This is a followup to the discussions of what we would save if we had to evacuate in a hurry. Take a photograph of one (or more) of the items on your list. Through the photo, convey WHY the object is important or significant.
Assigned May 23, due May 30.
Write a reflection piece on one of the works of artist Pepon Osorio.
Include:
1. An intro paragraph about the artist, and identify the piece you are reflecting on, and the issue or issues you will be discussing about it.
2. Develop your own ideas – have several points, develop each within its own paragraph. (Minimum 2 paragraphs).
3. Use topic sentences.
4. Make sure you include the who, what, when, where and why.
5. Use good sentence structure, avoid sentence fragments and do not use AOL speak. This is a paper for an assignment, not a chat room.
Assigned: May 20, Due May 21
The last assignment of the year for you is to create an online resume. Include the following sections:
You can create this as a blog with a post for each category. You are not required to publish it to the world, but you are required to save the posts, so I can check them. For seniors who need to take a final exam with me, this will serve as your final. For all others, it will be a regular assignment.
The purpose is to gather this information so you can keep it updated after you leave the Arts Academy. Please do that! It will make your lives easier when job opportunities come up with short notice if you have this information gathered in one place.
Assigned May 16, 2008. Due May 23 2008.
Select an inanimate (not alive) object. Take 2 different photos of it, creating two different moods with your photos. The challenge is to use camera angles, lighting, cropping, and environment to create two very different moods or emotions. Post your 2 images on your blog, with a caption for each one that identifies the emotion or mood.
No people/people parts/animals allowed in the photos for this assignment. This is to force you to make all the emotion come from the camera work, not from gesture, expression or body posture.
Assigned May 7, Due May 15.
Write a blog post, brainstorming three creative ways that you could photograph an object to create emotion. What techniques could you use to add mood to a photograph? What could you do to make an object have impact in a photo?
Assigned: May 13, Due May 13.
In Digital Imaging I, we created stencils with a background color, and one color paint. This year, we are creating stencils with a background color, plus 2 colors of paint. You may want to look at the work of Logan Hicks (see image below) for inspiration, at http://www.workhorsevisuals.com/flash/index.html.
Process:
Begin with one of your own photographs. Copy the background layer, use the channel mixer to convert it to monochrome (gray scale). Adjust the levels so that the layer is pure black and white (no gray tones).
Turn that layer invisible. Make a new copy of the original background layer. Repeat the same process, but this time adjust the levels differently, so that it either has more black or more white than the previous layer.
Reorder your layers in the layer palette if necessary so that the original background layer is on the bottom. The layer with the most amount of black is in the middle, and the layer with the least amount of black is on top.
On the middle layer, readjust the levels so that the black is adjusted to a medium gray. You should see one solid shade of gray, and one solid shade of white on this layer now (no other shades).
On the top layer, set the blending mode to “darken.” This should give you white and gray from the middle layer, and the black shadows will be visible on top of that from the top layer.
Adjust each layer in photoshop to smooth edges where needed, and ensure that either the white or the solid color will be a continuous single piece of paper after cutting.
I will want to check your work before printing. After getting the design approved, make only the middle layer visible, print that. Then make only the top layer visible, and lighten it to save my ink, and print that.
You are ready to cut the design out, and then spray paint.
Assigned April 28, Due May 13.
In the last card marking period, we completed one 2-page spread of a book design. Three additional 2-page spreads are required. I am looking for original graphic design, if you are using photographs they must be your own photos. The layout should be consistent (though not necessarily identical) to the previously submitted set of pages. Remember to use consistent fonts, a color scheme that ties the entire book together, and a layout on each set of pages that looks like a coherent body of work, not pages from 4 completely separate projects.
Assigned April 4, due May 5.
After completing the halftone tutorial that we did in class, create your own image using halftones in a creative. You can use the halftones in a symbolic way, you can use them as the basis for another stencil, you can use them to create a retro mood. Surprise and amaze me!
Assigned 5/1/08, due 5/7/08
1. Using one of your own photos (a new one for this project), design a stencil. In photoshop, you will be converting the image to black and white, and reducing the levels to pure black and white – no shades of gray. The image must have either all the white or all the black interconnected. You can use a white or black brush on a separate layer as needed.
2. Using an exacto knife which I will provide, cut out the stencil.
3. Select one of the fabric squares from the room. If you have all the white connected in your image, and the black pieces were thrown out, select a light fabric and spray paint black. If you have all the black connected and the white pieces were thrown out, select a dark fabric and spray paint white.
4. When the stencils are done, we will store them in the dark room to air out the smell overnight. (Don’t bring them into my classroom please because of the fumes.)
Assigned: April 15, due April 25.
Create a single page with an image map. The main design should be done either through a composed photo, or in photoshop (or a combination of the two). There is not much coding involved in this project; it’s a visual design project. Map out at least 3 areas of the image and create links from them. Your grade will be based primarily on the image itself, with some points for making it function properly and for the overall concept.
Assigned: 4/24, due: 5/2.
