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Week 18

June 15
Modified Schedule
Awards Ceremony
Logo Design
  • Due by end of class Tuesday
  • Must be posted to your website, along with all assignments (with revisions)
June 16
Logo Design
  • Due posted to the Google Drive folder LOGO DESIGN and to your website by end of class today
June 17
FINALS
8:00-9:57AM         Advisory
10:00-10:30AM     Lunch
10:33-12:30PM     eBlock
June 18
FINALS
8:00-9:57AM         Module 1
10:00-10:30AM     Lunch
10:33-12:30PM     Module 2
June 19
FINALS
8:00 - 9:45PM     Module 3
9:30 - 9:45AM     Lunch
9:47 - 11:17PM   Module 4
11:17 - 12:30   Laptop Return

Week 16

Picture
June 1
Project: Infographic
  • continue working on layout and format
  • Due tomorrow end of class
Picture
June 2
Project: Infographic
  • DUE End of class today
Picture
June 3
All classes: Prep Exhibition videos
  • Choose BEST work
  • Write artist statement - process of creating work
  • video yourself presenting your work
  • DUE COMPLETE FRIDAY
Artist Statement Instructions
Picture
June 4
Weebly.com
  • Create a portfolio website
  • Portfolio page must include all pieces created this year
Pages:
  • Home
  • About/Bio & Contact
  • Portfolio with BEST work and VIDEO
Picture
June 5
Weebly.com
  • Complete Portfolio page on website
  • Film video and save to your Google Drive 

Weebly instructions
Pieces needed for DMA portfolio
  • iMovie edit instructions
  • QR code instructions

Week 15

Picture
No School
Picture
May 26
Project: Infographic
  • On Infographic GD - list info to be included on infographic
  • Ps new doc:
    12in x 18in, 300 ppi
  • Paste color scheme and graphics
Picture
May 27
Project: Infographic
  • continue adding graphics and information
  • DUE date changed to TUESDAY, June 2
Picture
May 28
SD Fair Group Work!
Project: Infographic
  • Continue creating your infographic
Picture
May 29
SD Fair Group Work!
Project: Infographic
  • Continue creating your infographic
  • DUE Tuesday!

Week 14

Picture
Picture
May 18
Project: Infographic
  • Create vector graphics for your 6 BEST drawings in sketchbook
Tutorials
  • Pen Tool Part 1
  • Pen Tool Part 2

Picture
May 19
Project: Infographic:
  • Continue creating your 6 vector graphics
  • All 6 due FRIDAY
Tutorials
  • Pen Tool Part 1
  • Pen Tool Part 2

Picture
May 20
Project: Infographic:
  • Continue creating your 6 vector graphics
  • All 6 due FRIDAY

Picture
May 21
Project: Infographic:
  • Continue creating your 6 vector graphics
  • All 6 due TOMORROW
Picture
May 22
Project: Infographic:
  • Continue creating your 6 vector graphics
  • All 6 due TODAY
  • Upload to your Infographic folder on GD
Save as: graphic01_lasName.psd
graphic02_lasName.psd
etc.

Week 13

Picture
May 11
Project: Infographic
  • Typography
  • dafont
Picture
May 12
This is your warm-up AND your assignment for today:
  • Complete the tutorial lined above to create flat icons in Photoshop.
  • Save your icons with the naming convention: icon1_lastname.psd in your Google Drive
  • When complete, begin creating you own infographic's icons and save as name_lastname.psd in Google Drive (etc. water_lastname.psd)
Picture
May 13
Vector Graphics
Grade Check

Picture
May 14
Continue Vector vs Bitmap
  • Vector graphics in Ps
  • Draw refined 6 BEST
  • Begin creating vectors in Ps of 6 BEST
Picture
May 15
Continue Vector Graphics for Infographic

Week 12

Picture
May 4
Complete In Class Critiques
Project: Infographics
Photoshop
  • Vector vs Bitmap
  • Flat Design
Picture
May 5
10th Grade Testing
Mod 3: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Picture
May 6
Animal Portrait Revisions
  • Submit to GD folder

