Descrition: For this project you will be utilizing all the selecting tool skills that we just practiced with the picture puzzles in our previous lesson. You will be creating an illuminated letter using your first initial in photoshop by collaging images and layering them into a cohesive composition that is either a "self-portrait" of black and white vector images or a Theme/ Motif
Assignment Criteria:
Image size: 11x 17 (tabloid size) Note: Portrait or Landscape orientation will be based on letter chosen as some are taller and/or wider
Final Image can be in Black and White or in Color (Coloring must follow "How to Add Color to Your Layers: Tutorial - See Below in Tutorial Files)
Day 1:
Introduction to Project
Discuss assignment and criteria
Set-up Project Folder "Ill Letter"
Student Brainstorming Questionnaire
Day 2: Student Research Time (Finding images and saving them to your USB Drive)
Day 3: Student Research Time (Finding images and saving them to your USB Drive)
Day 4: Guided Practice on Using Selecting Tools to select vector images
Day 5: Guided Practice on Page Set-up with Large Letter "Mask"
Day 6, 7, 8: Student Work Period - Copy and paste images onto final collage
Day 9: Adding Color Tutorial Presentation
Day 10 and 11: Finish up Collages and Setup Layer Compositions for Presentation and Print.
Upload Final .Jpeg image to shared P# Last Name, First Name Folder to project folder "Ill Letter"
Note: For this project you will only be using simple black and white vector images, think silhouettes and outline images only.
Search the follow prompts using Google Images:
Black and White Vector + (Whatever you're looking for)
Silhouette + (Whatever you're looking for)