Certification Testing last day is May 8th! In April & May, these dates Are Not available:
April 4 , April 10, April 28 May 3, 4, 5
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See Mr. Juul to schedule your test date.
DUE DATES
InDesign Newsletter Tue Mar 28th
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Capstone Apr. 4th Fri. Apr. 7th
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Comic Characters Fri. April 21st
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Character Design
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Character Logo
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Character Profile
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Comic Book Cover
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Print & Graphics Contest(s) Mon.Apr. 24th
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Poster, T-Shirt or Package Design
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Software Of Choice Project April 19th - 28th​
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Last Certification Test Days May 1st, 2nd, 8th
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Disgusting Food Project May 3rd - 19th
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Branding & Marketing
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Portfolio Update Due Fri. May 19th
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Final Exams May 22nd - 25th
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Wednesdays from 2pm - 3pm is testing prep and practice
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Weeks Thirteen & Fourteen April 10th-21st
Character 180 Degree Looks Character Profile Example Comic Cover Example
Includes
Name
Issue #
Date
Price
Distributor Logo (DC
Issue Title
Front - Side - Back
Includes
Name
Origin
Powers Weaknesses
COMIC CHARACTERS & ILLUSTRATION
We'll be taking some time to create a comic book character, then create their backstory, a trading card like design and a complete comic book cover. We'll also be working on comic strips and creating a paneled comic strip.
PRE-PRODUCTION Comic Expressions (Thurs April 9th)
Your job is to use the Character Expression Challenge sheet on Mr. Juul's desk to illustrate facial expressions based on the prompts. Don't worry about your skill level! Use a mirror or phone mirror and use yourself as inspiration. When complete, turn this in!
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PROJECT: Comic Style Character Creation and Profile
Resources
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How To Fill A Sketchbook Page (Video)
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PROJECT: Comic Book Cover
Resources
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How to make a comic book cover in 10 steps
Week Seven (Hurricane)
Weeks Thirteen - Fourteen
Week Fifteen
Weeks Sixteen - Seventeen
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.
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 - Example Page - About You Page - Contact Page
*Pictures for upload must be saved JPEG, BMP, PNG or TIFF file formats.
RESOURCES
To Access Adobe From Home
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Go to www.adobe.com
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Sign-in in the upper right corner using your r2.d2 and password.
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Choose SCHOOL ACCOUNT
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Now, choose Creative Cloud to Download. This will put the links to Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on your desktop. If you only need one of these or already have one or two installed, look for the individual software you need and download that.
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Follow directions once downloaded.
We have a Lexmark Laser Printer (C792) which is ID'd as:
ET0021B7F99C6A
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After you press print, a dialogue box will pop up on your screen.
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Be sure the class printer is selected ( ET0021B7F99C6A )
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Check the orientation of your paper is correct (Portrait or Landscape)
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Scroll down a bit and check the SCALE TO FIT MEDIA box.
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Press print
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Please DO NOT Print: Work From Other Classes, Memes you Just Made And Think Are Funny But Are Not, Pages of Solid Colors, Work that has nothing to do with our class.
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You can lose your printing privileges is this happens
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Save And Upload To Focus
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All work will be turned in using FOCUS. I will be able to grade your work, count your work and give feedback on your work using Focus. In class, turn in work using the class InBox. Final Project folders will be numbered and titled. Make-Up work turned in past the due date will not be able to be uploaded in Focus. Use the class In Boxes
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Grades will be entered within 1 or 2 weeks of turning in your project. Some projects will take one or two days for you to complete, some will take several weeks. Please be patient as grading is completed. Make-Up work or late work is graded at the discretion of the instructor.
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Work turned in late will receive one letter grade lower each day it is late. If it's more than 3 days late without instructor approval, absence, excused absence or extenuating circumstance, not turning in even one project can have a negative effect on your grade. Due Dates are very important in our industry and modeled in our class.
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Saving Files
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.PSD files preserve your layers, allowing you to come back and work on files with all your work preserved.
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.JPEG files are compressed for display online. 300 resolution or better. Anything below is too blurry.
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.PNG files are high quality and create a transparent background.
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.AI files are Adobe Illustrator native
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One Drive Cloud Storage - Your Free Cloud Storage Space:
