By The End Of Week 3 You Will Have Completed
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Portrait Creations In Adobe Illustrator
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2D Flat Characters
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If you have certification in Adobe Illustrator, you're welcome to start with Adobe Fuse
What We'll Be Covering In Week 3...
This week will be spent getting familiar with creating objects in Adobe Illustrator and use of more in-depth tools.
Click the Adobe Illustrator Icon for in-depth project information.
DUE DATES
Fri. Jan. 10th - 4 Practice Adobe Illustrator Pen Traces
Wed. Jan. 22nd - Pen Trace of anyone and of you
Tues. Jan. 28th - Practice 2D Flat Characters or Objects
Tues. Jan. 28th - Dominic Caveman 2D Flat Character
If You Were Familiar With Illustrator
Fri. Jan. 24th - Adobe FUSE, ANIMATE, CHARACTER Beginner (3)
If You Already Know Adobe Illustrator...
If you are already familiar with Adobe Illustrator, you'll spend a few weeks getting familiar with any of the following Adobe softwares.
Click on the Fuse logo to get started.
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What Is Adobe Fuse? (These show you what the software can be used for)
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Adobe Fuse - Skill Builders (These introduce you to using the software)
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Adobe Fuse - Getting Familiar (Further clarification on the software use) (use some headphones for the videos)
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Get Started, Terms
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Beginners Exercises (Practice) 1pt each
Create Your First 3D Model, Workspace, Save & Export, Animate
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Intermediate Exercises (More Practice and Effects) 1pt each
Click on the Animate logo to get started.
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What Is Adobe Animate? (These show you what the software can be used for)
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Adobe Animate - Skill Builders (These introduce you to using the software)
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Adobe Animate - Getting Familiar (Further clarification on the software use) (use some headphones for the videos)
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Beginners Exercises (Practice) 1pt each
Create 2D Animation, Draw With Vector & Pattern brushes, Turn A Sketch Into An Animation
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Intermediate Exercises (More Practice and Effects) 1pt each
Click on the Character logo to get started.
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What Is Adobe Character? (These show you what the software can be used for)
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Adobe Character - Skill Builders (These introduce you to using the software)
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Adobe Character - Getting Familiar (Further clarification on the software use) (use some headphones for the videos)
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Beginners Exercises (Practice) 1pt each
Create A Basic Face, Create Eyes and Eyebrows, Mouth Shapes, Basic Body
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Intermediate Exercises (More Practice and Effects) 1pt
Adding physics, Animate a puppet with Adobe Character
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Eleven
Week Twelve
Week Thirteen
Week Fourteen
Week Fifteen
Week Sixteen
Week Seventeen
Week Eighteen
Goals and Scales For Design For Gaming
*coming soon*
Printing Your Files & Saving Files For Web
We have a Lexmark Laser Printer (C790):
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After you press print, a dialogue box will pop up.
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Be sure the Lexmark C790 Printer is selected.
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Check the orientation of your paper is correct (Portrait or Landscape)
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Be sure to scroll down a bit and check the SCALE TO FIT MEDIA box.
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Print to the Lexmark (Copy 2) printer
Saving For Web In Photoshop
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Open your work. Select all. Choose EDIT, then COPY MERGED
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Create a new file and size, then paste what you just copied.
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Make sure your file is resized.
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Make sure your file has no white around it and it's cropped.
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With your file open, go to FILE - SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES (Legacy)
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In the upper right corner, select the JPEG option and make sure it's set to HIGH QUALITY
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In the lower left corner, you'll see the file tag JPEG and a time it take to load in seconds. It should be under 100 seconds.
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Choose SAVE and select your block folder.
Turning In Your Assignments
We have a class in-box. The shortcut to it is on your desktop:
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This folder contains YOUR folder with your class work. It is where you can keep your design work in class or move things into from your One Drive or your Flash Drive if you do work at home.
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Above your folders are numbered ‘In-Boxes’, each one corresponding with a project. This is where you turn in your completed work for a grade. Doing so gives me a date and time stamp of when you turn your work in.
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Find the numbered In-Box. Open your work and choose "SAVE AS", then choose your file format, choose the inbox (which may have a folder in it already with your name to make it even easier).
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Keep in min that when you’re working on something and save it to your folder, you may be required to turn in a different, specific file format other than .PSD, such as a .jpeg or .png.
WIX.com is a simple web page creator that lets you look at thousands of website templates and then save one and edit it. Remove their pictures, put in yours. Remove their text, put in yours. Changing color schemes, etc.. The best portfolio pages have a simple landing (or Splash) page, and then links to your gallery.
Some student examples can be found here. Design an online portfolio for yourself. Include your artwork you've designed this semester, year or so far during your time in class. Your name should figure prominently into the design.
Pages should include:
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Index Page - Examples Page - About You Page - Contact Page
*Pictures for upload must be saved JPEG, BMP, PNG or TIFF formats.
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