Flatting and coloring your character

You'll be using photoshop through Friday to color your character.  Here is the evaluation sheet for the assignment...

Character is carefully drawn and inked with a variety of widths.
0-10
There are 2 separate layers showing:  line art and colors
0-10
All coloring is done on the color layer and stays right on top of the black line.
0-10
Multiple values of color are used to show shades and highlights
0-10
An effort to be neat, thorough and creative shows in your work.
0-10
Work is turned in on time used time in class wisely.
0-10

Total==60 points

Phixr

Today you'll choose a photo of a person that you admire off of the internet.  It (of course) needs to be school appropriate.  You will alter it using phixr.com.  You need to be logged in to your student server in order to save your work in the drop box.  

To change your photo into a high contrast black and white photo:

www.phixr.com

·       Click on the green “get started” arrow

·       Click “no thanks, skip this”

·       Click the gray “browse” button

·       Look in the desktop, click on your file and hit open

·       Click on  “upload the chosen photo to phixr”

·       Click on the sharpen tool and then click the unsharp mask button

·       Click on the color effects tool, and on the pull-down click on “two color” and you can play around with the contrast and brightness until you get something that you like. (Mine were brightness=109 and contrast=7) then hit execute

·       Under the download/save tab pull down jpeg under the file format and hit download/save. 

·       Make sure save is selected on the pop-up and click OK

·       Save in the drop box under your hour:

>downloads

>student shared on Mvc1_student_server/stu

>Irondaledropbox

>cannonj

>your hour

>save

Our collaborative Brain...

Today we're working on a collaborative art project.  I'll provide the head and the brain opening and you'll provide the most interesting drawing/shape/design that you possibly can:  given just one hour, one pair of scissors, one post-it note, and one Sharpie marker.

printmaking

Before we start today, we're going to watch a couple of videos on  printmaking.

Inspired by the traditional Tibetan Prayer Flag, we will create a positive wishing flag, which will be carved,printed, and hung by the students.
Here are some traditional flags being flown. A common misconception is that these prayers are being sent to the gods. Instead they are positive wishes that are being shared with the community. We will also be creating positive messages to be shared in much the same way.

First, students will brainstorm ideas for images that communicate a positive wish for either themselves or the world. Students will design a central image for their own flag that represents their wish. Finally they will design a border or frame that surrounds the central image. Students can choose to use all images, but could also add text.

Students will transfer their drawings to linoleum and cut it out based on the safety instructions given in class.

Students will use the printing press to make multiple copies of their wishing flags. (The image that students carve will be reversed when it's printed)

Today we made up for our lack of Tutorial Tuesdays, with 2 tutorials.  These should be inked in your sketch books with extra pencil lines erased cleanly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsPO6Fzzr0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHZLop6fd3o

Intro to Surrealism

We're looking at this...and this...

T-shirt Design

Today we are starting to work on our stenciled t-shirts.  Here is a presentation showing the process!  Click on the T-shirt Freezer Paper Power Point presentation. We will also watch a youtube video that shows the process and do a 10 point worksheet.