This calendar is tentative and subject to change!
Week 1
M - 27-08-12 - introductions, syllabus, lab access forms, and class blog instructions
- What is digital art? Check out examples of digital art.
Homework: Set up individual student blog.
W - 29-08-12 - raster lecture
- discuss and assign the raster exercise
- demo 1: Photoshop basics, importing images, photo correction, crop, effects,
tools
- lab time to plan/work on the exercise
Week 2
M - 03-08-12 NO SCHOOL
W - 05-09-12 - demo 2: layers, selecting, masking, curves, selective color, feathering,
composite styles, etc.
- lab
Week 3
M - 10-09-12 - raster exercise 1A due on the blog at the start of class
- quick critique/discussion on the raster exercise
- introduce raster project
- lecture: Altered Histories
- if there's time left, students can start brainstorming for the project
W - 12-09-12 - present raster project ideas
- lab
Week 4
M - 17-09-12 - lab
W - 19-09-12 - lab
Week 5
M - 24-09-12 - raster project due on the blog at the start of class
- raster critique
- introduce unit 2: vector lecture - vector vs. raster, text
- introduce the vector exercise
W - 26-09-12 - demo 3: basics of Illustrator, tools, brushes, going back and forth from Photoshop
to Illustrator, etc.
- lab time to work on the vector exercise
Week 6
M - 01-10-12 - lab
W - 03-10-12 - vector exercise due on the blog at the start of class
- quick critique of the vector exercise
- introduce vector project: create the book cover to your tell-all story
- show a clip from RuPaul's Drag Race where contestants had to design fake
autobiography book covers
- sketching and brainstorming
Week 7
M - 08-10-12 - lab
W - 10-10-12 - lab
Week 8
M - 15-10-12 NO SCHOOL
W - 17-10-12 - vector project due on the blog at the start of class
- vector project critique
Week 9
M - 22-10-12 - introduce animation unit
- animation lecture: history of animation, types of animation: rotoscoping, etc.
how digital tools have changed animation
- present stop-motion project
- watch examples of stop-motion animation
- demo 4: how to use camera to create a stop-animation video
- brainstorming
Homework: bring in a list of at least three different ideas for this project
W - 24-10-12 - present project ideas to the class
- lab time: choose best idea and create a storyboard
Week 10
M - 29-10-12 - storyboards due at the start of class
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W - 31-10-12
Week 11
M - 05-11-12
W - 07-11-12
Week 12
M - 12-11-12 NO SCHOOL
W - 14-11-12
Week 13
M - 19-11-12
W - 21-11-12
Week 14
M - 26-11-12
W - 28-11-12
Week 15
M - 03-12-12
W - 05-12-12
Week 16
M - 10-12-12
Exam period for this class:
F - 14-12-12 @ 12:10PM - 2:00PM
Please keep this open on your schedule. I reserve the right to have us meet during our exam period if we need the extra time.