Project: Infographics
Photoshop
  • Vector vs Bitmap
  • Flat Design
Picture
May 7
Project: Infographic
Photoshop
  • Vector vs Bitmap
  • Flat Design
Climate Change Infographic
Picture
May 8
Animal Portrait
  • revisions DUE TODAY
Project: Infographics
  • Color Schemes
  • Adobe Kuler

Week 11

Picture
College Week - My Next Move
Steve Jobs - Stanford Commencement Speech

April 27
Email check
GOOGLE History
Animal Portrait Critique
  • Critique Guidelines
Picture
College Week - Scholarships

April 28
School Field Trip
  • College Fair
Mod 3
  • Continue Animal Portrait Critique
Picture
College Week  - Big Future

Picture
April 29
Intro Project
  • Infographics
Picture
College Week - Portfolios

April 30
Animal Portrait Critique & Revisions
  • Critique Guidelines
  • CLICK HERE for instructions for today - revisions

Picture
College Week - Art Schools

May 1
In Class Critique
Flatten image to JPG

Week 10

Picture
April 20
If you do not have animal photographs, choose one or two from the public domain

TODAY
  • Continue working on your Animal Portrait in Ps
  • Save Ps file in GD
Picture
April 21
Upload
  • Abstract Photo
    abstract_lastName.jpg
  • Mandala
    mandala_lastName.jpg
Animal Portrait
  • Continue working in Ps
  • Save Ps file in GD
  • DUE this FRIDAY

Picture
Picture
April 22
Animal Portrait
  • Continue working in Ps
  • Save Ps file in GD
  • Begin shooting Poses for final composition - last day to shoot poses is THURSDAY
  • DUE this FRIDAY

Picture
April 23
Animal Portrait
  • Continue working in Ps
  • Save Ps file in GD
  • Continue shooting Poses for final composition - last day to shoot poses is TODAY
  • DUE FRIDAY!
Picture
April 24
Animal Portrait
  • DUE TODAY end of class
  • MUST be uploaded to your mod folder in the DMA Projects GD folder

Week 9

Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
April 13
One Day Assignment:
  • Create a 12 x 14 inch, 300 ppi, Ps document
  • Combine
    IMAGES ONLY of your choice to tell the story of your Spring Break (real or imagined)
  • DUE by the END OF CLASS TODAY


April 14
Grade Update
  • Ps files
  • One Day Assignment
Project: Animal Mashup
TODAY
  • Narrow animal choices
  • If no choice, see Ms. V
  • Thumbnail sketches:
    6 full ideas in S/B,
    3 Pages
April 15
Kehinde Wiley
Animal Portrait Research
April 16
Animal Portrait:
  • Choose 2 best thumbnails and refine
  • Begin shooting test poses

Consider:
  • lighting
  • position/pose
  • composition/frame
  • realistic combination
April 17
TODAY:
Finalize Refined Thumbnails (2 full pages)
UPLOAD TO GD TODAY:
  • 6 Thumbnails
  • 2 refined thumbnails
  • source images
  • inspiration images

Week 8

Picture
March 23
Spirit Week - Dynamic Duo
Photoshop
  • Layers
  • Layer Mask
Picture
March 24
Spirit Week - Multicultural
Photoshop
  • Add images together
  • Clone Tool
  • Create a shadow

Images needed today:
  • Image 1
  • Image 2
  • Image 3
  • Image 4
Picture
March 25
Spirit Week - Pink
Finish up Photoshop Baseball image - save as baseball.psd
Upload to Google Drive
Picture
March 26
Spirit Week - Senior vs Baby
Photoshop
Images needed today:
  • Image 1
  • Image 2
Picture
March 27
Spirit Week - Sports
Continue Ps Basics

Week 7

Picture
March 16
Complete the Photoshop Tutorial - save your work in Google Drive

