8th Digital ARts: Yearbook

Your class has been hired to create artwork for the title page of this year’s yearbook. Use Photoshop to turn an ordinary picture of the school building into a work of art! All of the instructions can also be found on caarts.blogspot.com

Directions:

1. Chose and photo and copy to your desktop. Go to Fowler Classroom > Materials > School Photos.
2. Drag the photo onto the PS icon to open it in Photoshop
3. Make the photo more interesting. Change it from a dull, wintery photo into something more fun!
4. Try images adjustments. Go to Image (at the top) > Adjustments. Try the different menus. “Vibrance”, “Hue/Saturation” and “Color Balance” will all change your picture dramatically.
5. Now try Filters. Go to Filter (at the top) > Filter Gallery. Go through the folders to try different filters. You will notice whatever colors you have chosen will be used in the filters, so you may want to change your colors.
6. If you know how to use Photoshop, you may want to try cutting and pasting in parts of other pictures. You can use the “copyright free” photos links on caarts to look for other photos.
7. If you need some inspiration, look at the past student examples HERE
8. When you are finished, save a final copy into your folder, and the HAND IN WORK folder. Name it YourLastNameYearbook.psd

You have only this class to finish. One chosen project will receive a free yearbook!

6th Media Arts: Typographic Self-Portraits

Typographic" means made of type or letters.

This picture is all letters. Can you figure out

which ones?

• Presentations- What are fonts? 
• Watch last year's projects
• VIDEOS: Movie "Typolution", An Intro to Typography, What is Typography?
• Writing Assignment
• Demonstration- creating and starting your project
• Work time

If you have extra time, try 
Kern Type
Shape Type
Font Game
TypeWar
What Type Are You?

7th Media Arts: Animate and Cartoon Yourself

This project will introduce you to some basic Photoshop tools and using mouse control. We will use Photoshop to trace a digital photo and show an expressive and emotive cartoon face.

This cartoon project relates to the animation projects we will try later in the semester. Watch a video on the history of animation:
The Animated History of Animation
Animated GIF videoPBS Off Book
Create an Animated GIF

some good GIFs: One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Look at these examples from last semester

We will practice writing an artist statement to go along with your project.

Media Arts Procedures

1. Complete Part 1 of the worksheet

2. Part 2: Vocabulary

• Find it Game 

3. Saving and Naming Practice

Follow the directions on your worksheet

4. Media Arts Intro Quiz

1. m.socrative.com
2. enter room ca157
3. click "join room"
4. wait for Ms. Fowler to begin

5. Writing Practice: How to be a Critical Viewer

Go to this link. Choose one cigarette advertisement and answer the questions on the screen. When you are finished, sign up on the board so Ms. Fowler can check it.

Try it:

Try these Media Arts activities: Media Studio

Go to these computer knowledge games

8th Media Arts: Klimt-inspired portrait

Research: Artfull Writing Activity: "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt
Go to schoology and find the "Artful Writing" assignement.

1. Read about Gustav Klimt and answer the questions on your worksheet.

2. Klimt Video (optional: Art Nouveau presentation)

3. Go to Art Lex and search "Art Nouveau." Read and look through examples. Then use the dictionary to complete the Vocabulary section.
Art Nouveau video

4. Start your design. Watch the demonstrations and follow the directions on your worksheet. Video: How to use patterns in Photoshop

Download Photoshop Patterns

5. Look at some past student work.



If you have extra time, explore iKlimt or Color a Pattern

PBS Off Book videos

How to be Creative

The Universal Arts of Graphic Design