Assignment 9 – Presentation of the Final Project

HOMEWORK:
TO DO:
Focus on the quality of the project and the presentation.

1. Finalize your project for the critique that will begin at the start of class.
2. Post your final project on your Learning Portfolio and share the link with me ahead of time (before class) Be sure to include sketchbook images, process documentation, screenshots of the digital components, reference, all of the original drawings or paintings and final outcome. As with previous posts, a written reflection should be included. Remember, the LP post will be projected during the crit as a part of your presentation.
1. Here is an example of an excellent Learning Portfolio post for this project! (Of course, I don’t expect you to include a part thanking me at the end.)
2. and here is another.

This project is 15% of your final grade, so make it one of your best. If you are not present for the crit, you will fail the project.

Please review the grading policy for the class.
Note, that two or more absences result in a reduced grade.

Grading of the project: Remember, I am looking for complexity, the techniques you use from the class, how you use them, your composition, color usage, concept, image quality, digital application, hand drawing, or painting application, and an excellent presentation.
Prepare by thinking about the following questions:
a. How did you come up with the concept(s)?
b. Why did you decide on your format?
c. How are Photoshop, Illustrator, painting/drawing, and other techniques merged together to reflect the focus of the course?
d. What does color, medium, etc. symbolize?
e. How does the supportive material (sketches, reference, process, etc.) play a part?
f. Difficulties? Successes?
g. Did you try something new or experiment? Expand on a technique to broaden your skills?
j. How has your work improved over the semester?
(here is a link to the document with the plans of the day)

TO BRING:
1. Your final physical project
2. The completed Learning Portfolio post sent to me as a link. The post is for presentation purposes to be used during the crit.
3. Food, drink, etc. (if you can)

Assignment 9, Final project, work in progress (Mon., 12/16)

Come to class on time.

HOMEWORK:
TO DO:
1. Have 75% of the project completed for your desk crit
**Remember, the final is 15% of your grade and should be one of the best projects you have produced. Time, effort, complexity, and creativity are essential. So far, so good.
Believe me, I will keep in mind the limited time you have to complete this assignment. Keep the project on a manageable scale to finish it to the best of your ability.

2. Complete the required posts for your Photoshop Montage project on your Learning Portfolio.(last chance) Complete changes you are making to the Photoshop project before coming to class. 
3. Complete your course evaluations before coming to class (Thanks to those who have already done so)

TO BRING:
1. All parts of the project that you have finished and the parts you are working on. I need to see it all ahead of time.
2.All materials needed to complete your final project (you will work on the assignment for the last time, during the next class)
3.Computer
4. Sketchbook for grading purposes on either Monday or Tuesday

Please be on the lookout for my comments on your project proposal. (You will find them in Canvas)

Let me know if you require any help via email.

I look forward to seeing your progress!

FINAL CRITIQUE-Edible, Audible or Narrative Montage and Introduction to the Final Project (12/9)

The course evaluation link was sent to you via email and can be accessed through Canvas. Please fill out the forms for all of your courses.
I appreciate your taking part in the process and value your feedback.

You can watch the 25th Anniversary of Photoshop commercial on our Class Lecture page. (link)
HOMEWORK TO COMPLETE FOR CRITIQUE OF THE PHOTOSHOP PROJECT
Please read all the way to the bottom of the post to be adequately prepared:

(Alaiyo’s Audible Montage Project and examples of what you can include in your presentation)

Original watercolor

Contact sheet of gathered photos

11×17″ print of the final PSD narrative

Image of the final document shown in PSD on your computer screen

Music for the audible experience

Lyrics or story if applicable

Preparation for verbal presentation

Student wall set-ups from past projects

Include one contact sheet showing all of your references

Show all versions of your watercolor images

Include one or more versions of your final 11×17″ PSD montage along with the images on your computer screen (for color comparisons)

TO DO:
-As you work on your PSD project, please use the tutorial Digital Reference Videos, and Digital Reference Handouts referred to in the last post. The steps are also in the posts below. Make notes of what selection tools, adjustment layers, layer effects, blends, and other Photoshop elements so you won’t forget during the crit. Please be sure you know the names of the tools and processes.

-Please think concept/single frame narrative, visual readability, scale, color, and utilize many of the Photoshop techniques required.

-Make sure you have good, clean selections. Clean up ragged edges on the layer mask using the Brush tool, not the Eraser tool to paint the pixels in and out.

