Your ideal environment! (Landscape/created space)
11" x 17" CMYK color. 300 DPI.
Everyone has a vision for where they see themselves in the future! (Career aspirations, life aspirations and the like.) Our next project will teach you some new photo-manipulation techniques while letting you contemplate your future dreams and goals. (Be sure to design with CMYK in mind: we will print these out at the end!)
1) You will create an environment based on your ideal life, 6 years from now. (possibly 2 years after college, but who's counting?) It's okay to not know, but think about where you would like to be, and how you see yourself getting there!
1a) Create a sketch of what you think your environment will be. This can be a list of notes, some cobbled together images from the net in photoshop (falls under fair use for sake of study only), or a sketch of your own. Put your sketch and ideas on your blog as you work. Do not be afraid to ask for feedback from your peers or me!
2) You will need to include at least 2 of the following:
- Hand-drawn images, scanned into photoshop. (Self Explanatory!)
- Photographs (Either ones that fall under fair use policies *see chapter 2 again* or ones you take yourself! If appropriated, must cite your resources and check with me to make sure they are copyright free.)
- Magazine / newspaper clippings (Magazine clippings will be separate from your photographs, edited, and incorporated into your environment somehow.)
This is a chance for you to experiment in photoshop with the skills you are most excited about! Remember these are only the minimum so feel free to add more content in the medium akin to your interests and aspirations! (If you want to photograph, photograph. Illustrate, illustrate, design, design, etc.) This project will be part workshop, so let me know if there is anything you want to experiment with in addition to the tools we covered.
3) Create a color scheme for this ideal environment! Will you use the ones we covered in class, or create your own? It must use a minimum of 5 colors. You will make note of these colors by creating a "COLOR KEY," listing each color, and their corresponding, RGB, CMYK, and web codes. Review the Color Schemes post if you need any references.
4) Think composition! Use what you learned from our last in-class assignment to create visual hierarchy in your environment? What's the most important thing we need to know? Second most? It will help you prioritize your project, and prioritize what you include in your environment.
5) Write a short paragraph on your blog, with a .png of your final image, explaining what your ideal environment is, your choices for compiling your image, and the tools you used to bring your environment to life! Also mention what you think is the most successful part of your image, as well as the least successful part!
NOTE: BY WEDNESDAY, HAVE BOTH PROJECTS COMPLETED AT THE START OF CLASS. WE WILL COVER PRINTING ON THAT MORNING, SO WE CAN SPEND THE REST OF CLASS CRITIQUING. ALSO HAVE YOUR BLOG READY, WITH IMAGES UPLOADED, AS WELL AS DIGITAL COPIES OF YOUR WORK AND PHOTOSHOP FILES IN THE DESIGNATED FOLDERS.
5) As always, let me know if you have questions! Even though class is out, feel free to email me if you have any questions, or need in-progress critiques about your project.
examples of digital mixed-media projects:
Additional Resources:
Digital Foundations: Chapter 9 and 10:
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