Intro to graphic Design

6/30/16 Homework

165 Students:
1. Draw your self as a real or fictional character from the american colonial period, 1492-1763. Add a background to the image, think about perspective and make sure that everything is period specific, this means you will need to do some research.
Draw in your sketchbook, full page, use Blue/Red pencil, ink, color in Illustrator is optional. 

Yep the drawing below is of me!

2. Read the following on the Sack drop project. We will begin it on Tuesday.

The images shown below demonstrate the principals of perspective. Screen captures from cartoons with perspective lines on top are included.

166 Students:
Tuesday be ready to show the rough drafts of your character designs.

March 8, Homework

165 Students:

1. In your sketchbook, loosely sketch out two different backgrounds that show 1 or 2 point perspective with a theme, old west, toy shop, alien planet.... No ink, full page.

2. Make sure that the drawing has nothing in the middle or foreground.
Keep this space open for the movement of the sack. (See examples below)

  3. If you liked the artists video we worked from tonight his name is John Nevarez. If you are really interested in character design, you should also lookup: Bruce Timm, Chris Saunders, Stephen Silver. I will recommend more later.

4. Here is some background on the sack project.

February 23, Homework

165 Students:

166 Students:
I will review your progress on the walk, fly, swim animations on Thursday.

February 16, Homework Drawing Project

165 Students:

Draw yourself as if you were 99 years old. Do not hide yourself in a coffin or a tube, show yourself, have fun with wrinkles. Use your blue pencil to design the basic shape, add the red pencil for detail. No Graphite! and add black ink. No need to color your drawings, 

Full Page. We will check them out in class. Have fun!

Yep... its me!

166 Students:

Work on character sketches of your movies main

characters.

This is it!

This is it everyone... thanks for a great semester, you can now relax on the couch and let the holiday break begin.

Tonight

165 Homework Reading for Thursday:

Read the following from the Richard Williams textbook,

Flexibility in the face pages, 246-250

Takes & Accents, 285-289

Flexibility, 217-224

165 In Class:

Today you have two choices, you can work on your comic or you can work on designing your cartoon alter ego. The cartoon alter ego will be turned in on Thursday at the end of class in the form of a character page. (See sample character pages below). The character you create will be used for the final walk/jump animation. This means that your character must be humanoid but may include some animal features. The final images that are turned in should be formatted horizontally, lined up and inked, color is optional. 8 1/2" x 11" paper,
scan as png. or jpg. 

A proper character page shows the character standing in the same pose, with all of the features lined up, and is shown from the following angles,

Front, 3/4, profile, 3/4 back, back. 

(Showing the face with a range of emotions is a bonus.)

This is similar to the sack character page that we created only more complex because this time its a fully developed character.

166 Students: 

Be ready to show talk about your backgrounds, storyboard animatic, and character designs. Please upload to ACME before the end of class tonight.

October 30, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 29, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 28, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

October 13, Drawing Challenge

Here is Today's Monster Draw Challenge

Remember... The goal is to be inspired by what you 

see and to reinterpret the character. Select the link 

below for the image.

http://amonsterdrawing.blogspot.com/

Great Job Everyone

Congratulations everyone on your first night of ACME

165 Homework:

1. Please bring the completed perspective handouts to class on Thursday.

2. Also bring the stapled pile of handouts that I gave you in class(the top image shows line quality),  we will go over it on Thursday.

3. In your regular sketchbook draw yourself as a Roman period warrior ready for battle in the coliseum.

4. Use blue and red pencil, add black marker 

paying attention to line quality.

5. Keep the line work clean and not sketchy.

6. Have fun!

I think I make for a sad little warrior.

166 Homework:

Work up 2-3 sentences about the movie you have

chosen for the Bible Project. This will help you to

clarify the heart of the story. If you need help, try

going over to the IMDB and look up your movie.

 http://www.imdb.com/

Week 4 Day 13

Homework
165 students:
1. In your sketchbook draw 12 different characters keep the drawings loose, show the shapes and set up lines. Do not add ink to these drawings. Your goal is to pick one of the drawings and use it for an animated walk/jump animation.
2. After you have chosen the character that you want to draw, on a separate sheet of paper draw that character standing both forward and in profile. Both drawings should line up completely, everything should be at the same height. Start this by measuring down from the top of the page 2" and marking it with a line across the page horizontally. Next, measure 1" up from the bottom and draw a line horizontally.
Your character must fit within this space. On Tuesday we will work on the walk cycle drawings in class. 
166 Students:
You should be working on your backgrounds and thinking about the style of graphics that you want to use.
On Thursday you should have about ten seconds of footage to show.

Tomorrow we will look at the leaf drop animations!

If you want to try the walk cycle drawings before class go ahead... 

Week 3 Day 12

4th of July weekend homework!

1.Draw our nations aunt and uncle as if the they had super powers.* Please show the entire body, use blue and red pencil, add black marker paying attention to line quality.

2. Reading assignment:

Walk Cycle: Read about walks in the text book. Pages 102-163. We will begin working on this next week. As you read pay special attention to pages 108, 122, 136, 151-153 & 163.

Week 3 Day 10

Today's Homework 

165 Students:

Re-Design the DVC Viking. The design of the character must be flexible so that he can look tough in any situation. Think of the Jeannie in Aladdin, our viking can be into sports, computers, cooking or any subject that we teach at DVC.

For tomorrow be ready to show your first draft of the character, full body, ink is optional.

 Sample Viking

166 Students:

Create a cast line up with the characters you will be using in your commercial. Make sure that they are all on one page with the feet at the same level. If you have already done this you may want to start sketching out some backgrounds.

Sample Cast Line Up