COMD1162 – Week15
FINAL CLASS Celebration!
DUE: Final illustration created in Illustrator: ‘Move Your Body’ and ‘Eat Good Things’
In-class Presentation and Critique
- Present work to class
- Be able to reference at least one designer (from the list that everyone presented throughout the semester or beyond).
- Take notes – relating to feedback
- Make corrections
Submit Final Work
- All final edits accepted until Friday 12/23 at 12PM
- Save final work as an Illustrator file with your name, into dropbox folder: Week15-FinalWork
Have a great break!
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(previous post)
Change of plan:
NO CLASS MEETING ON READING DAY.
We will meet next week Tuesday – December 20
My sincere apologies. I have a caught a stomach flu and aside from feeling terrible, it’s probably better not to risk spreading germs.
Please help to share the news if you are in contact with others from class so as to avoid any unnecessary trips to campus. If you do find yourself on campus please use the time to complete the final project.
Our final meeting will be next Tuesday 12/20 at the usual time 2:30 – 5:50PM in N1104.
If you have already made alternative plans, and are not able to attend please email me.
DUE Final Project: ‘Move Your Body’ and ‘Eat Good Things’ illustration – be prepared to present to class next week.
Make sure you have a draft save most recent work in the dropbox – week14 folder.
See you then!
COMD1162 – Week14
Reminder FINAL CLASS:
Tuesday – December 13, Reading Day
Please remember we agreed as a class to have our final meeting this coming Tuesday at the usual time 2:30 – 6:50PM in N1104.
If you are not able to attend please email me immediately.
DUE Final Project: ‘Move Your Body’ and ‘Eat Good Things’ illustration – be prepared to present to class next week.
Make sure you have a draft saved in the dropbox – week14 folder.
See you then – stay warm!
COMD1162 – Week13
DUE: ‘Move Your Body’ illustration sketch – be prepared to present to class next week. – Save sketch into Week13-Project2-Sketch’ folder in dropbox (with your name on it).
*Note we only have two more class meeting sessions. We have collectively decided to hold our last class on Reading Day, December 13 at the usual time. We will therefor not meet on December 20th. Please mark your calendars!
In-class/ Lecture
Project 2: Educational Health Awareness Booklet (see overview handed out and posted in Week 9)
Book dimensions: 7.5″ x 10.5″
Download the template for Project 2 – posted in Week 12
Developing a concept
Research
First Lady Michelle Obama’s ‘Lets Move’: www.letsmove.gov
Lesson
Illustrator: Review Lesson-Week12
-> Manipulating Type – Envelope Distort
-> Blending Tool
-> Live Trace
Labtime
For project 2, using the provided illustrator template above, create 2 symbols in opposite meaning for the ‘Move Your Body’ section. One should depict a stationary activity and one should depict an activity in motion.
Homework
DUE: First draft of both ‘Move Your Body’ and ‘Eat Good Things’ illustration – be prepared to present to class next week.
COMD1162 – Week12
DUE: Homework exercises create 4 symbols using Illustrator – heart, spade, club, diamond, pine-tree, etc. Save your work with your name on it into my dropbox folder – Week12Exercize
In-class/ Lecture
Project 2: Educational Health Awareness Booklet (see overview handed out and posted in Week 9)
- Book dimensions: 7.5″ x 10.5″
- Download the template for project2 here: Project2-Template-ai
- Developing a concept
Lesson
Illustrator: Download Lesson Here: Lesson-Week12
-> Manipulating Type – Envelope Distort
-> Blending Tool
-> Live Trace
Presentation
- Louis Filli
Labtime
For project 2, using the provided illustrator template above, create 2 symbols in opposite meaning for the ‘Move Your Body’ section. One should depict a stationary activity and one should depict an activity in motion.
Homework
Work on ‘Move Your Body’ illustration – be prepared to present to class next week.
COMD1162 – Week11
In-class
Project 2: Educational Health Awareness Booklet – geared at 5th Graders in New York City Public Schools (see overview handed out and posted in Week 9)
- Book design – discussion on assembling and binding
- Discuss and generate content (each of you must design one page of the educational booklet.)
- Establish roles and responsibilities
Lesson/Lecture
- Photoshop – Layer Mask – Download Lesson Here: Layer-Mask
- Illustrator
- Live Trace – Expanding
- Blending
- The Spray Can
Labtime
Using illustrator create two symbols in opposite meaning. One should depict a stationary activity and one should depict an activity in motion.
Homework
Finalize exercises create 4 symbols using Illustrator. Example: heart, spade, club, diamond, pine-tree, etc.
COMD1162 – Week10
At long last election day has arrived! I hope you all have a chance to go vote.
In-class
Finish the ‘Get Out the Vote’ poster campaign. Download template: gotv_print_11x17_withbleed
- In-class Critique: we will take a look at all the final posters. You must make any FINAL edits and submit.
