Hello –

DUE:  digital version of your final file (you DO NOT need to print for this week).
If I did not see a print of your final draft last week – then please bring one with you next week: cheep paper is fine, printed in color OR in black and white 11×17″

In-Class
In-class Critique: we will take a look at all the final posters. You will make any necessary FINAL edits in class. Once approved go to print -> DUE next week.
-> Title: Vote 2012 (your can tweak this to your poster needs)
-> Tagline: Should relate to your concept and be integrated into the poster design
-> Registration deadline: Voting registration deadline for New York State must be postmarked 25 days before the election (this can appear as fine print [10/11 point font] – at the bottom of your poster.

Presentations: Saul Bass, James Victore, & Steve Brodner

Lesson
-> Review week 7 lesson
-> Smart Objects – Illustrator into Photoshop (Photoshop)
-> Working with scanned sketch work in Photoshop -> painting.
-> Unlimited access to lynda.com for you until January. Lynda.com provides online tutorials for the software covered in these and other classes. Please check your CityTech email account for more information.

Labtime
Time to work on poster – final draft due next week – printed in color.
-> I will continue to meet with you individually.

Printers
I recommend The Village Copier:  www.villagecopier.com
Note: For printing – please be aware there is an open printing lab in Vorhees 1100 on Friday afternoons. – Just bring your own paper.

Homework
DUE: FINAL PRINT – Monday, NOVEMBER 19th Printed on:
-> Paper: Card Stock
-> Size: 12 x 18″
-> With crop marks

Project 2: Book Cover Design
Please review the following list of books. I would like you to select a source book for which you will develop a cover design. All selected books are public domain titles and have text readily available on-line through multiple sources. I recommend checking Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) for full-text downloads on these titles.

Project Specs:
Cover designs MUST include the book title and author’s name; you are not required to feature any additional text.
Dimensions: 6 x 9”
Bleed: .125”
400dpi format
RGB
Photoshop or Illustrator

Book Recommendations
01. Jane Austen – Pride & Prejudice
02. J.M. Barrie – Peter Pan
03. L. Frank Baum – The Wizard of Oz
04. Emily Bronte – Wuthering Heights
05. Lewis Carroll – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
06. Lewis Carroll – Through the Looking Glass
07. Charles Dickens – Great Expectations
08. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
09. Homer – The Odyssey and The Iliad
10. Victor Hugo – Les Miserables
11. Franz Kafka – Metamorphosis
12. Rudyard Kipling – The Jungle Book
13. Herman Melville – Moby Dick, or, the Whale
14. Robert Louis Stevenson – Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
15. Robert Louis Stevenson – Treasure Island
16. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley – Frankenstein
17. Bram Stoker – Dracula
18. H.G. Wells – The War of the Worlds
19. H.G. Wells – The Time Machine
20. Oscar Wilde – The Importance of Being Earnest

Dear class,

I hope you are well and have survived the storm without too much suffering. We will be meeting tomorrow (Mon Nov 5th). Please send me an email if you are unable to attend.

If you are having serious difficulties relating to the storm (including transportation issues), the College has several resources set up to help. I can put you in contact with them.

Here is our agenda:

DUE: (Mid-Term) – Poster second draft – printed in color OR in black and white 11×17″

In-Class
Presentations: Neville Brody, Jessica Hische and Saul Bass

Lesson
-> Trimming and Mounting your work
-> Review week 7 lesson
-> Smart Objects – Illustrator into Photoshop (Photoshop)
-> Unlimited access to lynda.com for you until January. Lynda.com provides online tutorials for the software covered in these and other classes. Please check your CityTech email account for more information.

Labtime
Time to work on poster – final draft due next week – printed in color.
-> I will continue to meet with you individually.

Printers
I recommend The Village Copier:  www.villagecopier.com
Note: For printing – please be aware there is an open printing lab in Vorhees 1100 on Friday afternoons. – Just bring your own paper.

Homework
For next week, I would like to see a digital version of your final file (you DO NOT need to print). Once approved you can go to print.
If I did not see a print of your final draft this week – then please bring one with you next week: cheep paper is fine, printed in color OR in black and white 11×17″

DUE: FINAL PRINT – Monday, NOVEMBER 19th Printed on:
-> Paper: Card Stock
-> Size: 12 x 18″
-> With crop marks

Hello everyone!

DUE Today
1. Continue to refine poster sketches – I would like to see those of yours who I did not see last week.
2. Keep refining your moodboard -> the moodboard is a collage and must show evidence of historical research (even if you do not end up using in your final poster). It proves to me (your client) that you researched and understand the subject matter you are designing for. Your moodboard should help to define who your target audience is and what their life-style is like.
3. Assessment Worksheet – this was due last week. I must receive from everyone next class (you will loose points for handing in late, but better late than not at all). You can download worksheet here: ADV1162_AssessmentWorksheet

In-Class
Today we will pick up where we left off last week. If I did not have a chance to discuss your sketches with you last week – I will try to see you individually today.

