◊

AGENDA:

(Dates and projects are subject to change)

 

 

_June  24_______________________________________________

 

Intro

 

What do we know?

What do we want to know?

 

Design vs Fine Arts | Designer vs. Artist

Visual Communication | Design tools

 

-- "I bought a 4K TV!"

-- Photoshop vs Illustrator

-- Raster vs Vector

-- Quality and Resolution

 

 

Adobe Photoshop

 

• Interface | Workspace
• Resolution | Pixel based imagery
• Photo adjustment | Resize | Crop | Straightening
• Selections | Quick selection | Magic Wand | Lasso
• Layers | Rearranging | Adjustment layer | Layer Effect
• Masks and Channels
• Type and Typography
• Shape | Vector graphic
• Compositing | Background | Filter | Blend
• Save | Export | Web vs Print
• Misc.

 

Download Kitchen working files [Here]

Download Boat, VGame working files [Here]

Download Mr. Dorgan working files [Here]

 

 

Create these folders directory to archive your files:

• NAME LAST NAME

• • JUNE 24
    • Folder 1
    • Folder 2
    • ...
  • JUNE 25
  • JUNE 26
  • JUNE 27
  • JUNE 28

 

Always save your files with following format:

Name_CSUN_SU19_ProjectName_MMDDYY_V1.xyz

 

 

Files into daily folder by the end of the day:

• Kitchen Table Composition
• Mr. Dorgan
• Your favorite actor/actress
• Your atmospheric perspective

 

 

_June 25_______________________________________________

 

 

Continue on:

 Isometric perspective

 

- Illustrator

• Interface | Workspace
• Art board | Add, Edit
• Selection | Direct Selection
• Arranging | Aligning | Distributing | Anchor points
• Basic Shapes | Fill, Stroke
• Polygons | Shaper tool
• Image Trace
• Paths | cut and join | Scissors and Knife
• Pathfinder

 

Download Pen Tool Working file part 1 [Here]

Download Pen Tool Working file part 2 [Here]

Download Pathfinder working file [Here]

Download Windy Northridge working file [Here]

 

 

Files into daily folder by the end of the day:

• Your atmospheric perspective
• Vector Building
• Windy Northridge
• Digital Self Portrait - Vector

 

 

_June 26_______________________________________________

 

 

Continue on:

Vector Building

Windy Northridge  - including type

 

 

Adobe Color

Halftone

Blending mode

Masking

 

Download Montage working file [Here]

 

 

Files into daily folder by the end of the day:

 

• Digital Self Portrait - Vector
• 70's Graphic
• Surrealism - Montage

 

Common surrealist elements/themes:

 

Slow flying things (insects, birds, balloons, etc.)

Food

Hybrids (ordinary animals or objects spliced together)

Sensory organs (mouths, eyes, ears, fingers, noses, etc.)

Insect parts (wings, heads, legs, etc.)

Human parts (any)

Some whole animals (dogs, crabs, fish, turtles, etc.)

Astrological symbols

Cloudscapes

Vast landscapes

Golden color

Elements that have symbolic/referential meaning

Things that represent birth and death (skulls, skeletons, babies, etc.)

Things that show time (watches, clocks, calendars, sundials, etc.)

Changes in scale (giant ants, tiny elephants, etc.)

Replacements (birds in a fish tank, dogs driving cars, etc.)

Portals (doors, windows, gates, etc.)

Game pieces (chess, cards, etc.)

 

Consider using:

 

Floating objects

Bending the laws of physics

Mystical spaces

Transformed/hybrid creatures/objects

Changes of scale

Making interior into exterior

 

 

_June 27_______________________________________________

 

 

Poster in Photoshop

Download Discover Poster working files [Here]

 

Perspective in Illustrator

 

Files into daily folder by the end of the day:

 

• Poster "Discover"
• 2 point perspective

 

 

 

_June 28_______________________________________________

 

Final Day!

 

Preparing assets

 

• Kitchen (landscape version)

• Your atmospheric perspective
• Vector Building
• Windy Northridge

• Digital Self Portrait - Vector
• 70's Graphic
• Montage - Bird
• Surrealism - Montage

• Poster Natural Museum
• 2 point perspective

 

 

 

InDesign

• Interface | Workspace
• Presets | Page, Spread
• Page | Master
• Margin, Bleed
• Header | Footer | Folio | Page number
• Grids | Guides
• Text | Text frame | Edit text frame
• Graphic | Graphic frame | Edit graphic frame
• Type in InDesign
• Preflight
• Export

 

 

 

Useful content for your portfolio cover. [Here]

 

 

Files into daily folder by the end of the day:

 

• 12 Pages Portfolio in PDF format from InDesign

 

 

Email your PDF file to me!