Fowler Arts: February 2017

Monday, February 27, 2017

7th Media Arts: T shirts with a Message

For this project you will be designing T-shirts with a message. You should address a social issue you feel strongly about and create a design that reflects your feelings. First complete the Research and Planning worksheets.

Vocabulary

Go to dictionary.com and write the definitions to the following words. Make sure you are choosing the definition that relates to the project.

* social issue:A social issue is a problem that influences a considerable number of the individuals within a society.

*communicate * persuade * protest * issue * propaganda

Research

1. Look at these Links as a class:

Peintres page of T-shirt Designs.

Makayla W.

Graphic Advocacy Posters

2. Look through the links on your own. Pick your favorite three designs and answer the questions on your worksheet.
Iconsforchange.com

NoGodsNoMasters T-shirts
Spreadshirt Activist Ts
AllRiot T-shirts

3. Now research a social issue that you would like to address. This link may help. Circle one of the subjects on your worksheet, or write in your own

4. Sketch 12 different designs.

5. Create a document to try some different fonts and text effects.
Tutorial video on basics of working with text
How to design a T-shirt in Illustrator (Adobe Tutorial)
Design a T-shirt in Illustrator (video)

6. Download symbols or pictograms here: TheNounProject.com
Ms. Fowler will give you log in name and password.

Choose one design to create in Adobe Illustrator. Show Ms. Fowler to "okay" before you begin on the computer.
Follow the design directions on your worksheet.

Friday, February 24, 2017

6th Media Arts: Legendary Creatures

Mythic Creatures at the Science Museum of Minnesota

Directions

Vocabulary

Go to wordcentral.com and look up the definitions to the vocabulary words.

Research

1. What are myths? What are legends? What are folktales?
2. Mythical Creatures (answer the questions in your packet)

3. Myths, Legends, Fables and Folklore (answer the questions in your packet)

4. Look at these professional examples:

Photoshop Animals 1

Student examples

3. Write
Follow the directions on your worksheet, and us MSWord to write your legend.

4. Sketch

Sketch in your packet

5. Design

Go to Morguefile.com to collect your photos. Copyright law: A Fair(y) Use Tale

VIDEOS

Photoshop animals

How is Photoshop used to trick us? Is anyone model perfect?
PBS Off Book: Photoshop

Disney Legends
The Tortoise and the Hare
Mythical Creatures part 1, part 2
Cows, cows, cows
Animal Planet: Monster Week
5 Mythical Creatures That Could Actually Exist
5 Unexplained Sea Creatures
10 Mythical Creatures Caught on Camera

*Extra time activities: SwitchZoo, Build Your Wild Self, Creature Creator

Thursday, February 16, 2017

6th Media Arts: Alphabet 100

Designers need to understand fonts, typography and lettering styles. Brainstorm 100 ways to illustrate the same letter. Choose one design that you will create on the computer.

Alphabet 100

Inspiration:
Daily Drop Cap
TheTypeFight

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Feb 15, 2017

1. Go to: https://hourofcode.com/us/learn

2. Complete an activity appropriate for your grade and skill level.

3. Screenshot your certificate when you are done: Window key + shift + 4

4. Name it "your last name code" and copy to the hand in work folder.

5. Extra time:
Try Code Combat

Thursday, February 9, 2017

6th Media Arts: Typographic Self-Portraits

Typography is the art of designing with letters or words
Presentation- What are fonts?
Presentation- Typographic Design
Take a look at last year's student projects
VIDEOS: Movie "Typolution", An Intro to Typography, What is Typography? Text/textures
Writing Assignment- Find and download a font that represents you. Write 3 sentences about why you chose it and how it represents you.
Demonstration- creating and starting your project

Typographic" means made of type or letters.

This picture is all letters. Can you figure out

which ones?

Work time

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

7th Media Arts: Introduction to Animation and Cartoons

The Animated History of Animation from MC on Vimeo.
This animated gif project relates to the animation projects we will try later in the semester.

1. Watch a video on the history of animation: The Animated History of Animation

2. Create a Thumbatrope

3. Research GIF art and animated gifs
GIF Artists:
Kevin Weir
30 Best animated gif artists
Gif artists to know
Mr. Div

Gif pal examples: One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Michelle Mendez Bravo's website

STUDENT examples: Look at these examples from last year

4. Create your own Animated GIF
You can make as many as you like. Be creative and original! Turn in your best gif(s) to the HAND IN WORK folder.

Create an Animated Pixel GIF

PIXEL Art Ideas

Use these websites to make and animate your pixel. Either: Piskelapp or Pixel Art

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.

Rotoscope
How to Rotoscope Video
Rotoscoped Music Video (Sims, LMG)