1. Finalize your Photoshop montage project document. Keep it as a PSD file. Make a PDF version for printing.
2. Put all of the 5-7 original or internet photos you used in the PSD image in a contact sheet to print out. Cite your sources.
3. Make an 11×17″ print of the PSD montage (before class not during),
4. Upload the PSD montage document and the photograph document(s) along with the jpeg version of your watercolor painting on Canvas so that I can grade all parts. Naming conventions: Photoshop Montage_Your Name_DI_f19.psd

TO BRING for the critique:
1. Please have your computer to show the document for comparison and, if applicable to play a song, etc. as you present.
2. Original watercolor painting
3. Print out of the final Photoshop montage in tabloid size, 11×17″.
4. One print out of all the photos you used in a contact sheet format.
5. Your computer to show the image on the screen, which often appears differently from the print.

***Come prepared to share your Photoshop process, tools, reasons for choices. Explain your well thought out concept/narrative during the crit.
(here are a set of questions to help you prepare)

I look forward to seeing the projects!!

Photoshop Montage Assignment Continued (12/4)

ASSIGNMENT, Combine the internet/personal photos plus the watercolor painting image to create a color harmony PSD montage narrative with exciting composition and visual relationships that reflect your own concepts.
Your final project will be 11 x17″. Read all the steps and use the videos and handouts provided on the blog pages

Assignment: 
–Open your drawing and painting documents by dragging them into the PSD logo on your doc or by using File>Open in the drop-down menu. Do not drag images into the same document and do not use “Place,” as you did in Illustrator.
-Make sure all of your documents/jpegs are set up at 300dpi. Use appropriate selection tools and create a layer mask for each image. Only use the brush tool, not the eraser tool, to avoid destructive editing.

Techniques you learned in class:
Background color, background texture, different selection tools (magnetic lasso, quick select, quick mask), layer masks, layer style, scale by transforming, gradients, transparencies, adjustment layers, blends, moving a layer with the layer mask into a different document, using the brush tool to make corrections on the layer mask, creating a composite

• Please review the Digital Reference Videos.
  Look at the Digital Reference Handouts as well.
• THIRTEEN possible STEPS:
  (You can add techniques to these but don’t leave them out. The layer style is not required.) Do not use Filters.
  *Advanced students (see the list on the top of the blog’s Digital Reference Videos for additional tools and techniques you can use.) Do not use Filters.
  1. Create a new 11×17″ project document in Photoshop–name it “Photoshop Montage_your name_di_f19” leave the extension as PSD. Save it to your project file, Photoshop Montage/Photoshop Project folder.
  
  2. LAYERS AND BACKGROUNDS–double click on the locked layer, name the layer “background-color” and fill it with a color to use as a background (Ex. – red, yellow or blue, orange, green or purple or a darker mixed version).  (have it as the bottom-most layer)
  
  3. BACKGROUND TEXTURE–open one of the background texture images I shared with you via email or your own and copy it to your Photoshop Montage document. Name the layer “background texture.” (have it as the layer above the background color layer)
  
  4. Open your watercolor image, use selection tools, create layer masks, check size (300 dpi), save it, and then drag the layer with the layer mask into your “Photoshop Montage_your name_di_f19″ document

  5. AFTER OPENING YOUR PHOTOS IN PHOTOSHOP (follow the search instructions we practiced in class), go to image size and be sure to save them as 300 dpi.  Try to make the images as small as you need to (3-5″) 300 dpi. Use selection tools and layer masks. Copy (duplicate layers), move each photo, along with the layer mask, into your Photoshop Montage project document and name the layers for each

  6. WHEN USING SELECTION TOOLS use the magnetic lasso and quick selection tools to isolate images from their backgrounds or to cut away portions of images. Selections should have clean edges, and a layer mask applied.

  7. TRANSFORMING IMAGE – CMD T. Click on the right side of your trackpad and choose perspective, scale, rotate, warp, flip, etc. When scaling double click on what I showed you to lock.

  8. CREATING A LAYER MASK– After selecting the outline of an image -Go over to the right layers pallet, bottom, make a new layer mask. Adjust and clean up the layer on the layer mask only using the brush tool (be sure you are in the black and white mode in the bottom of the tools bar) go back and forth painting in and removing from the image. Black is transparent and removes. White is opaque and adds

  9. GRADIENT TOOL–Create a layer mask. Click on the gradient tool, choose the black and white option. Click on the top of the document layer drag down and click on the bottom of the layer. Be sure to only work on the layer mask

  10. ADJUSTMENT LAYERS– They can be found above your layers menu, in its own symbols window. Try using vibrancy, hue saturation, color balance, etc. to adjust and change layers.

  11. BLENDING MODES–  On the top of the layers window, you will see a drop-down area labeled normal next to the opacity slider. If you click on the drop-down menu under the word “Layers,” you can select and play with various blending modes. Suggestions: Multiply, dodge, color, overlay, etc. Again, work on the layer mask only.

