Tag Archives: Fall 2020

Computer Graphic Design

Color Theory Part 1: Color Vocabulary

Welcome to our Color Theory unit!

For the next couple of weeks, we are going to explore the many ways that our online tools allow you to enhance your artwork with color. We are also going to explore color theory and the different meanings colors have for different groups. With this knowledge, you will be able to more effectively communicate your desired message to everyone who looks at your artwork.

Objective:

Students will be able to identify and explain the concepts of Color Theory and Color Harmonies by using web resources to determine the meanings of color theory vocabulary terms so that they can gain expertise in communicating using correct color theory terminology.

Links:

Sensational Color: Color Theory

Sensational Color: Getting to Know the Color Wheel

Sensational Color: Color Harmonies

Sensational Color: Color Terminology Glossary

Topics Discussed:

  • Color Theory
  • Color Harmonies
  • Color Wheel
  • Primary Colors
  • Secondary Colors
  • Tertiary Colors
  • Triad
  • Complementary
  • Split Complementary
  • Analogous
  • Monochromatic
  • Shade
  • Tint
  • Swatches Panel

Instructions:

Use the information linked below from Color Expert Kate Smith’s outstanding Sensational Color website to read about Color Theory concepts and terminology:

Sensational Color – Color Theory Explained:  https://www.sensationalcolor.com/category/understanding-color/theory

Sensational Color – The Color Wheel and Color Relationships:  https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/color-theory/know-color-wheel-806#.Uup6bPZgMQU

Sensational Color – Color Harmonies:  https://www.sensationalcolor.com/color-theory/creating-color-harmony/

Sensational Color – Color Terminology Glossary: https://www.sensationalcolor.com/color-theory/color-terminology-glossary/

After you have visited the websites, create a new Letter-size (8.5″ x 11″) Vectr Online document. (If Vectr is unavailable, you may also use Photopea or even a Google Doc.) Use a headline and a subhead (large font, then smaller font) to write the following vocabulary words along with their definitions:

  1. Color Harmony
  2. Hue
  3. Primary Colors (Hues)
  4. Secondary Colors (Hues)
  5. Tertiary Colors (Hues)
  6. Warm Colors
  7. Cool Colors
  8. Triad
  9. Primary Triad
  10. Secondary Triad
  11. Tetrad
  12. Complementary
  13. Split Complementary
  14. Analogous
  15. Monochromatic
  16. Tint
  17. Tone
  18. Shade

When you have found and written all your definitions, save your document. We will continue to work with these terms throughout the next few weeks.

Assigned: November 9th, 2020
Due Date: November 11th, 2020

Computer Graphic Design

Digital Photography: Impossible Images 2020

Objective:

Students will be able to make an “impossible image” by using digital photography, selection tools, clipping masks and transformations in Photopea so that they can demonstrate their ability to use real digital images to produce realistic (but impossible) image compositions.

Links:

Impossible Images (CNN): https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/world/gallery/photoshop-artist-martin-de-pasquale/

Topics Discussed:

  • Photopea
  • Selection Tools
  • Clipping Masks
  • Transform Tools

Assignment:

Over the past few days, we have tested our acquired Digital Imaging skills by fixing a Photoshop Disaster. Today, we are going to use our acquired digital photo manipulation skills to create something entirely new, and completely impossible.  

  1. Visit the above website for inspiration. Notice how many of the images use scale (size) to make the images impossible: some of the elements are impossibly big or impossibly small. Others place elements in places where they don’t normally belong (i.e. a giant mouth where the subject’s stomach should be).
  2. Your goal is to produce an Impossible Image, just like the ones in the example link, with the following restrictions:
    • You may ONLY use photographs that you took yourself. You MAY NOT use any images borrowed from the Internet, from other people, or from any other source other than your own original photo collection.
    • You may use your own phone camera or laptop camera, but you must provide the original photo files as proof that you are the photographer who took the pictures. If you do not have a camera or phone with camera capabilities, you may use the camera built into the laptop.
    • You must use at least THREE original images to comprise the final composite image.
    • Your image should depict a completely impossible scenario, situation or condition, but should look as realistic as possible.
    • Your image should be 11″ x 17″, (or 17″ x 11″, if you’re making it landscape).
    • The final image will be placed in Vectr, in a photo frame with a 1″ colored border.
  3. Apply whatever modifications you feel are necessary to make the image look as realistic as possible. Pay close attention to detail, shadows, scaling and your selection edges. Don’t make this into a Photoshop Disaster!
  4. Save your image as a .png file before importing it into Vectr.
  5. Create a new 11″ x 17″ Vectr document. Save it with your name and “Impossible Image”.
  6. Place the Impossible Image .png image on the page in a photo frame with a 1″ stroke. You may make the stroke whatever style or color you choose.
  7. Place your name (or signature) somewhere on the page. This is your original artwork, so you should sign it and be proud of it!
  8. Export this final image as a .png file (You may also use .jpg if you wish.)
  9. Save your Photopea image (.png), the pictures you used to make your Photoshop image, and the Vectr (.png or .jpg) file into a new folder with your name on it, and place the entire contents of the folder into the “Impossible Images” post on the Google Classroom page by the end of the day on Friday, November 6th. Note: You should be turning in at least five (5) separate files to receive full credit for this assignment.

Assigned: November 2nd, 2020
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 6th, 2020