Class:MFA Illustration 2024/Week 12
Contents
Last Week
- InkJet Printing Assignment Review
This Week
- We spent some time talking about color calibration techniques for scanned and photographed art.
- We reviewed your Illustrator still-life projects.
- We spent some time learning additional Adobe Illustrator techniques.
- We discussed next week's schedule and your assignment expectations.
Open Questions
Notes
Adobe Capture & Libraries
- How to Create Brushes with Adobe Capture and Adobe Fresco
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUAYja08SE
- Learn how to create Ribbon brushes in Adobe Capture and use them in Fresco
- https://helpx.adobe.com/fresco/using/ribbon-brushes.html
Scanning Analog Illustration Process
- An inexpensive and flat color calibration solution for scanning analog artwork
- DGK Color Tools DKC-Pro Color Calibration & White Balance Chart Set
- This one might be better, has grayscale and CMYK
- Tiffen Q-13 Color Separation Guide (Small)
Vector illustration tips & inspiration
- Adobe Illustrator time-lapse
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1sqFd0ol93_Vm6foAmmvcmGnnLLAuTFw
- Adobe Illustrator quick tips (good people to follow)
- Pixel Shadow Effect
- ollies_doodles
- Adobe Illustrator for the iPad tips
- Kaleb Gonyea
Some vector based Illustrators
- Joshua Smith aka Hydro74
- http://hydro74.com/
- https://www.behance.net/Hydro74
- Check out timelapse stuff on Instagram here
- Jeremy Packer aka Zombie Yeti
- http://www.zombieyeti.com/
- https://www.behance.net/zombieyeti
- https://create.adobe.com/2014/12/18/zombies_yetis_pinball.html
- Orlando Arocena
- https://www.behance.net/orlandoarocena
- https://create.adobe.com/2015/11/3/the_force_is_strong_with_orlando_arocena.html
- James White aka signalnoise
- http://signalnoise.com/
- https://www.behance.net/signalnoise
- Tom Whalen
- http://www.strongstuff.net/
- https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/interview-with-tom-whalen-of-strongstuff--vector-3169
Video Notes
- Color Calibration Techniques for Scanned and Photographed Art
- Adobe Illustrator Basic Creation Techniques for Illustrators
- Adobe Illustrator Still Life Project Review and Tips
- Recap and Next Assignment Prep
Assignment
Important Notice: This assigment wil not be due on Tuesday, December 3rd. In the video note above, I asked the class to start the project and have some loose sketches to share on the 3rd. The final version of this assignment will be due on Tuesday, December 9th
Your assignment for our next class builds on the vector project from last week. You are going start with a 'pencil sketch' and create a three-panel vector illustrated story. I expect you to use Adobe Illustrator to create all the vector parts, your finished piece can be a mic of vector shapes and 'blob brush' like illustration.
The Details
You will be uploading a minimum of three things to the folder for this assignment:
- A screenshot or working web link to the vector artist or vector-style illustration(s) or techniques that inspired your work this week.
- Your foundational 'pencil sketch' which can be an analog or digital raster or vector drawing.
- One well-formed Adobe Illustration document that contains ONE square artboard, containing 3 panels of your illustrated story.
- Review the last video from class if you want to see an example.
The Process
- You can create and or assemble your illustrations directly in Adobe Illustrator. As shown in class, leveraging the layers and clipping masks in Illustrator.
- If you make parts in Fresco. You will need to export using the "open a copy in" option and send your image to Illustrator on the desktop. From here, you will need to combine them into one file.
- Illustrator on the iPad is an option, you will need to use the desktop to prepare the finished file.
Upload one Adobe Illustrator file, your sketch and your inspiration references to the Google Drive folder:
I will not accept jpegs, psd or png files this week.
