Monday, December 17, 2018

Week 18 2018 Product Design

Dec. 17-19, 2018

Assignment: T-Shirt Design
Dimensions: 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 225 Resolution
Download: http://www.threadless.com/templates/Threadless-Submission-Kit.zip
Link: http://www.threadless.com/
Link: http://www.redbubble.com/

Examples:




Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Week 17 2018 Collage

December 10 - 14, 2018


Objective: Combine 5 or more image in a layout.
Assignment: Collage
Details: Create a collage using 5 or more image. Include text, layer styles and a background.
Size: 10" x 7.5" 225 Resolution.




Monday, December 3, 2018

Week 16 2018 Color Schemes

Dec. 2 - 7, 2018



Objective: Change color to an image using different color schemes.

Assignment: Color Schemes

Details: Download an image or images and change the colors to warm and cold colors. Change the colors to Mono, Complement, Triad, Tetrad, Analogic, Accented Analogic.

Link: http://colorschemedesigner.com/csd-3.5/

Save Images As: Warm.jpg , Cold.jpg, Mono.jpg, Complement.jpg, Triad.jpg, Tetrad.jpg, Analogic.jpg, Accented_Analogic.jpg.


















Objective: Add an image inside text.

Assignment: Text Cutout

Details: Download a background of a city, landscape or texture. Overlay a thick text on top of the image. Use the text layer as a stencil and mask out the rest of the image.








Video Tutorial: Photoshop: Text Cutout




Thursday, November 29, 2018

Week 15b 2018 PSD Video Tutoral

Nov. 19 - 30, 2018


Objective: Learn Something new.
Assignment: Video Tutorial Effect
Description: Choose a video tutorial from the internet and create your own project.
Save As: VT_Projectname.psd, VT_Projectname.jpg


Video Tutorials:
 

 

 
 


Monday, November 26, 2018

Week 15a 2018 Postcard

Nov. 26 -30, 2018

Objective: Using rulers & Guides
Assignment: Postcard: Front & Back
Size: 6" x 4" 200 resolution
Description: Use rules and guides to layout boarders for a post card. Use any image you want and place in text that relates to the image. Create both a back and front for the post card.
Save Files: 8lastnameFI_postcard.psd
8lastnameFI_postcardback.jpg
8lastnameFI_postcardfront.jpg



Video Tutorals



Grouping Layers

Shape Tool

Creating the back of the post card.

Create 3D Post Card
From Photoshop

Monday, November 19, 2018

Week 14 2018 3D Glasses

Nov. 19 - 20, 2018

Assignment: 3D Glasses
Details: Open an image and change it into a 3D image.



Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Week 13b 2018 Brushes

November 12 - 16, 2018

Objective: Change color and shape of a brush.
Assignments: Brushes
Details: Download 10 Photoshop brush libraries from the Internet. You will create 3 different images only using brushes, paint buckets, gradients and filter effects.
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/
Dimensions: Brushes 100 pts. (6" x 4" 200 res)
Save As: Brush1.jpg, Brush2.jpg, Brush3.jpg.






Brushes: Downloading & Loading


Brushes Effects


Brush Glows


Creating Brushes & Using Preset Manger

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Week 13a 2018 Fonts & Layer Styles

November 12 -16, 2018

Objective: Use fonts and apply Layer Styles
Assignment:  10Text.psd: Come up with a theme and type ten words related to your theme. Use different different fonts, layer styles to apply glows and shadow, and other effects.
Dimensions: 6"x4" 200 Resolution

Download fonts at; http://www.dafont.com/


Text Tool


Layer Styles


Text & Shapes Tool


Business Card
-Logo
-Name
-Job Title
-Address
-Phone
-Email
-website



Assignments
-10text.psd 50 pts. (6"x4" 200 res)
-businesscard.psd 50 pts. (3"x2" 200 res)

 Examples: http://www.vistaprint.com/

Extras: Text Effects http://photoshopcafe.com/
-Fire Text http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/text-on-fire-effect/
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Week 12b 2018 Shadows & Reflections

Nov. 5- 9, 2018

Objective: Adding details like shadows or reflections.
Assignment: Shadows & Reflections
Details: Cutout and image place it into a new background then add a shadow or reflection.

























Assignment: Profile Picture
Details: Take a picture of yourself then download a new hairstyle and add some new facial parts. Change the background.





















Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Week 12a 2018 Mask Layer

Nov. 5 - 12, 2018

Objective: Use a Mask Layer to combining images.
Assignment: Use three images and combine them using a Mask Layer.
Save As: cutout1.psd & cutout1.jpg




Assignment
-Cutout 100pts.

