Class:MFA Illustration 2020/Week 3

Last Week

• Intro to Gear
• Intro to healthy computer habits
• First Assignment

This Week

• Follow-up on gear conversation
• Introduction to scanning & tips for using your phones.
• Brief project review
• Introduction to proper scan preparation for Photoshop illustration work.

Notes

Photoshop Stuff

• http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family/
• http://photoshoptips.net/
• http://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/shortcuts/

Photoshop Key Commands

• http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSD578BD7D-07BC-46f6-AAC2-6E491E8AD818a.html

Adobe Global Key Commands

• Spacebar = pan
• Spacebar - Command = Zoom In
• Spacebar - Command - Option = Zoom Out
• F = toggles through view modes
• Command + ; = hide guides
• Bigger Brush - ]
• Smaller Brush - ]

Video Notes

• Introduction to Scanning and hacking a scan with a smartphone
• Quick trick to fix the scan rotation in Photoshop
• Introduction to prepping scanned artwork for coloring in Photoshop
• Full Zoom recording from class on October 5th

Assignment

• Review the techniques and videos from class this week.

1. On paper, create a brand new 5" by 5" drawing. Your prompt is "shadow", tell the story of a shadow. I want you to intentionally create a brand new drawing with the intent that you will be scanning it and digitally coloring it with Photoshop. The way you work will always inform how you work 😉.
   • Draw your linework (a composition or parts) on paper.
   • Scan your linework using the processes discussed in class. Use a camera or your iPhone if you do not have a scanner.
   • Using the techniques discussed in class (or your preferred process) digitally color your shadow drawing using Photoshop.
   • Upload your original scans AND your layered Photoshop source file to the Google Drive folder: svaMFAI_20191007-homework-Shadow-Scan-and-Color