3/31/14

All classes:  

Last Day:

Create a message for the family of Coach Mudge:(optional activity--if you knew Coach Mudge and would like to create a message for his wife and two boys)  
Mrs. Bock is creating a memory book for the family of Coach Mudge.  Students and teachers are creating pages with pictures, quotes and special memories that they have of Coach.  If you would like to create one to be included, click here for the template.  When you are finished, put the file in Google Drive and share it with me.  I will make sure it gets to Mrs. Bock, or you can print it out yourself (use the color printer) if you would like to take it to her personally .

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Choose one of the YouTube Tutorials to follow along with (see link on 3/26/14).
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned. 
• Note:  1st and 2nd  periods should have a total of 3 tutorials complete, 3rd and 4th should have 4.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Continue working on iPad Concept project.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. working on Card Game project
• • Upload your finished image along with a three-sentence description about what you did or what you learned.
   
• When you are finished, open Gamepress on the iPad
• Use the images from your cards to create a side-scrolling game.

3/28/14

All classes:  

Create a message for the family of Coach Mudge:(optional activity--if you knew Coach Mudge and would like to create a message for his wife and two boys)  
Mrs. Bock is creating a memory book for the family of Coach Mudge.  Students and teachers are creating pages with pictures, quotes and special memories that they have of Coach.  If you would like to create one to be included, click here for the template.  When you are finished, put the file in Google Drive and share it with me.  I will make sure it gets to Mrs. Bock, or you can print it out yourself (use the color printer) if you would like to take it to her personally .

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Choose one of the YouTube Tutorials to follow along with (see link on 3/26/14).
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Continue working on iPad Concept project.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. working on Card Game project
• • Upload your finished image along with a three-sentence description about what you did or what you learned.
   
• If you are finished, open Gamepress on the iPad
• Use the images from your cards to create a side-scrolling game.

3/27/14

All classes:  

Message for the family of Coach Mudge:  Mrs. Bock is creating a memory book for the family of Coach Mudge.  Students and teachers are creating pages with pictures, quotes and special memories that they have of Coach.  If you would like to create one to be included, click here for the template.  When you are finished, put the file in Google Drive and share it with me.  I will make sure it gets to Mrs. Bock, or you can print it out yourself (use the color printer) if you would like to take it to her yourself.

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Choose one of the YouTube Tutorials to follow along with (see link on 3/26/14).
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Continue working on iPad Concept project.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. working on Card Game project
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/26/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment:

Choose one of the YouTube Tutorials to follow along with.
When you are finished, upload your final image to your blog with a description about what you did or what you learned.
Smoke text background:

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

Continue working on iPad Concept project.

• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. working on Card Game project
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/25/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Silhouette background tutorial
• Use your own colors and shapes.
• Brushes Zip File
• Place on background of your silhouette.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned. 

Printing:  You may choose either your cartoon self-portrait or your finished silhouette to print to the color printer (color laser jet).  Make sure you click "scale to media" so that it prints to 8.5 x 11.

You may also choose to print your text portrait.  You can print that to the regular printer (hs-626-lj3005) since it is black and white.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Cont. with iPad Concept project.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

Homework:  Download GamePress and complete the tutorial.

• Card Game Project:  Go Fish
• You can use Illustrator, InDesign, or a combination of both. 
• Create 8 characters to be used to design your cards.
• Save them all as different files
• Save the original Illustrator files! 
• You will need 8 different original characters (Not ones that you created previously) 
• Can be done as pixel art or not, this is your choice.
• Must have a theme (and the theme cannot be "sprites I made.")
• Examples:  Water Creatures, Monsters, People, etc. 
• Must all have the same style  (i.e. pixel art or line art).

•  Create a template for your cards:
• Size:  8.5 x 11
• Outline your cards on this template
• Size of cards:  2.5 x 3.5
• Put four designs on one page and four on another

• Create a design for the back of the card

• Can be a pattern so that you don't have to worry about matching the front and back

• Print to the black and white printer to test

• Ask permission before printing to the color printer.

Additional Options/Challenges
(You may do these only if you have completed the above requirements):

• Create a deck of 52 cards.
• Create your cards so that they can be played for multiple games, for example Go Fish and War. (However, Go Fish is the required game, so you have to still be able to play Go Fish.)
• Create your card backs so they do need to be matched to the front to print correctly.

3/24/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Finish Silhouette project
• Upload your finished image along with a 3-sentence description about what you did or what you learned.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Cont. with iPad Concept project.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Use this tutorial to learn to create pixel art in Illustrator.
• Use what you learned to create a set of 3 new original sprites.
• Upload your finished images along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/21/14 - 3/24/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

Cont. with Silhouette project.

