FINAL!

The final for 2D Graphics will take place Friday May 31st during the first final period 7:10-8:49.  During finals time we will take an ARTiFacts Quiz and students will have time to finish their final projects.  Projects are due at the end of the final period.

The Missing ARTiFacts!

Creatively Found Letters

Students will choose one word that has meaning to them, it could be a name or a powerful word.  They will take pictures inside and outside of class time to find object that resemble letters.  Then students will upload their pictures and edit them.  Once all pictures are edited, they would arrange their pictures in one document in photoshop to complete their word.  More directions and ideas are listed below.

4/22-4/26

Students began and continued to work on their Flash Animation project.  Requirements are listed below :)

Thursday 4/18

Today we will being our Flash Animation Unit.  Due to the snow we are going to postpone our picture taking project for the next unit. 

Students will learn how to make a Motion Tween, a Shape Tween and an animation using the Timeline, frames, key frames and onion skin.

Today will be all full class instructed learning.  Next class we will review and try our first assignment in Flash: Making a ball bounce realistically.

Tuesday 4/16

Due to the snow, we can't start our new project that requires taking photos outside.  Instead, we will have a make up day today.  This will give students an opportunity to work on any projects they are missing so far.  Only 5 weeks before Finals start!  Make up work now so it doesn't pile up later!!

Friday 4/12

Today we edited any last minute slides/photos for our stop frame animation.  (30 Minutes)   Then as a class we counted how many pictures we had imported and figured out timing for our animation based on 24 fps (frames per second).  Essentially we had 24 pictures per second of video.  Please see slide below for timing.  Once everything was complete, students graded themselves on the Stop Frame Animation Rubric and then turned it in via posting in under 2D Graphics-Duffy on the StudentShare Drive (S: Drive)

How do I get to the StudentShare Drive and how do I save my project there?

1. Go to your "Start" button
2. Open "Computer"
3. Click on OHS Drive or S: Drive
4. Click on StudentShare
5. Click on 2D Graphics-Duffy
6. Right click and create a new folder
7. Name that folder with your own name
8. Save your Stop Frame animation AND save your pictures. 
9. When I open your Name folder, I should see two things
1. Stop Frame Animation
2. Photos

Monday & Wednesday 4/8 & 4/10

Pictures are due at the end of Wednesdays class!   You will have all day both days to complete your picture taking.  When you are finished, see me to import your pictures and then edit any pictures that are in need of editing or cropping. 

On Friday we will put timings to our photos as a class!  Just know how many pictures you have!

3/26 & 3/28

Students will begin taking pictures for their stop frame animations!  They will have 4 days to complete the picture taking process: Tuesday, Thursday, Monday & Wednesday.  The following Friday, as a class, students will determine how long their animations should be. 

Reminder: There is a 300 Picture MINIMUM! 

Get to picture taking!

Friday 3/22

Today students will begin to brainstorm what story they want to tell in their stop frame animations. 

On a blank sheet of paper students need to plan the following:

1. Draw out 20 squares for their storyboard.  In each square you will draw out the first picture of your animation.  Each square after that will have a slight movement or change to the picture before it.  In this stage you are planing out what each picture will be.  20 pictures/slides is only the start
2. Once your 20 squares are complete, tell me what is going to happen in the rest of your story. 
3. Tell me what materials you need to complete this animation. 

At the end of class we will have our first ARTiFacts! Quiz.

Wednesday 3/20

Today students will finish their sticky note animation!  We will also start to brainstorm ideas for our stop frame animations by looking at a few different stop frame videos as well as discussing storyboards, how they are used, and how student will need to frame out 20 slides of their stop frame animation!  Friday students will start taking pictures, if you have a digital camera, BRING IT!

White Board Animation
Claymation

Monday 3/18

Today students will continue finishing their My Movie animations and then move on to their sticky note animations.  We will be grading the My Movie animations in class on Wednesday!  See last Mondays directions for details!

         

ARTiFact # 14

Monday 3/11

Today students are going to finish their "My Movie" in Windows Live Movie Maker.  You must have a minimum of 20 slide in your movie.  When you have all your pictures imported, either from the internet of photos that you have access to, you will need to chance the speed of your slide show.  How to change your speed is listed below.

Changing the speed or duration of your movie:

1. Go to the Edit tab in Movie Maker
2. Highlight all of your photos, either one by one or in rows.
3. Change the "duration" to .20 which is 20 seconds.
4. Press play

When you are finished, just save it to your H: Drive.  No need to email it to me, we will be taking a look at these in class next Monday! 

When you are finished, I want you to start brainstorming a simple story line that you will be creating on sticky notes!  Sticky note animation is the simplest form of Stop Frame animation, which we will be working with for the next few weeks!  
What do I do?

