Introduction to Digital Media Assignments

Week of May 15-19, 2017

Learning Target: Create a graphic design poster that illustrates a topic that relates to your personal logo design. Utilize outstanding compositional techniques, high quality typography and creative images including your own drawings or photos.

Tuesday 5/16
Final Logo Designs should be turned in digitally in the Google Folder for your class. Poster Design thumbnails (on paper) and Sketchbook rubric for your designs should have been turned in on Friday.
Get started designing your poster. Use the app of your choice to create a poster design that incorporates your personal logo, typography, altered photographs and the other design elements discussed in the second half of the chapter.

File Size vs Print Size
File size on most of the apps is measured in pixels, but what if you want to print your poster? Print size should be 8 x 10 inches or 8.5 x 11 inches. How do I convert without having to do a lot of math (72 pixels per inch)? Click here for more on pixel to inches conversions.

Thursday 5/18
Continue working on Final Poster designs making sure to incorporate your personal logo in the poster.
Final Posters are due on Monday 5/22

Week of May 8-12, 2017

Learning Target: Create a personal logo that represents you, your beliefs, values and/or personality. Connect to your life and the things you value, believe in and participate in. Research graphic design logos and their history in graphic design, also what makes a good logo.

Monday 5/8
Last day to work on your Personal Logo Design. Save as a jpg and put in the Final Logo Folder on Google Add your artist statement to the folder too, explaining your concept, design, craftsmanship and composition.

Wednesday 5/10
Peer Critique of Logos

Art Project rubric completed
Peer Critique form completed
After critique complete parent communication email about critique. See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document. Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.

Friday 5/12
Begin working on the second half of the Chapter on Graphic Design posters. Use the app of your choice to create a poster design that incorporates your personal logo, typography, altered photographs and the other design elements discussed in the second half of the chapter. See link for details.

Week of May 1-5, 2017

artist statement turned into the Google Folder
animation uploaded to the Google Folder named: lastname-firstname.mov
Art Project rubric completed
After critique complete parent communication email about critique. See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document. Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.

Learning Target: Create a personal logo that represents you, your beliefs, values and/or personality. Connect to your life and the things you value, believe in and participate in. Research graphic design logos and their history in graphic design, also what makes a good logo.

Thursday 5/4
Design your own personal logo using your choice of apps. Save as a jpg and put in the Final Logo Folder on Google.
A2 Folder
A3 Folder

Week of April 24-27, 2017

Read and follow directions outlined in Chapter 5 Logo Designs
Post research to Google Classroom following directions in webpage about how to name file and what to include.

Thursday 4/27
Finish Research: Read and follow links for CH 5 Graphic Design Part 1 Logo Design.

Make sure your research and thumbnails are complete so you can meet with your teacher and get started on the final logo design.
Make sure you name the doc- last name-firstname-logo research.doc and turn into the CH 5 Logo Research folder on Google.
Then develop your own logo ideas. See CH 5 for details. Name your thumbnails: last name-firstname-logothumb.jpg and turn into the CH 5 logo thumbnail folder on Google.
Fill out sketchbook rubric and meet with your teacher to discuss your plans for the logo design.

Week of April 17-21, 2017

Remember there are two parts to the app: drawing and composer.
Use the drawing portion to create characters and small image sequences, not the entire animation.
Use the composer to put together all the elements of your 15 second animation.
Consider making one or two detailed backgrounds that don't change and then only animate the character.
Remember to set the frame rate (fps) using the i in the Drawing app. 10fps is what we're using. Make sure you also set the rate in the Composer once you put your animation together.
Make sure you save often and back up to your camera roll and to Google Drive.
See tutorials below if you are confused about the app and how to use it.

By the end of this week your 1-2 backgrounds should be finished and at least 12-15 seconds of animation (120 - 150 frames)
Critique will be Tuesday, May 3rd

Thursday 4/20
FINISH your animation using the DoInk app, Sketchbook Pro, iMovie etc.

TO ADD SOUND OR MUSIC YOU NEED TO USE iMovie
Use Creative Commons or Copyright Free Music and Sound.

Download the desired clip to the iPad and it will go to iTunes on the pad. In iMovie you can then access it.

