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GRM-25 Week 9

Posted on March 9th, 2012

The deadline for the completion of your calendars was to be last week; however, since no one was ready, we spent the time reviewing tabs, paragraph rules, style sheets and master pages. We saw how changing paragraph styles can be as easy as pressing the return key, and how handy that can be on a project like a menu.

Dont forget to bring in the menu you have chosen to redesign and we’ll discuss how to begin the project.

Because it is necessary to move ahead in our schedule, we’ll critique the calendars tonight, and then discuss our magazines and lay the groundwork to begin them in earnest.

It’s time to start creating some buzz about the Media Arts Magazine, Ezine…MAZine…it’s “a MAZine.” Even if you dont plan to work on the media arts magazine, your help on the project is important if it is to succeed.

If you have any classes here at MC in photo, multimedia, or graphic design, encourage your classmates and teachers to submit their projects for possible publication in a multi-platform project–a print magazine and it’s ePub companion, complete with multimedia presentation.

This is a unique opportunity for instructors to promote their classes in the form of an ad or with an article with images. The magazine is a way to promote our students and programs here at Moorpark College.

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GRM23 – Week 9

Posted on March 8th, 2012

This week we continue to examine Illustrator’s features, taking a closer look illustration styles, and the application of the variety of techniques used to give line its distinct style. Among the techniques covered, we’ll also discuss the appearance of solids, including the use of patterns, gradients, and color models and how they are affected by Illustrator’s transformations.

Topics covered:

  • 4 approaches to transformations
  • Blends & Line
  • Grids & Line
  • Brushes
  • “3D”
  • Anchor Points & “Clean” Line

During the Monday class students were directed to review an article by William Beachy for GoMediaZine, From Sketch to Vector Illustration in preparation for the Greeting Card assignment. For Monday, March 19th on return from Spring Break, bring in rough sketches for the greeting card images/ideas. The cards can contain raster and vector artwork and must be your original work. Don’t be afraid of type.

 

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GRM23—Week 8

Posted on February 28th, 2012

PROJECT TWO: Greeting Card Set (1,4,5,6) due April 30th
Objectives: Use Adobe Illustrator to create four illustrations that demonstrate a visual theme and continuity among the “set.”

ESSAY: Copyright (7) – due April 11th
Objectives: Demonstrate an understanding of intellectual property rights and copyright law as they apply to digital and media arts. Minimum length – 1250 words

  1. Oscar, the weiner dog Exercise (4,5,6) – due March 21st
    Strokes, Fills, Layers, Patterns
  2. Style and Theme

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Welcome GRM23 Visual Tecnologies Students

Posted on January 10th, 2012

During our first class session we will take care of the necessary business, but as soon as we wrap that up, we’ll dive right in to discover what this class called Visual Technologies is all about.

You’ll find regular postings here on our class blog so make sure you’re always checking here for updates. You can post here too, once you register and the appropriate privileges are assigned. All students must work with me to post progress proofs on the blog so that we can all share in learning how to use the software that is the basis for most every design-oriented job.

Week 1

  1. Syllabus Review
  2. Reading-Introduction, Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 (1,2)
  3. In-class exercises (1,4,5)
  4. The Folder (3,6)
    How to prepare and submit Assignments
  5. The Photoshop Workspace (6)
    Photoshop Tools

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Update for 10-19-11

Posted on October 20th, 2011

Last week we were lucky to have Ignacio and Zoro Rodriguez visit our GRM23 class. The brothers are former Moorpark College students who own a clothing line called Dos Gallos. They shared their graphic design and illustration portfolios with the GRM23 Visual Technologies and the GRM32 classes in a standing room only presentation. Ignacio who works for Disney shared many of his typical design jobs, while Zoro shared work from Disney and Dreamworks, where he is currently employed. Among the work show were character sketches for G-Force, posters for Cars, and Disney characters on a variety of products.

After the presentation, we reviewed the pen tool and learned how it can be used in Photoshop to create an intricate selection. The purpose is to use it to select and remove the existing background (or make any complex selection) from the “fancy lady” image.

