COMD1162 – Week13
DUE
- Storyboard tourism poster – for short animation
- FINAL Project – Book Cover Design. Select your book from this list posted last week. Research subject and come in with possible ideas for a cover design
Lesson – Lesson13
-> US Trade – Paperback
-> Smart Objects – Illustrator into Photoshop (Photoshop)
-> Working with scanned sketch work in Photoshop -> painting.
-> Retouching in Photoshop – selections and quick masks
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
Looking at a complete book cover (wrapped around a book) laid flat you will see the back cover, spine, and front cover, in that order from left to right. So allowing .125 for trim around each edge, your width formula is .125 + cover size + spine width + cover size + .125.
The formula for spine width is page width ( typically.002252) times final number of pages. So for a 300 page book the spine width would be .68 (.002252 x 300).
Inspiration
Here are a few resourced for looking at good book-cover design:
- https://99designs.com/designer-resource-center/designing-book-covers
- http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/
- http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%2Bcollections%3A%2250%20Books%2F50%20Covers%20of%202009%22/_/grid/relevance/asc/0/48/90
Mini Quiz
Short animation of your tourism poster (no longer than 15 secs)
-> Three frames (should be based on your storyboard)
-> Dimensions: 400px x 175px
-> 72dpi
-> RGB
Presentations
1. James Victore
Homework:
1. Carefully browse the links listed above
2. Find three existing cover designs for the book you have chosen and three covers of books you like.
3. Sketch three ideas for Book cover design. You will be asked to present your sketches next week.
COMD1162 – Week12
Agenda
I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. We will pick up where we left off before the break, see details below.
DUE
- Before you submit your final poster go though checklist carefully (you must complete and submit with your final project): COMD1162-Checklist-GradingRubric
- Save your final draft of your poster into dropbox folder: ‘Week12-FinalPoster’ Make a folder with your name and save work within.
Lecture
Designing for a time-based medium
- What is your concept?
- Storyboard your animation – beginning, middle and end COMD6211-storyboarding
- Design complete animation statically in layers first
- Animate only when storyboard and layers are complete
- Standard dimensions: http://designerstoolbox.com/designresources/banners/
- GIF animation examples from an earlier era: http://www.artorium.com/marketing/work_samples1.htm
Lesson
Photoshop: Layer Comps
Download lesson files:lesson-week12
Animations continued. We will review the lesson from last week:
- Layer Comps (dimension: 468×60 Full Banner)
- File extensions: web vs. print Saving for animation
- Layer palette details
- Organizing layers and folders
- Animation palette
Presentations
1 Louise Fili
2. James Victore
Lab-time to work.
Homework
- Storyboard tourism poster for animation
- FINAL Project – Book Cover Design. For next week select your book from this list. Research subject and come in with possible ideas for a cover design:
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
COMD1162 – Week11
Agenda
DUE
- First draft of poster due end of class today. Make sure you save into the dropbox folder.
Lecture
Poster Design
- Poster critique
- What is a concept? Taking a concept and developing it into different outlets.
- Designing an animation
Lesson
Photoshop: Animations
- File extensions: web vs. print Saving for animation
- Layer palette details
- Organizing layers and folders
- Animation pallette
Presentations
1. Tibor Kalman
2. Maira Kalman
Lab-time to work.
Homework
- Revised poster due next week.
- Take your poster and rework for an online animation. First draft of animation
COMD1162 – Week10
Agenda
DUE
- 2 sketches of poster layouts (pencil on paper – with a border around each sketch. Sketches should mimic the proportions of the poster).
- Completed 6 digital renderings of your sketches into illustrator
Lecture
Poster Design – Layout
Project specs:
- Poster 11×17 inches (Photoshop 300DPI or Illustrator–your choice)
- Vertical layout
- .5” margins
- Use of bleeds if necessary
- Suggested title: Visit NYC
- Tagline: 24 hours in the city that never sleeps
- Fine print (body copy): Visit NYC! From historical landmarks to newer destinations, come and see the best New York attractions. For more information on NYC parks, art museums, culture spots and historical venues visit: www.nycgo.com
Lesson
Review Photoshop: Lesson9
- Organizing poster-layout
- Layer palette details
- Organizing layers and folders
- Type
- Masking
Presentations
1. Gail Anderson
Lab-time to work. I will meet with each of you individually.
Homework
- First draft of poster due next week – end of class
COMD1162 – Week9
Agenda
DUE
- 2 sketches of poster layouts (pencil on paper – with a border around each sketch. Sketches should mimic the proportions of the poster).
- Completed 6 digital renderings of your sketches into illustrator
Lecture
Poster Design – Layout
Project specs:
- Poster 11×17 inches (Photoshop 300DPI or Illustrator–your choice)
- Vertical layout
- .5” margins
- Use of bleeds if necessary
- Suggested title: Visit NYC
- Tagline: 24 hours in the city that never sleeps
- Fine print (body copy): Visit NYC! From historical landmarks to newer destinations, come and see the best New York attractions. For more information on NYC parks, art museums, culture spots and historical venues visit: www.nycgo.com
Lesson
Photoshop: Lesson9
- Organizing poster-layout
- Layer palette details
- Organizing layers and folders
- Type
- Masking
Presentations
1. Michael Bierut
2. Yuko Shimizu
Lab-time to work. I will meet with each of you individually.
