Endangered Species Poster assignment

You will type a short paper answering the following questions, in detail and full sentences, for class today hand write or type into your phones. You may email them to me or print them yourselves. If you print them yourselves you need two copies, one for grading and one to post.

Think of a title for the piece that will be both put into the design and the header or closing to your paper. Here are some examples, these are mine so you CAN NOT use them “Help Me”, “Dying Breed”, “Notice Me” etc. It should be a short title so that the font is large enough/easy/quick to read.

 

Which endangered species did you select?

How long has this species been endangered?

What is causing its endangerment? (over hunting, environmental changes, pollution, destruction)

What is being done to preserve it?

Why is it important to preserve this particular animal? (why should it be protected?)

How many are left in the world?

What do you think could be done better to protect them?

How can people help? (think action or support websites)

 

*At the bottom write:

___________ (the animal you selected) advocate,

___________ (your name)

 

*****If you finish this portion start to sketch ideas for your poster design. KEEP IT SIMPLE! Look at the limited detail in a lot of Bansky’s art. You will only be using one color of spray paint so keep that in mind. You must include your title above, below, across and/or next to your animal.

Henna Presentation

https://prezi.com/swpym9sun6rk/henna/

Villains and Heroes!

Things to consider while creating your superhero or villain :

1) Decide who the audience is going to be. Who is going to be reading/watching your character?

2) Research designs that interest you. What kind of designs interest you?

3) Make it unique, what makes your character stand out?

4) Use line quality to help describe your character. Will they be bold/thin/curvy/sharp?

5) Use color with a purpose. Why do you want to use that specific color combination?

6) Exaggerate proportions to create a unique style. What can you morph on the body to make it more unique? Pose?

7) Add costumes and props to your character. What kind of clothing are they going to wear? Will they be holding something?

8) Work on facial expressions. What is your character’s personality and how can that be conveyed through their face?

9) Build a back story. Why is this character a superhero or villain? How did they get their powers?

10) Experiment in regards to back story, character traits, costume etc. Try things out, what works and what doesn’t work?

11) Get feedback from others. How do they respond to your ideas?

12) Create the right environment. Where does your super hero reign?

To do list:

1- Brainstorm three different super hero character ideas. Consider powers, body type and costume. Write a few sentences on each idea (3-?) and draw three small thumbnail sketches of each.

2- Sketch out the strongest character idea on a full sheet of paper. Consider: Pose, costume, accessories, hair, facial features. Remember to take into account the composition as well as where the font will go.

3- Brainstorm the environment. Think of perspective, will they be in a city? Jungle? Battle? We are going to make this into a comic book cover so leave room for a title. Where is that character going to exist on the page? What will be around them? Are they interacting with the environment? With another character?

4- Trace your final sketch and environment onto the final sheet of paper.

5- When you are finished tracing all of the information onto the final sheet we will do a lesson on typography. Establish what you want to be written on the cover with your notes.

 

Fashion 101

“A fashion collection is a selection of outfits and individual garments that fashion designers put together every season and that reflect predictions of upcoming trends, including color, cut, line and proportion. A collection will usually include a variety of styles, from evening wear to sportswear to outerwear. The cut, coordinating colors and design elements of each style usually tie the items together. It’s likely that a fashion designer will have two collections per year — one for the fall/winter season and one for the spring/summer season. The number of pieces included can range from as few as 30 pieces to as many as 120.
After the collection is finished being created and tailored, the designer usually puts on a fashion show. This allows potential buyers, such as distributors or retailers, to see each piece to see if they are interested in buying any of the garments. In the majority of fashion shows, models walk down a runway dressed in pieces from the collection.

Models in fashion shows often wear outlandish hair, makeup, and accessories to represent the designer’s artistic vision about the clothing. Each garment itself usually is designed to be functional and appealing to the general public, also known as the mass market, although this can vary by designer. People’s tastes change so frequently that fashion collections usually are designed with the idea in mind that the style, colors, and cuts will be out of style within one to two seasons.” (http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-fashion-collection.htm)

Students will be designing a collection of 6 different designs. They will draw simplified figures and unique clothing that has similarities to each other but the collection as a whole should be unique to the students expression.

 (http://mireiamora.blogspot.com/2014/07/fashion-design.html)

(http://imgarcade.com/1/fashion-model-template-male/)

List of to dos:

1) Research what styles of clothing inspire you. Save at least 5 references.

2) Do rough draft sketches of each outfit, including any accessories or hairstyles that coincide.

