ad 219 - beginning digital art and design - schedule

weekly schedule

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week 1

Mon. Jan. 13

Class introduction

Syllabus, Course website, Pulliam Lab, MyCourses (D2L)

ASSIGNMENT

DEMO

Vector vs. Bitmap images

Wed. Jan. 15

DEMO

  • Mac OS, system preferences
  • Keyboard Shortcuts and Keyboard Constraints
  • Illustrator Intro - workspace, view menu, window menu, zoom, panels
  • Illustrator tools - zoom tool, hand tool, select tool, primitive shapes, rotate, scale, transform, stroke and fill

Intro - Assignment 1

Illustrator Basic Start

Practice File for Assignment 1

DEMO

pattern and surface design methods

KEYBOARD CONTSTRAINTS:

  • Shift + Click - add all items to selection
  • Command + Click - add individual items to selection
  • Control + Click - same as Right Click

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: MAC AND ILLUSTRATOR

  • Command + A = select all
  • Command + C = copy
  • Command + V = paste
  • Command + X = cut (moves selected item to the 'clipboard')
  • Command + Z = undo
  • Command + S = save file
  • Command + O = open file
  • Command + W = close file
  • Command + Q = quit

WORKTIME:

Assignment 1

week 2

Mon. Jan. 20

NO CLASS - MLK JR. HOLIDAY

Wed. Jan. 22

DEMO:

Illustrator Tools- direct select tool, pen tool, anchor point tools, pencil tool

Practice File

Intro:

Assignment 2

KEYBOARD CONTSTRAINTS:

  • Shift + drag - items move in constrained direction
  • Control + Scale (transforming)- shape scales outward in all directions
  • Shift + Scale (transforming)- shape scales in even proportions
  • Control + Click - same as Right Click

WORKTIME:

Assignment 1

week 3

Mon. Jan. 27

DEMO:

Illustrator Tools- direct select tool, pen tool, anchor point tools, pencil tool,

Illustrator Features - rulers, guides, swatches panel, layers panel, color panel

Intro:

Assignment 3

Wed. Jan. 29

DUE:

Assignment 1

• Submit digital file to D2L

DUE:

Assignment 2

• Submit digital file to D2L

DEMO:

Illustrator Tools - Warp tool, other distortion tools, align tool, pathfinder, blend, appearance, effects - feather, artboard tool

WORKTIME:

Assignment 3 - Animal

week 4

Mon. Feb. 3

DEMO:

Illustrator: additional tools for assignment 3 - animal

Illustrator: pathfinder tool

WORKTIME:

Assignment 3 - Animal

Wed. Feb. 5

INTRO:

Assignment 4 - Stamp

DEMO:

Illustrator: additional tools for assignment 4

Illustrator working with Type: Character Panel, Paragraph Panel

Printing set-up

WORKTIME:

Assignment 4 - Stamp

week 5

Mon. Feb. 10

DUE:

Assignment 3- Animal

• Submit digital file to D2L

DEMO:

Illustrator: stroke panel, drop shadows, type tools

Gradient Demo File

Wed. Feb. 12

GUEST LECTURE WORKSHOP

Meeting ID: 290 463 031 471
Passcode: GK9qe6UV

 

INTRO:

Assignment 5 - Appliance

printing deadline for Stamp Assignments

Friday, Feb. 14th @ 2PM

Submit Stamp Assignments for free printing. This is the printing deadline. If you want to print on your own, bring color prints to class on Monday, Feb. 17th at the beginning of class.

week 6

Mon. Feb. 17

DUE:

Assignment 4 - Stamp

• Submit digital file to MyCourses (D2L)

• Bring Color Prints to class

• Present work for discussion

DEMO:

Illustrator: Placing files, Gradient Tool, Transparency,

WORKTIME:

Assignment 5 - Appliance

Wed. Feb. 19

DEMO:

Illustrator: additional tools for assignment 5 - Appliance

WORKTIME:

Assignment 5 - Appliance

week 7

Mon. Feb. 24

DEMO:

Illustrator: additional tools for assignment 5 - Appliance

WORKTIME:

Assignment 5 - Appliance

Wed. Feb. 26

DEMO:

Introduction to Pixel-based images- file types, image acquisition, scanner, camera import, color space, camera raw, resolution, compression settings.