TRY THESE: The school has a subscription to:
http://www.soundzabound.com/
Username: pewaukee
Password: pirates1

Another to try, but school doesn't subscribe:
https://www.freesound.org/

Reminders for Today

Make sure your finished animation has been exported and shared to the Google Folder as an .mp4 or .mov Video File
Name your movie: lastname-firstname.mov
Make sure you have your finished artist statement uploaded to the folder as well.
Come to Intervention next week from 7:30 - 10:05 if you need extra work time.

Week of April 3-7, 2017

Remember there are two parts to the app: drawing and composer.
Use the drawing portion to create characters and small image sequences, not the entire animation.
Use the composer to put together all the elements of your 15 second animation.
Consider making one or two detailed backgrounds that don't change and then only animate the character.
Remember to set the frame rate (fps) using the i in the Drawing app. 10fps is what we're using. Make sure you also set the rate in the Composer once you put your animation together.
Make sure you save often and back up to your camera roll and to Google Drive.
See tutorials below if you are confused about the app and how to use it.

By the end of this week your 1-2 backgrounds should be finished and at least 10 seconds of animation (100 frames)

Week of March 27-31, 2017

Learning Target: Create an animated character and develop a story for the character.   Connect to the Principles of Animation and develop a storyline and composition that utilizes these principles.  Present final animations in published form.

Monday 3/27
Begin animation demo of Doink Drawing and Animation app. Discuss differences. How to manage work time.

Wednesday 3/29 and Friday 3/31
Continue creating frames of your animation using the DoInk app, Sketchbook Pro, iMovie etc.

Remember there are two parts to the app: drawing and composer.
Use the drawing portion to create characters and small image sequences, not the entire animation.
Use the composer to put together all the elements of your 15 second animation.
Consider making one or two detailed backgrounds that don't change and then only animate the character.
Remember to set the frame rate (fps) using the i in the Drawing app. 10fps is what we're using. Make sure you also set the rate in the Composer once you put your animation together.
Make sure you save often and back up to your camera roll and to Google Drive.
See tutorials below if you are confused about the app and how to use it.

By the end of this week your 1-2 backgrounds should be finished and at least 5-8 seconds of animation (50-80 frames)

DoInk App Tutorials

How to Create an Animation in Two Minutes using the DoInk Animation and Drawing App Version 4.0 on the iPad from Karen Miller on Vimeo.

Tutorial for Version 4.0 Animation and Drawing App by Do Ink: How to Create a Frame-by-Frame Animation from Karen Miller on Vimeo.

Week of March 20-24, 2017

Research the principles of Animation, Identify on your storyboards which principle(s) you will utilize.

DoInk Animation techniques, creating a practice animation trying the varied tools.

Develop and Plan your own character and story with Plot diagram and storyboards.
Storyboards should include labels explaining the shots and also should be only your key frames, not the whole frame-by-frame animation.

Thursday 3/23
Conference with Mr. Lamp to discuss your plans for the animation project. Make sure you have all of the items listed above for this conference.

Animation Vocabulary to Know and Use Throughout this Unit

pan, panning- horizontal camera movement, shows a wide view of the scene.
tilt, tilting- vertical camera movement, shows a tall vertical view of the the scene, shows height.
zoom in(ZI)- camera gets close to the, crops out much of the background
zoom out(ZO)- camera gets further from subject, shows more of the scene or background.
long shot(LS)- very long view shows the expanse of the scene
mid-shot(MS)- medium length shot shows some of the scene, but also has closer subject.
close up (CU)- shows the subject very close and zoomed in.
extreme close up (ECU)- shows the subject

Typography Unit Description

Week of March 13-17, 2017

Monday 3/13
Students will continue working on their button designs for the Pewaukee Kiwanis RiverRun. This will be the last day in class to complete the button designs. Designs must be uploaded to the shared "Final Button Design" Google folder.

Wednesday 3/15
Critique Day
There should be 3 things turned in for critique in the Google Folder for your class.

Written IT'S Clear artist statement Make sure you've named it correctly: last name-firstname-statement.doc
Typography project. Make sure you've named your portrait correctly. last name-firstname-type.jpg
Complete Art Project Rubric for project.
After critique complete parent communication email about critique. See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document. Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.