3) Get the nice paper and recreate the sketches using a light box to keep the lines clean.

4) Color in the clothing using colored pencils or watercolor.

Line types and Glen Keane

different line types: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha1sLn3jvaQ  Knowing how to utilize different line types will help to improve the aesthetic of your art.

How Gesture drawings translate into animation can be seen by the talented animator Glen Keane 🙂

Gesture Drawing

Students can practice capturing movement and shape. They will do 4X30 second poses, 3X1min poses 2X 2min poses and 1X5 min pose. We will also watch two short video clips on animation, animators are masters of capturing movement 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6FMolvY3Q and  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkARp7dqSBk

Wild Watercolors

We will be expanding out horizons to some more globally aware cultural studies starting with Native American Totem poles (http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-totems.html). We will talk about why Totem poles are created and the connection that Native Americans had to the animals that were represented on the Totem poles. We will also explore the meanings of animals 🙂

We will take a look at the Chinese Zodiac to see where it started from and students will get the chance to learn their Chinese zodiac animal and look up the symbolic meaning for that animal (http://chineseculture.about.com/od/chinesesuperstitions/a/Chinesezodiac.htm).

Another culture that we will take a look at is India! India has strong connections with symbolic animals that represent some of their religious deities (http://www.walkthroughindia.com/wildlife/the-5-holy-animals-of-india/).

After reviewing what symbolic meaning these animals have in a few different cultures students will pick one that they relate to the most and they will use it for their final watercolor project. Students will be creating a watercolor piece using complimentary colors using the animal of their choosing as the subject matter. I will have students explore using watercolor with straws and splatter paint techniques to give the art a looser abstract quality. A video of this technique can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg7D7kulSfE and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c00gjChyfEs

  (Kelsey Davila, 2014)

One Point and Two Point Perspective

Vocabulary:

Horizon line: The line in a perspective drawing where the sky meets the ground.  It also represents the viewer’s eye level.

Horizontal line: A straight line that goes from left to right

Vertical line: A line that goes straight up and down.

Orthogonal line (receding line): the line you draw from the corner of an object to the vanishing point. It establishes the illusion of a perpendicular line going into the distance. Orthogonal lines should always be drawn LIGHTLY at first. Usually, most of an orthogonal will be erased.

Perpendicular line: Lines that intersect at a right angle.
Parallel line: Lines that run equal distance apart. These lines will never meet.

Vanishing point: the point on the horizon line at which lines or edges that are parallel appear to converge.
One point perspective: An image where parallel lines converge to one point somewhere in the distance.

Two point perspective: An image where parallel lines converge at two points somewhere in the distance.

We worked on a worksheet packet to practice one point and two point perspective drawing. We reviewed “Last Supper”, 1495–1498, Leonardo Da Vinci

Paris Street; Rainy Day (or Paris: A Rainy Day) is a large 1877 oil painting

“Gustave Caillebotte (August 19, 1848-February 21, 1894), was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group. Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as an artform.” -http://www.gustavcaillebotte.org/

Mark Grotjahn: 2004 Untitled (colored butterfly white background 6 wings)

“His butterfly motif, one of several recurring connections to the natural world along with flowers and water, has yielded extensive possibilities in both painting and drawing. His ongoing Butterfly series focuses on perspectival investigations, such as dual and multiple vanishing points, techniques used since the Renaissance to create the illusion of depth and volume on a two-dimensional surface.” -https://www.gagosian.com/artists/mark-grotjahn

Typography in Brief

ty·pog·ra·phy

noun

1. the style and appearance of printed matter.

The first image is to show how fonts can create easily identifiable products and movies. Fonts can be powerful so consider your choices carefully and how your selection relates to your piece.

The following image is showing the heights of the letters indicated by Cap height, Mean line and Base line. For the Holiday cards draw out these lines to keep the lettering consistent. Search http://www.1001fonts.com/ for fonts that will fit your card.

Once you select a font type, find a suitable location for your lettering to go and then use a ruler to map out the three lines shown below. Write LIGHTLY as you would normally, using the lines as a guide, then look at the font you selected to add any volume, curves, details to your lettering to make it resemble the font.

Grid Method

Grid Method- a way to reproduce and/or enlarge an image that you want to paint or draw using measuring.

An example of the grid method can be found here:

http://www.art-is-fun.com/grid-method.html

We will be using this as a support for students first self portrait. They will choose to create their piece using analogous or complimentary colors.