All Sides News: https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
Cooper-Hewitt HS Design Competition Due Feb 22
Cool Guy - Great website: https://educopilot.com/
Lic Key: F1-A4F75255-9EE0D138-41169C61-18554D6E
Week 10: Nov. 5
Going Further
Going Further
- Using only the word: BROOKINGS, you need to create a logo whereby you will create a 'chaotic arrangement of the letters'. There are lots of ways you can do this.
- The video which shows you a couple of tools you can use to 'chaotically arrange the letters' using Photopea.
- Complete steps 1 and 2 until you have a range of different chaotic logos.
Week 11: Nov. 5
The Dreaded Pen Tool
The Dreaded Pen Tool
- If you can master THIS GAME, you will know the pen tool. It took me about 4 tries.
- Another pen excerise, if you want to do it.
Week 12: Nov. 5
Pen Tool Portrait
Pen Tool Portrait
For this project, you have a few choices as you get started. You will be creating a portrait in Photopea using the Pen tool and the skills that you have learned over the past few weeks. Next, decide if you want to create a more simple, cartoon-like portrait (as in the first two examples) or a more complex, realistic-looking version (as in the second two examples). Note that the simple versions are wise if you know that you work a bit slower, or if you simply like the aesthetic of the cartoons. The complex versions are more difficult, but show a higher level of technical skill. All students will be required to use a minimum of FIVE class periods to work on their piece, so if you are somebody who works quickly, then plan on adding complexity, multiple characters, or other objects into your piece. If you are somebody who does not work as quickly or who needs a lot of guidance, you may want to choose a simpler approach, just a face with less detail, or maybe an image of the subject wearing sunglasses or a simpler hairstyle. Set yourself up for success!!
All three of these student-made portraits shown above received high marks because of how clean and refined they are, even with their simplicity. Note that the faces are all one solid color and that the facial features are simplified, but that all of the lines are smooth and intentional. There is nothing jagged or messy anywhere in these portraits. All of the above students also chose to include more complex backgrounds, so that the simplicity of their portraits really stood out.
These student portraits show a higher level of complexity, and all three also received high marks on their projects. The difference is that they added shadows and highlights to the skin to create a sense of depth in the portrait. They offset the complexity of the portrait by creating very simple backgrounds, so as not to overwhelm or distract from the face.
- Find or take a HIGH-QUALITY picture of this person from shoulders-up and save it to your computer.
- Open Photopea, and create a new canvas that is named "Last-First-Portrait" and size to 8"x10" @ 300dpi - insert your photograph by clicking "Open & Place" and resize your image to fit the canvas WITHOUT stretching the picture (stretching the picture will automatically take points off of your grade!)
- "Posterize" your image using this WEBSITE so that you can see outlines of the highlights and shadows on your portrait. Copy and paste the resulting image from that website onto a new layer in your project.
- Use the pen tool to outline the entire person and fill them in with a base skin tone by using the color picker to select a color from the photograph. Next, turn off the visibility for that layer, and do the same for the hair. Pause and save your work as a .PSD, then continue!
- Continue to outline all of the basic shapes in your portrait such as any clothing, hands/arms, etc. Pause and save your work as a .PSD to continue on.
- At this point, let's go ahead and add in a background. You are welcome to choose whatever image or design you would like for your background, but be sure that it accentuates, versus distracts from your portrait. Feel free to review the student examples above for ideas. If you decide to use an image from Google, it must be a high-resolution image, and may NOT be stretched or squashed to fit into your canvas! Simply copy and paste the picture onto a layer below your portrait to have it serve as the background! Pause and save your work as a .PSD, then continue!
- Next, begin on the eyes, as these are the soul of your portrait. Start with the biggest shapes, then move smaller. Create the white area, then the iris (colored area), then the pupil and highlight. Next, you will want to create any lashes or creases around the eye.
- Continue in the same manner with the nose, lips, and any other features you may need to include. Ask questions when you get lost, and save your work frequently so that you won't lose it in case things go wrong!
- When you are completely finished, upload your work to the Bear Turn-In - remember that each student must spend a minimum of five days working on this project. If you get to this point after just a few hours of work, you may need to step up the complexity and challenge yourself more!