  12. TRANSPARENCIES–Can be made in either the layer mask or the image.

  13. LAYER STYLES– Double click on the layer for the pop-up menu to find options.
  
  History Window is your form of “undo” in Photoshop. Use CMD+alt+Z or click on the different levels in the History Window to undo. The number of times you can go back in your history window depends on your settings.
   

  SAVE YOUR PSD FILE OFTEN

 

Photoshop Montage (12/4)

Please create these folders on your desktop and place all that you will gather and design in the appropriate place.

Setup for your Photoshop Montage desktop folder

TO DO:
Gather your photo images. Save all at 300dpi. 
1. Collect 5 or more high-resolution photos from the internet or your personal photos, paintings, drawings. Include a chosen image with a lot of texture or use one from the “background textures” images I shared with you for the practice session today.  (If you are taking from an internet search in Google images, click on “Tools” to the right, then click on “Size,” select “Large.”  Next,  click on “Usage Right,” and “Labeled for Reuse”).  Save them to your project file/Internet-Personal Photos folder. Please note your sources.
Your overall theme, color theory, and watercolor painting should be kept in mind.
2. Work more on your watercolor painting started in class and scan it into your computer. Save it to your Scans/Drawing/Painting folder.

Techniques you learned in class:
Background color, background texture, different selection tools (magnetic lasso,  quick select), layer masks, scale by transforming, transforming, gradients, transparencies, adjustment layers, moving a layer with the layer mask into a different document, using the brush tool to make corrections on the layer mask,  blends, searching for a high res photo labeled for reuse.

(Please review the Digital Reference Videos page.)

Note: Please don’t work on any of your version of the project until you come to class. 

TO BRING:
1. Your finished watercolor painting
2. Your computer with Photoshop installed
3. Sketchbook (I will need to check your foreshortened figure homework due last Monday) I only checked a few during the previous class.

Note: Please be sure you are not working on another project during class and are following along for the last part of the lesson.

I will bring a scanner, and you can begin to create the project in class.

Photoshop Montage (12/2)

Note: There is no homework assigned over the Thanksgiving break.  I encourage you to rest and recharge. 

On Monday, we will finish working on the watercolor painting and begin the Photoshop portion of the project.

TO BRING:
1. Sketchbook (I will need to check your foreshortened figure homework due last Monday)
2. Your watercolor painting you started last Monday
3. One object of choice to paint from (the same as before)
4. Watercolors and supplies – brushes, palette, and watercolor paper (if you have them,) graphite pencils, and eraser
5. Your computer with Photoshop installed

Assignment 8: Watercolor Painting and Photoshop Montage (11/25)

The Tracing Perspective final project is due for presentation on Monday.
If your project was completed in Illustrator, the version must be printed out. 

Narrative Montage – Self-Portrait

montage

11×17″ print of the final PSD narrative

• TO DO:
  1. Apply suggested corrections to your perspective assignment and finalize it for presentation by the start of class this coming Monday.
  –You can upload the jpeg and ai documents to the Long Term-Transparent Perspective assignment in Canvas.
  2. Send me a photo of your perspective project if you would like feedback.
  3. Complete three foreshortened figure studies in your sketchbook. The figures do not have to be nude. (However, if you go to Figure Drawing References and scroll through the Reference Manual Nudes pdf, you will find a few foreshortened nudes to use.)
  4. Photograph/scan and post the project on your Learning Portfolio with a written reflection. Please include pictures of your process and a written overview of the “Tracing Perspective” assignment, process, and learning outcomes. Attach the link in Canvas. The narrative can consist of introducing the assignment, explaining the process, describing your successes and troubles, materials used, choices you made regarding content/concept, the final outcome, and conclusion. 
  The visual process can show your photograph, acetate drawing, stages of your drawing before it was finalized, and the finished version.
  (See student LP examples linked on the bottom of the Learning Portfolio page of our blog)
  5. Decide on your topic of choice for our next project. 
  Examples of the topic:
  1. Audible Montage- Interpret a song, musical group or story
  2. Edible Montage- Start with a fruit, vegetable or other food category and create a story
  3. Narrative Montage- Create a self-portrait based on experiences, emotions, preferences, people, places, things in your life or a depiction of your future

See Student References examples for inspiration

• TO BRING:
• Your final perspective projects and all of its parts – acetate, photograph, hand drawings, previous attempts, printed version of Illustrator project.
• SKETCHBOOK
• SOMETHING TO PAINT FROM and with FOR YOUR MONTAGE PROJECT (Don’t come empty-handed)
  1. One object of choice. In short, you will use the object painted in watercolor to start to form a single frame narrative based on the topic you choose. (see further up in the post for more project details)
  2. Watercolors – brushes, palette and watercolor paper (if you have them), graphite pencils, and eraser.

