What We'll Be Covering In Week 6...

Blender

This week will be spent getting familiar with creating objects in the open source designer favorite - Blender.

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Click the Blender Icon for an in-depth look at Blender, the click below to start figuring out how this powerful software works.

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

Tues. Feb   4th    - Isometric Room

Tues. Feb.11th    - Isometric Level

Fri.    Feb . 7th    - Capstone Proposal Letter (Part 1 of 3 on Capstone)

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If You Were Familiar With Illustrator

Fri.    Jan. 24th    - Adobe FUSE, ANIMATE, CHARACTER Beginner (3)

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Photoshop GMetrix Testing Overview

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Tuesday, Feb. 11th  - Blender

Pre-Production | Learning Blender Asset and Character Creation

Check out Blender.org and have a look around.

If your computer does not have Blender installed (look for it on your computer), download it and Mr. Juul will install it on Wendesday.

You can still visit their website and watch the tutorials. Headphones are up at the desk.
Part 1 - Blender Fundamentals (41 videos. 2 mins or so each)
Part 2 - Learn The Blender Basics
Part 3 - Part 1: Creating A Human Head     
             There are lots of video tutorials out there.
Part 4 - Creature Creation       Low Poly Character - Creature

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Resources

Blenderguru.com

Tuesday Feb. 11th

Isometric Perspectives - Game Levels - Project Due Today

You'll be finding an isometric game you enjoy and recreating a level. Use Google

Image Search. You can also attempt to create a Level for your own game.

This should require a sketch. Also, make use of the 3D Extrude tool in Illustrator

Isometric Game Level Task Sheet This Project Is Due Tues Feb 11th

Thursday Feb. 13th - Friday Feb. 14th

Typography

We'll be talking about the history of type and the rise of typography as an artistic means of communication. Click the link below for more information on projects and typography.

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Typography Overview PowerPoint

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Practice Project: Familiarizing Yourself With Typography

Your job is to take as sheet of newsprint, find 10 different fonts - 5 serif and 5 sans-serif. Then, rule out some lines and start to mimic as closely and best as you can, your font while drawing your name (First and Last). DON'T TRACE

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Practice: Visit Canva,.com and have a look around at their Typography Terms Page.  It's awesome.

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Practice Project: Font Language and Perception

Your job is to take each word and find a font that “Speaks” to what your writing. Also, Find a font that is absolutely wrong for these occasions or words. You can do this in Microsoft Word or lay it out in Illustrator.

When finished, turn in a copy to the class folder as a Word or .AI file.

WORD LIST

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Project: Redo Your Personal Logo as a Vector File

Using what you know know about design your job is to remake your personal logo using Adobe Illustrator.

Your final should be turning in an .AI file when complete. Show your original and your redo.

Thursday, Feb. 13th - Capstone

The Arcade Group will be visiting Mr. Volpe and his students on Thursday at the beginning of 4th block.

Arcade Cabinet Criteria

Good Design Bad Design Criteria

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Goals and Scales For Design For Gaming

*coming soon*

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State Standards For Gaming

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 20th - No School

District School Calendar

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Printing Your Files & Saving Files For Web

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We have a Lexmark Laser Printer (C790):

• After you press print, a dialogue box will pop up.

• Be sure the Lexmark C790 Printer is selected.

• Check the orientation of your paper is correct (Portrait or Landscape)

• Be sure to scroll down a bit and check the SCALE TO FIT MEDIA box.

• Print to the Lexmark (Copy 2) printer

Saving For Web In Photoshop

• Open your work. Select all. Choose EDIT, then COPY MERGED

• Create a new file and size, then paste what you just copied.

• Make sure your file is resized.

• Make sure your file has no white around it and it's cropped.

• With your file open, go to FILE - SAVE FOR WEB & DEVICES (Legacy)

• In the upper right corner, select the JPEG option and make sure it's set to HIGH QUALITY

• 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.

• Choose SAVE and select your block folder.

Turning In Your Assignments

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We have a class in-box. The shortcut to it is on your desktop:

• 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). 

• 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.

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