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I N T R O D U C T I O N T O

C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S

A R T 1 2 5 – S E C I

Professor Hall Groat / SPRING 2001
Office: Art Annex, Room 101 Phone: X5612
Meeting Times: Monday and Wednesday 9am – 10:50am
Office Hours: Thursday 12:30 – 4:30 pm, Monday & Wednesday: 11-12 pm

C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N:

Introduction To Computer Graphics will investigate various digital image applications that are used by designers both in Fine Art and Commercial Art arenas. The Art of typography, layout, and image alteration will be investigated, and applied to various Graphic Arts and Design mediums. Student's experiences in prior studio courses, introductory computer graphics courses, and art history courses will be utilized. A major focus will be on idea conception, and how designers develop an idea that communicates visually with an audience. This will be achieved by investigating various digital imagery specialties: Editorial, Corporate Design, Book Design, Music / Record Design, Information Design, Advertising, Environmental Design, New Media, Typography, and Motion Design. Furthermore, the realm of the business world in relation to the Graphic Arts industry will be reviewed. Students will see firsthand how it is possible to obtain freelance design work, or even employment at a large design firm, through the creation of a portfolio and the Internet. Quark Express, Adobe PhotoShop 5.5, and Adobe Illustrator 9.0 are the three primary mediums students will learn how to use. Through these digital mediums students will develop a deeper understanding of digital imagery, and begin to develop a personal design aesthetic. Furthermore, we will explore the world of commercial Art, and learn how to create various press-press products, such as, multi-fold brochures, print media advertisements, package designs, magazine covers, billboards, book jackets, CD covers, signature booklets, stamps, postcards, product decals, etc.

C O U R S E O B J E C T I V E S:

To learn through exploration and application, how various approaches to working with digital mediums can be used in Fine Arts and Commercial Arts industries. In addition, this course can be viewed as preparation for Advanced Computer Imagery.

C O U R S E O U T L I N E:

Students are to complete the Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator tutorials, and Quark Xpress prior to each class meeting. Next to the scheduled dates of each class meeting are located the specific readings that will be addressed during class. The assignments that will be completed during class time reflect these readings.

Jan 23 Introduction, Syllabus, Course Overview, Biographies, Required Materials, Demonstrations, Reference Portfolios, Personal Portfolios, Opportunities In The Field, sketchbooks, Network Log On, Saving On Zip Disks, Introductions / What Do you hope to get from the course?

Jan 28 Illustrator: Getting To Know The Work Area, Pages 32-47 Sketch Pad Work: Single Character Design Five Drawings Showing Five Design Concepts

Jan 30 Illustrator: Creating Basic Shapes Pages 54-68 Project 1: Single Character Design

Feb 4 Illustrator: Painting Pages 76-94 Project 1: Single Character Design

Feb 6 (Project 1 DUE, Critique 1)

Feb 11 Illustrator: Drawing With The Pen Tools Pages 102-118 Sketch Pad Work: Typographic Self Portrait Five Drawings Showing Five Design Concepts

Feb 13 Illustrator: Working With Brushes Pages 126-156 Project 2: Typographic Self Portrait

Feb 18 Illustrator: Transforming Objects, Working With Type Pages 162-227 Project 2: Typographic Self Portrait

Feb 20 (Project 2 DUE, Critique 2)

Feb 25 PhotoShop: Getting To Know The Work Area, Working With Selections, Layer Basics, and Basic Scanning Pages 66-135 Sketch Pad Work: Face Design Using Letters Five Drawings Showing Five Design Concepts

Feb 27 PhotoShop: Painting and Editing. Pages 140-173 Project 3: Face Design Using Letters

March 4 PhotoShop: Masks & Channels. Pages 184-207 Project 3: Face Design Using Letters

March 6 PhotoShop: Photo Retouching. Pages 215-235 Project 3: Face Design Using Letters

March 11 (Project 3 DUE, Crit. 3)

March 13 PhotoShop: Creating Special Effects. Pages 326-343 Sketch Pad Work: Logo Design Five Drawings Showing Five Design Concepts

March 18 Quark Xpress: The Basics. Pages 1-22 Project 4: Logo Design

March 20 Quark Xpress: Startup. Pages 23-36 Project 4: Logo Design

March 25 Quark Xpress: Get Around. Pages 37-42 Project 4: Logo Design

March 27 (Project 4 DUE, Crit. 4)

