Welcome Back Year Twos!!!

Hi everyone,

This year, along with all of your regular assignments, I'll be giving you weekly blog assignments as well that we will share with each other on Fridays at the start of class. Some of these assignments will be offered to you as creation exercises, and some will be researching information, tutorials and inspiration.


Here are few Photoshop tutorials to check out that we'll get started with today. Try a few of them today. And see what you like.

Scratch Art and Mixer Brush

Here's one on Scratch Art in Photoshop. There are also others on just painting in Photoshop using masks, and also the mixer brush.

We now have two tablets that you should all get familiar with. Plus with our Adobe CS6 Production Suite, there is a ton of software that you can play with!


Pixel Portrait.

Here's a video tutorial:

There are other tutorials available too. Please go to the 1059 folder on your desktops and open up the PickUp folder. Find Ms. Silverman pickup down at the bottom and open up the CyberARTS folder - Year Two. In there you will find the pixel portrait assignment, called Pixel Art.

After watching the video tutorial above and searching for other ones yourself - check the links on the assignment sheet too - you should create your own pixel self-portrait.

Your Photoshop CS6 Assignments for Monday and Tuesday (and probably Wednesday too)

1. SCRATCH ART TYPE EXERCISE
Try the SCRATCH ART tutorial using the text mask tool in Photoshop. Create a word on a black background. The objective is to understand the concept and how to use the tools.
Submit to Drop Off folder on the lcicyberarts server - Year Two (make a folder with your name, if you haven't already)
Save As: NameScratchText.jpg

2. SCRATCH ART PHOTOGRAPH
Find a photograph on the internet, or in your files and create scratch art of that photo. Be creative and be conscious of the line direction, thickness and quality.
Submit to Drop Off folder on the lcicyberarts server - Year Two
Save As: NameScratchPhoto.jpg 

3. MIXER BRUSH
Watch the MIXER BRUSH video and try using the mixer brush over a photograph to create a painterly effect. Play around with this tool until you get some results you like. Create a painted looking photograph. Be creative and have fun.

Submit to Drop Off folder on the lcicyberarts server - Year Two

Save As: NameMixerBrush.jpg 

These should be done by end of class Tuesday, February 5, 2013.

4. PIXEL ART PORTRAIT

Once you have tried these tools, now it's time for your first mini-assignment. You will find the pixel portrait assignment and the rubric in the pickup folder. Follow the instructions to create a pixel portrait of yourself that is 100x100 pixels.

Submit to DropOFF folder on the lcicyberarts server - Year Two

Save As: NamePixelPortrait.jpg

Finish this by Thursday, February 7, 2013.

Here are some examples from past student