Advanced Digital Illustration – Week 5

Topics / Reading: Continuing Techniques in Vector-based Illustration
Lab / In-class activity: Presentations, Continuing Techniques in Illustrator, Photoshop, SVG and/or Flash
Work due this week: HW#3: Article Illustration Series Phase 3: Finished Article Illustration #1
Homework for next week: HW#4: Finished Series of 3 Article Illustrations

Article Illustration: Phase 4
3 Finished Illustrations

Bring in digital versions of your 3 Article Illustrations.
Try to finish them as much as possible.
(If they are unfinished, we’ll critique them as works in progress, and you can finish them as revisions.)

Grading: Finished Article Illustration Series

__ (2) Concept: objects and symbols relate to the article content.
__ (2) Graphic Style: lines and shapes are appropriate for the subject of the article.
__ (2) Color Scheme: colors are appropriate for the subject and mood of the article.
__ (2) Composition: elements are arranged in a way that emphasizes the concept.
__ (2) Graphical Representation: images are recognizable

__ TOTAL out of 10 points

Design Layout – Week 5

Topics / Reading: Layout Systems for Web and Print, Print Templates, Optimizing .JPG and .GIF files for web
Lab / In-class activity: Presentations of HW#2, Layout Systems, Templates, Optimizing .JPG and .GIF files for web
Work due this week: HW#3: Corporate Client: 2 Alternate Comps
Homework for next week: HW#4: Corporate Client: Bus.Card & Stationery Design

Design Layout for Interactive Media
Homework #4: Corporate Client: Stationery Design

Use the templates provided in class to create a business card, letterhead, and envelope design for your Corporate Client. Match one of the comps you created in the last 2 weeks.

Include the following information:
Business Card: Company Name, Logo, Phone & Email information for one employee.
Letterhead: Company Name, Logo, Address, General company phone, fax, & email info.
Envelope: Company Name, Logo, Address in top left corner.

Considerations:

1) Bleed Margin: the red lines around the edges of the template signify the areas of the design that might be cut off: make sure all important information is within the red lines. However, the edges are not always cut exactly, so if your design has a background texture or image, it should extend outside the lines.

2) Space to Write: The business card can be completely filled with graphics and information. However, when designing the letterhead and envelope, make sure to leave blank space for the letter and address.

3) Unity: Use the same logo and imagery on all 3 print pieces. These should look like they all belong together.

Grading: 10 points total.

__ (2) Style: match the best of your corporation’s web design comps.
__ (2) Unity: All 3 pieces feature the same style, logo and imagery.
__ (2) Alignment & Spacing are consistent and professional.
__ (2) Typography is legible, Fonts are consistent.
__ (2) Templates are used correctly: consider bleed margins & writing space.

__ Total out of 10 points

Observational Drawing – Week 5

Topics: Shading, Texture, & Value
Lab / In-class Activity: Artists & Different Texture Styles, Shading & Texturing Basic Shapes
Homework Due This Week: HW#3: Three-point Perspective
Homework Due Next Week: HW#4: Shading and Texture

HW#4: Shading and Texture
Due Week 6: 10 points total

Assignment: Shading and Texture: 4 Different Texture Methods.
Show that you can use 4 different methods to shade and add texture to a drawing.
Create 4 drawings with different textures, showing a full range of value.

Drawings should be at least 8”x10”.

Draw the same image 4 times, with different textures,
OR, draw 4 different images with different textures.

Choose one of the following subjects for your 4 drawings:

OPTION #1: Close-up Portrait
Create a close-up drawing of a face, based on a photograph. (or a portion of a photograph)
Focus on just the face, such that the edges of the face are touching the edges of your drawing.

OPTION #2: Simple Still-life
Set up and draw a still life of simple objects, like in the book chapter 4, 5, or 6.

REQUIREMENTS:

1) Use FOUR different textures.
Choose from the following:
• Smooth
• Hatching
• Cross-hatching
• Stippling
• Experimental (circles, swirls, shapes, or a combination of marks).

2) Show a Full Range of Value in each drawing.
Each drawing should have ALL of the following tones:
• Lightest (empty paper)
• Light Gray
• Medium Gray
• Dark Gray
• Darkest (as dark as you can get)

Grading: 10 points total
__ (1) Drawing #1 texture is consistent and different from the other drawings.
__ (1) Drawing #1 is shaded with a full range of value: light, medium, and dark tones.
__ (1) Drawing #2 texture is consistent and different from the other drawings.
__ (1) Drawing #2 is shaded with a full range of value: light, medium, and dark tones.
__ (1) Drawing #3 texture is consistent and different from the other drawings.
__ (1) Drawing #3 is shaded with a full range of value: light, medium, and dark tones.
__ (1) Drawing #4 texture is consistent and different from the other drawings.
__ (1) Drawing #4 is shaded with a full range of value: light, medium, and dark tones.
__ (2) Drawings are created following the assignment: a close-up portrait, or a simple still life

__ TOTAL out of 10 points

Information Design – Week 5

Topics: Presentation & Critique of Data Poster Rough Drafts / Project Lab
Lab / In-class activity: Presentations, Lab to work on Data Posters
Work due this week:HW#3: Complex Data Poster, Rough Draft, Reading #3: Chapters 3 and 4
Homework for next week: HW#4: Finished Data Poster

Information Design: Homework Due Week 6
Complex Data Poster – Finished (20pts)

Create a poster charting out the relationships between 100 different data points of ANY SUBJECT. Use graphic symbols to convey the information. Include a key explaining your system.

Phase 2 – Due week 6:
1) Show at least 100 data points in your design.
2) Show least 3 different relationships between the data points.
3) Include a key that decodes the visual system you used: describe what the symbols mean.

GRADING : Complex Data Poster – Phase 2 (20 points total)
__ (4) 100 Data points are represented using graphic symbols.
__ (4) Include a key that explains the visual system used.
__ (4) Text is legible, fonts are consistent.
__ (4) Consistent Graphic Style
- use unified themes & graphics
- don’t mix iconic and realistic shapes!
__ (4) Thematic Design: Theme of the chart should be obvious at first glance.