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Computer Graphic Design

Digital Photography: Impossible Images 2017

Objective:

I can use digital photography, selection tools, clipping masks and transformations to make an otherwise impossible image.

Links:

Impossible Images (CNN):

 

Topics Discussed:

  • Photoshop
  • Selection Tools
  • Clipping Masks
  • Transform Tools
Assignment:
Last week, we tested our acquired Photoshop skills by fixing a Photoshop Disaster. Today, we are going to use our acquired Photoshop 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:
    1. 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.
    2. You may use your own camera, but you must provide the original photo files as proof that you are the photographer who took the pictures.
    3. You must use at least THREE original images to comprise the final composite image.
    4. Your image should depict a completely impossible scenario, situation or condition, but should look as realistic as possible.
    5. Your image should be 11″ x 17″, (or 17″ x 11″, if you’re making it landscape).
    6. The final image will be placed in InDesign, 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 .psd file before importing it into InDesign.
  5. Create a new 11″ x 17″ InDesign document. Save it with your name and “Photoshop Impossible Image”.
  6. Place the Impossible Image Photoshop 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. Save your Photoshop image (.psd), the pictures you used to make your Photoshop image, and the InDesign (.indd) 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 17th.
Assigned: November 13th, 2017
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 17th, 2017
Computer Graphic Design

Redesigning an Advertisement Project 2017

Objective:

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of design by re-designing a real-world flyer advertisement.

Links:
  • None
Topics Discussed:
  • InDesign Page Layout
  • Horizontal Width
  • Vertical Width
  • Document Grid
  • Snap to Grid
  • Margins and Columns
  • Principles of Design (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity)
Assignment:

Let’s face it. There’s a lot of ugly flyers on the walls of this campus.

If they’re not ugly, they’re just plain and boring. Regardless, nobody pays attention to them and that completely defeats the purpose of a flyer. With all that you’ve learned about design, there’s no reason why you couldn’t improve on the ugly, boring, attention-starved flyers littering the walls of this school and help make the campus a more beautiful place to live and read.

Instructions:

Open a new InDesign document. Use the standard default size of paper and margin settings.

  1. Create a new folder with your name on it and save all files and images in the same folder as the InDesign document.
  2. Select a flyer from the front table, and use everything that you’ve learned about typography, page layout and the Principles of Design to improve on its design. Make it better than it was before!
  3. You must use all the text on the page and re-type it exactly as it appears on the page. You may not use any of the typefaces or images on the original page.
  4. You may download fonts from the web, as long as they are free and you convert the type to Outlines before you turn in your completed assignment.
  5. Go out on the Internet and find one or more pictures that you can use to recreate the ad. Make sure they are of appropriate size and quality, and are not watermarked or otherwise labeled.
  6. These will be printed on a black and white printer (Printing lots of color copies is expensive!), so you may only use black, white and shades of gray in your design.
  7. You must save the images you find in the assignment folder, and place them in InDesign. DO NOT copy and paste them or drag them directly from the web browser into InDesign.
  8. Use search engines like Google Image Search to look for images. Your pictures don’t have to be an exact match for the ad, but you’ll want to find something relevant to the flyer’s message.
  9. Turn on your grids and use the Snap to Grid setting to align your images and text. Leave at least one square of space between all images and text.
  10. Have your completed ad checked by Mr. Marmolejo, and upload the entire contents of your project folder into the Google Classroom assignment post entitled “Redesigning an Advertisement Project 2017” by end of class on Thursday, October 5th.
Assigned: October 2nd, 2017
Teacher Pacing Due Date: October 5th, 2017