Tonight we’ll continue our study of the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator, with the added objectives of understanding:

  • Illustrator’s Layers
  • Pen tool practice

Fill and stroke techniques, including:

  • Gradients, gradient mesh, patterns, brushes, and pattern brushes
  • Shape Drawing Tools

Exercise: Oscar the weiner dog.

 

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Multi-Cultural Day Poster

Posted on October 13th, 2011

Assignment and Contest

It’s not too often that you get an assignment that has the potential to earn you PRIZE MONEY!

Check out the link to the Multicultural Day 2012 Poster. This PDF has all the specifications and a contest entry form.

This assignment is due Nov. 9th.

Contest deadline,  Nov. 10th.

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Guest speakers – Los Hermanos Rodriguez

Posted on October 13th, 2011

Ignacio and Zoro Rodriguez, of Dos Gallos

Moorpark College alumni, Ignacio and Zoro Rodriguez, will present their design portfolio in the Visual Technologies class at 6pm. tonight, 10-12-11, in Com 109. The brothers have a broad range of experience in the freelance design business. They have published books and have been involved designing for Walt Disney Corporation and are active in the fashion industry. They have also participated triathlons to raise money for charity.

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Final Project – Book

Posted on April 28th, 2011

For the purposes of our final project, we’ll refer to any multiple page publication as a “book.”

The minimum number of pages in your book should be 16 pages including front, back and inside covers. You can, of course, go over the 16-page minimum.

The topic of your book is your choice, with one of the choices being an art and design portfolio. If you choose this topic, please include every project and exercise that we did during the semester. The accompanying text should explain the objectives of the project and an overview of what you learned from the project. Your book can also include projects you worked on outside of class.

Step 1: Create a Dummy book. You’ll create a “mock up” of the finished product, beginning with either the minimum, or anticipated number of pages. Use your Dummy to plan out page numbering and content, remembering that even pages are always on the right and odds on the left.

Step 2: Choose a ‘Style/Format’ for your book. Examples:  Magazine, Newspaper, Comic book, Newsletter, Novel, etc. Your book should include the appropriate sections that comprise the style of book that you have chosen. For example, a book is not printed on the inside front cover, while a magazine is. A book has a title page and the copyright page is on the reverse or in book language, “verso.”

Step 3: Choose the appropriate type of bindery for the type of book you’ll be creating. Consideration should be given to the way in which the book will be handled and used by the intended readership. The type of binding determines the publication’s final page count and dictates the size paper and style of printer or printing press on which the book is printed.  Bindery and usage are of critical importance in the production of the artwork in InDesign, the final step before outputting PDF files to send to “the printer.”

In designing the look of your book, you will be choosing everything! This may be the last time you are given choices, which means…let those creative juices flow. Among your choices as a designer are:

  • Page Size (8.5×11 or 3×5 to name a few possibilities)
  • Name Plate
  • Text Fonts, Headline Font
  • Art/Images – captions
  • Accompanying text…story…narrative
  • Margins – how much space between the text and images and the edge of the page?
  • Columns – How is the horizontal space divided on the page?
  • Rows – How is the vertical space divided on the page?
  • Grid – Following RW’s Design Principles, how do we utilize the grid (columns and rows) to create a “page environment” that has the flexibility to change content from one page to the next, while maintaining a sense of continuity and rhythm that unifies the pages and their content.
  • Printing – how and where do you intend to print your final book. Make plans now!
  • Paper – what type of paper do you want to print on?

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New Facebook page for Graphic Design/MultiMedia

Posted on April 20th, 2011

Students in graphic design and multimedia classes now have a convenient meeting spot on Facebook. Here you’ll find a place to post images, share important links, ask questions and contribute comments about design in general and our program here at Moorpark College. The Facebook Group is a place for discussion, conversation and presentation. Please check it out and help mold your department into a thriving creative community.

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Sign Up Now for Desktop Publishing

Posted on December 7th, 2010

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.

indesign

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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