Week 14b 2025 Mask Layer, Shadow and Reflections

Nov. 17 - 21, 2025

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

Save As: Cutout1_XX.psd, Cutout2_XX.psd
Export As: Cutout1_XX.jpg, Cutout2_XX.jpg

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

Week 14 2022 Mask Layer, Shadow and Reflections

Week 14 2025 Cutout: Mask Layer

Nov. 17 - 21, 2025 

Objective: Use a Mask Layer to combining images.
Assignment: Cutout: Mask Layer.

Details: Use three images and combine them using a Mask Layer.
Save As: cutout1.psd & cutout1.jpg




Assignment
-Cutout 100pts.

Photoshop Mask Layer

Week 13b 2025 Fixit Part 2

Nov. 10 - 14, 2025 

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

Download: Fixit_

Save As: Redeyedit.psd
Export 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

Week 13 2025 Fix It Part 1

November 10-14, 2025 

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.

Download: Fixit_

Link: Images Gallery

Save As: Fixed_XX.psd

Export As: Fixed_XX.jpg

Clone Stamp Tool

From Photoshop

Assignment
-fixit 50pts

Clone Stamp Tool


Touch ups & adding color using layer blends



;-)

Distort


Liquify Filter

Week 12b 2024b Web Header

November 3 - 7, 2025 

Objective:  Use Web measurements.
Assignment: Web Header 50 pts.
Size: ? inches by ? inches, 72 Resolution

  

Objective:  Use Web measurements.
Assignment: Customize Portfolio 50 pts.
Size: ? inches by ? inches, 72 Resolution

Links: Portfolio

Week 12 2025 Melon Man

November 3 - 7, 2025 

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

Download: 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

Week 11 2025 Photoshop Wallpapers

October 28 - 31, 2025 

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

Week 10b 2025 Illustrator Tutorial

 Oct. 20-22, 2025 

Objective: Learn Something new

Assignment: Illustrator Tutorial

Details: Search YouTube for a tutorial to learn a new skill in Illustrator. Apply what you have learned to an art piece you create.

Save As: illtut.ai

Export As: illtut.png

Video Tutorials: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF4P0cjStkM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQTQMn5GkGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMvfpJOb0U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Y9bXVKrR8

Week 10 2025 Portfolio

October 20-22, 2025

Assignment: Portfolio Digital Graphics
Details: Choose one style of portfolio.

 First Option: https://www.weebly.com/

Example: https://freemangraphics.weebly.com/illustrator.html

 Second Option: Google Site

Example: https://sites.google.com/view/freemangraphics/2d-animation

Third Option: Illustrator Google Slide

Week 9 2025 Perspective Grid Building

Oct. 13-17, 2025 

Objective: Use the Perspective Grid.
Assignment: Perspective Grid Building
Details: Use the Perspective grid tool to create a building or buildings. 

Save As: Building.ai
Export As: Building.png

Video Tutorial: 

Week 8 2025: Nine Characters

October 6-10, 2025 

Objective: Duplicate & Change
Assignment: Design 9 Characters
Details: Watch the video below. Create nine of your own unique characters.

Save As: 04_9characters.ai
Export As: 04_9characters.png

Video Tutorials: 

How To Draw A Face, 10 Flat Design Characters in 10 Minutes, Speed Drawing in Adobe Illustrator

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Week 7 2025 T-Shirt Design

September 30 - October 3, 2025 

Assignment: T-Shirt & Pin Design
Description: Create a T-Shirt & Pin Design representing Skills USA for the state of Utah.

Must include the following:
-Color: Red, White & Blue. 
-Text: SkillsUSA, Utah, 2023

Save As: 09_T-Shirt Design_XX.ai

Export As: 09_T-Shirt Design_XX.png

Export As:Illustrator: 008 T-Shirt Design

 Video Tutorial:

Illustrator: 008 T-Shirt Design

Week 6 2025 Stickers N' Stuff

 September 22 - 25, 2025 

Assignment: Stickers N' Stuff (50pts)
Details: Design your own stickers that could printed. Research printing companies and sizes they use to upload artwork.

Save As: 07_Stickers_XX.ai

Export As: 07_Stickers_XX.png

 
Download: stickersXtshirtdesigns.ai

Links: https://www.stickermule.com/

Week 5 2025 Media Layouts

September 15-19, 2025

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

Save As: 007_MediaLayouts_XX.ai
Save As: 007_MediaLayouts_XX.png

 Video Tutorials:

Illustrator: 007 Layouts Part 1

Illustrator: 007 Layouts Part 2

Week 4 2025 My Logos

September 8 - 12, 2025 

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

Save As: 07_MyLogo_XX.ai

Export As: 07_MyLogo_XX.png

 
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.

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

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

-Shapes: https://thenounproject.com/

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

-5 logos 100pts

Illustrator Gradient Tool





Illustrator Type Tool