Assignment 7: Foreshortened Figure (11/20)

TO DO:
1. Work more on the Transparent Perspective drawing assignment to make corrections. (Show me your progress on Wednesday. If more work is needed, it is due Monday at the latest.) 

2. Study the handout, so you know what is going on ahead of time (Attached, click here).
Look over the Student References page for the foreshortened figure assignment to be done in class.

3. Please review this figure drawing reference (PDF linked here) from pages 86-88 only to use in class for drawing and measuring the figure. You will be using the examples on foreshortened figure drawing. 

TO BRING:
1. Sketchbook
2. All drawing materials listed on the assignment sheet:
-Medium beige, gray, blue, green, or rust color charcoal or pastel paper (you can buy and share one sheet of paper)
-Pastel pencils, color chalk (any color) and white chalk/pencil, charcoal sticks and charcoal pencils

You can share or borrow chalk from me. However, bring the ones you have.

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT:
You will have a long-term pose drawing from 2 models.
 See reference samples of foreshortened figures on the last page of the assignment sheet.

 

Assignment 6: PIN-UP. Tracing Perspective (DUE Monday, 11/18)

School of Athens by Raphael, 1509

Student drawing of interior space with a simple outline of figures in perspective

You are working hard and achieving great results! Keep going.
Use your handouts on making the perspective grid and placing people in perspective space handed to you in class to help complete the problem-solving aspects of the assignment.
If you are having trouble with the grid or figure placement, leave the area in pencil in case you need to erase it and make changes.

There will be one more day dedicated to working in class. Near the end of the class, we will have a quick pin-up to view your progress. Afterward, you will have additional time to complete the assignment.

TO DO:
1. Mostly complete your perspective drawing shown in progress on Wednesday.
A. Include suggestions for corrections we worked on together during class.
B. Include the silhouette or outline of one or more people or other fun characters in your interior drawing.
D. You can include an aspect of the grid either on the floor, ceiling, or another area of the final drawing. You don’t have to place the grid everywhere. 
E. If desired, you can change any element to something you prefer to draw. (such as a background on the wall in front of you, type of door, ceiling lights).

2. See student examples of perspective rendered drawings with the figure.

3. Study the perspective drawing vocabulary. Use your words to define the vocabulary. Please write on the top sheet of your set of in-class handouts to define the terms.

TO BRING:
1. preparatory drawings (If you have an old and new version of your drawing, bring them both for comparison.)
2. Mostly completed hand drawing, painting, or Illustrator drawing.
3. All of your drawing tools required of you last Wednesday and any additional drawing, painting materials.

****Feel free to email me a photo of your drawing for feedback.

Tracing Perspective Drawing with Figures and Grid (11-13)

 

T-square, triangle, ruler

Center low, floor grid

Grid measurements extend beyond the page

Illustrator, wall grids

NOTE: For class on Wednesday, you will HAVE to bring the HAND TOOLS listed below please, or you won’t be prepared to work in class.
We will not work on the computer.

HOMEWORK:
Use the techniques taught by Jeff on creating a one-point perspective and making the perspective grid to complete the problem-solving aspects of the assignment on the drawing itself.

You should have one Illustrator file each for center straight, center high, center low and side perspectives that you worked on during class. 

• TO DO:
  1. Take the feedback provided by Jeff/the class during the mini-critique and continue refining your compositions. I should see progress on your “hand” drawing, not just the digital document.
  2. Complete an aspect of the grid either on the floor, ceiling, or another area of the final hand drawing. You don’t have to place the grid everywhere. If you are not sure it is working correctly, place the grid on a tracing paper overlay. Use the grid exercise you learned in class. (The rest of the drawing will be worked on in class.) 
  

IN CLASS:
You will be given the class time on Wednesday to work on the perspective drawing from the museum. The focus of the class will be scale, accuracy, and placement of the figure.

• TO BRING:
  1. your photo of the interior space
  2. sketchbook
  3. your drawing in progress
  4. ruler
  5. t-square
  6. triangle
  7. pencils
  8. eraser
  9. compass
  10.acetate drawing

Assignment 6: Tracing Perspective Continued (11/11)

I hope you enjoyed our trip to the American Museum of Natural History!
You will meet in our classroom on Monday.

Examples of Mini-crit set-up
Include the acetate, printout of the photo reference and the transferred drawing.
Read to the bottom of this post to see the homework steps, photos of what we will be doing in class, and photos of the materials to bring to class to complete the assignment. (you will need to come prepared with your own supplies.)