April 1 Spring Break

April 3 Spring Break

April 8 Quark Xpress: Text Input. Pages 43-60 Sketch Pad Work: Book Jacket Five Drawings Showing Five Design Concepts

April 10 Quark Xpress: Text Flow. Pages 61-76 Project 5: Book Jacket

April 15 Quark Xpress: Formats. Pages 77-100 Project 5: Book Jacket

April 17 Quark Xpress: Pictures. Pages 131-152 Project 5: Book Jacket

April 22 Quark Xpress: Pictures & Text. Pages 153-164 Project 5: Book Jacket

April 24 (Project 5 DUE, Crit. 5)

April 29 Project Work Sketch Pad Work: Poster Promoting Book Release Five Drawings Showing Five Design Concepts

May 1 Project Work Project 6: Poster Design

May 6 Project Work Poster Design

May 8 Project Work Poster Design

May 13 (Project 6 DUE, Final Critique)

C O U R S E F O R M A T:

Advanced Computer Imagery during the spring 2002 semester is scheduled to meet on 30 different days. Each day the class meets several topics will be introduced, which will include a brief discussion regarding handouts and assigned readings. Moreover, literature will be passed out every few classes that supports and adds to concepts dealt with during class and areas covered within the software textbooks. There will be six major projects completed during the course. Each project will have a project specification sheet describing the requirements. In addition, on each project due date there will be a critique. There will be time during class to work on projects, however, they will require considerable amounts of time and will need to be worked on outside of class. Furthermore, each student must maintain a resource portfolio. The students that have taken the intro course must expand on the resource portfolio – and it must be reflective of the projects that we will complete this semester.

D U E D A T E S:

All projects are due the day of the critique – and the all must be mounted and ready for hanging. There will be specific guidelines for this.
February 6 (critique I On Project I)
February 20 (critique II On Project II)
March 11 (critique III On Project III)
March 27 (critique IV On Project IV)
April 24 (critique V On Project V)
May 13 (Final Class Critique on Project VI)
May 13, 14, 15 (INDEPENDENT CRITIQUES DURING EXTENDED OFFICE HOURS)

P R O J E C T S:

These Individual Projects (or products) can be categorized within one or more of these Graphic Design Specialties: Editorial, Corporate Design, Book Design, Music / Record Design, Information Design, Advertising, Environmental, New Media, and Type and Lettering

Please note: All project concepts must be completely original – and not based on other ideas that exist within the market place or a friend's art studio. Feel free to use your own drawings, paintings, and photographs – but not anyone else's. Everything must be your own invention—and that includes all product names. Guidelines will be passed out for each project.

Single Character Design
Typographic Self Portrait
Face Design Using Letters
Logo Design
Book Jacket
Poster Promoting Release of Book

E X T R A C R E D I T P R O J E C T S:

These projects are for students who are ahead or would like to raise their overall grade in the course. Extra credit projects are weighted the same as the main course projects.

Billboard Design Brochure Design Business Card Designs Business Reply Card Design CD Cover Design Digital Painting Environmental Sign Design Magazine Cover Design Telephone Book Cov. Des. Movie Banner Design Product Decal Design Package Design Postcard Design Poster Design Stamp Design Print Media Ad Letter Head Design Series of Logo Designs Signature Booklet Des. HTML Web Page Design Comic Page Layout Your Own Project Proposal
Special Extra Credit Contribution: Working With A Group of Artists In The Designing Of The Art Program For The Spring Art Show.

A S S E S S M E N T: (Grading)

25 % Resource Portfolio & Personal Portfolio (consists of your own projects and graphic arts product examples packaged as portfolios)
25 % Critiques (6 in class, 1 independent during the finals week
50 % Projects Note: Extra Credit Work Can Raise Your Overall Course Average.

A T T E N D A N C E:

Attendance is mandatory. If you are not in class you will miss out on valuable knowledge. The content presented each class is a stepping stone to what will be will be taught during next class. If you miss more than two classes your grade will be dropped an entire letter grade—unless you have a legitimate excuse. (attendance will be taken each time class meets).

P L A G I A R I S M:

If it is determined that you have created designs that are not your own designs, you will receive an automatic "F" for the course will be received.