Learning Target: Create an animated character and develop a story for the character. Connect to the Principles of Animation and develop a storyline and composition that utilizes these principles. Present final animations in published form.

Friday 3/17
Introduction to Chapter 4 in iBook- Visual Story Telling
Create a Google Doc to take notes on the chapter. Name the notes lastname-firstname-aninotes.doc and put in the Google Folder called Ch 4 Research Notes.

Answer the questions from Chapter Four on Google Classroom. Today's Meet Link on Google Classroom page.

Week of March 6-10, 2017

Learning Target: Create an image that utilizes only type, color and shape as its design elements.  Research the history of typography as a graphic design element. Present & Respond to finished typography designs through oral and written critique process.

Monday 3/6
Work days to complete Typography final designs. Make sure your final design meets the criteria of the assignment: complex composition that using positive/negative space, uses shape, color and type only (no pictures).  Critique is Wednesday, March 8th

If finished save your final image as a jpg file:named last name-firstname-type.jpg.

Wednesday 3/8
Students will be introduced to the Pewaukee Kiwanis RiverRun button design project. Mr. Lamp shared a button template and will demonstrate how to begin the button design using the template.
Button Text Requirements:
•2017
•44th Annual Pewaukee Kiwanis RiverRun
•A New Start
Event Details
•The RiverRun is an annual event put on by the Pewaukee Kiwanis
•Participants race on the Pewaukee River in kayaks and canoes
Imagery Ideas
•Keep it simple and bold
•Use the theme “A New Start” and create images based on the theme
•Use imagery associated with canoes and kayaks on a river

Week of February 27 - March 3, 2017

Learning Target: Create an image that utilizes only type, color and shape as its design elements. Research the history of typography as a graphic design element.

Thursday 3/2
Work days to complete Typography final designs. Make sure your final design meets the criteria of the assignment: complex composition that using positive/negative space, uses shape, color and type only (no pictures). Critique is Wednesday, March 8th

If finished save your final image as a jpg file:named last name-firstname-type.jpg.

Week of February 20-24, 2017

Learning Target: Create an image that utilizes only type, color and shape as its design elements.  Research the history of typography as a graphic design element.

Tuesday 2/21
Introduction to New Project Chapter 3 in iBook. Finish research on Typography. Add research thumbnail idea sketches to Google Folder for your class. Use  Adobe Photoshop Touch (not Sumopaint as the book says to do) to create your thumbnails.

You can create a simple grid on one page to set up your boxes for the thumbnails. This will be good practice for the project.

Each thumbnail should be a small sketched idea and each should be a different idea.
Export the thumbnails to your photo library album.
Name them: your name-typeplan.jpg
Deposit these into your class Google folder.
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Typography

Thursday 2/23
Finished thumbnails and research should be turned into the Google Folder for your class. Complete a Sketchbook Rubric and meet with Mr. Lamp. Turn in your rubric. (make sure your name and A1 are written on the rubric) DUE TODAY!

Begin developing your typography project. Make sure you choose the correct size and orientation for the document. If you want a Vertical design the width of your document should be the small pixel size.

Week of February 13-17, 2017

Learning Target: Connect & Respond to Art Historical movements and styles through research. Present & Respond to finished self portraits through oral and written critique process.

Monday 2/13
Work days to complete your self portraits. To prepare for Wednesday's Critique Have the following ready.

Save your finished image as a jpg named last name-firstname-selfie.jpg and upload to the class folder on Google Classroom
Write your artist statment on the "Digital Self-Portrait Summative Document" on Google Classroom
Complete an Art Project Rubric

Prepare art and artist statement for Critique
Wednesday, February 15

Wednesday 2/15
Critique of Selfies Have the following ready.

Save your finished image as a jpg named last name-firstname-selfie.jpg and upload to the class Final Project folder
Create an artist statement and save as doc named last name-firstname-selfie.doc and upload to the class Final Project folder
Complete an Art Project Rubric

Friday 2/17
Follow up to Critique Parent Communication Letter.

