Media Arts is an entry level course where computers are used as creative tools.
It is designed for students with an interest in gaining introductory experience in a variety of media art forms. The goal is to produce media arts projects that will teach students aspects of photographic composition, manipulation, illustration, and editing.
Students will learn elements and principles of art through concepts of digital photography, graphic design, and digital integration with visual imagery.
From this course, students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of the underlying concepts. The instructions will be application-based with lectures and demonstrations. The course requires student research and completion of all projects.
Adobe ILLUSTRATOR
Assignments:
Shapes - Create a Face using the shape tool in Adobe Illustrator. Direct selection tool must be used to altar shapes - Upload to google Classroom.
Exploring the Pen Tool - Upload the practice images to Google Classroom by
Your Bitmoji - Creating 2 versions of you as a bitmoji
Adobe PHOTOSHOP
Intro to Media Arts - Creating a Digital Portfolio using Google Sites and contract signed-
Food Sign
Zombified... -
Comic Strip - Did you do the first page after the Zombie? Finish this by creating a proper comic strip. -include 3 or more speech bubbles in total. Story must have a beginning, middle, and end. Once three or more separate photos - flatten and place them on one new photo...I provided templates if you wish to use one.
Additional Assignments:
Parody Poster - TBA
Behind Their Words - TBA
Merging Worlds TBA
Personification- TBA
IMOVIE IS NEXT!!!
IMOVIE
Assignments: 3rd Quarter
Intro to IMovie - The best way to learn to edit is to...EDIT! Let's Learn it!
I'm going to be showing you what you need to know...
First Project - Movie Bio -
4th Quarter
YOUR WEBSITE - Completed and Updated with the work you did this quarter - I will be grading your website on the following:
PORTFOLIO PAGE - Label Photoshop and Illustrator projects. At least 6 Photoshop projects shown with captions. At least 2 Illustrator projects with captions.
HOME PAGE - Your final project uploaded as a jpg.
3D Printing - Tinkercad
Green Screen - One of your characters invades East - this could be a comedy, horror, or any genre you choose -
FINAL PROJECT - MUSICAL Silhouette
Artist's Choice
Update/Add to Digital Portfolio - CREATE VISUAL Artist Statement/CV
Please be prepared for class...
GRADING POLICY
Each quarterly grade will be calculated based upon the following:
60% Projects - (Creative, seamless, and cohesive) - all projects will have a rubric
40% Participation (attendance, time on task, attitude)
Check out our Syllabus
Pexels - High Res Copyright Free Images
...and even more Free Stock Photos Here
Find creative fonts HERE ...then download it
Photoshop Help...At a Glance
Photoshop is designed to cater to different kind of artists, meaning people have various work flows that fit them. In line with that, remember there is often multiple ways to do something. I will teach you multiple ways and you will find the one that works best for you. An example is creating a new layer: