Class:MFA Illustration 2019/Week 2

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Last Week

  • Introductions & Greetings
  • How We Work
  • Setup and intro to Adobe Freesco

This Week

  • Recap on iPad Pro's and Fresco Q&A
  • Adobe Capture, Sketch & Draw an overview
  • Setup class email list
  • Intro to Gear
  • First Assignment

Open Questions

Notes

Adobe Capture

Basic Hardware

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Unix/Linux

Memory (RAM)

Storage (Hard Drive)

Hard Drive Basics

Traditional Spinning Platters
7200rpm, 5200rpm, 4500rpm
Faster is always better!
Solid State Drives (SSD)
Standard internal drives in modern hardware.
Fast, expensive...
Flash Drives
Meh. Handy in a pinch, don't depend on them!
External Drives
Big 3.5" drives that have a plug.
Great for Archiving
Not portable, need power
Stay away from multi-drive boxes!
Portable 2.5" drives
Great for transporting files around, kinda backup.
Bus powered, many types.
Faster is STILL always better!
http://www.imore.com/mac-portable-usb-drive-roundup-best-little-drives-your-mac
Internal Drives
What do we mean by internal drive? [these!]
Cheapest storage option, great investment tho.
Need a [hard drive dock tho]
Drive Arrays
One enclosure for multiple internal drives.
http://www.promise.com/storage/raid_series.aspx?m=192&region=en-global&rsn1=40&rsn3=47
http://addonics.com/
http://drobo.com/ (Recommended)

Recommendations

Desktop Drives
Gdrives are good: http://www.g-technology.com/
A hard drive "Dock" and internal hard drives is a great low cost solution for at home backup.
A Newer Tech Voyager Q HDD Dock - http://amzn.to/2dfBQxy
Internal 2tb or 3tb SATA drives (7200rpm or faster) - http://amzn.to/2cPaJLW
Portable Drives
If you want a great fast (thunderbolt & USB 3) - http://amzn.to/2cQfrHD
Just USB 3 but still kinda speedy - http://amzn.to/2cPassl
Wirecutter reviews are good, not designer/illustrator specific - https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-portable-hard-drive/
  1. Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2TB - http://amzn.to/2dfBjvE
  2. Lacie 2tb usb-c (fast) - https://amzn.to/2NCuSIo
  3. SanDisk 2TB Extreme Portable SSD (wicked fast) - https://amzn.to/2zqDadM
Cloud Storage
http://gizmodo.com/dropbox-google-drive-and-more-whats-the-best-cloud-st-1627423823
Dropbox is a force for good, my referral code to sign up is:
https://db.tt/usQuGwKR

Shopping

Shops in NYC
CAVA http://www.sva.edu/student-life/cava
5 Apple Stores
B&H photo http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
Online
https://www.macsales.com/
http://store.apple.com
http://www.newegg.com
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.journeyed.com

Related Reading

Video Notes

Assignment

For class next week your assignment is to create two new original compositions in Adobe Fresco. Use the features and techniques shown in class to create 2x hand compositions, your subject is New York City.

  • Documents should be 6" x 6" square
  • Subject matter is New York City
  • One illustration should be created in a style/look that you are familiar with and use. We will discuss how easy/hard this was to achieve.
  • The second illustration should be a departure from the first. Watercolor, oil, high contrast line work - something different that you don't often explore.

And Then:

  • You will export each document out of Adobe Fresco as a PSD.
  • You will upload both files to the Google Drive folder that I will set up and post below.
  • You will rename the documents appropriately

Upload to your photo in this directory: svaMFAI_20190923-homework-NYC-iPad-Fresco

If you have trouble/questions, use the email list.

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