How you'll be graded:

Creativity: 10 points

File size: 10 points

Extra object different color: 10 points

Separation of chin/neck/shoulders: 10 points

Arms and body are separated: 10 points 

Silhouette is of a full body: 10

Pen tool is used, so details of body are realistic and recognizable:  10

Pen tool is used, so nose and shape of face are realistic and recognizable:  10

Pen tool is used, so lines are sharp with no pixelation or fuzziness:  20 points

 

 

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Cont. with advanced tutorials.  Get a finished image on your blog by the end of this week.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Learn to play Minecraft or
• Teach someone to play Minecraft or
• Show off a special skill or tip for using Minecraft.

3/20/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

Cont. with Silhouette project.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  Cont. with advanced tutorials.  Get a finished image on your blog by the end of this week.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. working on InDesign tutorials.  When you are finished with the animated grid, you should either
• Finish the Tasty Tuts totorial or
• Find a tutorial on your own to complete.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics Survey

Gaming Graphics, here is your homework/survey.

3/19/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment:  

Please take the following survey about Photoshop.

• Look at the following example silhouettes and think about what they all (physically) have in common.
• Examples

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Cont. with advanced tutorials.  Get a finished image on your blog by the end of this week.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. with InDesign
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/18/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

Apply the method you learned yesterday in the Flaming Hair tutorial to an image of your own.  You can use a photo of yourself or a friend if you like--or even a teacher if they'll let you!

• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned. 
• Pin your image.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

Cont. with advanced assignments.

• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. with InDesign
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/17/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• "Follow" at least 5 other students by going to their blog, clicking on their link and choosing "follow."
• Afterward, complete the Flaming Hair tutorial using this image.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned. 
• Be sure to Pin it to your Pinterest board.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

•  "Follow" at least 5 other students (advanced or not) by going to their blog, clicking on their link and choosing "follow."
• Continue working on your advanced tutorial.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned. 
• Be sure to Pin it to your Pinterest board.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Finish the tutorial by Tasty Tuts
• OR find another InDesign tutorial you would like to do.  Make sure I approve of the tutorial before you start.
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/7/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: Create a Pinterest Portfolio

• If you don't have a Pinterest account, go to Pinterest.com and create one.  It's free.
• Create a page for your Photoshop work.  You can call it whatever you want.
• Add a Pinterest button to your browser so you can easily Pin your images.
• Pin each of your images from this year to your page.
• Put a link to your page on your blog.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• If you don't have a Pinterest account, go to Pinterest.com and create one.  It's free.
• Create a page for your Photoshop work.  You can call it whatever you want.
• Add a Pinterest button to your browser so you can easily Pin your images.
• Pin each of your images from this year to your page.
• Put a link to your page on your blog.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Cont. working on Indesign assignments.
• Upload a screenshot of your finished document along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

3/4/14 - 3/6/14

All classes:  

Photoshop 1:

Assignment: 

• Continue with 5-10 second animation.
• When you finish, create a 5-10 second animation of your own. 
• (Look at yesterday's blog to see examples.)

• How to start:
• Go to File, New
• Choose the "Default Photoshop  Size" preset.
• This will be a project grade, so make it good! 
• Make sure it's 5-10 seconds, and your speed should not be longer than .2 seconds per frame.  
• Do the math.  If each frame is only .2 seconds, how many frames will it take to make 1 second?
• Don't slow things down just so you get your 2 seconds in.  I will count off if the animation is too choppy.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Advanced Tutorials
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Use Multi-place option to create a grid of images from Bridge.  You should have 3 images from each subject.
  
  Next, use the grid of images to learn how to use the animation feature in InDesign.
• Upload a screenshot of your finished product along with a sentence about what you learned or how you did it.

3/3/14

All classes: 

 

Photoshop 1:

Assignment:  
Create a 5-10 second animation.

Visit the following page to read why Animated Gifs are back and how people are using them: Animated Gifs:  Back by Popular Demand

Visit the following page to see some modern examples:
Animated Gifs:  Tasteful Examples

• Here are a few examples of 5-10 second animations
  (some are student animations, some from the web):   
• Lightning (student)
• Skeleton (student)
• Ninja (student)
• Blast Off
• Rocket (student)
• Bang Your Head
• Body Slam
• Trampoline
• crawling ant
• Polaroid Photo Gallery
• Pole Vault (student)
• 
  
• Not a good example:  random man

Download this zipped file and open it to find 2 videos and a starting file.

Use the Animation How-To file and the Animation How-To Longer video to create an animation of the boy with the thought bubble.

Watch Animation How-To Save to learn how to save it.  Upload a screenshot of the animation in the Browser.

Write a description about what you did or what you learned.

Photoshop 2:

Assignment: 

• Advanced Tutorials
• Upload your finished image along with a description about what you did or what you learned.

Gaming Graphics:                                                                            

Assignment: 

• Continue with Invitation
• Upload a screenshot of your finished document along with a 3-sentence description about what you did or what you learned.