Final - Self Assessment

Please take a few minutes and consider your :

Personal Art Practice

• Did I work as hard as I could have? Yes? No? Why?
• Did I set and maintain high standards for myself? Yes?  No? Why?
• Did I spend enough time to do quality work? Yes? No? Why?
• Did I regulate my procrastination, distractions, and temptations in order to complete my work? Yes? No? Why?
• Did I make good use of available resources? Yes? No? Why?
• Did I ask questions if I needed help? Yes? No? Why?
• Did I review and re-review my work for possible errors? Yes? No? Why?
• Did I examine best practices for similar work? Yes? No? Why?
• Is my work something for which I am proud—that I would proudly show to a large, global audience? Yes? No? Why?

Critique of an Artwork

Pick 1 project that you completed and answer the following:

Objectives:
How well does your piece solve the project requirements?

Production
Did you take your time or rush? Do you have good craftsmanship?
Did you stay on task?

Creativity
How original is your work? Did you explore new ideas or just stick to the basic requirements?

Growth
How does this work compare to your previous work?
Does it show improvement in skills, thought and planning?
Are you sketching and brainstorming before you begin your work?

Composition and Design
How did you use the Elements and Principles of Design to create interest in your work?
Elements -  Line        Form     Color     Value    space    texture
Principles – Balance        Unity     Contrast               Emphasis             Pattern

Semester Projects

Projects for the semester:

Images and Text in Photoshop or Illustrator
Surreal Composition
Umbrellas and Sky
Photoshop Text Effects
Expressive Exercise
Final Logo
Illustrator Pen Tool Practice
Art of the Campaign - Scholastic Magazine
Logo design -- Steps 1, 2, 3
Design Process - Thumbnails to Roughs


You can choose one project to exempt yourself from

Final Artwork - Your Choice of Photoshop or Illustrator

Use the Principles of Design to create an interesting design with  images and text.

Create one of the following:

• Create a layout with an image and text using the tools you learned in  Photoshop.
• Create an image in Illustrator. It can be of an object, animal, or person.

The title should be: Images and Text

You may search online for images.

Photoshop - Surreal Composition Using Scale

hat is Surrealism? Magical Realism?

For our purposes Surreal or magical realism describes an image where the elements are a natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment. Although it is most commonly used as a literary genre, magic realism also applies to film and the visual arts.

Here is a link to a TED talk by Erik Johansson. Erik creates realistic photos of impossible situations.

Today we will begin creating a surreal image using Photoshop.

Using the provided images plus at least one of your own, (either from the web or a photos you have taken), create a magical realist composition using exaggerated scale. You may select, crop, and place the elements in the composition in any way that presents them in an incongruous, unusual or “super normal” manner.

Activities/Skills/Followed Directions:

Set up document at stated size and resolution. 10 x 10 150 dp1
5/________

Photoshop Skills 

Made precise selections                                                                                                5/________

Used Transform-scale tool to change at least one selection/layer.                           
5/________

Used move tool to move selections from one document to another.                

5/________

Used Multiple Layers                                                                                                                     5/________

Named Layers                                                                                                                        5/________

Include at least 1 additional image to the composition                                               
5/________  

                                                                                     

Creativity

Met requirements for concept: Magical Realism using scale or juxtaposition                                    
 5/________

                                                                                   

Photoshop Collage Practice

Today we will work on a collage in Photoshop.
We'll make a collage with the photos in this post.
I will give step by step instructions in class. We will learn:

• Selection tools - Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand
• Layers
• Move Tool

Next time you will use your own photos to make a collage.

Download the pictures to your computer:

Photoshop Text Effects

Today we'll have some fun with Text. First, I'll show you how to add images in text, it will end up looking something like this:

You can find the tutorial at this link:

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/image-in-text-photoshop-cs6/

Next, pick a text effect from the link below and follow the instructions to create one of your own.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/

 Save both pictures as jpeg files and post them to your blog titled "Photoshop Text Effects"

Expressive Typography Exercise

Choose 5 words from the list below. In 5 different compositions, arrange each word to express its meaning. You can change the size, spacing, placement and orientation of the letters.

You can repeat, omit, slice, block or overlap words or letters.

You must not use drop shadows, or stretch or distort the letters.

Use Arial Black Typeface only.

You will use Photoshop to create an 8x8 document with 2 inch guidelines. The letters must be aligned with the  2 inch grid.

compression

transition

contraction

addition

subtraction

disruption

repetition

elimination

migration

expansion

confusion
...and 3 words of your choice