 

1. Pencil drawing created in light line 2. Original acetate drawing from our visit to the Museum 3. printed out version of photo reference

• Homework: Perspective drawing started at the Museum completed enough for a mini-critique. 
• TO DO:
  1. Complete the first steps of the drawing in pencil,  Transfer your acetate perspective drawing started at the Museum onto your drawing paper. To transfer, use either tracing paper or place your acetate on a window during the daytime. Put your good drawing paper ( a part of a sheet of large Strathmore drawing paper from your kit) on top and trace the image onto the page by using the window as a lightbox. Use a straight edge, such as the ruler, to apply lines.
  For now, keep the drawing workable, and open to change. Don’t place in lines that cannot be erased. Make the drawing the same size as the acetate, no smaller. Help will be given on placement of the figure, the arch if applicable and correct measurements in the drawing. You will be able to use any medium you want for the final drawing.
  2. I encourage you to try and place a figure or two into your drawing. You can have fun with the figures by creating them any way you like. For example, a dancer who appears to be moving through space. Lightly draw it in as a silhouette outline.
  3. Print out one of the photos you will use as a reference to show during the wall crit.
  4. View examples of previous projects on the student references and familiarize yourself with terminology on the vocabulary page.

 

Vanishing point, horizon line

vertical, horizontal, convergence

(Drawing of another room) Three-part perspective study. Experimentation with media. (conté and white chalk on tan paper. Pen and ink on bristol board. Charcoal and white chalk on charcoal paper)

• TO BRING: (Images are shown on the top of this post)
  1. The acetate drawing for comparison
  2. Please bring the best photograph you took with the view you had at the Museum for comparison during the class. 
  3. It is essential to bring the supplies listed below! They are in your kit.***I won’t be able to provide supplies.
  
  
  From your kit:
  2H-HB Pencil
  Eraser
  Ruler
  T-square (not shown in the picture, it is a large T-shaped straight edge).
  Triangle
  Tracing paper
  Sketchbook (If I returned it)
  If you have a compass, bring that as well
  

Email me if you need to. You are always welcome to do so.

Assignment 6: Natural History Museum Visit and Tracing Perspective Drawing (11/6)

A class trip will take place on Wednesday.

We will go on a trip to the American Museum of Natural History. (info here)  We will meet in our classroom and travel as a group. Please have money on your MetroCard to avoid delays.
 We will draw in perspective at our location. The entry fee is “Pay-what-you-wish” admission.
*Important to attend.

CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE PDF YOU CAN USE/DRAW FROM TO COMPLETE YOUR FIGURE DRAWING HOMEWORK

Also, you can use the FIGURE DRAWING REFERENCES PAGE FOR NUDE FIGURES AND GENERAL REFERENCE.

• TO DO for Wednesday:
  Create three rendered sketchbook images on separate pages of a chosen figure drawing. You can draw three figures sitting up, sitting on the floor, or standing, with at least one shaded in charcoal. Please render/shade all three drawings to practice creating form.
  (If confused or if you want to run something by me, please email me)
  Study the Anatomy of the Torso for applicable reference.
  Look at Student References for examples of the “Chiaroscuro” technique we practiced today in class.

• TO BRING for Wednesday:
  Sketchbook, DSLR, or smartphone camera, pencils. Please bring a medium width Sharpie as well. 
• I will be checking sketchbooks for homework due today and Wednesday, and mid-term grading. Please put your name on the inside cover or first page of your sketchbooks.
  If you are working in more than one sketchbook, bring them both. I would like to see the work you are doing in a sketchbook even if it is not for our class.

NOTE: No need to bring your laptop to class on Wednesday.

Let me know if you have any questions. See you in class!

Assignment 5: Analytical Study of the Torso (Monday, November 4)

HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY

Complete five sketchbook drawings, in total, of portraits and individual facial features (ears, nose, mouth, eyes) as a follow-up to our drawing session last class. Use any drawing or painting media you like. You don’t have to use the same approach, however, please view examples of portraits using planar and surface anatomy on our student references page.

TO BRING FOR OUR IN-CLASS FIGURE DRAWING ASSIGNMENT:

• Compressed charcoal
• vine charcoal 
• kneaded eraser
• Buy a piece of medium gray or medium beige charcoal or pastel paper
  

 See you on Monday!

Assignments 4: Portrait and Analytical Studies of the Head (3/26)

In-class Assignment: We will draw a portrait in chalk from a model.