After critique complete parent communication email about critique. See Google Doc for what to say. You will simply copy and paste the appropriate portion of the document. Make sure you copy your teacher on this email.

Introduction to new Unit on Typography
Learning Target: Create an image that utilizes only type, color and shape as its design elements.  Research the history of typography as a graphic design element.

Friday 2/17
Introduction to New Project Chapter 3 in iBook. Finish research on Typography. Add research thumbnail idea sketches to Google Folder for your class. Use  Adobe Photoshop Touch (not Sumopaint as the book says to do) to create your thumbnails.

You can create a simple grid on one page to set up your boxes for the thumbnails. This will be good practice for the project.

Each thumbnail should be a small sketched idea and each should be a different idea.
Export the thumbnails to your photo library album.
Name them: your name-typeplan.jpg
Deposit these into your class Google folder.
Mrs. Bjork's Pinterest Board on Typography

Typography Unit Description

Typography Designs

Week of February 6-10, 2017

Save your finished image as a jpg named last name-firstname-selfie.jpg and upload to the class folder on Google Classroom
Write your artist statment on the "Digital Self-Portrait Summative Document" on Google Classroom
Complete an Art Project Rubric

Prepare art and artist statement for Critique
Wednesday, February 15

Thursday 2/9
Work days to complete your self portraits. To prepare for Wednesday's Critique Have the following ready.

Save your finished image as a jpg named last name-firstname-selfie.jpg and upload to the class folder on Google Classroom
Write your artist statment on the "Digital Self-Portrait Summative Document" on Google Classroom
Complete an Art Project Rubric

Prepare art and artist statement for Critique
Wednesday, February 15

Week of January 30 - February 3, 2017

Introduction to PhotoGene and Sketchbook Pro Apps
Introduction to Camera App and discussion of compositional techniques.
Tour of places to shoot photos with lighting that works.
All Google Research on your artist should be completed and turned into the class Google Folder named: your name-research.doc.
See assignment sheet and rubric for details.
Start shooting portraits

Wednesday 2/1
Work Day for Self Portraits

Finish shooting portraits
Start editing portraits in PhotoGene (you can also try Pixlr or Snapseed)
Bring edited image into Sketchbook Pro and start creating your digital painting.
REMEMBER-The photo is only the starting point. Make sure there is a significant amount of painting/drawing that reflects your master artist's style or technique.

Friday 2/3
Demonstration of Sketchbook Pro techniques
Continue working on your self portrait painted images using the style of the master artist you've chosen. Remember to work in layers and save often.

Week of January 23-27, 2017

Tuesday 1/24
Introduction to Class

Hand out technology contracts to be signed by student and parent.
Use of the iPads and Jot Pro stylus
Use of Introduction to Digital Media iBook
Creating and Saving files
Organizing files
Review "what is art" discussion from Intro to Art
Discuss what digital media is and how it is the same and different from traditional art.
Use Today’s Meet to discuss Chapter 1 with your table mates. Make sure you put your name on your posts. Use the following Link:
A1 Link on Today’s Meet

REMEMBER TO GET YOUR TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT SIGNED AND RETURN TO SCHOOL ASAP!!

iPad technology contract

Chapter 2 Selfies:Everyone Does Them

Ch 2 Digital Self Portrait assignment details

Artist Research Rubric

Learning Target: Create a unique self portrait that emulates a historical artist's style and uses photography as the starting point. Develop a digital image further through painting/drawing techniques. Connect & Respond to Art Historical movements and styles through research.

Thursday 1/26 & Monday 1/30
You will be doing research to get started on this project. See your iBook for details. Once you've decided on which artist you will choose you will need to fill in your name on the Google Doc to reserve that artist for you. Once an artist is taken by someone in class you will need to find another. There are enough for all!

Artist Link Google Doc

Research Links

http://www.wikipaintings.org/
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
http://smarthistory.org
https://www.artsy.net
http://www.artbabble.org

Student Selfies Gallery

Week of January 16 - 20

Learning Target: Create a 3-5 MINUTE digital video presentation of your entire portfolio of Digital Media works along with a verbal summation of how you met the class criteria. Present the digital portfolio as a final summative exam that synthesizes and evaluates your development as a digital artist. It MUST be created using iPad iMovie app. Turn in your final exported video in the Google Drive Folder for your class called FINAL EXAM

MONDAY: Last in class day to work on Final Exam presentation. Due for Exam on Wednesday!!!

