Digital Fine Arts Class links:
Hannah Hoch: How to Be An Artist (Artsy article)
How to add a watermark on Instagram Photos (5min video)
Remembering Milton Glaser (Video 15min)
Mandala link
http://www.colormandala.com/main/color/d7442d7e638ae6933c1b7bc888a0096e
The Art of the Doodle: 20 Examples
Fun drawing tool: MrDoob
Psychedelic Art of the 60’s (Article with images)
Or try this one: Bomomo
Second Class:
Elements Vocabulary Handout
Beginning Graphic Design: Fundamentals (GCF Learn Free: Video 6:25)
(Line, Shape, Texture, Form, etc.)
HW: Take photos of the elements of Design: Line, Shape, Value, Texture, Color, Form & Space
The 6 Principles of Design: Visual Example
Patterns of Infinity (Isometric Designs)
Reperpatterns.com (Great fun with your own photo)
The Image
Beginning Graphic Design: IMAGES (GCF Learn Free: Video 5:46)
Seeing Design (GCF Learn Free: 3:54 min Video)
(Soft Intro to Human Centered Design Thinking.)
Figure | Ground:
Monochromatic Images of Architecture
Nick Brandt: Black & White Images of Animals Africa_black_an_white
15 Gorgeous Photos That Will Make You Fall in Love With Flower Photography
Composition:
Images Reveal How Perfectly Ansel Adams’ Photos Align with the Golden Ratio
Composition (kalidraws.tumbler.com – excellent infographic)
Gurney Journey (Composition Tab – robust informative blog)
Illustrator/Pen tool:
Introduction to Illustrator (Adobe)
Creative Boom – Richard Keeling: Artist creating graphic abstract illustrations
Creative Market: 10 Basic Elements of Design (blog post with examples)
The Bezier Game
http://bezier.method.ac
Fourth Class:
HW: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical compositions, you create yourself.
Use * link below to get ideas.
Example Photographs: Disassembled Objects
*Cool web site: Stationary store, London (Symmetrical | Asymmetrical)
http://presentandcorrect.com/item.php?item_id=1562&category_id=7
Fifth Class:
Critique arranged object Images: symmetrical/asymmetrical
Discussion: gestalt, figure | ground, similarity
Demo: Creating a pattern swatch in Illustrator
Path Finder
HW: Draw a page of shapes and sketches to utilize to create a pattern.
Read pages 46-56 in your textbook: Scanning.
Video that explains sizing a pattern in Illustrator and using the thilde key.
By: Laura Coyle (She has a bunch of good tutorials on you tube.)
Sixth Class:
Illustrator Layers
read: 103-114
Illustrator Extra Resources:
Digital Foundations:
Chapter 3 – Symmetry
Drawing a linear spiral in Illustrator: Deke’s Techniques (Spiral Tool)
Spoon Graphics: Vector Polygon Logo (Video: Fast example of pen tool, quick commands, gradients.)
Aaron Draplin: Working efficently in Illustrator Vectors
(works and talks very fast-not for everyone’s taste)
Shape Builder Tool: Creating a keltic knot in Illustrator
Spoon Graphics Blog (50 Illustrator Tutorials Every Designer Should See.)
Spoon Graphics: Vector Polygon Logo (Video: Fast example of pen tool, quick commands, gradients.)
Type:
Kern Type: A Kerning Game
Fun type interaction: Text Particles (In the tool bar try changing the word and refreshing.)
Spirograph Lines:
Illustrator Tutorial: Creating a continuous, single line, spirograph | lynda.com,
Deke’s Techniques. YouTube Hyprotocoids
Color:
Examples of old B&W photos colorized emphasizes the role of color in photography.
CreativeBoom article on Color Theory
Elements of Design:
Grafix – Elements: line, shape, value, texture, color, form/space
Grafix – The Colorwheel: A Brief History
Create your own prezi,by DaniellLockhear: Interactive slideshow on texture and value
Textures:
Introduce creating, shooting, stamping and scanning own surface textures.
Creativemarket (Check out free download section)
Add texture to type or mandala assignment.