1. Grab a sticky note pad
2. Begin from the back
3. Start with drawing one object or a scene
4. Move to the next sticky note, anything that you don't want to move, redraw in the same place (you can see through the sticky note, so redrawing will be easy) Then redraw what you want to move but with something changed.  For instance, if you draw a person, you could move one leg at a time, or you could just redraw your person with a slight change of where that person is on the paper. 
5. Draw one movement change on each sticky note from front to back.  So on and so forth...
6. Draw as many sticky note pages as you can to form a complete story! 
7. Start from the back and fan through to the front and you will see your animation come to life! 
8. Watch this videos for what sticky note animation looks like! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRYn16atpuw

If you need more pages grab more from the pile of sticky notes, or if you have too many, take off extra and put them in the sticky note pile! 

Thursday 3/7

Today students took a look at their logo critiques, changed anything that needed to be done to enhance their designs, and sent them in for their final grade.  Towards the end of class, we explored Windows Live Movie Maker.  They will be creating a slide show "a snapshot" of their life from being born to now.  Students must have a minimum of 20 slides imported in order to Live Movie Maker.

Critique Questions

While looking at the logo designs, think about the following questions:
Please write comments on as many as you can!  Minimum of 10 comments.  Make sure we are getting to EVERY ONES DESIGNS!  If we have any blank ones...we will keep going! :)  

1.  Can you tell from the design what club or company is represented?

2.  What would you add or delete to enhance the design?

3.  What do you like about the design and why?

4. Is the design too busy or too plain?

5. Any other constructive criticism or praises?

Tuesday 3/5

Good morning!  Today we are going to finish our Typography designs in Photoshop!  A few things to remember...when you remove your background picture, make SURE you can tell what your image is!  If your neighbor can't recognize it, continue designing!  Don't forget about your font options and changing colors to get the effect of your image!  Email me your project when it is finished!  duffyohs@gmail.com

Friday! 3/1

Today students will continue working on their Typography final projects!  We will work on these the entire class period!   Students--check to make sure your images is coming through when you take away your actual pictures!  Play with your fonts, colors, sizes, etc!

Wednesday 2/28

Today, as a class, we will discuss the typography PowerPoint that is located on Cole.  We will discuss how font types, colors, sizes, etc. effect how a viewer sees a design.  We will discuss what styles work best with different scenarios.  Students will begin their final project in Typography using words to create a visual image.  Students need to use the word of their object and or words that relate to their object to visually show their objects shape.  Examples below.  Students may use any object they choose! 

Monday- Delayed Start

Today we are having a make-up work day.  Due to the delayed start and school bus issues, we took today to finish up any lingering assignments students needed to finish.  On Wednesday we will start our final project in our Typography unit!  Ideas and hints for the final project in today's ARTiFact!

Thursday

ARTiFacts #7

1. Finish working on Turtle Design.  Students will vote of best turtle design in the class.  

2. Students will also begin working on their Words as Images project, the first of two typography projects!  We will work on these the rest of the class period!  

Wednesday & Friday

Today we finished up any lingering logo activities and emailed them to duffyohs@gmail.com.  We also began experimenting with Typography and learning how to move, warp, and twist letters and words to fit in or around a shape. 

On Friday we finished up our shape/word designs and began creating shapes and animals using only the words in their name.  For instance, we created a giraffe shape only using the letters g-i-r-a-f-f-e.   The challenge of the day was to visually create a turtle only using the letters of turtle.  Students may use the word more than once in their designs.  Next class we will see who created the best turtle design.

Monday 2/11

Students need to continue working on their Logo Designs!   Make sure YOU have created everything in your design...no pictures, logos, or designs taken from the internet!  If you want to re-create a picture you found, you MUST REDRAW the image in photoshop!  Take your time, think about your colors, fonts, and readability.  Who is your viewer?  Are they going to remember you design?  Does your design show what your club or company does?  

When you think you are done, save save save in your H: Drive!!!!

Thusday!

Today, students continued with brainstorming logo ideas by researching clubs and companies.  They needed to choose a club or a company during this hour and begin their designing process by starting out with 3 sketches of what they want their logo to look like.  Then the designs must be OKey me before they begin designing on the computer!  We will be working on these logos for a few class periods.

2/5

Today we finished our practice logo designs (radio station) and explored our paint brush, pencil, smudge, blur, sharpen and eraser tools.  We learned how to use all of these tools to benefit our designs.

 

We also looked at the Logos and Color Theory PowerPoint, which is loaded onto Cole for your viewing convenience.  Students began to brainstorm what kind of logo they would like to create for their first project.

 

Students must come into Thursdays class with their logo idea! 

Designing will start first this Thursday morning!

 

 

1/31 & 2/1

Today we are finishing up our PowerPoint project and then beginning an all class practice activity in PhotoShop for our first big project of the semester!

 

1/30 Day 3

Today we are going to continue working on our Elements and Principles Project. 

Day 2 Activities Monday

Welcome

Welcome to 2D Design and Animation.  This blog is to help you stay on track in class.  Each day I will post what are doing in class along with that days ARTiFact.  In this class you will learn how use Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and Live Movie Maker.  We will be doing a wide variety of fun structured projects building on similar techniques and strategies.  I hope you enjoy and I am happy to have you in class!  Welcome!