Making Selections in Photoshop - Create a Collage Using Multiple Images in 1 Picture

Today we will practice Making Selections in Photoshop. 

You will upload 1 picture containg at least 3 different elements plus a background.

Create a File that is 8x8 inches and 150 resolution.

Add the background and 3 selections to this picture. 

The final design must be creative and all of the elements should work together. Don't just drop random images into a picture.

https://mediageekdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/collage2.jpg

https://mediageekdesigns.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/collage1.jpg

Do the Scholastic Magazine WorkSheets

Do the Scholastic Magazine worksheets on "the Art of the Campaign". Answer the questions in BOTH worksheets and also write the questions down in your blog.

After you have finished (do the Scholastic stuff first!) you can work on your Photoshop postcards, invitations, or announcements using text and images.

Create a postcard or something similiar

Using images and text create some 3 versions of a post card, invitation, or announcement.  

Use both imagery and text . 

Use text in some way that we have been studying the last few classes.
the subject matter can be anything you would like as long as it is appropriate for school.

Use the templates below to choose a standard size.

http://designerstoolbox.com/designresources/postcards/

The resolution should be 300.

Here is an example....

Post Your Expressive Typography Project

Save your files in .jpg format and upload each of them to your blog with a brief desription of why the placement of the letters expressives the word you chose.

Example:


Expansion - The meaning is expressed because the word appears to be getting biger and bigger from the middle of the page to the to the top and bottom of the page. 

Peter max Artist research

go to petermax.com

Answer the following in a blog post

1. Provide the dates and places of artist's birth and death. 
2. How/where did she/he train? Did she/he receive formal arts instruction? 
3. Discuss some of the people and/or events that influenced their art. 
4. What were her/his political or religious beliefs? 
5. Discuss her/his relationship with artists of the time period. 
6. What art movement(s) are they considered to be a part of? 
7. Describe the artist's style. 
8. Describe any recurring subjects, symbols, images, and/or themes in the artist's work. 
9. Tell 2 or 3 interesting stories or facts about your artist. 
10. If your artist is no longer alive, what kind of legacy did they leave behind? If your artist is still alive, what are they currently working on? 
11. Copy and Paste and Analyze two examples of the artist's work that you would consider representative of her/his style. Use the Elements and Principles of Art to desribe the works.

Expressive Typography Excercise

Choose 5 words from the list below. In 5 different compositions, arrange each word to express its meaning. You can change the size, spacing, placement and orientation of the letters.

You can repeat, omit, slice, block or overlap words or letters.

You must not use drop shadows, or stretch or distort the letters.

Use Arial Black Typeface only.

You will use photoshop to create an 8x8 document with 2 inch guidelines. The letters must be aligned with the  2 inch grid.

compression

transition

contraction

addition

subtraction

disruption

repetition

elimination

migration

expansion

confusion
...and 3 words of your choice

Projects and Due Dates for Mid-Term Grades

8-31 - Critique 2 classmates Work from Project 1 - Elements and Principles (50)
9-1 -  Robert Indiana research (50)
9-9 - Robert Indiana Rough Thumbnails - Class Critique (50)
9-13 - Artist Research (50)
9-27 - Robert Indiana Project - Revised Thumbnails, Final Project, Self Assessment (150)
10-3 - Emotional Typography (50)
10- 7 - Expressive Typography (50)

This font describes playful because the letters are of different heights and it mixes upper and lower case letters