M A T E R I A L S & R E Q U I R E M E N T S:

Purchased at Office Max, Ames, AC Moore

18" Plastic Ruler
Exacto knife (to cut the mat board)
Black or white Foam core
Mounting Tape
Sketch Pad (for studies)
Three Ring Binder For Handouts ($1@ Office Max)
Loose Leaf Paper For Notes
Second Three Ring Binder For Resource Portfolio
Three Ring Sheet Protectors – clear plastic
Kneaded Eraser and Other Pencil Erasers.
Zip Disks –as many as you can afford (For a PC –not Mac –100- 250 Megabytes)
Box of floppy disks 1.44 MB MF2HD (For storing one or two image files)
Point and Shoot Camera & Snapshots from your personal collection – For Resource Portfolio

R E Q U I R E D T E X T B O O K S:

(purchased in BCC Bookstore)

Adobe Illustrator 9.0—Classroom In A Book
Adobe PhotoShop 5.5—Classroom In A Book
Typographic Workbook—Cate Clair (optional)
Quark Xpress For Windows—Elaine Weinmann

R E S O U R C E S:

Graphic Design Job Matching Directors:

To Find Freelance work available around the world: http://graphicdesign.about.com/msubjobfree.htm

Current Jobs Available In Graphic Design:

http://graphicdesign.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freelancers.com%2FhelpA.html

Online Graphic Arts Work (remote work):

http://www.gain.org/servlet/gateway/business_solutions/links/hr_employment.html

Industry News:

GraphicDesignGate.com

Graphic Design Organizations:

Society of Graphic Designers of Canada:

http://srd.yahoo.com/srst/32781117/graphic+arts/89/1679/*http://www.gdc.net/

AIGA : American Institute: (very storng site for researching Jobs and learning about the field)

http://www.aiga.org/

American Institute of Graphic Arts - Birmingham, Alabama Chapter

http://birmingham.aiga.org/

American Society of Magazine Editors:

www.magazine.org

Art Director's Club:

www.adcny.org

Broadcast Designers Assoc.:

www.bdaonline.org

Clio Awards:

www.clioaawards.com

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum:

www.si.edu/ndm

Graphic Artists Guild:

www.gag.org

Graphic Communications Assoc.

: www.gca.org

International Council of Graphic Design Associations:

e-mail: 106065.2235@compuserve.com

Society of Publication Design

: www.spd.org

Type Director's Club

: www.tdc.org

Scholarly-societies:

http://www.scholarly-societies.org/finearts_soc.html

GAIN -- Graphic Arts Information Network

http://srd.yahoo.com/drst/30473083/*http://www.gain.org/

Four Year Schools Where You can earn a BFA or MFA in Graphic Arts:

University of the Arts, Philadelphia:

www.uarts.edu

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA:

www.artcenter.edu

Art Institute of Boston:

www.aiboston.edu

Boston University School for the Arts:

www.bu.edu/SFA/

Brigham Young University College of Fine Arts and Communications, Provo, UT:

www.byu.edu/visualarts

California College of Arts and Crafts:

www.ccac-art.edu

University of Cincinatti College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning:

www.design.uc.edu

Copper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC:

www.copper.edu

Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI:

www.cranbrook.edu

Maryland Institute College of Art:

www.mica.edu

Graphic Arts Competitions:

http://www.graphiccompetitions.com/

Free Typefaces / Software:

Font Foundry:

www.fontfoundry.com

International Directory of Design: Graphics & Typography Programs:

http://www.penrose-press.com/IDD/edu/graph.html

13th Degree Font Foundry:

http://www.stylemachine.net/index1.htm

Graphic Design Publications:

@Issue: The Journal of Business and Design:

www.cdf.org

The AIGA Journal of Graphic Design:

www.aiga.org

Communication Arts:

www.comarts.com

Corporate Annual Reports Newsletter:

www.ragan.com

Design Graphics:

www.designgraphics.com.au

Design Issues:

www.mitpress.mit.edu/DI

Émigré:

www.émigré.com

Eye: Graphic Artists Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines:

www.gag.org

Graphic Design USA:

Graphis:

www.graphis.com

HOW:

www.howdesign.com

I.D.:

www.idonline.com

Innovation:

www.idsa.org

Metropolis:

www.metropolismag.com

Print:

www.printmag.com

Step-By-Step Graphics:

www.dgusa.com

U&Uc

: www.itcfonts.com

Visible Language:

www.id.iit.edu/visiblelanguage.com

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