COURSE CALENDAR | WEEK 05 CLASS OUTLINE | Homework

Discussion

• Review homework assignments (Re-worked Bezier Paths, extra credits)
• Review PATH MENU, Scissors Tool, Knife Tool and Transformation Tools (Scale, Shear, Rotate and Reflect)
• Midterm Project Ideas:
  • Darwin: Animals of the Galápagos (photo)
  • Classic Movie Monsters (photo)

Lab

• Understanding Color Lecture Notes

Creating, Saving and Adding Color and Gradient Swatches to your illustration

• Using the illustration you created last week for your Pen Tool homework, add color and save out 3 new illustrations using the following guidelines.

  Global Process: Create and save 3 Global Process colors to your swatches palette. Name each using the standard naming method: (example: 55C,10M, 80Y). Add these to your illustration by selecting each shape, bringing the fill color swatch to the front and clicking on one of your colors in the swatches palette. Please set stroke to NONE. (sample)

  Spot Color Tints: Load 1 Spot color from a Pantone library to your swatches palette. Spot color names, especially those from a library, should always keep their library number (ex:PANTONE 306). Apply the spot color to every shape in your illustration. Next, vary the tint, using the slider in the color palette, to create an illustration that can be printed using just one spot color plate and one black plate. Please set stroke to NONE. (sample)

  Gradient: Create 1 gradient using the Gradient Palette and save it to your swatches palette. Name the swatch. Add the gradient to your illustration by selecting each shape, bringing the fill color swatch to the front and clicking on your saved gradient in the swatches palette. Vary the angle and type of the gradient by using the Gradient Tool and the Gradient Palette. Please set stroke to NONE. (sample)

• Remember to save often while you are working on your drawing and back up your work in more than one place.
• Label your files with your name and the home work title.
  • jsmith_process.ai
  • jsmith_spot.ai
  • jsmith_gradient.ai
• Put in the dropbox (jspevack > public > ad360_dropbox).

Homework | Week 5

Midterm Project RESEARCH:

We decided on Classic Movie Monsters for our Midterm Project. (photo)

• Find a Classic Movie Monster (1920's-1950's). Note the movie's year, director and the actor (the monster)
  • If you can't decide choose one of the classic monsters: Elsa Lanchester from Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Claude Rains from The Invisible Man (1933), Bela Lugosi from Dracula (1931), Claude Rains from Phantom of the Opera (1943), "The Creature" from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Boris Karloff from Frankenstein (1931), Lon Chaney Jr. from The Wolf Man (1941) and Boris Karloff from The Mummy (1932).
• Here are a few links to get you started:
  • Monster-Mash-Posters
  • A Short History of the Horror Film
  • Wikipedia: History of Horror Film
  • Classic Horror Movie index
  • Universal Monsters
  • Timeline of Classic Monster Movies

Midterm Project Prep:

• Make a sketch to use as a guide for your Midterm Project. You may use photographs or found images as reference, but the drawing should be your own.
• Scan the drawing so the output is approximately 600x800 pixels.
• Save it as a jpg.
• Bring the digital image to class on CD or your Flash/Thumb drive.

Finish your 3 Color Assignments:

• Global Process
• Spot Color Tints
• Gradient