12.16 Covers of Covers

Warm-up: 15min

P.O.T.D.

Q.O.T.D.: what is your favorite magazine? Find an image of the cover and post to your blog - this will serve as your inspiration for today's big ol' assignment.

Part 1 - Using a grid (20min)

Open your image in illustrator. Use the rulers to create a grid that will enable you to create a similar structure.

Part 2 - Finding the font (10min)

Use Cmmd + shift + 4 to capture an image of the you want to know the identity of.

Upload your screen cap to the following site: http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Part 3 - Put it all together (40min)

Match the original style by adding the following elements (where appropriate):

1. cover model (use photoshop to remove backgrounds)
2. background (use a filled rectangle to
3. title (find the font and use it!)
4. blurbs (use the correct font and layout)
5. price (where does it go and how much?)
6. UPC (what? where?)
7. date (where? when?)
8. volume number (where? which?))

SAVE FOR WEB AND DEVICES AND POST TO YOUR BLOG WHEN DONE.

12.14 - Reflection and viewing

Warm-up 15 min

1. P.O.T.D.

2. Qs.O.T.D.:

Reflect on your first year of high school (or first year at this high school). Answer in complete sentences.

1. What is one thing you have learned in this class?
2. What is your strength in DMA?
3. What is your weakness?
4. Do you need help to complete your assignments?
5. Do you feel that you can help others?
6. What do you think your teacher's strength is?
7. What could he improve on to make the class more successful?

Viewing - Helvetica 75min

Download the questions and answer them with a partner for credit.

12.11 - Exhibition Poster!

Warm-Up (15 min)

1. POTD
2. Q.O.T.D.: Looking back at the last few weeks of class what has been the most interesting activity we have done (see previous blog posts to go back in time)? What has been the least interesting?
3. Vocab - test postponed till next week.

Part 1 - Examples of great/amazing/anti-bootsie poster design (15 min)

Choose one poster out of these links (or link that you find on your own) that you think you could replicate (ask your dear leader if you can’t find one). Please post to your blog.

1. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/25/breathtaking-typographic-posters/

2. http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/
winners_of_the_what_is_graphic_design_poster_competition/

3. http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-amazing-gig-posters-sure-to-inspire/

Part 2 - Line (20min)

Using the pen tool

Stroke

Stroke color

Bending

Part 3 - Make the Poster (50 min)
Create your own poster based on your example (that you just posted to your blog).

1. Open a Print Document in Illustrator. Choose Letter size (8.5x11 INCHES)

2. Color mode CMYK
3. Use your typography skills in Illustrator(altering text) AND photoshop (altering images) that we have used in class.
4. Change the text from your example to the following:

Truth Be Told
Lower Division Exhibition
December 17th, 2009
6-8pm
Envision Academy of Arts and Technology
1515 Webster St.
Oakland, California

REMEMBER, NOT ALL INFORMATION WAS CREATED EQUALLY! CHOOSE THE IMPORTANT TEXT THAT YOU WANT TO STAND OUT, THEN MAKE IT STAND OUT!

Post to your blog when complete.

12.9

Warm up (10 min)

POTD

Find an example of "negative space" and post on your tumblr

Vocabulary

Part 2 - create a form with letters (30 min)

1. Use Illustrator
2. “Text Form”, Web, 900 pixels x 900 pixels
3. Use Helvetica font
4. Through altering the letters in the word for the thing you choose (e.g. jaguar, pill, cheese) to create a form of that word.
5. This form should be recognizable to viewer.
6. Consider the shapes letters make with their POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE.

POST TO YOUR BLOG WHEN COMPLETE

12.8 - Typography and U

Warm Up - (15min)
POTD
QOTD: Can letters be art? Look for an example on the interwebs and post it to your blog for today’s warm up.

Vocabulary:
typeography
bold
italic
positive space
negative space
color
case
kerneling
justification
scale

Typography Intro

What is it?
Where is it used?
Why is it important?
How can we use it?

Time for some awesome keynote!!!!!!!!!

Part 1 - Working with a given text (30min)

Use Adobe Illustrator create this project
“Text Project 1”, Web, 900 pixels x 900 pixels
Using a single set of text, create 9 different variations following the 10 rules of typography.
Arrange the type evenly on a 3x3 grid
Choose a line or two of the text to emphasize.
You may use ONLY ONE FONT.

Here is the text:

Truth Be Told
Lower Division Exhibition
6-8pm
Envision Academy of Arts & Technology
1515 Webster Street
Oakland, Ca.

POST TO YOUR BLOG WHEN COMPLETE

12.4 - Completing the Cover + Exhibition Posters

Warm - Up (15 min)
Task OTD:

Complete downloading your 3 symbols of wealth and power (with high contrast backgrounds and not cut off on the sides) and save to your desktop. If you already have these, move to the next part of the warm-up.

P.O.T.D.
Vocab review


Vocabulary Test (10 min)
GO TO: Classmarker.com

SIGN IN BY: Download Usernames HERE

I WILL GIVE YOU THE PASSWORD.

Part 1 - Complete Album Cover (45 min)

(Students will be able to transform objects in PS)

1. Review last two steps - diamond + gold text, magic wand (10 min)
2. Transforming (5 min)
-Scale
-Rotate
-Skew
-Distort
-Perspective
-Warp
-Rotate
-Flip

Work + Export time (30min)

Part 2 - Exhibition Poster Making (50min)
(Students will use multiple programs to create a multimedia poster)

1. (PS) Old paper (see part 2 of this tutorial) - Construct in PS and save As JPG and open in Illustrator.

Open a NEW PS DOC

Name it: POSTER PAPER

Choose "Web" Preset

Set width to 600 PIXLES

Set Height To 800 PIXLES

Press OK

Go to THIS LINK in a new tab

2. (ILL) Use of text (copy and paste the text below to add to your poster)

COPY AND PASTE EACH LINE SEPARATELY FOR MAXIMUM CONTROL.

Envision Academy of Arts and Technology

Truth Be Told Exhibition

December 17th

6 to 8pm

3. (PS) Use of Images - Save as JPG and open in Illustrator

- Use MAGIC WAND & TRANSFORM TO ALTER IMAGES.