HOMEWORK: 

• Post the Pattern Project on your Learning Portfolio. Place the link to you LP on Canvas (required for grading)
  
  Prompts:
  -What is a short overview of the assignment and purpose?
  -What was your Adobe Illustrator process? (Include visuals of the sketches, black and white and color patterns and pattern person, changes you made, etc.)
  -Explain how you went about completing the project and what tools applied.
  -What did you focus on? Concept? Goal?
  -Why did you make your choices (cultural aspects of the patterns, colors, placement, etc.)
  -What changes were made, and why?
  -How do you feel about the outcome?
• Upload all parts of the Pattern project onto Canvas. Upload all changes to the documents there as well. Canvas lets me know the date you upload; therefore, I will know which is the latest version.

TO BRING:

• Sketchbook
• One sheet of medium beige or gray color charcoal or pastel paper (purchase on your own if you can)
• CHARCOAL STICKS and charcoal pencils from your Materials Kit
• Color chalks and pastel pencils in sepia, brown, red, orange, yellow (optional)

Announcement: I will be reviewing all of your sketchbooks next week (November 6) for mid-term grading.

Student Workshop-The Sketchbook as a Powerful Tool, tonight, 7-9:40, rm 1104

The Sketchbook as a Powerful Tool
Taught by Kate Teale, Tonight
Monday, 10/28, 7-9:40pm
Room 1104, 2 W 13th Street
We have all seen that sketchbook that we marvel over. The kind that is densely packed with imagery and text, thoughts, ideas doodles and collage coming together as an extension of one’s own thinking. This workshop will look at some of the techniques and practices that can get you there. Examples and exercises will round out the workshop and get you started down a path that will make this a powerful tool in your thinking.
(Image: Sketchbook of Oliver Jeffers )

Final Critique of the Mid-Term Pattern Project, Monday, October 28

HOMEWORK: Review the two previous posts for the Pattern Man project.
On the last page of the Jedi figure step by step instructions, it tells you how to recolor the color version of the Pattern Person all at once. (I demonstrated this process near the end of the class) The technique is not a requirement.
(Print all parts of your project and bring the materials to the next class listed at the end of this post.) I won’t be projecting them from the monitor. We will hang the work on the wall.

• 1. Finish the Pattern homework.  All suggested corrections in your notes taken during the mini-crit should be applied.
  A. Complete the seven color patterns.
  B. Complete the color version of the Pattern Person. (Have fun with the patterns.)
  C. Print out the black and white Patterns, Pattern Person, Color Patterns, Color Pattern Person (or other chosen subject matter to fill with color patterns.)
• 2. Place the following onto Canvas. 
  A. TWO black and white pattern ai files if changes were made. 
  B. The jpeg scan of your original figure drawing (if not provided before). Very important for me to have to relink in Illustrator.
  D. Color pattern ai file
  E. Color Pattern Person ai file
  Use the correct naming conventions.
• 3. BRING  
  A. Your original figure drawing. Do not display it on your computer.
  B. All parts of the project PRINTED OUT in the required sizes listed in the previous posts. (11×17″-tabloid- for the black and white as well as the color Pattern Person,
  8 1/2 x 11″-letter- or larger for the Pattern document)
  C. IMPORTANT- Show both the old and new versions of your project so that we can see the changes that were made.
  D. Your sketchbook

If you have any questions, I am here for you.

Pattern Mid-Term Project Mini-Critique for Wednesday, October 23-must attend

 

Click on the images to enlarge

***Please note: Wednesday is a check-in mini-crit to discuss your progress with the class. Submit to Canvas what you have done so far. Note the change-NO NEED TO PRINT THE DOCUMENTS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY!!! Have all of the Black and White completed and part of the Color pattern portions done. At least four color patterns. You don’t need to finish the color patterns or fill the Pattern Man with color. You have until next Monday to finish the color portion.

If you made changes to your black and white versions, please place the documents on Canvas before Wednesday morning and use the naming conventions provided in the last post below. I will then look at all ahead of time.
GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR EVERYTHING WRITTEN and shown in this post and the post before TO WORK ON THE PROJECT. It is a long post but helpful.

 

The document on the right shows you
an easier way to work with color groups and recoloring. Selecting your original design and double-clicking on
your color group folder will colorize in
a faster more direct way.
The document on the right shows you how to make, save and scale down your color patterns as well.
Click to open to full scale.

(More below)

 

READ INSTRUCTIONS all the way to the bottom  FOR HOMEWORK, HOW TO’S, AND WHAT TO BRING TO BE PREPARED FOR THE MINI-CRIT:
-LINK TO EXAMPLES OF PAST STUDENT WORK
-MY EXAMPLES WITH INSTRUCTIONS
-HOMEWORK LIST
-LIST OF WHAT TO BRING TO THE MINI-CRIT
-OTHER HANDOUT LINKS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO WORK WITH COLOR TOOLS AND METHODS AS DEMONSTRATED. (The tutorial links all the way to the bottom of this post show pictures and techniques of how to create color, recolor and other aspects of the project)
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Color properties/terminology is defined in the latest Vocabulary page post.
Review the Student References page for examples of related color pattern projects.

