ATS 202 - Design II | Course Work and Deadlines

Course Syllabus

August

 
Monday
Wednesday
Week 1
 
27

Introduction

Andre Breton Exercise

Assignment: Read Chapters 1 & 2 in Visual Design Fundamentals Text - Review Design elements and principles of design. Take notes in your journal, find and paste an analog example and a digital example for each term.

september

Week 2

no class

03

Introduce Project#1

Assignment: Chapter 3 in Visual Design Fundamentals Text ( take notes).

Research an object, create 6 drawings from different angles. Use black ink, preferably a sharpie. Make 2 L croppers ( at least 8" with black matte board ( bring to class).

Bring Tracing Paper to Monday's class

Week 3
08
Complete Chapter 4 tutorial in Visual Design Fundamentals Text
10

Studio

Assignment: 24 Thumbnails (using croppers and tracing paper and 2" template)

Week 4
15

Show Chapter 4 completed tutorial files

Small group Critiques 24 thumbnails.

Pen tool exercise

Assignment: Revise 10 of the 24 original designs on tracing in a 4"x4" box format.

17

Scanning

Critique: 10 revised designs

Assignment: Select the 3 best compositions and recreate in Illustrator CS3.

You will find the final template for the 3 designs on the server in the handouts folder. (called project1_temp.ai)

Read online article on Critiquing
make comments in your journal.

Week 5
22

Critique

Revisions: put project #1 in the turn_in folder on the class server.

Assignment: Bring in 4-5 examples of an animal that you would like to work with for project #2. Paste them into your journal.

5 black and white exploration drawings of that animal. (in your journal)

24

Projects #2

 

Assignment:

Download template

Complete box #1

october

Week 6
29

Review Box#1 | Project #2

Complete box 2-6 for Wed

1

Working Studio

Critique

Assignment: Complete Project #2

Writing Assignment:
2 page review /discussion of 3 works from the Paper Politics Show.

Bring Journals and black Sharpie to class on Monday

Week 7
6

Project #3

Blind Contour

8

Working in Photoshop CS3

Image Correction

Assignment: Complete chapter 12 in Visual Design Fundamentals Text ( save your file)

Week 8
13
Studio
15

Studio

In progress critique

Week 9
20

Project #3 Due

In Progress Critique

Q&A Studio

22

Critique

Portraits due in the Project#3 turn in folder by Friday 5:00pm

Project# 4 Ad Busters

Assignment:

Complete Part 1 from Project #4

 

Week 10
27

Studio

Assignment:

Scanned and digital content for next class

29

Studio

Assignment:

Reading from "The Reconfigured Eye"

Work in progress on ad

november

Week 11
3

In Process Critique

5

Critique

Files due on the server by 5:00 Friday

Assignment: FInal Project Presentations

FInal Project

Week 12
10

Final Presentations

12
Photoshop
Week 13
17
Html Studio
19
Html Studio
Week 14
24

Server | FTP

*Make sure your corland email space is empty!!!!

In Process Critque

26

No Class - Thanksgiving Break

december

Week 15
1

Server | FTP | html

Review

 

3

Final Image Critique

(last day of class)

Week 16
8
All Pages loaded on your server space for grading by 5:00PM