Hello!

Since I did not post last week (week7) I am combining the postings with this weeks. It’s really exciting to see your projects come together – I saw some really nice work today!

By now I should have received your:
1. Finalized logo – in Illustrator
2. One product rendering – in Illustrator (this is a representation of your product).
3. Your product research document (this is the text describing your product that will appear in your project deck (see week 3 for the original assignment)

These three pieces will count towards your Midterm grade.

Here are the handouts from last week: (Please read them carefully)
GRA3611-StyleGuide
GRA3611-ProjectDeck-Part1 (We will be setting up the booklet in InDesign next week. If you have time feel free to get stated on it, but before you do,  make sure you have the above three items 100% complete – Logo, Product Rendering, and Product Research Text.)

Here is a tutorial for this week: Molding Mesh (I’ve attached a PDF that shows the step by step process as well as the original source file from the Illustrator Wow book.
lesson-week8

Next week’s lesson we’ll look at:
How to create and customize Brushes in Illustrator
InDesgin – setting up your booklet. Binding and Paper considerations

If you look into my folder on the school server: ghitchings/public/GRA3611/Week7 you will find examples of former student’s work. It might be helpful to look and see how they set up and designed their project decks.

We will look at the product advertisements the following week. So if you have already completed that, hold on to it for a week. And if you have not yet had a chance to work on that, you have two more weeks to do so.

Have a nice week! Send me and email if you have questions.

Best,

Genevieve

Hello all,

For tomorrow you should have your finalized logo – in Illustrator and one product rendering.
If I did not receive your product research doc I would like a copy of that tomorrow as well. That will serve as the text for your project deck. (Think of the example I showed last week in class.)
I would also like you to bring in the sketches for your product magazine ad – from last week.

Tomorrow in class we will go over all the above items, I will begin to show you how to set up your books in InDesign so you can stat implementing the pieces as you finish them off. And we will work on creating the ads from your sketches, recreating them in illustrator.

See you tomorrow!

Greetings,

This week in class we reviewed:
1. Envelope Distort
2. Live Trace
3. And Live Paint
If you need help with any of the three, look at the tutorials I’ve posted Week4.

On Weds I introduced:
1. The Gradient Mesh tool
2. And I showed how to work with Texture using the Transparency palette.

Here are two very useful tutorials that recap what we looked at:
Adding Texture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coE27IqCvW8
Gradient Mesh Tool Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AmtaaRKJaY

Homework
1. Finalize your logo (I would like to collect the completed illustrator file)
2. Create one rendering of your product – in illustrator
3. Bring in three concept sketches for a Magazine ad (pencil and paper is fine).  You should have a specific magazine in mind – relevant to your product.
4. I would like to collect the GRA3611-ProductResearch handout given in Week3  (this along with your logo and product renderings will count towards you Mid-term grade).

Let me know if you have questions!
Best,

Genevieve

Hello class,

Today we looked at:
1. Envelope Distort in Illustrator for tweaking the shape of the words. Here are two online tutorials that show how and why you might want to use it:
http://layersmagazine.com/illustrator-text-envelope-distortion.html
http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials/envelope-distort

2. We also looked at live trace and live paint. Here are two additional online tutorials:
Live trace: http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/illustrator-tutorials/adobe-illustrator-tip-1-intro-and-livetrace/
Live paint: http://www.duoh.com/varia/illustrator_livepaint/

(Note: all the examples above are from different versions of Illustrator. The interface might be slightly different in CS5 but the basic concepts are the same.)

Next week we will begin to create an ad campaign for your product.
Homework:
1. Finalize your logo in Illustrator (feel free to email me if you want some feedback).
2. Bring in three sketches of your product – we will render them in Illustrator.
3. Next week we will discuss creating an ad campaign for your product. Start to think about what this might entail for your product. We will be using illustrator. Bring in any necessary photographs/ images.

Have a great week and let me know if you have questions!

Hello! I hope you are enjoying the long weekend.

Here is the handout I gave in class: GRA3611-ProductResearch – it is due 3/9/11.

In our last class we looked at the pathfinder palette and the different kinds of blending tools. It might be helpful to go through this tutorial just as an exercise if you are unfamiliar with blends and paths:
http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials/itune-icon

At this point everyone should have an idea for their product design/redesign. If you do not, please email me and lets try to nail it down this week. For homework I would like you to:
1. finish your inspiration boards
2. come up with a name for your product
3. choose two of your logo designs from your sketches and render them in illustrator

In our next class I will ask you all to present your ideas and designs to the class. This will be a nice opportunity for you to get feedback on your work.

We will not be meeting this week. Our next class is 3/2/11.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Enjoy the rest of the week!