UPDATE

Today we will continue working in class on project 2. For next Tuesday please have your digital file ready to be dropped into the drop box. As well as, the final printed magazine cover, mounted on black on black presentation board. You should have 2 inches all around your image, so make sure to measure correctly.

Next Tuesday will be our crit and afterwards I will be handing out a reading and the next update to our projects.

Below is some info regarding the layout and Mounting of your Project 2.


THE PROPER WAY TO BOARD UP A DESIGN
Supplies Needed:
Black Mounting/Presentation Board
Xacto Knife
Metal Straightedge
Spray Adhesive (aka Spray Mount) or DuoTac

1. Print it Out — Most likely your comp will have been designed in RGB at screen resolution. Most consumer laser and inkjet printers do a pretty accurate job these days of printing from RGB. To prevent pixelation though, scale your design down a bit (75-80%) in the print dialog, if its larger than 11 x 17.

2. Crop it Down — Place your printed comp on a flat surface that you don't mind messing up. I usually use a scrap piece of presentation board because it is hard enough not to cut through in one pass, and soft enough not to dull a blade too quickly. Place the straightedge on the comp and cut along the edge with an Xacto knife removing excess paper.

3.Prepare a Board — Mounting board typically comes in 20x30 inch sheets. Measure your cropped design comp and choose a size for your mounting board that leaves at least 2 inches of excess around the paper itself. Use the straightedge and Xacto knife to cut the board to size. When you have it cut, center the comp on the board and use a pencil to lightly mark where each corner should line up.

4. Board it Up — Take your can of Spray Mount and design comp outside and give the back one even coat of adhesive. Allow the adhesive a minute or two to dry, then bring it back inside. Line up two of the corners on your comp to the marks on your board, press down one side and smooth down the rest, being careful not to get any bubbles under the paper. Erase the pencil marks and you're good to go. Other adhesives like rubber cement, or DuoTac can be used, I prefer DuoTac for its ease and lack of harm to the environment.

If using DuoTac- Cut a sheet to size of comp. Lay com face side down, and pull outer coating of DuoTac. Take corners align and adhere. Once adhered to the comp, carefully pull the back side coating exposing the adhesive side that goes onto the board. Follow the last set of directions.

Photos from around the world

photo by location

Just click on the location on the globe you'd like to see photos from, and flickr will provide them.

"Shepard Fairey is not a crook"

Click here to read the article.   It's from the NY Times blog.

Photo Colors

Flickr Multicolor search

I find this useful when looking for certain colors in a photo. Input many combinations.

PROJECT 1

Students,

I am setting up a grade sheet in Carmen just so we can have ongoing comments and grades. When completed, you will be able to see your project grade, current grade, and final grade along with my comments.

I should be done with this by this evening.

See you all in class.

H

Extreme Sheep LED Art

Extreme Sheep LED art

Make sure to watch this in high quality.

I think it's interesting to see how people in unexpected locations (such as this Wales sheep farm) are utilizing technology to create completely new forms of communication. Talk about getting your sheep together... 

THIS IS IT. THE TIME IS NOW.

So, As we begin to re-define, question and realize the power of what we are capable of doing, I want to urge each of you to focus on what we spoke about during last class. What is your role as a student, what is your role as a designer? If you are tired of the BS being spoken, what can you do to change the intention? Is one mind larger than one, yes, it is, and collectively, we can make a dint in this system we all are a part of. It will take commitment, it will take pride, it will take us breaking the norms and we can take joy in the ripping of the syllabus into small pieces.

The point of this class is to teach you about image graphics. What is image graphics? Can we redefine how we learn about image graphics by changing the typical? What will impact you the most as you leave here, what will linger in your mind as you make critical and moral decisions about design in our world, and how can we begin to understand that change is commitment and doesn't happen over night (Regardless of what Bruce Mau speaks)?

As some of you may already have: These could be our rules of the class: This is no longer about vector masks and clone stamping.


RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile.

RULE TWO: General duties of a student - pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students.

RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher - pull everything out of your students.

RULE FOUR: Consider everything an experiment.

RULE FIVE: be self-disciplined - this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.

RULE SIX: Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail, there's only make.

RULE SEVEN: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.

RULE EIGHT: Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. They're different processes.

RULE NINE: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.

RULE TEN: "We're breaking all the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities." (John Cage)

HINTS: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything - it might come in handy later.

BLOG

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I have only received two possible ideas as far as the group project goes. If you really are interested and want to do this, get me your ideas asap.

H