Welcome to MMA100 Week #6!
Here is this week’s useful information and class resources:
*Did you miss Week #5’s Post? Go Here
*Did you miss Assignment #2’s Details? Go Here
** Reminder ** Students in MMP and MMA classes who need extra help have access to tutors in the Learning Resource Center. See tutoring schedule here: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/students/lrc/in-person-tutoring/tutoring-schedule/.
Forward we go! – Project #2 is due – Elements & Principles: (The Vocabulary is Here)
**Both documents will be saved Via Photoshop – File -> Export -> Save for Web –> select jpg. **Please send as soon as possible! – Send Via e-mail to rseslow@bmcc.cuny.edu
Project 3# Begins! Adobe Illustrator, an Introduction.
Illustrator, Shapes, Forms, Composition & Color -Lets take a dive into adobe Illustrator, a most versatile and awesome tool!
Creating shapes with the shape builder tool. Working with layers, simplifying and reducing images. Working with color, locating color books and pantone colors.
Lab Tutorial – This week we will take a tour of Adobe Illustrator and practice creating new documents and setting up our art boards for print production.
Color Theory! Adobes awesome Color Wheel Simulator (must see) you will apply the use of this tool for this assignment.
(See Example #1 Above & example #2 below)
1. Open Adobe Illustrator and create a new document sized at 11″ X 17″ in CMYK color mode. We will be both printing and displaying the final work on screen.
Consider, how will you set your guides to equally balance and format the graphics evenly? Will you use a grid? Do you have a preferred method for layout? Lets explore what this means.
2. Generate a new series of “subjective” graphic Icons following the layout and arrangement above. (Don’t re-create my example) make your own, but follow the balanced composition.
3. Limit yourself to 6 values of 1 complimentary color scheme. Consider referring to the color wheel for reference – (Located here)
4. Limit yourself to creating and composing your graphics with no more than 6 shapes created with the pathfinder or the shape builder tool. Begin without using a stroke around your shapes and then apply a stroke for contrast later.
5. Save your work as an Ai. file (adobe illustrator) as well as a .pdf – Print your work in .pdf format.
6. E-mail ALL of your final PDF. files to me – rseslow@bmcc.cuny.edu ****If your .pdf files are too large to send via e-mail (and it may – you can easily use a free service like – wetransfer.com to send the large documents or use google drive)
PART 2 – Each student will follow the images in the gallery below as a guide to further extend and develop their designs.
Size – Use a square shape for this series of designs. I suggest 8″x 8″
Students will select and isolate their strongest single icon/graphic from the original layout in Part 1 of the assignment – 1 version will include a stroke and one with out(example below). Students will explore a 4-part color variation drawn from their selected color palette as well as 1-3 balanced patterns using their icons.
Illustrator basics from Terry White – Subscribe to his channel, trust me!
