For this Thursday's class :
Assemble personal materials for scanning to create a digital self-portrait -- be sure NOT to include photos or other images of your physical self. Give some thought to objects and textures that somehow say something about you, your identity, your sense of self. Make sure to bring at least four sepeaate things (all of them have to be able to be placed on a scanning bed, of course -and at least two of the objects must be three dimensional).
Please remember to acquire a jump drive, if you don't already have one -- it would be good to have it for Wednesday.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Welcome: Fall 2017
Hi there -- and welcome to the blog for the Digital Darkroom Class.
For next class :
Assemble personal materials for scanning to create a digital self-portrait -- be sure NOT to include photos or other images of your physical self. Give some thought to objects and textures that somehow say something about you, your identity, your sense of self. Make sure to bring at least three seperate things (all of them have to be able to be placed on a scanning bed, of course).
Please remember to acquire a jump drive, if you don't already have one -- it would be good to have it for Thursday.
And here are some links to some of the artists whose work I showed in class:
Jill Greenberg
Flickr "Brushes" gallery
Chris Jordan
Alberto Seveso
Andrea Innocent
Emily Eibel (Tomby Illustration)
eBoy Pixel Art
12:31 and the Visible Human project
And the online art communities I talked about:
http://www.deviantart.com
http://www.conceptart.org
Visible Human Project source:
Finding Paths through the world's photos:
The Most Photographed Barn in America
Link to syllabus:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qyck799ylq506d4/17FallDART230-1Lanier.doc?dl=0
For next class :
Assemble personal materials for scanning to create a digital self-portrait -- be sure NOT to include photos or other images of your physical self. Give some thought to objects and textures that somehow say something about you, your identity, your sense of self. Make sure to bring at least three seperate things (all of them have to be able to be placed on a scanning bed, of course).
Please remember to acquire a jump drive, if you don't already have one -- it would be good to have it for Thursday.
And here are some links to some of the artists whose work I showed in class:
Jill Greenberg
Flickr "Brushes" gallery
Chris Jordan
Alberto Seveso
Andrea Innocent
Emily Eibel (Tomby Illustration)
eBoy Pixel Art
12:31 and the Visible Human project
And the online art communities I talked about:
http://www.deviantart.com
http://www.conceptart.org
Visible Human Project source:
Finding Paths through the world's photos:
The Most Photographed Barn in America
Link to syllabus:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qyck799ylq506d4/17FallDART230-1Lanier.doc?dl=0
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
List of files, GIF artist list, final time
LIST OF FILES
For Thursday, bring all your files from the semester for me to collect. Collect them all in one folder with your name on it.
For Thursday, bring all your files from the semester for me to collect. Collect them all in one folder with your name on it.
Please follow this naming convention:
You should give them filenames like this:
"(2-digit project number)-(your last name)-(project title).fileextension"
So if your name is Jane Smith, and the project was the self portrait, you would name the file:
01-smith-selfportrait.jpg
If you have more than one image for the project, append letters (A,B, C):
01-smith-selfportrait-A.jpg
01-smith-selfportrait-B.jpg
All the files should be flattened files.
And here are the project titles I'd like you to use.
1. Digital self-portrait, from three scans:
01-lastname-selfportrait
2. Text/image combo project (at least two versions)
02-lastname-textimage-A
02-lastname-textimage-B
3. The response to the collage artist
03-lastname-collageresponse
4. The "composite" project (something small made large, or something large made small)
04-lastname-composite
5. The "fake news" project
05-lastname-fakenews
6. The "multiple me" project
06-lastname-multiple
7. The Fair Use Project
07-lastname-fairuse
8. The Illustrator Landscape or Portrait Project
08-lastname-illustrator
9. The Brushes Project
09-lastname-brushes
10. Lulu Book Project (six interior pages)
10-lastname-lulu-A
10-lastname-lulu-B
10-lastname-lulu-C
10-lastname-lulu-D
10-lastname-lulu-E
10-lastname-lulu-F
11. Animated GIF
11-lastname-GIF
GIF ARTIST LIST
https://creativemarket.com/blog/the-30-best-animated-gif-artists-on-the-web
FINAL IS AT:
Wednesday Dec 14, 9am-11am.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Final Time, and book page specs
Our final will be:
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 9am-11am
In our usual classroom
The specs for the final pages for the book are:
Each page should be: 8.75in x 8.75in
Each page has to be a flattened pdf
Name them like so:
LASTNAME-01.pdf
LASTNAME-02.pdf
LASTNAME-03.pdf
LASTNAME-04.pdf
LASTNAME-05.pdf
LASTNAME-06.pdf
Wednesday, Dec. 14, 9am-11am
In our usual classroom
The specs for the final pages for the book are:
Each page should be: 8.75in x 8.75in
Each page has to be a flattened pdf
Name them like so:
LASTNAME-01.pdf
LASTNAME-02.pdf
LASTNAME-03.pdf
LASTNAME-04.pdf
LASTNAME-05.pdf
LASTNAME-06.pdf
Thursday, November 17, 2016
The Book Project
Next Thursday will be a work period for your six-page sequence, so come prepared with whatever raw materials you need (images, ideas) to use the work period profitably. A portion of your grade will be your initial proposal for the sequence, which is due at the beginning of Thursday's class – you need to have at least a basic sketch (drawn out on paper, or cobbled together in Photoshop) of your general idea for the sequence, or a one-paragraph write-up of your idea (printed out).
