Tag Archives: Spring 2016

Computer Graphic Design

Spring 2016 – 37 – Introduction to Flash Professional

Welcome to Adobe Flash Professional!
Where Adobe Illustrator is the industry standard vector graphics drawing program, Adobe Flash has been the industry standard in rich media production for the past decade. Flash allows its users to produce everything from basic animations to interactive multimedia experiences, to applications such as games. We are going to spend the next couple of weeks learning about the program and exploring its relationship to Illustrator.
Objectives:
  • Identify the elements of the Flash interface, including the Stage, Timeline, Panels and Tool Panel.
  • Produce Rectangle, Rectangle Primitive, Oval, Oval Primitive and Polystar shapes, and discuss their properties.
  • Explain the difference between shapes drawn with Object Drawing enabled, and those without.
  • Explain the difference between Shape Primitives and standard Shapes.

Student Friendly Objectives:

  • I can  identify the elements of the Flash interface.
  • I can produce shapes using the Flash tools.
  • I can explain the difference between a shape drawn with Object Drawing enabled and disabled.
  • I can explain the difference between a Shape Primitive and a standard Shape.

Video Links:

Understanding the Flash Environment:

Topics Discussed:
  • Start a new document in Flash CS5.5 using the Welcome screen.
  • Stage
  • Timeline
  • Panels
  • Tool Panel
  • Rectangle Tool
  • Rectangle Primitive Tool
  • Oval
  • Oval Primitive Tool
  • Polystar Tool
  • Object Drawing

Assignment:

  1. Produce a single Flash ActionScript 3.0 file. Name it “Your Name – Flash Week 1″
  2. Edit the properties of the Stage to make a 30fps, 800 x 600 pixel stage for animation. Change the color of the stage to any color you like (other than the default white).
  3. Use the Shape tools to draw examples of the following shapes:
    1. Rectangle
    2. Rectangle Primitive
    3. Oval
    4. Oval Primitive
    5. Polystar Polygon
    6. Polystar Star
    7. Two overlapping Object drawn shapes (representing the properties of Objects)
    8. Two overlapping Merge drawn shapes, where one shape takes a “bite” out of the other
  4. Turn in the completed “Your Name – Flash Week 1.fla” file to folder “37 – Flash Week 1″ in your period’s subfolder by the end of Friday.

Assigned: April 7th, 2016
Due Date: April 8th, 2016

Computer Graphic Design

Spring 2016 – 36 – You Toon: The Shirt

Objective:

  • Using knowledge of design and color, and skills acquired in Illustrator, produce a design for a t-shirt promoting your original character.
Student-Friendly Objective:

  • I can produce a t-shirt that represents my original character.

Video Link:

  • None.
Topics Discussed:
  • For a complete list of Topics Discussed, please see the previous lessons (21 – 32).

Assignment: The Character T-shirt

Did you know that most of your favorite cartoon shows don’t make their money from show advertising? Cartoon producers make their money by selling merchandise. That means your show needs an awesome shirt for your fans to wear and spread the word! Use your character and logo to create a design that every fan of your show will want to wear with pride!

 

The Details

  • Using Adobe Illustrator, create a T-shirt design for your character/cartoon show.
  • You will produce two designs, one for the front of the shirt, and one for the back.
  • Use the Adobe Illustrator document titled“T-shirt Template.ai”to produce your designs. (Edit only the Design Layer, not the T-Shirt Layer.)
  • The front of the T-shirt should include the following:
    • A big, bold headline that includes your character’s name.
    • Your character’s logo (should be the biggest and boldest object on the shirt!)
    • Any additional text, graphics and/or design elements that will help the shirt look its best.
  • The back of the T-shirt should include the following:
    • Your character’s logo
    • A picture of your character.
    • Any other text, graphics or design elements that will help the shirt look awesome.

The Catch:

  • You may only use three colors in your design (not including the page color). (Review the Live Color and Color Guide videos on the Adobe Design Center website – they will be your friends.)
  • This assignment is due on Wednesday of next week (04/06/16).
  • Do your best on this assignment – the best two designs from each period will be printed on actual t-shirts on Thursday of next week.
  • If you would like to have your shirts printed next week, you may bring your own t-shirt, and the iron-on print material will be provided.

Assigned: March 28th, 2016
Due Date: April 6th, 2016