Hello – welcome to week 2.

Note: it was pointed out to me shortly after class ended today that we do not meet next week. The following week, we meet on Tuesday 02.21.12 not on Monday. Please mark your calendars!

Because of this long stretch of time before we meet again, please see the tweaks I’ve made to the homework (draft of moodboard due). See homework below.

In-class

• What it means to be a designer – visual communicator
• Design Brief: Get Out the Vote Campaign
  http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/
  Review favorites of 2008 (homework – find one you really like from the AIGA website)

Lesson

Photoshop: Inspiration/Moodboard – see canvas dimensions here: ADV1162_InspirationBoard
More about moodboards: click here
-> Resolution 300 dpi vs 72 dpi ( Dots Per Inch = DPI  = Pixel = Raster)
-> Resampling
-> Layers
-> Copy & Paste
-> Selections
-> Scanning

Lab time Break off into teams for brainstorming secession

Emailing – be sure to include a ‘signature’ – Title/ Contact info:
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. Next class (Tuesday 02.21.12) presentations begin: Milton Glaser and Steve Brodner
2. Please work on the first draft of your ‘Get Out the Vote’ moodboard’ and bring with you to our next class (you do not need to print, the .psd file is fine). Moodboards should be made in Photoshop – import images into the document from the web, the way I showed in class today. See above for canvas dimensions. (If you have any questions or problems email me)
3. In our next class I will ask you all to construct a 6-8 word question or statement that captures the theme of your mood board.

Here is a comprehensive list of words brainstormed in class today. There are some good ones. We had a few overlap. And one group went missing – Marvin, Angel, Brieseida, and Wilson – what happened to yours?:
Action
America
Activism
Belief
Chance
Crowd
Choice
Color
Democracy
Deceived
Duty
Equality
Expression
Freedom
Heroism
Hope
Justice for all
Liberty
Nation
Opportunity
Opinion
Polls
Peaceful
Power
Protest
Persuasion
Participation
Patriotism
Promises
Races
Responsibility
Republican
Rights
Success
Test
Unity
Voice
Vote