Collect ten images, one for each of the 10 image prompts, and present each image in your Workbook. Include a brief description (at least one full sentence) for each image. These must be original images that you photographed yourself, or images of your own artwork. Since your collage is intended to represent you, it’s important to focus on images that are personally relevant or meaningful.

• Each source image must be a JPG or PNG file, at least 1000 pixels by 700 pixels.

• Upload your ten image files to your Course Folder (that's the folder on Google Drive > Shared with Me, titled DigiArt-Your First Name Your Last Initial)

• Then add your ten images to your Workbook, and add a written description next to each image. The written description must be at least one full sentence.

If you're having a hard time coming up with something to write, try to answer one or more of the following questions:

• Why did you choose this image?

• Where did the image come from?

• How was the image made?

• Is there a story behind the image ?

Image Prompts

These prompts are starting points, you may find other meanings for these words

1. A landscape

2. A face

3. A figure: the bodily shape or form, especially of a person

4. An object

5. A texture: the perceived surface quality of a material, especially a tactile quality

6. A pattern: the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner

7. A mark: an impression (such as a scratch, scar, or stain) made on something 

8. A work of art or design made by you

9. A fragment: a small part broken or separated off something

10. A memory

11. An object to scan in class: Bring an object to scan on the flatbed scanner in class. This could be an original work of art by you such as a painting or drawings. You can bring in a sketchbook and scan part of a page. It can also be any textured surface such as a piece of fabric. Do not bring in something that may damage the scanner, such as anything heavy, sharp, or anything that may leave residue on the scanner.

Use Photoshop to create three collages which use the Design Principle of Contrast.

Note: We will start one of these collages on the first day of class. For that collage you can source images from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page or you can use pictures you have taken if you have access to them.

For each Collage:

1. Begin with two of your source images (you can more images later if you want to).

2. Open them both in Photoshop. Save your Collage as a PSD file as soon as you get started. Include your name and Contrast Collage in the title of your file.

3. Use Selection Tools (Quick Select or the Lassso Tool) to select parts of one image and copy (⌘C) and paste (⌘V) those parts onto the other image file.

4. Transform and position your layers to create a Collage which uses the Design Principle of Contrast.

5. Experiment with transforming position, scale, and rotation. Try repeated rotations and editing the center of rotation.

6. Layers: Keep each part of the collage on its own layer on Photoshop, and label each layer to organize your file.

7. Export: When you finish the collage, export it as a PNG and a JPG file.

8. Upload the PSD, the PNG, and the JPG file to your course folder on google drive. Post the PNG and the JPG to your Digital Art Workbook.

Required Tutorials

• Photoshop: Opening, Saving & Exporting Files

• Get to know Photoshop (5 videos, 21 minutes)

• Work with Layers (5 videos, 20 minutes)

• Make Selections (3 videos, 14 minutes, You can skip the video called Fine Tune A Selection)

Additional Tutorials

• Adobe Photoshop Tutorial Video Page: scroll down and check out the Beginner selections course, Beginner layer masking course & Beginner photo compositing course

• How to Use the Scanner

• What Are Selections

• Transform

• Transform (text)

• Flip Horizontal/Vertical

• Move Center of Rotation

Create three original Photoshop Paintings, as described below.

Save each one as a PSD and export each as a JPG or PNG. Upload all files to your Course Folder and post the JPG and/or PNGs to your Workbook. Note that Painting 3 must be exported as a PNG (not a JPG) because it has an alpha channel.

Include a written description that is at least one complete sentence, for each painting in your Workbook

Painting 1: Color Swatch Painting

Open one of your source images in Photoshop. Unlock the background layer and save it as a PSD. Use the Eye Dropper tool to select at least four different colors and save them as Swatches in their own folder in the Swatch panel. On a new layer (or several new layers), make a painting using only these colors. Experiment with different brush shapes, sizes, hardnesses, opacity, and any other brush dynamics you wish to explore.

Painting 2: Blending Modes & Layer Masks

Create a digital painting that uses Blending Modes and Layer Masks. Here's one way to do it:

• pick one of your source images (from Step 1) that has tonal variation. That means the image some light areas, some dark areas, and some areas that are in between.

• Open it in Photoshop. Create a layer above the background, set it to the Multiply or Color Burn Blending Mode, and paint on top of your photo. As you continue to paint, create a new layer for each section you paint.

• You can also just experiment with painting, without using a photo, as long as you make use of layers set to different blending modes.

Painting 3: Alpha Channel

Create a Photoshop painting that includes parts with a transparent alpha channel. You can use either of the first two paintings as a starting point. Painting 3 must be exported as a PNG.

Adjustment Layers

• Adjustments include Contrast, Color Balance, and Saturation.

• Adjustments Layers can be created by going to Main Menu > Layer > New Adjustment Layer OR clicking on the Circle Icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel.

• By Default, an Adjustment Layer applies to every layer below it. To make an adjust layer apply only to the layer immediately below it, hover over the bottom of the Adjustment Layer in the layers panel and click Option on the keyboard.