For Monday Jan. 31

You should have read Chapter 6: Value
plus "Raster vs.Vector Images" here at Art109Miami

DUE TODAY AT END OF CLASS: Your Cropping Exercise (Practice P2). (For details, see posting below.)

Our Topics:
- The Design Process
- The Adobe Platform/Intro to Photoshop
- Work on Practice Exercises 1 & 2 and Sample Repairs in Bridge
- Continue with Tutorials on your own & learning Photoshop

For Wednesday Feb. 2

Read Chapter 8: Color
plus 1) "Step x Step Photo Repair" (how-to) at Art109Miami (note: this is a new addition!)
2) "What File Format do I Use?" at Art109Miami

Bring to Class: A "before" image to begin work on Assignment 1 (Photoshop "Before & After")

DUE AT END OF CLASS: Icon Exercise (Practice P3). (For details, see posting below.)

Our Topics:
- Value
- Photo "Repair"


Coming Up

Next Mon. Feb. 7 Sketches for Visual Pun/Abstraction (Assignment 3) due in class/Work on Assignment 1. Take Quiz 1 (on Chapters 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 + all Art109.Miami readings assigned to date).

Next Wed. Feb. 9 Assignment 1 Due for critique/discussion (Before & After Photo Enhancement) at beginning of class (5 points). (You have until the following Monday to turn in the final result of your work.)

Mon. Feb.14 Sketches for Self-Portrait (Assignment 4) due in class

Wed Feb. 16 Assignment 2 (Color Exercise) due for critique/discussion at beginning of class (5 points). (You have until Monday to turn in the final result of your work.)

Feb. 21 Quiz 2 (Chapters 11, 12, 14, 15) - Note! This Date has been moved up!

Feb. 23 Assignment 3 (Abstraction/Visual Pun)
due at beginning of class (5 points) for critique.

Feb. 28 Assignment 4 (Self-Portrait Series) due for critique at beginning of class (10 points).

Mar. 4 Last day to turn in all Photoshop assignments for evaluation/credit. Begin Module 2 (Illustration/Adobe Illustrator)