o8: Work in class to scan your best sketchbook pages and projects. Files labeled title_FirstNameInitial_lastName.tiff. Burn them to a CD. Compose or crop your images to 8x10 vertical pages and add a 1/8" bleed if image goes to the edge. (your images can float on white space as long as the page is 8x10)
Size: Our book will be 8x10" paperback in color using blurb.com
Medium: Color or b/w art as CMYK .tff files at 300dpi. Don not enlarge small files up they will look pixilated. Place your .tiff files in the .tiff folder inside a folder with your name on it.
Essential Qualities: All of your work up to this point and your weekly sketchbook alphabets.
Final: All files due Ap 20 in folder and as one pdf file
09: Create a one page statement that expresses your thoughts about handlettering using handlettering. Your can write from the perspective of what you've learned, people that influence you, or your thoughts on specific assignments.
HOMEWORK: Make adjustments and finish everything that you haven't done yet! remember we'll be breaking up into groups to start working on the book next week!
and here is this weeks videos!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Week 9- Project 7: Wallpaper
Use your best piece from the Test Pattern project, develop it more and pattern it out.
Let us see your pattern at work.
Size: 22x35"
Medium: Color or B&W as appropriate, digital output. Make the presentation look good by trimming out the poster.
Essential Qualities: A working repeat. A pattern that is evocative [dynamic, ethereal, delicate, bold, etc]
See this site to create a repeat.
See this site for inspiration.
Final: due April 6.
Homework: Finals for P07 and bring in sketchbook and external drive.
remember to also bring in the original letterform used to make your pattern and the 5 patterns from last week, as well as the digital file you used to print.
Let us see your pattern at work.
Size: 22x35"
Medium: Color or B&W as appropriate, digital output. Make the presentation look good by trimming out the poster.
Essential Qualities: A working repeat. A pattern that is evocative [dynamic, ethereal, delicate, bold, etc]
See this site to create a repeat.
See this site for inspiration.
Final: due April 6.
Homework: Finals for P07 and bring in sketchbook and external drive.
remember to also bring in the original letterform used to make your pattern and the 5 patterns from last week, as well as the digital file you used to print.
Week 8: Project 6
Use elements/details of previous assignments/sketches, recombining/overlapping/editing into 5 interesting patters on 6x6 squares.
use tracing paper and/or digital manipulation. Use color with meaning.
Work-in-class this week to develop lots of ideas. Bring in your 5 best ideas next week on 6x6" squares.
Patterning workshop in class next week
Size: 6x6"
Medium: Color of B&W as appropiate. Make the presentation look good by trimming out squares to size.
Essential Qualities: Visual interest. Creative use of your raw material.
Finals: due March 30
use tracing paper and/or digital manipulation. Use color with meaning.
Work-in-class this week to develop lots of ideas. Bring in your 5 best ideas next week on 6x6" squares.
Patterning workshop in class next week
Size: 6x6"
Medium: Color of B&W as appropiate. Make the presentation look good by trimming out squares to size.
Essential Qualities: Visual interest. Creative use of your raw material.
Finals: due March 30
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Week 7: Project 5 cont.
MIDTERM CRITS:
For your midterms critiques next week, please bring in all your work to date in chronological order! Don't forget your sketchbooks with all your weekly alphabets.
Also, bring a piece of lineart (preferably a letterform) for the illustrator demo next week.
Furthermore, bring your final coffee labels in ASAP so we can photograph them.
ps: thanks for bringing in awesome work for the nature alphabets/posters/books/other things
and here are the videos from this week!
and here are the videos from this week!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Week 6: Project 5
Remember, for next week have:
Work-in-progress next week.
Size: 11x17 vertical on both.
Medium: Color [even if it is limited in palette], your choice for materials.
Essential Qualities: A spirited use of nature or natural forms.
Finals: Due Mar 2. Color Digital output, make the presentation look good.
Also, bring the digital files of your coffee labels and the labels on bags so we can get proper documentation!
here are some pictures from our crit at High Grounds!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Week 5: Project 4 & 5
04: Make an alphabet using found natural objects or inspired by nature. Capture letterforms rendered from life, stylistically/graphically interpreted or capture photographically. Digital and manual manipulation allowed, just keep it consistent. Scan your art at 200%, 300dpi and save file for Project 05.
05: Then use your alphabet to create a headline, book title or message poster.
Work-in-progress next week.
Size: 11x17 vertical on both.
Medium: Color [even if it is limited in palette], your choice for materials.
Essential Qualities: A spirited use of nature or natural forms.
Finals: Due Mar 2. Color Digital output, make the presentation look good.
05: Then use your alphabet to create a headline, book title or message poster.
Work-in-progress next week.
Size: 11x17 vertical on both.
Medium: Color [even if it is limited in palette], your choice for materials.
Essential Qualities: A spirited use of nature or natural forms.
Finals: Due Mar 2. Color Digital output, make the presentation look good.
Next week we'll be going to High Grounds Coffee in Highlandtown at 11, so if you have a car, bring it!
here are the videos from this week:
and since some of you guys wanted to see examples of previous people's projects for this assignments, I present you with:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Week 4
For next week:
Bring your final artwork printed on label paper with the corners rounded. Label paper will be in the Illustration offices with Erin Gleeson on Thursday (weather permitting).
If you have a car, please bring it next week since we might drive up to Highlandtown for the critique at High Grounds.
As per usual, please bring your weekly alphabet for us to collect.
happy snow day,
<3 Nick
Bring your final artwork printed on label paper with the corners rounded. Label paper will be in the Illustration offices with Erin Gleeson on Thursday (weather permitting).
If you have a car, please bring it next week since we might drive up to Highlandtown for the critique at High Grounds.
As per usual, please bring your weekly alphabet for us to collect.
happy snow day,
<3 Nick
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