REFERENCE:
Added links on the bottom in Digital Reference Handouts for your review:
#19. Understanding the Basics of Choosing, Applying, and Changing Color
#20. Color Groups: Harmonies (technique shown in class)

color harmonies with patterns colored by hand

THE FOLLOWING IMAGES HAVE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AND DETAILS FROM MY CLASS DEMONSTRATIONS. I think the best way to go is to alter and color each individual pattern instead of the total drawing. Click the image to see instructions for both ways. MORE SCREENSHOTS appear below.

Some instructions below are for colorizing the total artwork. No need to follow those guidelines right now.

(Alaiyo) Illustrator drawing techniques, pattern making techniques, color making and application, another technique and a second version.

step-by-step-artboards-with-process

The practice documents I sent to you via email through Google docs were used briefly in the practice session you were following in class. You can select different color harmonies and test color combinations in the practice document boxes. This is just an example format but does not have to be the final you will use in your project. 

You only have to make one pallet and apply it to each swatch. Not different pallets for each pattern. However, if you would like to make more than one color harmony you can.

NOTE: Some line patterns will only print in one color. It depends on how the patterns were made. If they have different grayscales, backgrounds, complexities and parts, they will print in different colors. You can add/change the original black and white patterns to generate more colors.
-CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW TO MAKE THEM LARGER

My color pallet and recolored pattern examples  (from black and white versions found in the swatches palette and dragged onto the artboard). Created in Color Guide/Edit Colors

If you have a black line pattern that won’t change to color: 1. highlight/select the pattern and open up the recolor/edit window. Click on the box circled. 2. The Color Reduction Option box will open. Uncheck things until the lines change to color.

Select new color pattern on the artboard, make it into a pattern in the swatches.

When this opens the swatch will appear in the pallet. just hit ok and close.

HOMEWORK due Wednesday should be mostly finished and is to be shown at the start of class. No need to print anything out. We will project up on the screen for the class to see.

1.  Submit black and white documents to Canvas. You have until Monday to submit the color portion. You can resubmit later if you make corrections. 
   -Color patterns document (color patterns_student name_di_f19.ai)
   

Again, be sure to attend the Mid-Term mini critique.

Color Application (Monday, 10/21)

Note: If you update your Learning Portfolio post for the last assignment, please let me know by sending me a message in the comment section of the assignment in Canvas. Include a brief description of the changes you made.

As we know, there were teaching delays in class due to technical issues. There were tools and methods I did not have time to cover. Such as how to use the eraser tool or how to make your own brush (shown in screenshots below.)
The following are several step-by-step and screenshot documents as promised. Most of which I went over in class. I hope they help. Use 4 or more new techniques. Please read the total post.

Create a bright, white image background in Photoshop

Variable lines

Mop Brush and Brush tool

Blob tool

Multiply

Eraser tool only works on a Blob tool application

Make your own brush

***STUDY THE HOMEWORK POST BELOW
There are handouts and video links below to help you complete the project. Please be sure to have all Pattern Man, and Pattern Documents uploaded to Canvas in addition to the scan of your figure drawing. 

TO DO
1.
a. Finish the 7 Pattern drawings in one Illustrator document, use seven layers, one for each pattern. Draw from your designs inspired by the patterns you found. Create, name, and save all swatches in your swatch pallet.
b. Use the template I provided or your own and have the swatches showing the original portion of the pattern (swatch) you drew in Illustrator neatly placed next to the square with the patterns filled in. It has to be finished by Monday. Use type to label the swatches with the names of the cultures you chose. 8.5″x11″  (letter) sized document. (most of you finished this part in class) Name and save as  (patterns_student name_di_f19.ai).
c. In a separate document, have the figure drawing scanned and placed in Illustrator. Complete the Illustrator line drawing or leave it as it appears when done by hand.  11″x17″  (tabloid) sized document (pattern_man_student Name_di_f19.ai) Add in all 7 of the finished patterns. Have the pattern man finished to show at the start of class on Monday.

2. View the making a simple pattern video If you did not do so before.

3. View the Digital Reference Handouts page on the bottom. There you will find links for creating and saving swatches and painting with strokes or pattern strokes. (review) #15-18 on Reflect Tool,  Making Swatches,  Using the BLOB BRUSH TOOL. (all very helpful) Also, USING AND MAKING YOUR OWN BRUSHES.

