Sunday, August 26, 2012

Class 7



1. Follow a demonstration from your teacher on creating a buisness card using your own artwork.



2. Business card research


Find and present 3 examples of a business card from a variety of artists. The business cards may come from the internet, galleries or friends and family.


Submit copies of the business cards with your notes for the subject or if they are digital copies upload them to your blog.



3. Business card development


Using Photoshop develop and produce at least three business cards for you as an artist. The design is up to you however the cards should contain the following.....
· Your name.
· An image or graphic of your own design.
· What you are advertising.
· Your contact details.


Save both a PSD and JPG copy of your three business card designs into your student folders and post them to your blog.

Here is a link to a great sight on how to design a business card.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/06/how-to-design-your-business-card/

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Class Six

1. Drawing with the mouse exercises.
(A) black on white
Procedure

Open up Photoshop and and create a new document 21cm x 21cm at 300dpi.
File/New/Ok

Select the brush tool select black as your colour and set it to Size: 5px and Hardness: 0%

Using your mouse use just line work to draw 4 of the provided objects.

Select one object to draw, then swap your object with another class mate.

Save your completed drawings as jpegs and label them with your initials followed by drawing 1,2,3,4

(B)White on black

Procedure

Open up Photoshop and and create a new document 21cm x 21cm at 300dpi.
File/New/Ok

Use the fill tool to fill the background of your page with black.

Select the brush tool, select white as your colour and set it to Size: 30px and Hardness: 0%

Using your mouse use just line work to draw the basic object.

Select the smudge tool and and set it to Size: 50px and Hardness: 0%

Use the smudge tool to create shading and highlights.

Select and draw just one object at a time and then swap your object with another class mate.


Save your completed drawings as jpegs and label them with your initials followed by drawing 1,2,3,4

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Class Five

1. Complete the Layers exercise from last week
           Use the images supplied from this blog to produce a similar artwork to the one shown below.


2. Think of a theme and capture 30 images in relation to this theme.
           Use the images captured to create your own merging layers artwork.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Class four - Layers Exercise

1. Finish of your documented artworks from last week.

2. Follow a demonstration on the merging layers exercise.



2. Use the following images to repeat the example shown in class.
Save as a jpg and upload to your blog.





3. Choose your own theme & repeat the exercise with your own images.
Save as a jpg and upload to your blog.