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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
  
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=== Subsection ===
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=== Actions and the Actions panel in Photoshop ===
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* https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/actions-actions-panel.html
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=== Smart Objects in Photoshop ===
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3vucjnKzhw YouTube: Photoshop Actions Tutorial For Beginners]
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* https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/create-smart-objects.html
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vsnsS92gKc Photoshop Actions Just Got a BRAIN... And It’s Scary Good!]
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* https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/photoshop-linked-smart-objects.html
 
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* https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-smart-objects-in-photoshop--cms-20268
 
  
 
== Video Notes ==
 
== Video Notes ==
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*[http://assets.choppingblock.com.s3.amazonaws.com/video/screencast/20251006_MFAI_01_FallAssignmentReviewAndTipsPart01.mp4 Fall Assignment Review and Tips – Part 01]
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*[http://assets.choppingblock.com.s3.amazonaws.com/video/screencast/20251006_MFAI_02_ResizingDocumentsProperlyAndWorkingWithBleedTipsInPhotoshop.mp4 Resizing Documents Properly and Working with Bleed Tips in Photoshop]
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*[http://assets.choppingblock.com.s3.amazonaws.com/video/screencast/20251006_MFAI_03_FallAssignmentReviewAndTipsPart02.mp4 Fall Assignment Review and Tips – Part 02]
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*[http://assets.choppingblock.com.s3.amazonaws.com/video/screencast/20251006_MFAI_04_IntroToAdobeFrescoFromTheFrescoTeam.mp4 Introduction to Adobe Fresco – From the Fresco Team]
  
 
== Assignment ==
 
== Assignment ==
  
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Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'
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=== Your prompt is 'Tiny Town'===
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* Use the techniques introduced & reinforced in class to create one composited colored illustration.
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This will be a multi-week project to reinforce compositing workflows and the advantages of working in non dstrictive & motion/animation forward ways.
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* You will upload one Photoshop file (and any related working files, scans, etc...) for class next week.
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* We will begin with a 6" by 6" illustration at a pixel resolution/size of AT LEAST 1800 x 1800 pixels per inch (PPI).
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* 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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* 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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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).
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* 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!
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* We will color, duplicate and compose these items leveraging some core concepts of digital workflows.
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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.
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<div style="border: 2px solid blue; padding: 10px; border-radius: 10px;">
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Here is an example: Let's imagine that your illustration is a fantastical future NYC:
  
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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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* Illustration one might be the background/scene: sunset sky, silhouetted building skyline.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* Illustration four might be a subway car or two.
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* Illustration five might be some people.
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* And so on...
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</div>
  
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Note: I will look for epic smart object use, layer effects, and clipping mask skills!
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=== Deliverables for class next week ===
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# A rough sketch of your illustration/composition. Scanned or digitally drawn.
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# Draw at least 4 or 5 different types of items (buildings, kittens, etc) for your cityscape and 1 background/scene.
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#* 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.
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# Create a Psd file containing all of your elements, prep the scans for coloring.
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#* You can start coloring thisgs if you want but it's not required, yet.
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#* 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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=== Process ===
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We will spend time in class next week talking and exploring different ways of buildingf this composition.
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* Draw no less than 5 separate parts/pieces which will be assembled into one composition.
 
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* At least one part/piece should be a "background"
 
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* Scan and prep each part/piece as independent grouped items or Smart Objects.
 
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* Bring all the parts/pieces that you wish to use into one file, and compose an illustration.
 
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* You can scale, rotate, recolor, and duplicate your parts/pieces, you can use any variation or Photoshop techniques you wish.
 
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* You should be using groups and or Smart Objects within Photoshop.
 
  
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=== Bring upload for class next week ===
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=== Bring and/or upload for class next week ===
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* One LAYERED Photoshop file and any related working files, scans, etc...
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* One LAYERED prepped Photoshop file and
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* Compositions should be 6"x 6"
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* Any related working files, scans, etc... mentioned above
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# I would suggest scanning at (at least) 1200 ppi, then working at 1200 ppi & coloring that.
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* The Google Drive directory for this weeks project is: [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1envAuAyZiFDCKciZKsZc-07XLj4SXpOS&usp=drive_fs svaMFAI_20251013-assignment-tiny-town-sketch-and-parts-prep]
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# I will create a new Google Drive directory for this project:
 

Latest revision as of 09:55, 10 October 2025

Last Week

  • Review your 1st Ps coloring assignment.
  • Photoshop overview/details/depth as needed

This Week

  • Project Review
  • Photoshop:
    • Intro to action
    • Short introduction to adding bleed areas to your illustrations
  • Adobe Fresco introduction and overview
  • New Assignment "tiny town"

Open Questions

Notes

Actions and the Actions panel in Photoshop

Video Notes

Assignment

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 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 😉.

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 of each!
  • We will color, duplicate and compose these items leveraging some core concepts of digital workflows.

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.


Here is an example: Let's imagine that your illustration is a fantastical future NYC:

  • 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.
  • And so on...

Deliverables for class next week

  1. A rough sketch of your illustration/composition. Scanned or digitally drawn.
  2. 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 (Procreate, Photoshop and or Fresco) if you wish to do so.
  3. 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 1800 x 1800, with bleed if you want it.

We will spend time in class next week talking and exploring different ways of buildingf this composition.

Bring and/or upload for class next week

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