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PROJECT #2: Your Name In Graphics

DIRECTIONS: 1. Explore/play in the browser-based apps below. 2. Make a 'name card' or flyer with your name, a catchphrase, and/or other info you think you'd like to include. (No phone numbers or street addresses, please).  3. We will upload those to your blogs & to Canvas later this week.  ****************** PHOTO EDITING: Pixlr (like Photoshop) -  https://pixlr.com/ Gimp  for Chromebooks  (Chrome Extension) -  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gimp-on-rollapp/eodhmnkhmnkmimhckfpkgmbmcgjkaddo?hl=en-US iPiccy Photo Editor -  https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipiccy-photo-editor/imokeandodnlammaoenbgcnbhigjbpjh?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon DRAWING & PAINTING: Sketchpad 5.1 -  https://sketch.io/sketchpad/ Chrome Canvas (Can use with touchscreen) -  https://canvas.apps.chrome/ Vectr -  https://vectr.com/tmp/ bfE7nIb9I/emiNZnzNF Kleki (Painting) -  https://kleki.com/ SumoPaint (Painting) -  https://www.sumopaint.com/ paint/ Aggie (Drawing/design) -   https:

PROJECT #1: Blog Creation

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 DIRECTIONS: *Complete the steps below in order 1. Log in to your TuHS STUDENT EMAIL (only use your student email). 2. Stay logged in to your TuHS student email. 3. In a NEW TAB in your browser (Chrome?), go to www.blogger.com This page will appear: 4. Click the ORANGE  ' CREATE YOUR BLOG ' button: 4. You might need to log in again.  This step is to link your student account to the Blogger site: 5. After this step, you should be taken to what is called your 'DASHBOARD.'  You will likely not have a blog yet, so click the upper left "NEW BLOG" button: 6. A small window will appear.  You will choose a blog name.  The name can be anything school appropriate . Blogger will let you know if the name can be used: 7. Click ' SAVE' On the bottom left of your dashboard, click ' VIEW BLOG': 8. When you click 'VIEW BLOG' your blog will open. Copy the URL address and send to it to me: When your blog is created, submit the URL LINK to your blog'

SYLLABUS - FALL 2020

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*NOTE: The syllabus contained here is the original syllabus for in person classes. It remains the goal in terms of projects & course work. All other items will be adapted and modified for our 'online' reality.  😁 SYLLABUS - FALL 2020 WHAT IS THIS?  Digital Art 1  is designed to be an introduction to the  digital arts.   You will have opportunities to learn  design industry skills  such as  illustration, drawing, graphic design  and  typography, animation, and photo manipulation .  You will gain an understanding for how to use file formats for output devices such as web, color printing, 3D printing, laser cutting, and vinyl cutting.   Most importantly, you will learn how to generate ideas and learn the key components of creative problem solving which can be used in a wide variety of careers. The software we work with will be the current industry version of Corel Painter, Adobe Photoshop, & Adobe Illustrator.  We will focus on how to apply the  elements of art and pr

PROJECT #6: DIGITAL COLLAGE

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DIRECTIONS FOR COLLAGE. Create an image collage with at least EIGHT+ cut out and combined elements. TO THINK ABOUT: 1. Create MULTIPLE LAYERS. There should be a layer for each of the following: -A layer mask that includes a painted mask for some element in the image -Cut & Pasted element(s) (layers that are comprised of single cut-out elements) *Layers should exist and indicate that you used that layer during the creation of the final image.  2. Your final image could include the following in some way: -A gradiant -Text/numbers -EIGHT+ Cut-out and assembled elements (not including text) 3. To get you thinking & working... -Create new layers with different elements -Cut & paste images parts into what will be your final image -Select using the LASSO & MARQUEE SELECTION tools -CLONE STAMP -PEN TOOL -Gradiant layer - that is sliced/cut out. -Play with perspective, size, opacity, blend modes, filters... -Text...in perspective...half erased/cut 4. Your