Photoshop Mask Layer

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Week 11b 2018 Fixed Part 2

Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2018

Objective: Use Photoshop tools to enhance photos.
Assignment: Fix the images in the Fixit folder. Use the clone stamp tool and healing tools to touch up the images.
Link: Images Gallery
Save As: Redeyedit.psd

Red Eye, Healing Patch & Change color



Video Tutorial Red Eye  & Spot Healing Brush


Video Tutorial Color Change


Lighten image


Sharpen image: Download




Video Tutorials
Red Eye, Healing Patch & Change color

Lighten image

Sharpen image



Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Week 11a 2018 Fix it Part 1

October 30 - November 2, 2018

Objective: Use Photoshop tools to enhance photos.
Assignment: Fix the images in the Fixit Gallery. Use the clone stamp tool and healing tools to touch up the images.

Link: Images Gallery

Clone Stamp Tool







From Photoshop


Assignment
-fixit 50pts

Clone Stamp Tool


Touch ups & adding color using layer blends



;-)

Distort


Liquify Filter

Monday, October 22, 2018

Week 10 2018 Melon Man

October. 22 -26, 2018

Objective:  Use Select Tool to select objects.
Assignment: Melon man 50 pts.
Size: 5 inches by 5 inches, 200 Resolution

Melon Head
Images Gallery

Using the melon man image create a melon man using layers.






Video Tutorials

Move & Rectangular Marquee Tools



Layers



Free Transform



Magic Wand Tool

Friday, October 12, 2018

Week 9 2018 Photoshop Filters

October 15 - 17, 2018

Objective: Learn the how to use Filters to create textures.
Assignment: Photoshop Wallpapers.

Photoshop



Create 5 Desktop Wallpapers using filters in Photoshop.
Start out by creating a 1920 px x 1440 px image 72 resolution.
Start by going to filters/render/clouds. Then experiment with all the different filter effects. Each texture you create use a minimum of 5 filter effect. On the 11th texture, open an image of yourself and use the liquify filter effect to distort yourself.



 Photoshop Filters



Photoshop Hot Keys
-Add Color : Command + B (Color Balance)

-Change color : Command + U (Hue/Saturation)






Assignment
-Wallpaper1.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper2.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper3.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper4.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper5.psd 20 pt.

With pictures
-Wallpaper6.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper7.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper8.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper9.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper10.psd 20 pt.

Assignment: On the 11th texture, open an image of yourself and use the liquify filter effect to distort yourself.


-Texture11.psd 20 pt. (Distorted image of yourself)

Photoshop Filter

Photoshop Liquify Filter

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Week 8 2018 Graphic Size & Code Game

Oct. 8 - 12, 2018

Objective: Export Vector Graphics
Assignment: Code Game Graphics
Details: Using Scratch, import graphics and code your game.
Links: Scratch
Downloads: Scratch Sizes 480 x 360 pixels

 
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/28278196/

1. Basic X Moving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6YoWFrqyGg

2. How to Animate a Walking Sprite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59LPCaHHgO8

3. How to Jump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfaXb3t6jVI


Scratch Coding Tips: https://goo.gl/photos/nQx1pgzS2VzT6Y4SA

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Monday, October 1, 2018

Week 7a 2018: Game Design

October 1-5, 2018

You have just been hired to design a video game. Come up with a name, logo, then create your character.

-Game Name, Game Logo 25pts.
-Game 1st character 25pts.



Name of and title or logo.


First Level


Live Paint Bucket & Selection Tools





Layers & Grouping

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Week 6 2018: Ten Characters

Sept. 24 - 27, 2018

Objective: Duplicate & Change
Assignment: Design 10 Characters
Details: Watch the video below. Create ten of your own unique characters.
Save As: 10characters.ai

Video Tutorial

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Monday, September 17, 2018

Week 5 2018 Media Layouts

September 17-20, 2018

Objective: Placing Graphics for different sizes.
Assignments: Business Card, Web Header, Video Title, & Magazine Ad.
Description: Use your logo place in each of the design layouts.

Download Media Template





Thursday, September 13, 2018

Week 4b 2018 Fonts

September 10-14, 2018



Assignments: Download 5 Fonts
Description: Download 5 different fonts and Install.

1. Find 5 fonts.
- DaFont: http://www.dafont.com/
- ReFont: http://www.refont.com/

2. Download Font
3. Unzip Font (.zip)
4. Install font. (.ttf or .otf)

Assignment: Logos (50pts)
Details: Create your own business and design five different variations of your logo.

Your logo must be a vector art graphics, no images on your logo. You can trace with the pen tool or download fonts to get clip art if you want.



-5 logos 100pts

Illustrator Gradient Tool





Illustrator Type Tool
 





Photoshop Assignments