DEMO:

Photoshop: Making selections, working with layers, transform, scale, free transform

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS: PHOTOSHOP

  • Tab - hides tool panels and menus
  • F - switches the display mode for isolated working
  • V - move tool (major tool for selecting layers)
  • M - marqee tool for making selections
  • L - lasso tool for making selections
  • Command + J - new layer via copy (duplicates the layer you have selected)
  • Command + D - deselect (remove the marching ants)
  • Shift + Right Click (will constrain your mouse movements to straight lines)

WORKTIME:

Assignment 5 - Appliance

printing deadline for appliance illustrations - 2pm Friday Feb. 28

week 8

Mon. Mar. 3

DUE:

Assignment 5 - Appliance

• Submit digital file to D2L

• Bring Black and White Print to class

• Present work for discussion/critique

WORKTIME:

Assignment 6 - Digital Collage

Wed. Mar. 5

DEMO:

Non-Destructive editing

Photoshop: Adjustment layers, photo retouch tools, crop tool

WORKTIME:

Assignment 7 - Image Correction

week 9

Mon. Mar. 9

NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

Wed. Mar. 11

NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK

week 10

Mon. Mar. 17

DUE:

Assignment 6 - Digital Collage - 11 AM due date

• Submit digital file to D2L

demo

Non-Destructive editing

Photoshop: Adjustment layers, photo retouch tools, crop tool

2025 DEMO FILE

WORKTIME:

Assignment 7 - Image Correction

Wed. Mar. 19

DEMO:

  • Photoshop: masking with layer masks
  • Photoshop: combining layers with blending modes
  • Photoshop: connecting layers with clipping masks

WORKTIME:

Assignment 7 - Image Correction

week 11

Mon. Mar. 24

DEMO:

Adjustment layers

Filters for Bluring

Additional tools for Image Correctiojn assignment

WORKTIME:

Assignment 7 - Image Correction

Wed. Mar. 26

Photshop/Adobe Camera Raw

Photoshop: ADOBE Camera Raw

CAMERA RAW

PRACTICE FILE

DEMO:

Photoshop: Working with Layer Styles, Filter Gallery, Photoshop Paths, Smudge Tool, Actions,

week 12

Mon. Mar. 31

Intro:

Assignment 8 - Object Composite

Wed. Apr. 2

DUE:

Assignment 7 - Image Correction - Challenge Files

• Submit digital file to D2L

DEMO:

Additional tools for Assignment - Object Compostie

Brusheezy - Smoke Brush

WORKTIME:

Assignment - Object Composite

week 13

Mon. Apr. 7

DEMO:

Additional tools for Assignment - Object Composite

Wed. Apr. 9

DUE:

Assignment - Object Composte

• Submit digital file to D2L

• Bring Color Prints to class

• Present work for discussion

week 14

Mon. Apr. 14

INTRO:

FINAL ASSIGNMENT

Wed. Apr. 16

DEMO:

Photoshop: additional tools for Final Assignment

WORKTIME:

Final Assignment

week 15

Mon. Apr. 21

DEMO:

Photoshop: additional tools for Final Assignment

WORKTIME:

Final Assignment

Wed. Apr. 23

DEMO:

Photoshop: additional tools for Final Assignment

WORKTIME:

Final Assignment

week 16

Mon. Apr. 28

WORKTIME:

Final Assignment

Wed. Apr. 30

Last meeting of the semester

DUE:

Final Assignment

• Present work for discussion

• Submit digital file to D2L

finals week

NO CLASS *** NO FINAL EXAM *** NO CLASS *** NO FINAL EXAM *** NO CLASS