Demonstration Videos: You are expected to refer back to these instructions when you have questions, as all the answers you need are right here in multiple forms!
Video 3 (optional step)
Storytelling is at the heart of film making
Week 2 & 3: Sept 21-Oct 2
This week you are going to learn about storytelling. Khan Academy has a terrific series of lessons that I know you will enjoy. The Storytelling lessons will take about 12 hours to complete.
All units to be completed by October 2. For this assignment, late work will NOT be accepted.
Adobe Spark Classroom Codes
2 Video Production https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/AQW97M
3 Graphic Design https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/XTES7M
5 Cohort https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/RRMM8M
6 Yearbook https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/BBX87M
8 Graphic Design https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/M7RW8M
2 Video Production https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/AQW97M
3 Graphic Design https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/XTES7M
5 Cohort https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/RRMM8M
6 Yearbook https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/BBX87M
8 Graphic Design https://spark.adobe.com/classroom/join/M7RW8M
- To do so, log into account.adobe.com. You can simply click the "Continue with Google" button and it will log you in with your google credentials.
- Once in, click on the link to Admin Console in the blue ribbon across the top.
- Click on All Apps for K-12. Click on the Users tab. Click on Students - BHHS.
- From there, you can run a quick search to see if the student has already been added. If they haven't, click Add User. As you begin to type in their email address, Adobe should find the record and suggest matches.
- Select the right student and click save. Now that student will be added to that group and have the appropriate licenses.
- This will let you manage your own class and not have to wait for us to add things for you each time your class changes.
- Behance Exquisite Corpse
- AEL 2020 Exquisite Corpse
- from Wikipedia: Exquisite corpse, also known as exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis), is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence by being allowed to see only the end of what the previous person contributed.
- photos exquisite corpse
GRADING: To pass Cohort, you MUST complete Phase 3 in CiS.
Students must score 70% or better over to earn a passing grade.This grade is computed as 100 points per class date.
Check-in participation will be incorporated into the score for the same week.
Students must score 70% or better over to earn a passing grade.This grade is computed as 100 points per class date.
Check-in participation will be incorporated into the score for the same week.
DURING CHRISTMAS BREAK!
CLASSES!
Udemy: vMix Master Class
Kasey Bell Blended Learning
George Couros: 2 Classes!
VonGlitschka:
Learning objectives
Research and design thinking
Defining client expectations with a creative brief
Drawing shapes before you build them
Building precisely using the clockwork method
Using symmetry to streamline your workflow
Art directing yourself
Presenting effectively using design rationales
Responding to client revisions
Archiving and reusing unused ideas
Learning objectives
Research and design thinking
Defining client expectations with a creative brief
Drawing shapes before you build them
Building precisely using the clockwork method
Using symmetry to streamline your workflow
Art directing yourself
Presenting effectively using design rationales
Responding to client revisions
Archiving and reusing unused ideas
Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
1. Admire characters for attempting more than what their successes have been.
2. Keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun as a writer. They can be very different.
3. Trying for theme is important, however you won’t see what the story is about until you’re at the end of that story. Got it? Now rewrite.
4. Once upon a time there was…… Every day, ……One day……Because of that, …… Until finally……
5. Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You’ll feel like you’re losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.
6. What is your character good at or comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at him. Challenge him. How does he deal with it?
7. Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard. Get yours working up front.
8. Finish your story. Let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world, you have both, but move on. Do better next time.
9. When you’re stuck, make a list of what wouldn’t happen next. More often than not, the material that gets you unstuck appears.
10. Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is part of you. Recognise it before you use it.
11. Why must you tell this story in particular? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off? That’s the heart of it.
12. Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th — get the obvious out of the way. Surprise yourself.
13. Give your characters opinions. A character being passive or malleable is easy for you as a writer, but it’s poison to your audience.
14. What’s the essence of your story? What’s the most economical way of telling of it? If you know that, you can build out there.
15. If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.
16. What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if he doesn’t succeed? Stack the odds against him.
17. No work is ever wasted. And if it’s not working, let go and move on — if it’s useful, it’ll show up again.
18. You have to know yourself, and know the difference between doing your best & being fussy. Story is testing, not refining.
