Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Shape Tween
Designing for the Web
When you create a shape tween you morph one shape into another. It is relatively easy and fun to make! Follow the guidelines in the shape tween lesson and you will be on your way to designing in Flash.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
"On the Pulse of the Morning"
Maya Angelou wrote this poem many years ago for President Clinton's inaugural celebration. Illustrators take on the challenge of finding images to represent a poem, short story, or magazine article. Read this poem and watch Maya Angelou recite it. Your creative task will be to do a drawing that could accompany this poem. You may want to think of symbols to represent the poem, you may wan to be literal, or just try to capture the essence of the poem. You could also try to capture a specific moment in the piece.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
FLASH INTRO!
Designing for the Web
Flash is used to create short animations and are used often to enhance a website. This lesson will introduce you to Classic Tween, Motion Tween, and Motion Presets. It will also help you become familiar with the layout of the Flash program.
Flash is used to create short animations and are used often to enhance a website. This lesson will introduce you to Classic Tween, Motion Tween, and Motion Presets. It will also help you become familiar with the layout of the Flash program.
Monday, March 24, 2014
Surrealism Reflection
Designing for the Web
If you have a completed your Surreal work of art in Photoshop complete the
Journal Entry on Surrealism.
Journal Entry on Surrealism.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Creating an "almost" all white still-life
Advanced Drawing and Painting
Our next challenge will be to paint a still-life that is predominately made up of white objects. You will be focusing on value changes and how value creates the form of an object. View "Painting an Almost White Still-Life" document.
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| Link to Eileen Eder's Paintings |
Our next challenge will be to paint a still-life that is predominately made up of white objects. You will be focusing on value changes and how value creates the form of an object. View "Painting an Almost White Still-Life" document.
White|Black Reverse Value Drawing
Drawing and Painting
Now that you have worked with a dark value on a light background, lets try the reverse. We will be focusing on how to show core shadows and cast shadows by leaving the paper free of charcoal. This is an extremely difficult exercise because you will want to start with a contour drawing, BUT DONT!
If you do then you may be placing a light value where a dark one should be. It is tricky! Check out this you-tube video showing the process of drawing a cat using only a white charcoal pencil.
Now that you have worked with a dark value on a light background, lets try the reverse. We will be focusing on how to show core shadows and cast shadows by leaving the paper free of charcoal. This is an extremely difficult exercise because you will want to start with a contour drawing, BUT DONT!
If you do then you may be placing a light value where a dark one should be. It is tricky! Check out this you-tube video showing the process of drawing a cat using only a white charcoal pencil.
Artist AWESOME drawing of Selfie
Since we are going to be working on a large mural of people I thought it would be fun to watch an artist creating a fantastic drawing from a photograph (digital).
Monday, March 17, 2014
Drawing Hands!
We will be working on a mural that includes the difficult task of drawing people. People are so unique; hair color, body shape and size, clothing styles and many other characteristics vary from person to person. Hands are no exception. The hands and the face are usually the two features of the figure that are exposed. Today in class and for homework in your sketchbook review the hand tutorials linked here and draw your own hands in a variety of ways for HW due on Friday.
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