- Complete and submit your self-evaluation worksheet: comd1162_slef-assessmentworksheet
You can use it as a final checklist – it includes all the elements I will use to grade your poster: - Also attached is peer-evaluation worksheet: comd1162_peerassessment. Each of you will be asked to peer-evaluate a classmate’s poster when we return from Spring break. I will be collecting these worksheets at the end of class. Your final grade will relate both to how you respond to your classmate’s feedback and also how thoroughly you provide valuable feedback in your peer-evaluation
Lesson – Review Photoshop – retouching from week9
-> Image Trace (Illustrator)
Lab Time
Please note the following:
- Add the required AIGA template to your poster.
- Save final version of your poster into the dropbox folder: ‘FinalPoster’ with your First and Last name, ex: GenevieveHitchings.pdf
Homework
- Final Revisions to Poster DUE Thursday 10th at 3PM. I must have your final version saved into the Dropbox folder with your First and Last name, ex: GenevieveHitchings.pdf
- Those who have completed their posters and included all in class revisions will be selected for the Grace Gallery show. The show goes up next week
- Research: Sketch out 4 possible visual solutions to the two assignments related to the book design. You will be asked to present to the class next week.
COMD1162 – Week9
In-class
This Tuesday we will finish the ‘Get Out the Vote’ poster campaign. In-class Critique: we will take a look at all the final posters. You will make any necessary FINAL edits in class.
- Please find attached a self-evaluation worksheet: comd1162_slef-assessmentworksheet
You can use it as a final checklist – it includes all the elements I will use to grade your poster: - Project 2 Overview: comd1162_project2overview
Presentations
- Yuko Shimizu
- Matteo Bologna
Lesson – Photoshop – retouching – See lesson here: lesson-week9
-> Cropping and transforming (Photoshop)
-> Smart Objects – Illustrator into Photosop (Photoshop)
-> Adjustment layers – brightness and contrast (Photoshop)
-> Layer Mask – blending images (Photoshop)
-> We can also review anything covered to date and I hope to reserve some time to answer individual questions.
Lab Time
Please note the following:
1. If your poster is far enough along I recommend bringing a color 11×17″ print of it with you to class. It is very important to test print your work – often there are a number of unhappy surprises the first time you print (especially with the color and type size and readability).
Homework
- DUE: Posters
- Research: Start to think about what you might do for project two based on in-class discussion
COMD1162 – Week8
Mid-term Evaluation
- Self-Assessment assignment – comd1162_slef-assessmentworksheet
- Finished draft of poster – please upload it to www.dropbox.com.
- Print poster to size (11×17 inch) in class – black and white
- Download GetOutTheVote Campaign template: http://educator.garrastegui.me/2016/10/get-out-the-vote/
Lesson/Lecture
- Illustrator – Live Trace – Expanding
- Preparing files for print
In-class Presentations
- Yuko Shimizu
- Matteo Bologna
Labtime
- Individual Mid-term assessment
- Peer-Assessment assignment: comd1162_peerassessment
- Finalize poster. Print to size in Black and White in class
Homework
- Finalize poster based on feedback you received in class.
- Introduction to Project 2
COMD1162 – Week7
Mid-term DUE end of class:
- Self-Assessment assignment – comd1162_slef-assessmentworksheet
- Finished draft of poster – please upload it to www.dropbox.com. I will invite everyone to a class folder tomorrow in class.
Lesson/Lecture
- Here is the step by step tutorial related to last weeks lesson on retouching a scan in Photoshop: comd1162selectingsannedsketch
- Principles of design – directing the viewer’s eye
- Review of both Illustrator and Photoshop lessons to date.
In-class Presentations
- Steve Brodner
- Al Hirshfeld
Labtime
Work on finalizing poster. Project specs:
11×17″ (Tabloid size)
Resolution 300dpi
CMYK
Margins:.25″
Bleed:.25″
Homework
- Peer-Assessment assignment: comd1162_peerassessment
- Finalize poster based on feedback you received in class.
COMD1162 – Week6
Hello everyone! Don’t forget we meet tomorrow 10/14 at 2:30PM – Friday is following a Tuesday schedule.
DUE
-> I must see your final Poster sketch at the beginning of class based on what was discussed in class today.
-> Final completed posters will count for you mid-term and are DUE end of class 10/18 (next week!)
Lesson/Lecture
- Principles of design – directing the viewer’s eye
- Review of both Illustrator and Photoshop lessons to date.
- Scanning high-res
In-class Presentations
- Massimo Vignelli
- Saul Bass
Labtime
Work on paster. Project specs:
11×17″ (Tabloid size)
Resolution 300dpi
CMYK
Margins:.25″
Bleed:.25″
Homework
- Peer-Assessment assignment – comd1162_slef-assessmentworksheet
- Finish poster – have it ready to submit digitally next week end of class