19. Coincidences that get characters into trouble are great. Coincidences that get them out of it is cheating.
20. Exercise. Take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How would you rearrange them into what you DO like?
21. Identify with your situation/characters. Don’t write “cool.” What would make YOU act that way?
22. Putting it on paper only allows you to start fixing it. If a perfect idea stays in your head, you’ll never share it with anyone.
2. Keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun as a writer. They can be very different.
3. Trying for theme is important, however you won’t see what the story is about until you’re at the end of that story. Got it? Now rewrite.
4. Once upon a time there was…… Every day, ……One day……Because of that, …… Until finally……
5. Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You’ll feel like you’re losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.
6. What is your character good at or comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at him. Challenge him. How does he deal with it?
7. Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard. Get yours working up front.
8. Finish your story. Let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world, you have both, but move on. Do better next time.
9. When you’re stuck, make a list of what wouldn’t happen next. More often than not, the material that gets you unstuck appears.
10. Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is part of you. Recognise it before you use it.
11. Why must you tell this story in particular? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off? That’s the heart of it.
12. Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th — get the obvious out of the way. Surprise yourself.
13. Give your characters opinions. A character being passive or malleable is easy for you as a writer, but it’s poison to your audience.
14. What’s the essence of your story? What’s the most economical way of telling of it? If you know that, you can build out there.
15. If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.
16. What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if he doesn’t succeed? Stack the odds against him.
17. No work is ever wasted. And if it’s not working, let go and move on — if it’s useful, it’ll show up again.
18. You have to know yourself, and know the difference between doing your best & being fussy. Story is testing, not refining.
19. Coincidences that get characters into trouble are great. Coincidences that get them out of it is cheating.
20. Exercise. Take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How would you rearrange them into what you DO like?
21. Identify with your situation/characters. Don’t write “cool.” What would make YOU act that way?
22. Putting it on paper only allows you to start fixing it. If a perfect idea stays in your head, you’ll never share it with anyone.
AEE Resource - WOW!: Distance Learning Resources
ISTE Spark Guide LINK - read before end of November!
Infographic: The Recipe for a Perfect Logo
- You will be creating projects using InkScape
- Read the assignment HERE. Read the rubric!
- HERE are some examples of good solutions made by students last year. Use your imagination!
- Ten good tutorials for vector designers
- A crash course in InkScape (website)
- Inkscape Beginner Tutorials
- InkScape ALL tutorials
Video Info
Basic Shooting and Editing Video
Basic Shooting and Editing Video
You will be taking the ACA Practice Exam on Tuesday/Wednesday- January 7th & 8th
You will take the Final ACA Exam on Tuesday, January 21st and Wednesday, January 22nd.
You will take the Final ACA Exam on Tuesday, January 21st and Wednesday, January 22nd.
- Finish the curriculum a week early. If you finish the curriculum a week early, you'll have time to use the ACATestPrep quizzes and reviews most effectively. Wait until the last minute and you won;t know what you need to review! Finish every project, and watch every video.
- Do the prep quizzes and review in the box below.
- Relax on testing day. Stressing on testing day can lower your score as much as not studying or finishing all the projects. If you watch all the videos, do all the projects, and spend time reviewing, you've got a darn good chance of passing! If you don't...you're rolling the dice! Don't gamble on this, especially if you don't get to test again if you don't pass the first time (many people don't pass the first time, but do on the second.)
- TO PREPARE, DO THE FOLLOWING LISTED BELOW (they are assignments &you will receive a grade for doing them)
- FINISH WATCHING THE VIDEOS AND DOING THE UNIT PROJECTS
- ACA Test Prop Planning: Project Planning
- Show me the screen AFTER you have viewed the Photoshop Visual Dictionary
- Show me the screen AFTER you have viewed 17 Essential Terms Every Photoshop Beginner Needs to Know
- https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/essential-photoshop-terms/
- Complete the Quizlet - all 112 questions and show me your screen for the grade. 300 points.
- FINISH WATCHING THE VIDEOS AND DOING THE UNIT PROJECTS. I will do the Last Unit - #9 in class with you on Thurs/Fri Jan 9 & 10. Then you will take the QUIZ, turn-in a screen shot of your score with YourName as the name of the file. Lesson Plan
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