Photoshop Introduction and Resources:
How to take better photos (15 tips article)
Beginner Graphic Design: Images (Start Here)(Working with images, resolution, etc.)(Video 5:46)
15 Gorgeous Photos that Will Make You Fall In Love with Flower Photography
Google : Photo montage and Photo Manipulation for initial example images.
Read Pages 56-63 in your textbook. (Also refer to page 24 for Photoshop Toolbox definitions.)
LensCulture Article: Recognizing Whats Next For You As A Photographer.
Useful Commands:
Select Inverse
Command D: deselect selection.
Edit Transform, Edit free transform (hold shift Key)
Option Command Z for multiple undo’s.
Before flattening a file: Crop extra images from outside of page view
Command A – Select all, Image – Crop
Layer – Rasterize smart objects
Learning Photoshop:
(Start here) Introductory Video on Layers and Masks (Youtube 19min – viewed in class)
(Basic layers through min 6:56 and then goes into non-destructive editing.)
Clone tool and non-destructive editing (20min in class video)
Reducing Photoshop File Size: Creative Market Info Graphic
Selections:
How to make better selections in Photoshop (Article)
Digital Foundations Chapter 9- Layering and Collage: (on line free textbook)
Chapter 9
(see examples below under heading Collage Examples)
Digital Foundations Chapter 11- Layer masks/Non destructive editing:
chapter 11
Filters:
Using filters to simulate watercolor paintings.
Photoshop Essentials: Watercolor Painting technique (article with step by step examples)
Photography Articles:
* The Art of Portrait Photography Today (Video 8 min, 8/2013)
A Portrait Session with a Twist
J. Paul Getty Museum article on assessing Photographs
J. Paul Getty Museum: links and lesson plan index
11 Pioneering Women Photographers, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Helen Levitt
The Future of Photography: Computational Photography – Cell phones with multiple lenses.
History_of_Photographic_Portraiture
Photography Technique Resources:
*Creative Photography: Portrait Photography (Youtube Video 7min)
Creative Photography: Class Listings
Lightroom Presets for Professional Photographers – Examples of filters on photographs.
Life Hacks: 15 rules to better photography.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/technology/15-awesome-hacks-make-you-photography-expert.html
Example of Photoshop Actions that you can purchase
Photographers shooting a Series:
LensCulture
Souhayl_A – Paris: Black Friday and Days After
Daniel Taylor: B&W Negative Photos
My Mondern Met.com
Double Exposures Animals
Self Portraits| Photographers shooting Portraits:
(See Creative Photography: Portrait Photography – video, above, under: Photography Techniques.)
Wikipedia (Self-Portrait: Definition and Examples)
See Saatchi Art: Collage/Surrealism
30 Unconventional self portraits
Cara Llewellyn
Student Self-Portrait Projects
Oleg_Oprisco: Surrealism in photography
Collage Examples| Photo Manipulations:
Reine Paradis: The Creators Project
Erik_Johansson: Photo Manipulation
Shamekh Bluwi: Illustrator, Amman, Jordan (Images combine drawing and photography)
Mark Weaver: Illustrations
Photo stream from Flickr:
FB: April 14, 2015 the power of concentration, balancing feather.
Final Project:
Some topic ideas for your final project topics might be:
Nature, Flowers, Buildings, Bridges, Architecture, Family, Travel
Online Photo Book Publisher:
MyPublisher
(Sign up, work on your book, and wait to purchase until they send you a good coupon.)
Final Project Examples:
Articles:
*Can’t Meditate? Here’s Why You Should Try Art!
http://www.fulfillmentdaily.com/cant-meditate-heres-try-art/
1. Art is a vehicle for meditation and self-connection
2. Art provides a feeling of flow & freedom
3. Art allows for true self-expression
4. Art helps us become steady & centered
Photography and Motion:
Miscellaneous:
Shepard Fairey (Obey, Andre the Giant)
Drawing Blog on composition and balance, symmetrical, asymmetrical
wish-boxes-wish-boxes.pdf
Physics game
Adobe Capture Pattern Trap. (Pattern Observer Post)
Adobe Creative Cloud (How to use Pattern Capture)
Photobooth for Interactive Design (Mirror filter)