Class:MFA Illustration 2020/Week 8

Last Week

• Election Composite Review
• Photoshop Actions
• More Photoshop Animation Stuff

This Week

• Review and optimize Tiny Town animation projects
• Share a handful of additional Ps Animation techniques and examples
• Short discussion on tips for keeping things organized when working digitally

Notes

Notes and artist examples are in the notes from last week here 😉.

Video Notes

• Tiny Town animation project review and tips
• Only kinda helpful demo of embedded movies in Ps animation
• Using Photoshop on your iPad with MasOS Sidecar
• Zoom recording from class on November 9th, 2020

Assignment

• This week, the subject of your digital illustration composition is up to you (make it amazing).
• Your assignment is to create one new drawn, colored, and composited editorial illustration and then animate a version of it within Photoshop. Like last week.
• You have two deliverables, the 5"x 5" illustration, and an animated version.

Use the techniques introduced & reinforced in class to create one composited colored illustration.

• You will upload two Photoshop files, and one animating gif/video plus any related scans/parts or pieces for class next week.
• You are allowed to draw using traditional methods (paper, scan, prepare in Photoshop) or draw digitally on your iPad Pro using Adobe Fresco and polish/color/composite in Photoshop.

Your still illustration assignment should include at least 4 or 5 foreground items and 1 background, then use multiple copies of the same items to create a story. Your animating file should be at least 10 seconds long.

Process for 5" x 5" file

• 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, compose an illustration.
• You can scale, rotate, recolor, 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.
• You should be using at least ONE layer or clipping mask in your process.

Process for animating file

• Make a copy of your file above and scale it down to a manageable side for illustration:
  • If you have a fast computer and want to make a HD video you can try: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
  • If you want to make an animated gif you should use 800 x 800 or 600 x 600 pixels
• Create a file with at least 10 seconds of animation or several files that add up to 10 seconds of animation.
• Use the Timeline panel (video animation or frame animation mode) to create your animation.

Upload for class next week

• One LAYERED photoshop file of your print resolution illustration.
• One LAYERED photoshop file of your animating masterpiece.
• Video or animated gif exported file.
• Any related parts, pieces, or scans.
• Compositions should be 5"x 5"
• I would suggest scanning at 1200 ppi (if you scan), then working at 600 ppi & coloring that.
• Google drive folder: svaMFAI_20201116-2nd-composite-drawing-and-animation