Activities, Sketches and R.E.P.

Week 3: Activity + Sketches

Week 3:

(If these don't download by clicking, right-click and click open in new tab) Download (Shapes Activity)

  • submit: activity + Sketches in the submission template by 1st due date
  • submit: draft PDF in the submission template by 2nd due date

Helpful Information - Layer Etiquette video

Week 4: Activity + R.E.P.

Week 4:

(If these don't download by clicking, right-click and click open in new tab) Watch this video, then download the file and follow the instructions. Download (Stoke Activity)

(Try the activity first before watching this video) Stroke Activity Walkthrough

R.E.P.

Watch this instructional video on REP Instructions for this class

Watch this video showing how to reverse engineer styles and apply what you've learned to a different subject. This is the core of understanding HOW something is made and WHY it works.

For your R.E.P. you'll be choosing a single image and breaking down three design principles in that image, but this video will show you how to take the reverse engineering to the next level. Feel free to do what is shown in the video in addition to what the minimum requirements are for this assignment.

  • submit: activity + Reverse Engineer Post in the submission template by 1st due date
  • submit: where you are with the project to SLACK and in the submission template by the 1st due date
  • submit: final submission template PDF + link to write up + final .ai file by 2nd due date

Optional Learning: Watch and listen to this podcast interview of professional icon designer, Kyle Adams: https://youtu.be/o8mFw78tnpg

Activities, Sketches and R.E.P.

Week 5: Activity + Sketches

Week 5:

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Download and complete the Gradient Activity

  • submit: activity + Sketches by 1st due date
  • submit: draft PDF by 2nd due date

Week 6: Activity + R.E.P.

Week 6:

Make a pattern or two. Distress that pattern using an opacity mask. Submit a pdf of your distressed pattern.

Here are some videos that will help you with this:

Pattern Video:

Texture Videos:

Opacity Mask video

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R.E.P.

Write a Reverse Engineer Post using a professional graphic of your choosing.

  • submit: activity + Reverse Engineer Post by 1st due date
  • submit: where you are with the project to SLACK and in the submission template by the 1st due date
  • submit: final PDF + link to write up + final .ai file by 2nd due date

Activities, Sketches and R.E.P.

Week 7: Activity + Sketches

Week 7:

This video will help you do this activity (download zip)

Week 8: Activity + R.E.P.

Week 8:

This video will help you do this activity (download zip)

https://youtu.be/U2uSMb_16Bs

Pattern Brush Video

 

Activities, Sketches and R.E.P.

clipping

  • submit: activity + Sketches by 1st due date
  • submit: draft PDF by 2nd due date

Activity: Complete the Clipping Activity and put it in your submission template. Download here.

psd mockups

  • submit: activity and REP by 1st due date
  • submit: where you are with the project to SLACK and in the submission template by the 1st due date
  • submit: Final by 2nd due date

Activity: Download a free or purchased PSD mockup file (DO NOT steal from fellow creatives on the internet ). Use your own vector work (usually as an exported image) in the mockup to showcase something you have already created this semester. You will be using a PSD file to complete this activity, but do not submit a PSD file. Place the exported .png or .jpg from your PSD mockup into the submission template to submit.

Activities, Sketches and R.E.P.

Week 12: Activity + Draft

Week 12 Activity (first due date):

Create and animate a butterfly that flaps it's wings with a x-axis rotation. The design of the butterfly is unimportant, so don't spend much time on the look. These two videos will help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkNbN6G9OYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t97Oon8hx4

Finished* Vector Assets (first due date)

As best you can, get all the design done on the assets that you're going to animate. You may make changes and additions as needed, but try to get all the design done by the first due date so that you have enough time to spend on the animation.

Animation Draft (second due date)

Sometimes referred to as an animatic, get things moving as best you can so you can get a feel for the movement and timing of things. Export it and upload it to youtube. Include the link on slack and ilearn.

Week 13: REP & Final Animation

REP an animation. There is no activity this week. (first due date)

Final Animation (Second Due Date)