April 2011 Archives

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Follow the link below to submit your Breadth and Concentration portfolios.

https://apstudio.ets.org/apstudioart

Sem 2 | Week 16 | Apr 25 - 29

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MON
Assignment #8 Company Logos
objective: Apply knowledge of stylizing artwork, typography and logo specifications to create a combination mark in Adobe Illustrator

homework: April blog assignments


TUES
continue working on Assignment #8

homework: April blog assignments
 

WED
continue working on Assignment #8

homework: April blog assignments
 

THU
continue working on Assignment #8....due @ end

homework: April blog assignments


FRI

work on blogs

homework: April blog assignments

Sem 2 | Week 16 | | Apr 25 - 29

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continue working on in-house jobs...

Speculator May issue
rough layouts

Job #25 Verve
submission posters
invitations


Job #26 Girl's Lacrosse 

program design


Job #34 CHS Handbook

back cover map/design


Job #36 CHS Cougar Foundation Board

decal designs


Job #38 Verve artwork

individual artwork to display at show


Job #39 Graduation

tickets


GSPA Awards Banquet (April 28)

Sem 2 | Week 15 | Apr 18 - 22

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MON
individual critiques and portfolio revisions


TUES
individual critiques and portfolio revisions
 
 
WED
individual critiques and portfolio revisions
 

THU
individual critiques and portfolio revisions
 

FRI
individual critiques and portfolio revisions

Sem 2 | Week 15 | Apr 18 - 22

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continue working on in-house jobs...

Job #25 Verve
submission posters
invitations


Job #26 Girl's Lacrosse 

program design


Job #34 CHS Handbook

back cover map/design


Job #36 CHS Cougar Foundation Board

decal designs


Job #38 Verve artwork

individual artwork to display at show


Job #39 Graduation

tickets


GSPA Awards Banquet (April 28)

Sem 2 | Week 15 | Apr 18 - 22

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MON
discuss logotypes

sketch: reduce and stylize objects
logos.pdf

homework: April blog assignments


TUES
Assignment #7 Combination Mark
objective: Apply knowledge of stylizing artwork, typography and logo specifications to create a combination mark in Adobe Illustrator.

homework: April blog assignments
 

WED
continue working on Assignment #7 ... due @ end

homework: April blog assignments
 

THU
Quiz: History of Visual Communications

read color article

Assignment #7 part 2

homework: April blog assignments


FRI

work on blogs

continue working on Assignment #7 part 2

homework: April blog assignments

History Classwork | Pirates of Silicon Valley

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Part One
Title your entry with the title of the video, Pirates of Silicon Valley.

Part Two
Rate the video with 1 to 5 stars, 5 being the best.


Part Three
Within your blog entry, review the video. Write a summary of what the video covered as if you are a journalist. Your entry should include 1 to 2 well-written paragraphs. Images are optional.

Also, write a paragraph about your thoughts/opinion of the movie, Jobs and Gates and their companies.

History Classwork | History of the Computer

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Part One

Title your entry.... Subject | date/range of dates

 

Part Two

Via the internet, find and post (in order of date) 5 examples of early computers mentioned in the podcast. Label each, respectively.

 

Part Three

Within the entry, answer the following questions in sentence/paragraph form and in your own words.

1.  The earliest computers were much larger than our current desktop and laptop versions. Find approximate dimensions.

2. What is the significance of ARPnet?

3. When was the internet that we know, world wide web, developed and introduced?

4. Two men are known for their development of the Apple I computer in a garage behind their parent's home. Who are they? Are they still with Apple today?

5. Over the years, Apple has included "easter eggs" within their software. What is an "easter egg"?

6. Search for easter eggs within Photoshop and Illustrator. List a few in your post and find them in the software!

7. Where do you think computers will take us in the next 10 years?

Sem 2 | Week 14 | Apr 11 - 15

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continue working on in-house jobs...

Job #25 Verve
submission posters
invitations


Job #26 Girl's Lacrosse 

program design


Job #34 CHS Handbook

back cover map/design

watermark


Job #35 Honor's Night

program


Job #36 CHS Cougar Foundation Board

decal designs


Job #37 World Language Dept.

logo


Job #38 Verve artwork

individual artwork to display at show


Job #39 Graduation

tickets


End of Pathway Assessment (April 15)

study guide

~for students who in their third year of Graphic Design courses


GSPA Awards Banquet (April 28)

shirt design

Sem 2 | Week 14 | Apr 11 - 15

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MON
Concentration Assignment #12


TUES
Concentration Assignment #12
 
 
WED
Concentration Assignment #12
 

THU
Concentration Assignment #12
 

FRI
Concentration Assignment #12 ... due @ end
submit to Drop Box and update blo

**ALL CONCENTRATION PIECES DUE TODAY!!!

Sem 2 | Week 14 | Apr 11 - 15

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MON
discuss April blog assignments

begin working on blog entries

homework: April blog assignments


TUES
Podcast #8 History of Computers ... view podcast and complete notes sheet

History Classwork Computers

homework: April blog assignments
 

WED
discuss the 1984 Apple commercial

video: 1984 Apple Superbowl commercial

video: Pirates of Sillicon Valley

homework: April blog assignments
 

THU
video: Pirates of Sillicon Valley

homework: April blog assignments


FRI

http://www.keytrain.com

discuss video

History Classwork | Pirates of Sillicon Valley review

Photoshop demo ... collaging David Hockney style
hockney collage.zip

homework: April blog assignments

April 2011 posts

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Complete the following and post to your blog by April 30, 2011. Be sure entries are posted into the appropriate categories!


Discussion

* In February of 2011, Alex Trebek hosted the first ever competition between man and machine ... Jeopardy's two greatest champions versus IBM's artificial intelligence computer system. What was this machine? What was the outcome of the competition? Compared to humans, what were advantages and disadvantages of the computer? What is your opinion about this competition? 

* Choose a 2-3 page article in Communication Arts magazine. Within the entry, give the title of the article and the magazine issue date. Summarize the article in a few sentences. Discuss your thoughts about the article.

* Find and post 2 samples of David Hockney's collage work. Within the entry, include a brief biography of the man and his career.


Digital Imagery

Research David Hockney's collages. Mimicking his style, take 10 photographs that can be manipulated as a collage in Photoshop. Post the final collage. Utilize at least two of the composition strategies below.

* rule of thirds
* leading lines
* perspective


Assignments

* Upload the finished design for completed assignments.  Within your entry, discuss the objective of the assignment.

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