assignment 3. Shoot the equivalent of one roll of film (24) shots to be used in Assignment 3.
Week 10	November 3 - 5
Monday	Print Assignment 2 Assignment 3 / Image and Text Exercise: el jefe Exercise: vector masks Review: Chapter 14 p456 - 461 (vector masks) Exercise: vector shapes Review Chapter 1 p41 - 42 (shape tools) Custom shape exercises	Wednesday	Assignment 3 / Image and Text Sketchbook Due next Monday. Sketchbook checklist Read and take summary notes in sketchbook: Digital Art, Chapter 3 p139-246
Week 11	November 10 - 12
Monday	Work on Assignment 3 Sketchbook Due for Assignment 2 Sketchbook checklist Brushes Review Chapter 1 p32 - 41 (using brushes) History and snapshots Exercise: Seahorse	Wednesday	FIELD TRIP Saturday November 15 Make up essay if unable to attend field trip Complete Assignment 3 Assignment 3 Checklist Exercise: Filters
Week 12	November 17 - 19
Monday	Assignment 3 Individual critiques Turn in Assignment 3 and exercises Assignment 3 Checklist Assignment 4: Final Project Next class: Submit a typed proposal that outlines: 1.Your idea 2. How you will go about your project 3.What you will produce 4. A plan of how you will use your time Include 3-5 idea sketches with the proposal.	Wednesday	Assignment 4: Final Project Assignment 4 research Print Assignment 3 Assignment #4 Typed proposal & idea sketches due. Exercise: Pattern stamp Exercise: Color Exercise: gradients Exercise: Diesel.
Week 13	November 24 - 26
Monday	Assignment 4: Final Project Quiz review rescheduled: Wednesday, Dec. 3 Exercises: Overlay techniques. Printing.	Wednesday	Assignment 4: Final Project Sketchbook Checklist Printing.
Week 14	December 1 - 3
Monday	Assignment 4: Final Project Assignment 3 Sketchbook due. Final project development. Individual conferences on final project. Printing	Wednesday	Assignment 4: Final Project Field Trip Documentation or Essay due Quiz review. Take home portion of quiz distributed. Begin CD Portfolio. CD Portfolio Checklist
Week 15	December 8 - 10
Monday	Assignment 4: Final Project All missing, overdue and resubmitted assignments are due. Quiz on Digital Art chapters 1, 2, and 3, artist identification and Photoshop tools. Document all projects for CD portfolio. Organize CD Portfolio CD Portfolio Checklist	Wednesday	Assignment 4 Due. Present physical finished project. Document all projects for CD portfolio. Organize CD Portfolio. CD Portfolio Checklist
Week 16	December 15 - 17
Monday	FINAL 10:15 am - 12:15 pm Final CD Portfolio Due. Photo Documentation Presentation of Final Project and critique.	Wednesday	No class, finals week.