Class:MFA Illustration 2025/Week 5 - Revision history

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‎Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'

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 * Illustration four might be a subway car or two.
 * Illustration five might be some people.
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	And since our class discussion time last week was shorter, I want you to focus on making the basic parts and general direction for class next Monday.		And since our class discussion time last week was shorter, I want you to focus on making the basic parts and general direction for class next Monday.
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		+	<div style="border: 2px solid blue; padding: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
		+	Here is an example: Let's imagine that your illustration is a fantastical future NYC:
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		+	* Illustration one might be the background/scene: sunset sky, silhouetted building skyline.
		+	* Illustration two might be some taxi cabs, you illustratie one or two taxi cabs, later we will duplicate those and create as many as we need.
		+	* Illustration three might be a few buildings, not all the buildings, just a few (one or two) that we can color, and or scale or recompose to make a whole street of buildings.
		+	* Illustration four might be a subway car or two.
		+	* Illustration five might be some people.
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	=== Deliverables for class next week ===		=== Deliverables for class next week ===

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 # A rough sketch of your illustration/composition. Scanned or digitally drawn.
 # Draw at least 4 or 5 different types of items (buildings, kittens, etc) for your cityscape and 1 background/scene.
-#* I expect at least half of your items to be drawn on paper and scanned, the rest can be digital if you wish to do so.
+#* I expect at least half of your items to be drawn on paper and scanned, the rest can be digital (Procreate, Photoshop and or Fresco) if you wish to do so.
 # Create a Psd file containing all of your elements, prep the scans for coloring.
 #* You can start coloring thisgs if you want but it's not required, yet.

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 == Assignment ==
-Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'<br />
+=== Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'===
 This will be a multi-week project to reinforce compositing workflows and the advantages of working in non dstrictive & motion/animation forward ways.
-* We will begin with a 6" by 6" illustration at a pixel resolution/size of AT LEAST 1200 x 1200 pixels per inch (PPI).
+* We will begin with a 6" by 6" illustration at a pixel resolution/size of AT LEAST 1800 x 1800 pixels per inch (PPI).
 * Adding bleed to your digital illustration is up to you, I shared a few ways that you can accomplish this in class this week 😉.
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 # Create a Psd file containing all of your elements, prep the scans for coloring.
 #* You can start coloring thisgs if you want but it's not required, yet.
-#* 6" by 6" illustration at a pixel resolution/size of AT LEAST 1200 x 1200, with bleed if you want it.
+#* 6" by 6" illustration at a pixel resolution/size of AT LEAST 1800 x 1800, with bleed if you want it.

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	And since our class discussion time last week was shorter, I want you to focus on making the basic parts and general direction for class next Monday.		And since our class discussion time last week was shorter, I want you to focus on making the basic parts and general direction for class next Monday.
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	=== Deliverables for class next week ===		=== Deliverables for class next week ===

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 Your assigment is illustrate a bustling city or town, it can be a real or fictional location. With lots of people or buildings or traffic or trains or bubbles or turtles or kittens or flying machines (hopefully you get the point here).
-* The catch is that I dont want you to draw a lot of buildings or kittens, I only want you to make one or two!
+* The catch is that I dont want you to draw a lot of buildings or kittens, I only want you to make one or two of each!
 * We will color, duplicate and compose these items leveraging some core concepts of digital workflows.

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	== Assignment ==		== Assignment ==
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		+	Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'<br />
		+	This will be a multi-week project to reinforce compositing workflows and the advantages of working in non dstrictive & motion/animation forward ways.
		+	* We will begin with a 6" by 6" illustration at a pixel resolution/size of AT LEAST 1200 x 1200 pixels per inch (PPI).
		+	* Adding a bleed is up to you, I shared a few ways that you can accomplish this in class this week 😉.

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	== Assignment ==		== Assignment ==
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−	~~Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'~~
−	* Use the techniques introduced & reinforced in class to create one composited colored illustration.
−	* You will upload one Photoshop file (and any related working files, scans, etc...) for class next week.
−	* You must draw all elements of your drawing using traditional methods (paper, scan, prepare in Photoshop), you can also scan textures, patterns, brush washes, etc...
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−	~~Your assignment is to draw at least 4 or 5 foreground items and 1 background, then use multiple copies of the same items to create a unique and complex 'tiny town' image.~~
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−	~~Note: I will look for epic smart object use, layer effects, and clipping mask skills!~~
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−	~~=== Process ===~~
−	* Draw no less than 5 separate parts/pieces which will be assembled into one composition.
−	* At least one part/piece should be a "background"
−	* Scan and prep each part/piece as independent grouped items or Smart Objects.
−	* Bring all the parts/pieces that you wish to use into one file, and compose an illustration.
−	* You can scale, rotate, recolor, and duplicate your parts/pieces, you can use any variation or Photoshop techniques you wish.
−	* You should be using groups and or Smart Objects within Photoshop.
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−	~~=== Bring upload for class next week ===~~
−	* One LAYERED Photoshop file and any related working files, scans, etc...
−	* Compositions should be 6"x 6"
−	~~# I would suggest scanning at (at least) 1200 ppi, then working at 1200 ppi & coloring that.~~
−	~~# I will create a new Google Drive directory for this project:~~