GRAPHICS 9/11/12
Block 1 and Block 4
Week #13: Nov. 26-Nov 30
Students are currently working on:
- Presentation: Think Like a Designer: Miss Universe Presentations due Nov 26
- Challenge: C.A.R.P. in Design Due Nov 30
- PRESENTATIONS: Think Like a Designer - Miss Universe (5 minutes per pair)
- DEMO: C.A.R.P. in Design
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #12: Nov. 19-23
Students are currently working on:
- Exercises: My Type of Name, Font Pairing, Hand Lettered GIFs Due Nov 23
- Presentation: Think Like a Designer: Miss Universe Presentations due Nov 26
- DEMO: Hand lettered GIFs part 1
- DISCUSSION: Think Like a Designer - Miss Universe
- Studio time to work on projects
- DEMO: Hand lettered GIFs part 2
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #11: Nov. 12-16
Students are currently working on:
Nov 12 - Remembrance Day - NO CLASSES
Nov 13
- Assignments: Gr 9/11- Life in a Bottle Due Nov 16
- Gr 12-Music to My Ears Due Nov 16
Nov 12 - Remembrance Day - NO CLASSES
Nov 13
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #10: Nov. 5-9
Students are currently working on:
Nov 5
- Assignments: Gr 9/11- Life in a Bottle Due Nov 16
- Gr 12-Music to My Ears Due Nov 16
Nov 5
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- DUE: Gr 9/11- Life in a Bottle & Gr 12-Music to My Ears
Week #9: Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Students are currently working on:
Oct 29
- Assignment: Remembrance Day Posters Due Nov 1 no exceptions
- Assignment: Gr 9/11- Life in a Bottle, Gr 12-Music to My Ears Due Nov 16
- Exercises: PS Colour Wheel, Swatch it UP! Due Nov 1
Oct 29
- Demo: Gr 9/11- Life in a Bottle, Gr 12-Music to My Ears
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Exquisite Corpse drawing activity
- Remembrance Day Posters, Colour Wheel and Swatch it UP! are DUE
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #8: Oct. 22-26
Students are currently working on:
Oct 22
- Assignment: Remembrance Day Posters Due Nov 1 no exceptions
- Exercise: PS Colour Wheel, Swatch it UP!
Oct 22
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Intro to Colour Theory
- Gr. 9 and 11: Photoshop Colour Wheel
- Demo: Swatch it UP! Exercise
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #7: Oct. 15-19
Students are currently working on:
Oct 15
- Design Challenge: No. 2 Pencils, Due Thursday Oct 18
- Assignment: Remembrance Day Posters Due Nov 1 no exceptions
Oct 15
- Demo: Remembrance Day Posters
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #6: Oct. 9-12
Students are currently working on:
Oct 8 - THANKSGIVING
Oct 9
- Design Challenge: No. 2 Pencils, Due Friday Oct 19
- Assignment: Source and Mix, Due Friday Oct 12
Oct 8 - THANKSGIVING
Oct 9
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #5: Oct. 1-5
Students are currently working on:
Oct 1 - TTOC
- Assignment: Source and Mix, Due Oct 12
- Design Challenge: No. 2 Pencils, Due Friday Oct 19
Oct 1 - TTOC
- Students will use the block as studio time to work on the above projects.
- They are self-sufficient, however, should anyone have a question about what they are working on or Photoshop issues, remind them to ask a peer, refer to my website, or search for an answer online.
- Remind 5 minutes before the end of class to: save all work, log out of computer profiles.
- Watch documentary: "No. 2 - The Story of the Pencil" by William Allen
- Complete documentary: "No. 2 - The Story of the Pencil"
- Complete reflection on Google Forms
- Intro to Design Challenge: No. 2 Pencils
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #4: Sept 24-28
Students are currently working on:
- Design Challenge: The Black Squares Problem, Due Friday Sept 28
- Assignment: Source and Mix, Due Oct 12
- Discussion and Demo: Source and Mix assignment - sourcing images, copyright and licensing, precise cutting using multiple layers
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #3: Sept 17-21
Students are currently working on:
Sept 17 - BLOCK 4
- Photoshop Mini Exercises #1-3, Due Wednesday Sept 19
- Design Challenge: The Black Squares Problem, Due Friday Sept 28
Sept 17 - BLOCK 4
- Demo - Mini exercise #3: Masking 101 and how to levitate
- Epic Selfies DUE (for block 4)
- Intro to Design Challenge: The Black Squares Problem
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
- Studio time to work on projects
Week #2: Sept 10-14
Students are currently working on:
- Epic Word Doodle Selfies, Due Friday Sept 14
- Photoshop Mini Exercises #1-3, Due Wednesday Sept 19
- Using the scanner - get in the habit to scan ALL artwork to keep digital copies for your portfolio
- Scanning word doodles and using PS to colour
- Demo - Mini exercise #1: Build a Burger (cutting out images, using layers)
- Demo - Mini exercise #2: Shapes Composition (layers, colour, opacity, gradient)
- Studio time to work on projects
- Demo - Mini exercise #3: Masking 101 and how to levitate
- Studio time to work on projects
- rulers
- black Sharpie markers and fine liners
- be sure to have a scrap piece of paper under drawings so that the desks do not get marker on them
- Adobe Photoshop