Studio Work time to complete final exam presentation.
Hand in Script in Final Exam Folder on Google
Hand in Final Exam video file on Google Folder called Final Exam. Share video as a .mov or .mp4 file

Wednesday: Exam A1 7:50- Make sure your final presentation is posted on the Google Drive Folder Called FINAL EXAM.

Exam Description

Intro to digi media exam rubric

Elements and Principles of Design/Art

Week of January 9 - 13

Learning Target: Create a 3-5 MINUTE digital video presentation of your entire portfolio of Digital Media works along with a verbal summation of how you met the class criteria. Present the digital portfolio as a final summative exam that synthesizes and evaluates your development as a digital artist. It MUST be created using iPad iMovie app. Turn in your final exported video in the Google Drive Folder for your class called FINAL EXAM

TUESDAY/THURSDAY: Last day to turn in any late, missing or incomplete work is Friday January 13th.

Discussion of Final Exam requirements and Intro to iMovie.
Studio Work time to complete final exam presentation.
Hand in Script in Final Exam Folder on Google
Hand in Final Exam video file on Google Folder called Final Exam. Share video as a .mov or .mp4 file

Exam Description

Intro to digi media exam rubric

Elements and Principles of Design/Art

Getting Started

Learning Targets: Create and Explore our digital work environment setting up digital accounts.
Research what art is, comparing digital to traditional art.

We will be setting up our online and in class room learning environment in the first days of class. You will want to bookmark the following:

This website assignment page
The Google Assignments Calendar
You may also want to subscribe to the Art Blog for the latest news from the art department including exhibit opportunities, scholarships and more.
We will not be posting to the District/School website, but instead will use this site, so please make sure you've bookmarked this site.

Supplies
For daily class you need your laptop and you also will need a number two pencil. We will be using Evernote app and Sketchbook Pro app to take notes. You can also use Google Docs to create notes for this class. A physical sketchbook isn't necessary.

Link to iBook for Class

If you would like to access the iBook we're using in class you can use the following link. The book is free in the iTunes store.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/introduction-to-digital-media/id959437805?mt=13

Assessment in This Class

As always the artwork you create and the way you present it will influence the grades you receive in this class. We are in our second year as a district using Standards Based Grading. With each unit you will see a highly detailed form that describes the assignment and shows what Reportable Standards and Priority Standards are being covered in the unit. As we've done in the past you will participate in the critique process, which involves presenting your finished artwork and evaluating it in verbal and written form.

You will use the following rubrics to self assess your work. Each is standards based and will be used to determine your grade in this class. In some classes you will complete these digitally, while in others you will fill out a paper copy.
Each class will digitally turn in their artist statements and a copy of their digital work to the Google folder for the class.
All work will be turned in digitally for this class. Please see the Google Folder Links Embedded Below.

Art Project Rubric

Sketchbook Plan Rubric

A1 Class Google Folder

Writing An Artist Statement

Students will be required to submit an artist statement that follows the "ITS CLEAR" method for all art work.

Click here to view the ITS CLEAR PowerPoint

Click here for an artist statement writing template

Google Apps on iPad

On the iPads there are several ways to use Google that you need to be aware of. Google has split their various services into separate apps instead of having them all together. This is important to understand as you will be jump from app to app if you use them on the iPad.

Google Drive App: There is an app for drive, but you need to make sure you are logged into your account. Once you try to create a doc in drive Google Drive app will jump to the Docs App.
Docs App: offers very limited editing capabilities. You can't paste or insert images. This is frustrating!!!
Chrome App: The Chrome app allows you to access the Internet through Chrome browser. Use this to sign into your Google school account and then access Docs and Drive the way you normally would. Safari app doesn't let you fully access Drive and Docs. This is the preferable way to create docs that have images embedded in them.
Make sure you sign out of your Google account after using as this iPad is shared.
See this article for details on this step.