4. View the Student References examples for examples of ways you can apply the patterns. Again, use all 7.

5. Ask me if you have questions no matter what and when

ILLUSTRATOR TOOLS:  Use pen, pencil, selections, shapes, curvature, brush, Pathfinder, Shapebuilder, rotate, reflect, regular brushes, created brushes, line variation, blob brush, brush, swatches, blend, gradient, variable width, eraser (only on a blob tool application) and more.

Create patterns with solid gray or black backgrounds, a variety of gray and white stroke lines, a variety of line thicknesses in one design, gradients, etc. Create variety.

If you get stuck, ask me questions and send me your ai file to review. I will also help you during class on Monday, but you need to have read this post and have the homework as far along as you can. 

TO BRING:
1. sketchbook
2. Your computer

No need to print the documents

See you on Monday!

Continuation of Pattern Man Project for Wednesday, 10/16

Please be sure to keep all of your original .ai Illustrator documents made up of your pattern designs. Do not get rid of them or change them to a jpeg document.

Another student’s swatch examples drawn with the brush, pen and pencil tools

Illustrator line work

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO THOROUGHLY READ THE POST BELOW ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. USE the notes you took during the class and THIS HANDOUT, which covers all the steps I went through.  There are also handouts and video links below to help you complete the project.
IMPORTANT!!! Only create the patterns.
PLEASE DO NOT PLACE THE PATTERNS INTO THE FIGURE DRAWING UNTIL I GO OVER THE SPECIFICS IN CLASS. 

Homework for Wednesday, October 16
1. Finish the 7 Pattern drawings in one Illustrator document, use seven layers, one for each pattern. Save the document as (patterns_student name_di_f19.ai). Draw from your hand-drawn designs inspired by the patterns you found. Create, name, and save all swatches in your swatch pallet. Please, use the template I provided to you or another you design on your own. Have the first portion of the pattern (swatch) you drew in Illustrator neatly placed next to the square with the patterns filled in.
The purpose of doing so is to help you see the size of the pattern in a shape to note if you need to scale it down or not.
Use type to label the swatches with the names of the cultures you chose. 

Additional Reference:
3. View the Digital Reference Videos posts on the bottom of the page for Rotation Tool and Making, Scaling, Copying, Saving, Filling, and Editing a Pattern (A MUST SEE!!) Watch this video all the way through. It tells you how to reduce your patterns, so they show up smaller in scale along with other editing possibilities for your created pattern.

4. View the Digital Reference Handouts (review) #13-14 on Reflect Tool,  Making Swatches (all very helpful)

5. View the Student References examples

6. Please ask me if you have questions no matter what and when

ILLUSTRATOR TOOLS:  Use pen, pencil, selections, shapes, curvature, brush, Pathfinder, Shapebuilder, rotate, reflect, gradient, and more.
Create patterns with solid grays or black backgrounds with light lines on top, a variety of gray lines, a variety of line thicknesses in one design, gradients, etc. Do your best to create variety.

Get as far as you can. If you get stuck, please ask me questions and send me your ai file to review. I will also help you during class on Wednesday, but you will need to have the homework completed.

See you on Wednesday!

Assignment 3: Mark Making and Pattern Man continued (10/14)

IN-CLASS on Monday: Learn more aspects of Illustrator to complete the  Pattern Man  Project. **Please be sure to bring all the materials listed at the bottom of this post, which includes your computer.

Example of creating a pattern: 1. Choose a pattern (Italian-Florentine) 2. Create your own swatch version as a drawing  3. Use it as a template in Illustrator 4. Create a greyscale Illustrator drawing 5. Try to create a different version of some of the patterns. (Create at least one version of seven different patterns) Swatches are small portions of the final pattern.

HOMEWORK due Wednesday
TO DO:
1. Scan drawings you made of swatches from your sketchbook of the seven cultural patterns. Please be sure they are from seven different cultures. Some of you have already completed the seven drawings, some of you need to create your drawings from the swatches you printed out.  These drawings/sketches should be small portions of the original patterns you found. They also should be your interpretations.

2. Practice applying versions of your patterns to three abstract or figurative hand-drawn shapes in your sketchbook. Examples I showed in class can be found in Class Lectures. 

3. Start most of your figure drawing in pen, try to complete it. If you do, scan it into your computer as a jpeg, 300dpi, or as a well-lit photograph. Transfer it over to white bristol paper if you drew the original version on Newsprint.
You can work with me online via email if you need me to help you with corrections between classes on your figure drawing.
If you prefer to complete the inking in Illustrator, you can do that as well.
You can finalize the figure in pen during the first 1/2 hour of class. Please have it scanned or photographed with proper lighting no matter what stage it is in.

4. Study this link to Practice using the Illustrator pen tool

TO BRING:
1. sketchbook with assigned drawings
2. The figure drawing from Monday in its finished state
3. Your computer