Class+04+Illustrator

Photoshop Finals

 * Compress Photoshop folder and upload to Basecamp (if zip file is larger than 100 MB, burn to CD) //**Photoshop lessons along with the Photoshop project: Select yourself (and other objects) and place them in a different image and create a postcard.**//
 * TEST #1 – PHOTOSHOP
 * Photoshop Project

Photoshop Project
Use the beach jpg or the house jpg uploaded to Basecamp as a background for a post card. Use images of yourself, friends, pets, etc. Select yourself, friends, pets and move them to the postcard. Use the text tool to create a post card message. Use any other tool to produce a creative post card.

Instructions to create a custom shadow in Photoshop http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/cast-shadow/

Von Glitschka: Illustration Designer
http://www.vonglitschka.com/

//Samurai Guppy (mind map)//
http://scotthull.com/artists/glitschka/portfolio/character-design/#http://scotthull.com/artists/glitschka/files//2008/09/samurai-guppy.jpg

Analog versus Digital (Sketch first, import sketch and then create vector shapes.)

" It said that practice makes perfect. I disagree. If your creative process is flawed then all practice does is make you a consistent purveyor of marginal work."

"Remember, practice doesn't make perfect, process does."

- Von Glitschka

//Process Von Glitschka Uses This Process//

 * Prepare and research.
 * Create a project brief (creative brief).
 * Think creatively.
 * Word Association
 * Mind Mapping
 * Before, During, After
 * Expand your thinking (read).
 * Select appropriate style.
 * Use reference material.

//Tools//

 * Thumbnail sketches - paper, pencils, pens, erasers and reference material
 * Refined sketches - light box, tracing paper, pencils, pens, erasers and reference material
 * Vector-based software - scanner, refined sketches

Begin Illustrator
Presentation and Overview – Chapters 1 and 2

HOMEWORK:
Illustrator Chapter 1 – Getting to Know Illustrator Lessons 1 – 9

Illustrator Chapter 2 – Creating Text and Gradients Lessons 1 – 7