-Poster Design-
You should be able to do these things during this project:
1. Copy and Paste a photo from the internet into photoshop.
2. Change the size of a photo by using the transform command while maintaining the height and width ratio.
3. Use the "Rater Mask" along with the Eraser Tool to create a "Mask" to extract from the background.
4. Change layer opacity.
5. Blend/incorporate text and photos together to create a finished design.
6. Use the "auto-select" and "move tool" in combination to effectively move elements.
7. Create a border.
2. Change the size of a photo by using the transform command while maintaining the height and width ratio.
3. Use the "Rater Mask" along with the Eraser Tool to create a "Mask" to extract from the background.
4. Change layer opacity.
5. Blend/incorporate text and photos together to create a finished design.
6. Use the "auto-select" and "move tool" in combination to effectively move elements.
7. Create a border.
Student Examples
References:
Here are the spec's and tutorial for the "Poster Collage Design"
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You will need to create Two designs.
Before you start this project you must first think of creating a design with the text. Do NOT start the other way around, photos must fit within your text design, not the other way around. Think of your very first project in this class...The Verb Design...now think about how you would incorporate photos into that design. Create a design that uses text as part of the design not just for relaying information. Choose a sport, hobby or just something that you are interested in. You should find an images that have pretty good resolution, these images should be ones that can be enlarged onto an 11 X 17, 150 resolution, RGB canvas. Make sure to pay attention to the use of layer styles as well as changing opacity. When including more than one object in a design, think about placement. For example, if you were to use a hockey team, you could get images of each individual member and arrange them together so they overlap the team photo. If you pick a single individual instead, you could use a larger image for the background with less opacity and add smaller cut-outs on top in full opacity. REMEMBER, THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT TEXT FIRST AND THEN photos... __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Design Specifications: 11 X 17 150 DPI Design 1 Must Have: -A Black, White or color for the background color (or Gradient) -Create a background design using text. Word Art Collage. -At least 4 images all on separate layers placed above the Word collage -All images must be masked/extracted. -Separate folders containing Word Art and Cutouts. -Layer styles on text or shapes. Design 2 -A Black, White or color for the background color (or Gradient) -Place Cutouts and Text together to create a poster that resembles more of an advertisement/magazine cover, incorporating text that gives information about the subject. -At least 4 images all on separate layers placed below the informational text. -All images must be masked/extracted. -Separate folders containing Word Art and Informational Text. -Layer styles on text or shapes. Things to think about. -Name of individual or group. -Name of sport or hobby. -Stats/info/accomplishments of subject. -Use text to create a design and then incorporate the photos…Text describing the event or something interesting about their background. Such as where they came from, age, previous accomplishments, overcoming of personal obstacles. |
Use this Video Tutorial to help you through the project
Border Tutorial
Art Criticism
Step #3
"Interpretation"
Interpretation
Basically, how does the painting make you feel? What does it make you think of? (Don’t say you think the artwork “sucks”…Not yet! That comes in the next step!) What do you think the artist is trying to communicate to you as a viewer? But just because this step is more open-ended than the previous two, and there aren’t really any “right or wrong” answers, in my opinion it’s the most important (and fun) step. I don’t feel either sad or happy when looking at this…The colors are nice and bright, and butterflies usually make people feel happy, but I mainly feel “curious,” and maybe a bit confused. I’d like to have more details about what’s going on that are not available in the painting. The colors to me feel very cool, and even the oranges and browns have a lot of light “coolness” to them, but the surrounding visuals suggest a desert of some-sort, or somewhere very dry. The butterflies are painted fairly realistically, and are beautiful, but the wings on both are stuck in the same exact position, like they are pinned onto an entomologist’s board. Not to mention their somewhat unrealistic shadows and highlights. So this is what I think Dali probably did: I think he found some recently dead butterflies and wanted to paint them, like one would paint a still-life with fruit or flowers or something. But to make them less boring than a typical still-life of butterflies pinned to a board, he added an imaginary background to make it into a “landscape” instead. That way, as a viewer, we could have the sense that these creatures are alive and kicking, in their own little colorful world. To me, I think this is a great concept, and a creative way of proaching a painting and making it more intriguing than a plain old still-life. Of course, I have no idea if this is really what Dali intended people to feel when they viewed his painting. But it’s my interpretation, and I’m entitled to give it during this stage of critique. |
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Good Questions to ask yourself while interpreting this work of art.
What is the purpose or meaning of the artwork?
- Is the artist primarily concerned with imitating nature?
- Is the artist primarily concerned withe expressing feeling or emotion?
- Is the artist primarily concerned with the elements and principles of art and design?
- Does the title of the art work provide clues to the meaning and/or purpose of this work?
- The following themes are frequently used to discuss meaning in art: strength, beauty, love, madness, excitment, courage, horror, fear, hope, hate, anger, adventure, happiness, mystery, death, sadness, lonliness, interest in the elements of art, interest in the principles of design.