2019-20 Digital Art Two

Letter to the Past Through the discovery of an inter-dimensional wormhole located in a small chicken coop on the outskirts of Wichita, mankind has learned that it is possible to move solid objects between dimensions—either into the future or into the past. (The experiments on living creatures did not fare as well #insideoutpig, #wearyourheartonyoursleeve) This amazing discovery has opened up abundant opportunities—particularly in education—not the least of which is that you can now communicate with your past or future self (!) In order to leverage this capacity, all students are being asked to write a letter to their former selves, providing instructive ideas about how to succeed in their future classes.   (The future is now) Please take a few minutes and write a letter to your past self about what it takes to be successful in the Digital Art class. This may include tips on design, use of class time & coming up with ideas for your projects. ...

The "Now What The What The Heck I Am I Supposed To Do With This" Project... You will be provided with a flash drive upon which you will find a folder of high-resolution "stock" images of people.   Your challenge is to use those images as a point of departure to create an interesting composition that compels on the conceptual, the visual, the technical and the creative level.   (Make something cool-looking that carries meaning, and do it well) Use a minimum of three images from the folder and create your composition on an 11" x 17" (or 17" x 11") Photoshop file @ 300 ppi.

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VPA cont. In a short paragraph, please describe (on your Blog) how you have incorporated the concept of "Unity" into your design of the Visual and Performing Arts logo.

VPA http://www.lahainalunaptsa.org/reflections.html For your next project, you will be designing a logo for the LRHS Visual and Performing Arts Festival taking place on Thursday April 9th, 2020 @ Lakewood Ranch High School 5:00-8:00 p.m. The THEME of this year's Festival is "UNITY" -- your solutions should highlight that aspect in the design. Band , Orchestra , Choir , Theater , Fine Arts and Digital Art/Photography should all be represented in your design and it should work for a poster, a flyer and a t-shirt. The selected design will be printed and used for the Festival. Size: 8" x 10" Resolution: 300 ppi

Guitar Face  For your exam, you will be exploring the Guitar Face meme.  The classic take on this is the replacement of guitars with slugs, but that's been done and done and done... For your project, you are to find a high-res image of a musician absolutely SHREDDING it and replace the instrument with a...?...of your choice. Don't even think about doing a dog, though...that's been done too. ( Bass Dogs ) Oh.  And your design MUST take the form of a Holiday card.   Seriously.  You pick the Holiday.  Cheers! Size: 5" x 7" Resolution: 300 ppi

G.O.B. The image above was scanned from a postcard that went out in the mail advertising a Going Out Of Business sale.  Your challenge is to make some design sense of this monstrosity and recreate the mailer at the exact dimensions (6 "x 8.5"), containing ALL OF THE INFORMATION on the card, but with a cogent design that places appropriate emphasis on design principles and the hierarchy of information.