Class:MFA Illustration 2023/Week 8
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Last Week
- Review animation projects and share tips.
- Additional tips and best practices for animation in Photoshop and Fresco.
- Next assignment, more animation.
This Week
- Animation assignment 2 review
- File prep for printing and tips for checking print color/fidelity
- New assignment print settings & paper profiles
Notes
On the front page of this wiki I have created a new reference page for you Printing (and Inkjet Paper) Best Practices
- Printing Best Practices
- Options for InkJet Printer Papers & ICC Profiles
- Where to shop for InkJet Printer Papers in NYC
Video Notes
- Animation assignment 2 review Pt A
- Animation assignment 2 review Pt B
- Printing assignment overview
- Creating print ready files with bleed & trim marks
- Printing & paper profile tips for assignment
Assignment
Use the techniques reinforced in class over the past few weeks to create a new hand and/or digitally created illustration, composited, and colored composition.
- Compositions must be 6" x 6" and printed on 8.5" x 11" paper.
- Subject matter is should be a colorful illustration of a song. You will share the song that inspired you with the class.
- You should use a range of colors in this illustration. Do not stay monochromatic; add a complementary color or use a more significant part of the spectrum.
- Your illustration must contain 3 areas of 3 different primary or secondary colors!
- Should be a composite image, multiple colored drawing parts from paper or iPad assembled into one psd illustration
And Then:
- Your task is to also bring two printed copies of your composition.
- Find our use a high-quality printing paper (Epson, Ilford, Red River, Moab, etc...).
- Each print should be centered on 8.5" x 11" sheets of paper.
- Each print should have written notation on the front or back:
- Paper Manufacturer / Paper Type
- Printer Manufacturer / Model
- Print settings if possible
- This is the ideal week to experiment with print settings, write em down!
- Try different papers (matte, glossy, luster, bright, natural, warm, cool, and so on).
- Try different printers
- One print should be your best attempt at a perfect exhibition print.
- The other can be more exploratory, must be two different types of paper.
- Both prints must have the printer's marks from the photoshop file linked below.
Note:
- No prints on cheap/standard printer paper. I will not accept them.
- No prints on paper smaller than 8.5" x 11".
- No prints without the printer marks and color bars below.
We created a Photoshop file containing square printer marks and color bars. In Photoshop, you can place your art in the center and print your files with the crop and color bars. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PjpEYVvlt34yAil5mi-KE32WKUZtg2iz&usp=drive_fs
Bring prints with you to class next week and upload your digital files to Google Drive: Link will be posted shortly
- One layered photoshop file.
- Two fabulous prints with color bars (above).
- A link to your song in Apple Music, Spotify, etc...
Linework created as digital or analog, it's up to you.
