Tag Archives: Spring 2016

Computer Graphic Design

Spring 2016 – 25 – Color Week Day 3 – Color Vocabulary

Objective:

Use web resources to identify and explain the concepts of Color Theory and Color Harmonies.

Student-Friendly Learning Target:

I can use the Internet as a resource to discover the meanings of color theory vocabulary terms.

Links:
Sensational Color: Color Theory:
Sensational Color: Getting to Know the Color Wheel:
Sensational Color: Color Harmonies:
Sensational Color: Color Temperature:

 

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 websites below to read about and define the following Color Theory terms:

https://www.sensationalcolor.com/category/understanding-color/theory
https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/color-theory/know-color-wheel-806#.Uup6bPZgMQU
https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/theory/color-relationships-creating-color-harmony-1849
https://www.sensationalcolor.com/understanding-color/color-theory/color-temperature-warm-cool-relative-815#.Uup7XvZgMQU

After you have visited the websites, go to your third artboard and using a headline and a subhead (large font, then smaller font), 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 this document tomorrow.

Assigned: January 26th, 2016
Due Date: January 27th, 2016

Computer Graphic Design

Spring 2016 – 23 – Live Trace/Live Paint

Welcome to our Color Theory unit!
For the next couple of weeks, we are going to explore the many ways that Illustrator allows 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:

To demonstrate the use of the Live Trace and Live Paint functions for importing and recoloring hand-drawn art in Illustrator.
Student-Friendly Learning Target: 
I can use Live Trace and Live Paint to color hand-drawn artwork that was converted to digital artwork using a scanner.

 

Video Links:

Topics Discussed:
  • File > Place
  • Live Trace
  • Live Paint
  • Gap Options
  • Swatches Panel
  • Starting a new document in Illustrator CS4 using the Welcome screen.
  • Adjusting settings in the New Document dialog box.
  • Establishing multiple artboards.

Assignment:

Create a new Illustrator Web document with four default-sized artboards. Save this document as “YOURNAME – Color Week 1”. We will use this document throughout the week to practice with the color tools in Illustrator.

Follow along with the in-class tutorial to learn a new method for converting imported raster graphics to vector graphics called Live Trace, as well as a technique for recoloring vector graphics called Live Paint.

  1. After you have watched the tutorial, import the Robot Sketch 01.psd file below on to your first artboard using File > Place.
  2. Follow the steps in the tutorial to apply Live Trace to the artwork (converting it to vector graphics).
  3. Next, follow the steps in the tutorial to activate Live Paint, and use Live Paint to color in the robot.
  4. DO NOT use the Paint Brush, the Blob Brush or any other drawing tool to color in the robot. Use Live Paint only.
  5. Be sure to pay attention to the Gap Options mentioned in the tutorial, so your Live Paint doesn’t bleed out all over your artboard.
  6. When the robot is successfully colored in, save your document. We will continue to work with this document tomorrow.


Sample Image File Link:
Robot Sketch 01.psd

Assigned: January 21st, 2016
Due Date: January 22nd, 2016