Here are the specs for the images in your "sequence" project -- the one we're printing up as a book through lulu.com. You should have the images you need at the start of the class, so you can just jump into it when class starts.
Dimensions for Lulu book project
You will have 6 pages to fill in an art book we're publishing through Lulu.com. One page is like an intro page for yourself and your work, which should include your name. It can be a sort of "artist's statement," or it can otherwise set the stage for the images to follow. The following five pages should be a series of images that somehow work together as a sequence.
The dimensions at which you should create the work are:
Final page size will be 8.5" x 8.5" at 300 dpi.
The pages need a 1/8" bleed all the way around, so you'll create your photoshop files at 8.75" x 8.75" (at 300 dpi, this comes out to 2625 pixels by 2625 pixels).
Keep in mind, as you're designing the sequence, that you will have three "two page spreads," where the image on the lefthand page will be facing the image on the righthand page. Think about how the images on those facing pages will affect each other, in terms of content, color, composition, and so on.
If you're still chewing through what a "sequence" is, remember that a potential starting place could be:
1. Time changes through a fixed location. What is a single place, that goes through changes as time passes, and how are those changes made visible? Think of R. Crumb's "History of America."
2. Spatial changes with a fixed subject. Is there a character, or object, that travels through different spaces?
3. Transformations of a character or object. Think of Klinger's "glove" etching. Is there a common image that goes through a variety of changes of scale, of stature, of meaning? Is there an object that can pull the images together along the thread of a visual theme?
4. Different aspects of a single thing. Think Hokusai's Mount Fuji series. Is there a thing, a person or a place that can be looked at through a variety of lenses -- the lens of history, of myth, of geology, etc?
5. Formal variation and rhythm. Remember that abstracts images can function in sequence, riffing on common formal elements throughout the multiple images.
6. Storytelling. Any sequence tells a story of some sort. Is there some sort of narrative that could occur through the five images? Think of Hogarth's "Harlot's Progess," or the comics examples I showed.
And you should "own" your artwork in this project -- you can shoot your own images, or draw your own images. You can use stock images (free or purchased).
Here are the specs for the images in your "sequence" project -- the one we're printing up as a book through lulu.com. You should have the images you need at the start of the class, so you can just jump into it when class starts.
Dimensions for Lulu book project
You will have 6 pages to fill in an art book we're publishing through Lulu.com. One page is like an intro page for yourself and your work, which should include your name. It can be a sort of "artist's statement," or it can otherwise set the stage for the images to follow. The following five pages should be a series of images that somehow work together as a sequence.
The dimensions at which you should create the work are:
Final page size will be 8.5" x 8.5" at 300 dpi.
The pages need a 1/8" bleed all the way around, so you'll create your photoshop files at 8.75" x 8.75" (at 300 dpi, this comes out to 2625 pixels by 2625 pixels).
Keep in mind, as you're designing the sequence, that you will have three "two page spreads," where the image on the lefthand page will be facing the image on the righthand page. Think about how the images on those facing pages will affect each other, in terms of content, color, composition, and so on.
If you're still chewing through what a "sequence" is, remember that a potential starting place could be:
1. Time changes through a fixed location. What is a single place, that goes through changes as time passes, and how are those changes made visible? Think of R. Crumb's "History of America."
2. Spatial changes with a fixed subject. Is there a character, or object, that travels through different spaces?
3. Transformations of a character or object. Think of Klinger's "glove" etching. Is there a common image that goes through a variety of changes of scale, of stature, of meaning? Is there an object that can pull the images together along the thread of a visual theme?
4. Different aspects of a single thing. Think Hokusai's Mount Fuji series. Is there a thing, a person or a place that can be looked at through a variety of lenses -- the lens of history, of myth, of geology, etc?
5. Formal variation and rhythm. Remember that abstracts images can function in sequence, riffing on common formal elements throughout the multiple images.
6. Storytelling. Any sequence tells a story of some sort. Is there some sort of narrative that could occur through the five images? Think of Hogarth's "Harlot's Progess," or the comics examples I showed.
And you should "own" your artwork in this project -- you can shoot your own images, or draw your own images. You can use stock images (free or purchased).
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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