DI1-Spring ‘10
Digital Imaging 1, Spring 2010
An introduction to the computer as a tool for visual art, with a focus on gaining
proficiency in Adobe Photoshop. Students learn photo retouching, painting, collage, and
drawing techniques. Operation of scanners and printers, file management, and digital
practices are covered. Includes discussion of digital art concepts and examples of digital
media in contemporary art and design. No previous experience necessary.
Readings:
New Media Art:
https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/MarkTribe/New+Media+Art
Resources:
Flickr
http://flickr.com
Worth 1000 web site (with phoenix online editor):
http://www.worth1000.com/
Week 1:
Download Reading here: http://oscargt.com/wcc/design_principles_sm.pdf
Tutorial:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/Chapter1.pdf
Homework Assignment:
The Word and Image Project.
Find images (creative commons) on Flickr, Google, Getty or your source of choice and add a word that adds, detracts, enhances, subtracts and/or twists the meaning of the image. The combination of a word and and image gives us the ability to communicate powerful messages.
Week 2:
Download the tutorial document here: http://oscargt.com/wcc/Chapter2.pdf
Reading:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/digital_imaging.pdf
Homework Assignment:
LOL composition:
Modify an image that you grab from your favorite news or media source. Manipulate the image in very rough terms to create a unique and interesting message. (google lol cat to see examples)
Week 3:
Download the tutorial document here:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/Chapter3.pdf
Homework Assignment:
Composition- Photoshop Battle style
Find (creative commons) images on line (flickr.com) and make a composition by mixing different imagery into one single element. The word we will use for this battel is Supermodel.
Make a composition that tells us your view on the subject.
You can find various images and mix them together using the marquee tool and copy/pasting from one image to an other in photoshop to convey your idea.
You can also use filters and adjustments to the color, Text to enhance your message, etc.
The link below is a sample battle on Frog.
http://fxh.worth1000.com/contests/24399/h5h-chop-a-frog
Week 4:
Quiz 1 next week (2/19/10) Based on the reading and tutorials we have had so far.
*Important Note, Bring your Sketchbooks to class. I will check a few pages to see how the sketches and notes you take relate to your work.
Homework Assignment:
Visual Hacking Project.
Use a very well known logo or image and use the visual language used in the work to convey your own message. If you use a logo, try to find the same font or replicate the typography by hand. If its an image, make sure the same tones and textures to edit the image.
Week 5:
Download the tutorial document here:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/Chapter4.pdf
2 Reading Assignments:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/digital_history.pdf
New Media Art:
Read “Defining New Media Art” and stop at “New Media Art as a Movement”
https://wiki.brown.edu/confluence/display/MarkTribe/New+Media+Art+-+Introduction
Week 6:
Download the tutorial document here:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/Chapter5.pdf
Assignment:
Pop Self-Portrait, Take a picture/scan of a drawinng, painting or sculpture of your self and manipulate the image to create a unique representation of your self.
Week 7:
Mid-Term Next Week!
The midterm will be conducted “a la Cut & Paste” Competition Style. If you are not familiar with cut & paste, check out this video:
Check out the Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament from Cut&Paste on Vimeo.
You will have:
1) a topic
2) around 20 images to pick from.
3) a set of requirements to accomplish
4) a time limit of one hour
The mid term will be graded according to:
1) Concept
2) Craft (technical ability and presentation)
3) Composition (art principles like balance, color, typography, etc.)
Assignment:
Revise your “Pop Self-Portrait” make changes that make sence to you according to the critique or make a new composition if you where inspired by the samples in class. Be creative, this is art!
Example shown in class:
http://www.anthonygoicolea.com/ check out the photography sections.
other samples:
http://www.chuckclose.com/art.php
Week 8:
Reading:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/manovich_theory.pdf
Homework: A storyboard of your favorite song.
Directions:
The storyboard process should start by drawing ideas in your sketchbook (in no particular order.) The ideas that make sense should then be chosen to create a narrative sequence. The first part of the storyboard process will be made with drawings (stick figures if necessary) and then cleaned up using images and lots of photoshop editing.
1. Use digital imaging techniques to create a storyboard that would be used for a song that you like. A storyboard is a series of pictures that are displayed in sequence so that people can get a general sense of what a scene in an animation, film or video might look like.
2. Your storyboard should include at least six units of both a still image and a brief descriptive text.
a. The images could show different parts of a scene or different scenes entirely.
b. The written text should describe the events that occur in the scene as well as any effects, camera movements, cuts, etc.
Storyboard template:
Download:
http://oscargt.com/wcc/storyboard.pdf
Sample storyboards:
http://www.silvertonfilms.com/storyboard._simpson-art.jpg
http://www.polykarbon.com/gallery/images/storyboard1.jpg
http://www.attitudedesign.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/storyboard.jpg
http://pingmag.jp/images/article/storyboard05.jpg
Week 9:
DON’T FORGET to sign up for the museum trip at The Arts Building, 4th Floor (AAB).
Homework: Continue Working on your storyboard of your favorite song. Be sure to:
1) have a sketch of the whole sequence of your song
2) an initial composition of the first few frames of your music video.
Week 10:
Be ready for Quiz 2. Topics include New Media Art (Introduction) on week 5 and the Manovich Theory on week 8, along with a couple of questions on photoshop methods and tools.
Research Paper:
Write a paper around 1000 words describing how technology has influenced the art making process.
Choose an artist who does not use digital technology, or who is not influenced by digital technology to create their work.
Choose an other artist who is influenced by techonology And who’s art work shows indications of that influence.
The third artist should be one that has fully embraced the digital era and is creating work that shows technology as an art form.
The paper is due next week. 04/16/10
Things showed in class:
3D technology:
Image association:
Still Frame Animation:
Sony Bravia from TommyAndersson.com on Vimeo.
Sony Bravia ‘Play-doh’ Making Of from James Lowrey on Vimeo.
Conceptual:
Sony Bravia from Laurent MAKOWSKI on Vimeo.
Final Exam:
Thursday, May 13th.
10:45am – 12:45pm
Room 142A
Final Review:
Make sure that you know how to use the folowing tools in photoshop. Go ove the reading we went over in class to get inspiration for the concept of you final piece.
-Brush Styles
-Text Fields and typography
-Copy, paste and duplicate images
-Adjustment layers (hue, saturation, brightness, levels, etc.)
-Layer blending modes
-Retouching tools (cloning, healing, doge, burn etc.)
-Distortion and scaling
-Shapes from paths or selections
-Filters
-Masking, quick mask and color range selections