Moorpark College Graphic Design

Whether or not you realize it, tonight is the last working class session before our Final, Dec. 15th from 6pm to 8pm. Be sure to come to class prepared with all the files you intend to use in your “book,” your final project. That is, everything that you have done this semester, or other suitable portfolio work.

If you have discussed an alternative project with me, be sure to bring all the files you will need for that project.

We’ll review the book requirements and I’ll work with each of you to help you prepare your book for printing.

Lecture starts at 6:15pm. Don’t be late…you’ll need all the time you can get to work on this project. It CAN be done!

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GR M24 Desktop Publishing, AKA GR M25 Publication Design.

This is a critically important class for students in graphic design, journalism, photography, art, humanties, or anyone who finds the need to publish.

Hurry and sign up now to take this production-oriented design class that starts in the January 2011 spring semester at Moorpark College. You need to register and pay for this class in the next two weeks to assure your place before it fills up!

Some students have reported difficulties registering online due to the possible lack of a pre-requiste. This obstacle can be overcome by getting a waiver obtained and signed by either Nancy Haberman (Wednesday, Com 109, 6pm), Svetlana Kasolovic (Com bldg.), or the department chair, Steve Callis in Photo/Humanities, or John Grzywacz-Gray Photo/Humanities.

Students will choose their final projects from a myriad of options including a printed, bound book, an e-book, a magazine, a newletter, a calendar, deck of cards or a CD or DVD with an enclosed booklet. The semester consists of a series of lectures, hands-on exercises and multiple page projects designed to present the past, present and explore the cutting edge of publication design, as well as the design and production features of Adobe InDesign CS5 and Adobe Acrobat.

Moorpark College Course Information
Desktop Publishing I – GR M24A 0
Thursdays, 6 p.m. – 10:50 p.m.
CRN:    31700
Duration:    Jan 10, 2011 – May 17, 2011

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The Power of Print® ad

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Newspapers may be clinging by a thread, but print is by no means dead. Tonight we’ll begin our exploration of InDesign and the evolving world of designing for print publications.

Discover, December 2010

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Some CSU campuses have re-opened the on-line application for Spring 2011! This is an unusual opportunity as some CSU campuses are even allowing lower division transfers, which means that a student could transfer with less than 60 units! See www.csumentor.edu  or visit the Career Transfer Center for up to the minute information on deadlines and requirements. Students must act quickly as this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and may disappear any day.

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Tonight’s class will feature guest lecturer, Georgia Lange. Georgia enrolled in GR23 two years ago and will return to show us some of her recent work and Q&A about her experience at Oak Creek Printworks, Paper Source and Saputo Design. Topic will include work from Photoshop and Illustrator, plus story-boarding advice.

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We continue to learn the Illustrator Toolbox and how to apply what we learn to:

• working in a design style
• creating a set of four images

Swiss

Comic Book Style

Here’s another tutorial describing one artist’s method for creating art in the style of Lichtenstein. This techniques uses Photoshop’s pen tool to create postscript paths called shapes. Once you have mastered the pen tool and other Illustrator features, you’ll be able better equipped to decide the best software for the job.

50s Retro Style

Bauhaus

Grunge

Tonight, we’ll take a look at Illustrator’s typesetting capabilities. Understanding how to set type in Illustrator is no substitute for a Typography class. We’ll barely skim the broad surface of typesetting and designing with type.

Type exercise

Due Wednesday, Nov. 17th.

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We’ll spend tonight’s session learning how to use the pen tool to create and edit vector paths.

Exercises include:

• curve template
• corner template
• maple leaf template
• oscar the weiner-dog

Due: October 20th

Project Objectives: Create 4 themed illustrations which will be the basis for a set of greeting cards. The illustrations will be executed in Photoshop and Illustrator. The layout will be executed in InDesign and print from Acrobat. Exact workflow will be reviewed in class.

Project Specifications: Greeting Cards

Due: Nov. 10th

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Photoshop – Sphere in Action due September 8th

Photoshop  – Photo Retouch Assignment exercises due October 6th at the beginning of class. Follow the instruction supplied with the corresponding links for “Joe Lou” and for “Fancy Lady” for specifics.

Tonight we will begin our exploration of the vector drawing program, Adobe Illustrator, with an overview of the program, then and specifically, the Bezier tool that “made” Adobe Illustrator unique among drawing software, the pen tool.

• Using the pen tool in Photoshop to make a precise selection
• Moving from Photoshop to Illustrator
• Trace over a photograph to create a stylized illustration
• The Blog “Extras” contains three templates, the curve, corner, and maple leaf template. By practicing and perfecting the path combinations contained in each of the templates, you will gain an understanding of the pen tool fundamentals, basic to all vector illustrations.

NCR’s Terry Gross – Interview with Shepherd Fairey

Explain copyright law, and intellectual property rights as they apply to digital media arts. 250-500 words. Due October 13th at the beginning of class.

References:

Electronic Highway Robbery An Artist’s Guide to Copyrights in the Digital Era by Mary E. Carter (Paperback – July 1996)

Buy it used for $.01.

NPR Terry Gross Interview with Shepard Fairey

Posters by Shepard Fairey

Stephen Heller on Shepard Fairey

United States Copyright Office What is copyright infringement? As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

Listen to Terry Gross’ Fresh Air Broadcast interviewing the artist, Shepard Fairey, responsible for the now-famous Obama “Hope” poster, and free-lance photographer, Manny Garcia, who took the original photograph published by Associated Press.

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Tonight your folders containing the sphere exercise will be returned. Some folders will have comments, such as OK, or Do Over. If your folder says Do Over on the cover, there will be an explanation inside on the left front page. When your folder and the work in it is successfully completed, your points will be recorded. The final part of the project is due tonight, so you can complete your folder and make your final submission during lab.

Photo Retouching Assignment – Use this link to access the reading assignments associated with Photoshop and the photo retouching exercises.

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