Playing Cards

Day 1: Thumbnails

Students will submit 6-12 pairs of card ideas.

Day 2: Linework

Students will submit their final, cleaned linework for their cards.

Day 3: Final Colors

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Assignment 3: Movie Poster

Posters. We all enjoy them, and a good movie poster can sometimes get us to go see that movie in a theater.

You guys will be making a NEW movie poster for an already existing film. You will select a film and, using photos and screencaps you can find online, collage and filter them into a movie poster!

Goal: to understand filter, sizing, and layer tools; to look at composition

Day 1: poster thumbnails and photo reference shot collection (6-8)

 Think through what movie you would like to make a poster for and begin looking at screenshots/ screencaps/ youtube videos etc to get inspiration.

For that film, make 6-8 well thought out thumbnails. The drawings can be simple (stick figures) but we are looking at different compositions.

Is it minimalist? Using cutouts and objects to make something new?

Is it a great shot or moment from the film that you focus on?

Is it a collage of heads and faces of the actors?

Is it a mix of both scenes and heads?

As you can see, the same movie can have different posters that are both successful.

 Turn in 6-8 thumbnail ideas for your movie poster (for the same movie). Explore different options and angles.


Day 2: Rough arrangement
- photos cut and cropped and placed properly
- no filters needed yet
Day 3/4: Final Filters/effects

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Day 4: Blending

Due: Weds. Feb 14 (subject to change)

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Day 3: Flats

Day 3: Flats

What are flats?

Flats are the filled in blocks of colors on a piece. In traditional painting it is almost equivelant to an 'underpainting' layer.

Option 1: Just use the brush tool

⦁ Just use the Brush tool (B) and on a layer below the inks, paint in.
*this takes a loooooong time

Option 2: Paint around the rim and fill

⦁ Use the brush tool (B) and paint AROUND the edge of the shape you want.
⦁ Once done, use the Magic Wand tool (W) and select the inside that still needs to be filled.
⦁ Go to Select > Modify > expand and expand by 3-5 pixels so that the selection completely fills in everything
⦁ Go to Edit > Fill > make sure 'Foreground color' is used and hit okay

Option 3: Magic wand tool

⦁ Use the Magic wand tool (W) and select the OUTSIDE space
⦁ Go to Select > Inverse (now your object is select instead of the outside space)
⦁ Go to Select > Modify > CONTRACT and contract by 3-5 pixels
⦁ Go to Edit > Fill > make sure 'Foreground color' is used and hit okay

Now duplicate this layer (drag the layer in the layer window to the 'create new layer' button)

Lock the layer by selecting the box next to the word lock in your layer window.

Now either use selection options or the brush tool (B) to start separating out your blocked in colors.

Step 1: Have a base flat layer (any color)

Step 2: Above the flat layer, do more flats for different sections.

Step 3: Have a layer ABOVE the flats that is a Multiply layer for your shadows.

And done!

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Day 2: Linework

How to expand a small image

Goal: Learning how to use the Transform Tool in Photoshop

Step 1: Open a new canvas

• Specs: 8.5in height, 11in width 300dpi resolution (can be portrait or landscape)
• Name: Lastname_Firstname_ArtistLinework
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Step 2: Copy/Paste your favorite thumbnail into the new canvas

• Use the Marquee tool and select the thumbnail pose
• Use ctrl+c to copy, go to your new canvas and use ctrl+v to paste

Step 3: Expand the thumbnail

• With the thumbnail layer selected, use ctrl+t to go into the Transform tool mode
• HOLD SHIFT and drag the corner to expand the image
• When it's big enough, hit enter to get out of Transform mode

Step 4: Refine your sketch

• On a new layer, refine your sketch

Inking

Goal: Understanding pressure and line weight

We will work together in class to discuss line weight and pressure.

Due: Mon, Feb 13 at the end of class

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Workshop: Costumed Figure Drawing coming soon!

Open to OCSA students only. Don't miss out!

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Day 1: Thumbnailing

Making Your Thumbnail Template

Goal: Understanding the 'Shapes' tool in Photoshop and how to duplicate objects.

Step 1: Open a new canvas

• Specs: 8.5in width, 11in height 300dpi resolution
• Name: Lastname_Firstname_AvatarThumbnails

Step 2: Use the Rectangle Tool to create a square

You will find the rectangle tool if you right click on the circle tool right above the hand icon in your toolbar.

Now, at the top of the window the tool options change for this tool. There is the Fill option, the Stroke option, and the stroke thickness.

Change Fill to the '/' and the Stroke to a black. Have the stroke be 5px.

Now, on your canvas HOLD SHIFT (to keep it square) and drag to form your first square. Release and hit enter when you are done.

Yay! A square... now let's make more!

Step 3: Duplicate the shape

Now in your layer window on the right side of the screen, click and drag the rectangle1 layer you just made to the 'create new layer' button (the one next to the trash can). Release, and it will duplicate the layer.

To line up your square evenly, select your move tool (V) and HOLD SHIFT to drag an object along an invisible straight line.

Step 4: Merge Layers

To keep your layers under control, you can merge them into one. Once the squares are positioned how you'd like, Select the top square layer, HOLD SHIFT, and select the bottom. They should not all be highlighted.

Now to merge use the shortcut 'ctrl+e' and now all those layers are one!

Do the same for the circles as you did for the squares until you have 6 squares and 6 circles on the same canvas. 

Thumbnailing

Goal: Understanding the importance and simplicity of thumbnails.

Check out this perfect explanation of why we thumbnail. SOURCE: Tristan Yuvienco

What thumbnails are: simple, messy, quick, not always right

What thumbnails are NOT: perfect, super detailed, time consuming

Each thumbnail should take you around 5 minutes. They are ideas and concepts and can be as silly and quick as they need to be for you to understand them.

In your shapes template, sketch out 10-12 thumbnails for your avatar. It can be you, your artistic persona, or something you enjoy.

One rule: DO NOT COPY OR TRACE. This needs to be YOUR work.

student examples

Due: Mon, Feb 6 at the end of class

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