Week5 – ADV1162
Critique
1. Review Illustrator fruit renderings from last week. Take careful notes, you will be asked to make revisions on class discussion and submit for a final grade.
2. Due – what is an Info Graphic? You were supposed to find 2 examples of an info graphic, one should be radial in design and one should be linear. If you found links, post them to the discussion board on Openlab: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/groups/adv1162rastervectorf2014/forum/
Presentations
1. Jessica Hische
2. David Carson
In Class – Poster Research
1. Meet with your scavenger teams. Combine your scavenger hunt research with group. If there is any overlap you will be asked to go find more options. In group use the materials provided in class to brainstorm mapping options. Materials include: Print out of map of downtown Brooklyn and tracing paper.
Your Mission:
- Brainstorm mapping options.
- Represent key locations of your findings on the map abstractly or symbolically in relation to City Tech.
- How might you graphically depict the locations of the restaurants you found in relation to City Tech without a Google map and still make it very clear to someone seeking directions?
Lesson
Photoshop:
Create the same fruit rendering with Photoshop
- Workspace
- Panels
- Layers
- Tools
- Selections
Homework
- *Note no class next Monday October 13 – We will have lab time to work in class in order to complete:
- Revised fruit renderings in Illustrator
- Finish fruit rendering in Photoshop
Week4 – ADV1162
Announcements
1. I sent everyone an invitation to the class dropbox folder. You might have to check your CityTech email. Here is a link to the class dropbox folder where you can submit your projects to me (make sure your name is on the work you upload.) https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5d189o8x54hxdl9/AACGhoWjkl2Bh3dIcm0WCMdra?dl=0
2. You can also follow this blog now on Openlab: ADV1162Raster&VectorF2013
If you are not yet a member please join!
Lecture Topic
1. Discussion – scavenger hunt findings
2. What it means to be a designer – visual communicator
3. What is an info graphic?
4. DUE: rendering of your fruit in Adobe Illustrator. I would like to collect your AI file at the end of class today – please save into my dropbox. See template: LetterTemplate.ai
Presentations
- Milton Glaser
- Nicholas Blechman
Lesson
Review last week’s Illustrator lesson
Introduction to Photoshop
- Workspace
- Panels
- Layers
- Tools
- Selections
Homework
- Research – bring in 2 examples of an info graphic, one should be radial in design and one should be linear. You can bring in screen shots, pngs, jpegs, pdfs.
ADV1162 – Week3
Due Monday 9/21
Scavenger hunt: You were to partner in groups of three and find three ‘healthy’ lunches within a one mile radius of campus.
- Meet in groups
- Compile your findings
- Hand in assignment. Here is a link to the class dropbox folder where you can send me your projects:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5d189o8x54hxdl9/AACGhoWjkl2Bh3dIcm0WCMdra?dl=0
Presentations
- Paula Scher
- Seymour Chwast
Lecture Topic
1. What it means to be a designer – visual communicator
2. Assignment continued: Last week everyone was assigned a fruit. Using Adobe Illustrator we will begin to illustrate.
Lesson
We will continue with last week’s lesson:
Download lesson here: lesson-week2
- Workspace
- Panels
- Geometric Objects
- Pen tool
- Freehand drawing
- Alignment tools – Rulers/Guides
- Measurements – Inches/Pixels
- Artboards
Homework
1. Rendering of your fruit will be due end of class next week.
2. Complete the word document for last week’s scavenger hunt and submit with your name on it into my dropbox folder. Here is the word document: ADV1162-week2
ADV1162 – Week2
Hello – welcome
Due
Review Homework from last week
Lecture Topic
What it means to be a designer – visual communicator
Lesson
Introduction to Illustrator Download lesson here: lesson-week2
- Workspace
- Panels
- Geometric Objects
- Pen tool
- Freehand drawing
- Alignment tools – Rulers/Guides
- Measurements – Inches/Pixels
In Class
You will be assigned two letters. You must find two fruits that start with that letter and then draw the fruit in Illustrator.
Websites that offer permission free and public domain images:
www.sxc.hu
www.richardharringtonblog.com/resources/freeimages/
As a side note – if you emailed me thank you!
Make sure you use your City Tech email and you should always include a ‘signature’ at the end that includes the following:
Your name
Communication Design Under-Grad
Advertising Design and Graphic Arts Dept.
New York City College of Technology
CUNY
Tell:(optional)
Cell: (optional)
Email: (optional)
Homework
1. Scavenger Hunt: ADV1162-week2 Partner into groups of three for assignment. Here is the word document: ADV1162-week2
2. Finish in class rendering of fruit.
ADV1162 – Week1
Welcome!
We will be working in close collaboration with Professor Devers who you have for English Composition 1, ENG 1101. Our classes are paired as part of a learning community and will allow us to explore relevant subject matter. Using the theme of food and culture, we will explore the creative process and principles of design. Ultimately students will be encouraged to discover new relationships between typographic form, space, and structure with the content from their own writing projects. Our leaning community is titled:
Eat Your Words
Food and its connection with identity and culture
Please see the handouts given in class today, as well as the lecture/ lesson topics, and the homework assignment due for next week.
ADV1162_HitchingsSyllabus
ADV1162_StudentPresentations
ADV1162_Week1-Terms
Lecture Topic
Introduction to the semester
- Introductions & Presentations
- Photoshop and Illustrator
- Vector vs. bitmap, print vs. web, resolution, saving, file formats, file management
- Workspace
- Type tools
- Name design exercise
Homework
- Chose a designer for in-class presentation (see handout above). Presentations start week3.
- Register for this blog to receive regular updates
- Send me a ‘professional’ email with your signature (contact information)
- Go to www.commarts.com and find one designer featured on the site who works with raster images, and then find another designers who works with vector. We will discuss in class next week. Copy and paste the links into a word document or an email to yourself, so you have them handy when needed in class.
Resources
- www.commarts.com
- www.aiga.com
- www.tdc.org
- www.adcglobal.org
ADV1162 (Raster & Vector)
Welcome to ADV1162 (Raster & Vector) online. Here you will find regular postings for handouts given in-class.
Course Description:
In this course, students will learn concepts and applied theories of digital media and the two fundamental graphic forms: raster and vector digital images and will define and describe similar and contrasting factors in each kind of image. The comparison will also recommend the best practice, specification or standard for using a specific form in a specific application. The course will include basic digital imaging terminology, and techniques including size, resolution, color space and file elements, measurements and file formats. Students are introduced to digital imaging concepts through software such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on the Macintosh operating system. Scanning and digital photography are integrated into lesson plans.
Objectives:
- Use design as a means of communication
- Gain a solid understanding of production steps (print vs. web)
- Gain a solid understanding of industry tools (both conventional and digital)
- Gain a solid understanding of the grid system: bring visual structure and balance to design
- Develop conceptual thinking skills
- Encourage articulate and productive presentation and discussion skills
- Present final work professionally and within project deadlines