Homework
- First draft of poster due next week – end of class
COMD1162 – Week8
Agenda
DUE:
- MIDTERM: If I did not get yours last week – I must receive by end of class today!
- If you have not already done so, submit all your sketches via scan or digital photo into the class dropbox folder titled ‘Week5-Sketches’, create a folder with your name on it and add all your digital sketches (email me if you need access to this folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hecnfqc8x3plc21/AADTMEHPRKOvaZYQCb6ByABFa?dl=0
- 2 sketches (paper and pencil) of your full poster – we will review in class.
In Class Presentation
- Steve Brodner
- Al Hirshfeld
Lab
- Time to work
- Mid-term individual meetings
Lesson
- Photoshop Review – Set up poster with correct dimensions
- Review last week’s lesson
Homework
- Revise as needed your 2 sketches (paper and pencil) to explore different possibilities for your final poster layout. Don’t assume first ideas and solutions are the best. Take chances, you can always tighten things up later. You may add type at this stage. Think about using type to help visually communicate your concept. Experiment with a variety of approaches. Experiment with type and composition perhaps focus on the expression through the letterforms themselves, as well as through their arrangement on the page.
COMD1162 – Week7
Agenda
DUE:
- MIDTERM: Due end of class today (3 of your symbols finalized and created digitally in illustrator). Please submit all your sketches via scan or digital photo into the class dropbox folder titled ‘Week6-MIDTERM’,
- If you have not already done so, submit all your sketches via scan or digital photo into the class dropbox folder titled ‘Week5-Sketches’, create a folder with your name on it and add all your digital sketches (email me if you need access to this folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hecnfqc8x3plc21/AADTMEHPRKOvaZYQCb6ByABFa?dl=0
- 2 sketches (paper and pencil) of your full poster – we will review next week in class.
In Class Presentation
- David Carson
- Massimo Vignelli
- Saul Bass
Lab
Time to work on Mid-term
Lesson
- Photoshop Review – Set up poster with correct dimensions
- Review last week’s lesson
- Illustrator – Blob tool, Eraser tool, Layers, Background layer
Homework
- Revise as needed your 2 sketches (paper and pencil) to explore different possibilities for your final poster layout. Don’t assume first ideas and solutions are the best. Take chances, you can always tighten things up later. You may add type at this stage. Think about using type to help visually communicate your concept. Experiment with a variety of approaches. Experiment with type and composition perhaps focus on the expression through the letterforms themselves, as well as through their arrangement on the page.
COMD1162 – Week6
Agenda
DUE:
- Submit all your sketches via scan or digital photo into the class dropbox folder, create a folder with your name on it and add all your digital sketches (email me if you need access to this folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hecnfqc8x3plc21/AADTMEHPRKOvaZYQCb6ByABFa?dl=0
- Mid-term is next week. For your mid-term grade you will be asked to render three of your symbol sketches, digitally on the computer. We will be working on this in class (Week6).
Lecture Topic
- Poster development – organization of visual hierarchy with all the required visual elements.
- Principals of design: see handout here: COMD1162_DesignPrincipals
- Review sketches and research
In Class Presentation
- David Carson
- Massimo Vignelli
- Saul Bass
Lesson
- Photoshop Review – Tools, Layers, Scanning, Retouching Sketch: COMD1162SelectingSannedSketch
- Review last week’s lesson here: lesson-week4
- Illustrator – Blob tool, Eraser tool, Layers, Background layer
Homework
- MidTerm: Finalize 3 of the required 6 symbols digitally
- Create a 2 sketches (paper and pencil) to explore different possibilities for your final poster layout. Don’t assume first ideas and solutions are the best. Take chances, you can always tighten things up later. You may add type at this stage. Think about using type to help visually communicate your concept. Experiment with a variety of approaches. Experiment with type and composition perhaps focus on the expression through the letterforms themselves, as well as through their arrangement on the page.
COMD1162 – Week5
Agenda
DUE:
- Continue to work on your sketches from last week. For those of you whose sketches I have seen – move forward with what we’ve discussed. For those whose sketches I have not seen you have a little more time to refine. Everyone must bring their sketches to class next week again.
- Take a photo of each page of your sketches (with cell phone is fine) and bring into class as a digital file on either a thumb drive, a sever or via your email. We will explore possibilities for rendering sketches digitally.
Lecture Topic
- Principals of design: see handout here: COMD1162_DesignPrincipals
- Review sketches and research
In Class Presentation
- Jessica Hische
- David Carson
Lesson
- Photoshop – Tools, Layers, Scanning, Retouching Sketch COMD1162SelectingSannedSketch
- Review last week’s lesson here: lesson-week4
Homework
- Submit all your sketches via scan or digital photo into the class dropbox folder, create a folder with your name on it and add all your digital sketches (email me if you need access to this folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hecnfqc8x3plc21/AADTMEHPRKOvaZYQCb6ByABFa?dl=0
- Mid-term is two weeks away. For your mid-term grade you will be asked to render three of your symbol sketches, digitally on the computer. We will be working on this in class next week (Week6)
COMD1162 – Week4
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