Choose two tutorials from the links below and complete, save to Google Drive
  • Digital Arts
  • New Revolution
    Designs
Picture
March 17
CAHSEE testing
Continue Ps tutorials
Picture
March 18
Regular schedule
CAHSEE testing
Continue Ps tutorials
Picture
March 19
Advisory/eBlock schedule
FILE MANAGEMENT
Picture
March 20
Spirit Week - Pajama Day
Brain Games - Pay Attention
FILE MANAGEMENT - Due today

Week 6

Picture
March 9
Zoo photos due in GD beginning of class today
Comic Con Card Contest
  • Continue working on card design
  • DUE Wednesday
Picture
March 10
VOTE
Comic Con Card Contest
  • Continue working on card design
  • DUE Tomorrow
Picture
March 11
• Fill out Library Card forms
VOTE
Comic Con Card Contest
  • CRITIQUE
Picture
READ THIS FIRST!
March 12
VOTE - for EXTRA CREDIT!
Comic Con Card Contest
  • Last minute edits
  • Convert to digital file
Picture
March 13
READ ME FIRST - AGAIN!
VOTE - FOR EXTRA CREDIT
Comic Con Card Contest
  • Submit by email final digital file 

Photoshop Tutorials
  • Digital Arts
  • New Revolution Designs

Week 5

Picture
March 2
Copyright & Fair Use - cont
Photoshop Basics
Photo Retouching
Picture
Picture
Comic Con Card Contest
Picture
March 3
Photoshop Basics
Comic Con Card Contest
Templates:
  • Photoshop file
  • PDF file
  • JPG file
Picture
March 4
Comic Con Card Contest
DUE Wednesday, March 11

Picture
March 5
Comic Con Card Contest
• continue library card design
Picture
March 6
Complete Google Classroom assignment by 3PM today.
  • Upload your Zoo photographs to your DMA Google Drive folder
  • If you have more than 100 photos, only upload your BEST photos to Google Drive

Week 4

Picture
Feb 23
Photography:
• Abstract Photography
• Community Walk Part 1-2
Picture
Feb 24
Photography:
• Best Abstract - UN-edited
• Adobe Bridge
Photoshop basics
  • Open/New, Layers, Levels, file mgmt
Picture
Feb 25
Copyright & Fair Use
Picture
Feb 26
Copyright & Fair Use - cont
Picture
Feb 26
Copyright & Fair Use - cont
Photo Retouching
Picture
Picture

Week 3

Feb 16
No School
Picture
Feb 17
Photography: NOTES
Exposure Notes
Photo Concepts
Web Images DUE TODAY
beginning of class
Picture
Feb 18
Using the T3i Cameras
View Finders
Picture
Feb 19
iPhone Photography Awards
Abstract Photography
Part 1
School Walk & View Finders
Picture
Feb 20
Abstract Photography
Community Walk
  • Upload all to GD folder photos_feb20
  • rename files
  • Best: abstract_LastName.jpg

WEEK 2

Picture
Feb 9
Project:
Mandala - scan
DUE TODAY
Picture
Feb 10
Elements & Principles of Art
In Class Assignment:
WEB image lookup
Picture
Feb 11
Elements & Principles of Art
In Class Assignment:
WEB image lookup
Picture
Feb 12
Photography:
Photo Concepts
Elements Principles & Concepts Web Images DUE Tuesday, beginning of class
Feb 13
No School

WEEK 1

Picture
Feb 2
Welcome & Introductions

Google Drive Setup

Project:
Mandala

Review Syllabus & Class Expectations 

What is DMA?  Discuss Projects and Assignments

Print and Sign Syllabus and Rules by Tuesday, Feb 3

Picture
Feb 3
Sketchbook Requirements & 
Construction

Project:
Mandala

Signed Syllabus DUE TODAY

Picture
Feb 4
Project:
Mandala
Picture
Feb 5
Project:
Mandala
Picture
Feb 6
Project:
Mandala
DUE MONDAY beginning of class

Comic Con Card Contest
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