Introduction

Assignment: 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.

Andre Breton Exercise

Assignment: Chapters 3 & Andre Breton Grid exercise (2 Illustrator files in the Turn_In_folder)

Introduce Project#1
Pen tool Exercise

Assignment: Research Object, 4-5 minimum of your object drawn from different angles, make 2 l croppers from black matte board.

Bring Tracing Paper to Monday's class

18 Thumbnails

Complete Chapter 4 tutorial in Visual Design Fundamentals Text

Revise 8 of the 18 original - make rendered roughs with black sharpie

Critique

Choose the best 3 designs move on to the computer

Project #1 Due | Critique

Project #2
Assignment: animal research

• Have final 3 designs scanned and placed into Illustrator
• Create 4x4 format on 17 x 11 illustrator Document
• Prepare any Illustrator questions for instructor
• Be prepared to work

• Dowd Fine Art Gallery Critique
  
  
• 3 (minimum) references of an animal to recreate

Assignment:

• Create 10 thumbnail sketches and collect more research material that is relevant. Be ready to discuss your choice and explain your sketches.

• Generate a list of words that describe your subject.
• COMPLETE TUTORIALS: Chapters 4, 5 and 6 in the Visual Design Fundamentals text. Save files for each chapter.

Spring Break

Illustrator Tools | Color and Gradients

Spring Break

Project #2 Due | Critique | posted on the server by 5:00 11/11 Bring 1 sharpie marker, journals and text books to class. Research 5 different portraits online. Save 1 digital version ( to discuss in class) and print out 1 version for your journal. Add a brief critique of or each portrait.

Photoshop Tools | Blind Portraits | Project#3

Finish Tutorial #12 from the Visual Design text for Wed:10/17