Lesson
Illustrator – download lesson here: lesson-week6
-> Blends
-> Live Trace
-> Live Paint
-> Scaling and transforming

Labtime
Time to work on poster – first draft due next week.

Tutorials
Here are a few related online tutorials that might help to reinforce what we look at:
Envelope Distort 1: http://layersmagazine.com/illustrator-text-envelope-distortion.html
Envelope Distort 2: http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials/envelope-distort
Live trace: http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/illustrator-tutorials/adobe-illustrator-tip-1-intro-and-livetrace/

Homework
Class presentations begin next week:
Neville Brody & David Carron

Read: In light of the ‘Get Out the Vote’ poster campaign it’s always a good idea to stay in touch with current events. Please read the following three articles from Steve Heller’s online blog as they all touch on aspects of the power of design:
A. http://imprint.printmag.com/branding/giving-big-bird-the-bird
B. http://imprint.printmag.com/daily-heller/when-graphics-inflame/
C. http://imprint.printmag.com/branding/can-you-make-the-eagle-bigger/

DUE – Poster first draft (Digital files due)
Make sure to include all the required elements that go within the poster (see ProjectOverview handout from Week1)

Hello class.

I hope you are enjoying the long weekend. Just a reminder that we will be meeting on Wednesday (usual time and room) this week. Please see the posting of Week4 for details about what is due. I will likely update this post tomorrow evening – so feel free to check back.

See you on Wednesday!

In-class
Due Today
1. Refined poster sketches based on what was discussed in class last week.
2. Refined moodboard -> the moodboard is a collage and must show evidence of historical research (even if you do not end up using what you site in your final poster). It proves to me (your client) that you researched and understand the subject matter you are designing for.
3. Assessment Worksheet –  hand paper in to me. You can download worksheet here: ADV1162_AssessmentWorksheet

Lesson in Illustrator
-> Review last class (PracticingBezierLine&Curves)
-> Type tools
-> Envelope distort (lesson-week5)

Labtime
Today we will work on creating the first draft of final poster. Project specs:
11×17″ (Tabloid size)
Resolution 300dpi
CMYK
Margins:.25″
Bleed:.25″

Homework
1. Continue to refine poster sketches – I would like to see those of yours who I did not see last week.
2. Keep refining your moodboard -> the moodboard is a collage and must show evidence of historical research (even if you do not end up using what you site in your final poster). It proves to me (your client) that you researched and understand the subject matter you are designing for. Your moodboard should help to define who your target audience is and what their life-style is like.
3. Assessment Worksheet –  this was due last week. I must receive from everyone next class (you will loose points for handing in late, but better late than not at all). You can download worksheet here: ADV1162_AssessmentWorksheet

Hello,

Welcome to week 4.
Thank you for your taglines – some interesting ones. Be sure to read through them all – posted in Week 3 under comments.

In-class
Due Today (Monday 10.01):
1. Post 4 possible taglines to this blog.
2. From your tagline develop 3 pencil or ink sketches of a possible poster concept. Sketches MUST have a border around them.
3. Moodboard – keep in mind your moodboard should show evidence of your research. Your moodboard should define what a democracy is. I expect to see historical references relating to voting, freedom, government, independence…

Remember you should have a specific target audience in mind and you should be able to explain how your sketches address that target audience and encourage them to go out and vote.

Sketches go up on the wall at the beginning of class, although we will not be critiquing them as a class until next week. Today we will reviewing them individually.

Lesson in Illustrator
-> Pen tool
-> Review Compound Paths & Compound Shapes
-> Brushes
-> Type tool
-> Creating Outlines
-> Blob tool – Eraser tool
-> Masking

Labtime
-> Principals of good poster design (see handout here): ADV1162_DesignPrincipals
-> Self and peer assessment worksheet (see handout here): ADV1162_AssessmentWorksheet
-> Here is a copy of the designer you signed up to present. Please keep track of the date for your presentation: ADV1162-ClassPresentations

*Note: I would like to collect an annotated bibliography from each of you on the day of your presentation. You must include a peer reviewed source, a multi-media source, a popular media source, and a book. And you must use MLA style. This project bridges with an assignment you are working on in Professor Devers class as part of our learning community, so use your time wisely!

Homework
-> Refine Poster sketches based on what was discussed in class today.
-> Refine moodboard -> the moodboard is a collage and must show evidence of historical research (even if you do not end up using what you site in your final poster). It proves to me (your client) that you researched and understand the subject matter you are designing for.
-> I would like to collect your Assessment Worksheet along with your Moodboard next week – so please DO NOT LOSE!

Next week we will focus on creating the first draft of your final poster. You can work in both Illustrator and Photoshop – note: type in Illustrator, images in Photoshop