Class:MFA Illustration 2025/Week 1

This Week

• Introductions and backgrounds
• The Digital Portfolio class
• SVA MFAI CO 2027 Intro Questionnaire
• If time: Start talking about gear
• Open questions and discussion

Open Questions

Questions for Matthew

What are your process/production/presentation thoughts & fears?

SVA Adobe Creative Cloud accounts?

Downloads

• SVA MFAI Digital Portfolio Syllabus class of 2026
• SVA MFAI Digital Portfolio Syllabus class of 2027
• 2024 UG/GR ILG 5090 - This class syllabus on Canvas

Assignment

There is no official drawing assignment this week. There are, however a few things I expect you all to investigate and/or think about. We will discuss these as a group next week:

• Please log into your SVA Adobe Creative Cloud account. Get it set up on all of your devices, make sure you can download and install the basic tools like Photoshop, Illustrator & InDesign.
• On your iPad, please install the following Adobe applications (some are also available on your phone):
  1. Adobe Creative Cloud
  2. Adobe Capture
  3. Adobe Fresco
  4. Adobe Photoshop
  5. Adobe Lightroom for iPad
  6. Adobe Illustrator

• Spend some time evaluating your current computer situation and what you might want to change in the next 3 months. If it's a list, write it down and be prepared to share it.
• Come up with one good question to ask me at the start of class next week.