Moorpark College Graphic Design

We will continue our study of InDesign with two primary objectives:

• learn the tools necessary to create a folding greeting card
• learn to create a multiple page publication for the final project

FINAL PROJECT: Portfolio Book (3,4,5,6)
Objectives: to edit and present the best of your work using the cumulative knowledge gained over the semester.

FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, May 9^th at 12:30 p.m.…note the time difference 12:30-2:30.

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You should be well on your way to completing the redesign and creation of the Menu, which is due April 12th. In your menu, watch for the following:

• watch your folds
• set up your grid
• plan your typographic heirarchy
• use paragraph styles
• use character styles when applicable
• paragraph rules
• inline graphics
• anchored graphics

We’ll be reviewing everyone’s progress on the menu.

Tonight we’ll also review the final project by dividing into groups, where we’ll discuss the criteria for each of your projects. Before the class is dismissed, you’ll each be given the remaining assignments for the semester.

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Today, March 19th, on return from Spring Break, your rough sketches for the greeting card images/ideas are due.  We’ll be reviewing the detailed requirements in class. Upcoming deadlines were posted under week eight, so please review so you can be working on these projects. I’ll also be checking folders for all projects that have been assigned to date.

Illustrator Seal Exercise (4,6) due Monday, April 2.

1. Typography
2. Illustrator Artboards
3. Software Essentials read pp. 78-108

Coming up in Week 11

5. The InDesign workspace
6. Familiar tools – the pen tool
7. Set up greeting cards in InDesign
8. Single vs. Multi-page publication-compare/contrast to Illustrator Artboards (1,4,6)
9. Corporate Identity slides
10. 3D and image mapping (1,4,6)

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Just a reminder that the deadline for Spring 2012 graduation/certificates is Thursday, March 22nd.  This information has been posted on the portal, marquees & around campus.

Anyone who files after the 22nd will be processed as a Summer graduate.

Gail Wirth-Gurrola
Assistant Registrar

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PROJECT TWO: Greeting Card Set (1,4,5,6) due April 30th
Objectives: Use Adobe Illustrator to create four illustrations that demonstrate a visual theme and continuity among the “set.”

ESSAY: Copyright (7) – due April 11th
Objectives: Demonstrate an understanding of intellectual property rights and copyright law as they apply to digital and media arts. Minimum length – 1250 words

1. Oscar, the weiner dog Exercise (4,5,6) – due March 21st
   Strokes, Fills, Layers, Patterns
2. Style and Theme

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We’ll spend tonight on style sheets and examine how they lay the groundwork for advanced formatting that goes beyond simple text formatting. We’ll discuss typographic hierarchy and we’ll see video demonstrating the use of InDesign’s style sheets and how they translate across the media from print to web.

You can use what you learn tonight to complete the text formatting on your calendars.

The calendar project is due next week, Thursday, March 1st.

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Today we will be critiquing your printed self-portrait posters. As a reminder, every assignment needs to be submitted electronically and in a completed Folder. I have received files from three students, which are printed and I will bring them to class. If you have not sent your file to me, you are still required to come to class with your completed 11″x17″ print.

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1. NPR Radio Show with Terri Gross – Shepard Fairey: Inspiration or Infringement (7)
2. Electronic Highway Robbery An Artist’s Guide to Copyrights in the Digital Era by Mary E. Carter (Paperback – July 1996. Buy it used)
3. Discussion (7)

This week we move on to Adobe Illustrator. As we begin to understand the pen tool, we examine more closely the differences between raster and vector graphics. We’ll review popular cultural images and discuss the designer’s role and responsibility as relates to copyright law.

ESSAY: Copyright (7)
Objectives: Demonstrate an understanding of intellectual property rights and copyright law as they apply to digital and media arts by creating an illustrated “magazine article.”

• Minimum 1250 written words
• Maximum body type size – 10 pt./12 pt.
• Must include photos and/illustrations
• Minimum number of 8.5″x11″ pages – 4
• Document must be executed in InDesign and printed using Acrobat

Due Week 11 – Wednesday, March 21st.

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Week 4

Tonight we’ll look at your posters and move forward with our book projects. We’ll assess the current class enrollment and then make a final decision as to how to proceed with the final projects.

We’ll review concepts introduced in the previous class session.

Final Posters due February 9.

Reading-Meggs pp. 140-175

Reading-Nelson pp. 29-49, 172-194

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This week continue our exploration of painting in Photoshop, and then segue into Adobe Illustrator where we’ll learn the “in and outs” of the Illustrator Pen Tool.

1. Software Essentials read pp. 50–75
2. Introducing the Pen Tool in Photoshop and Illustrator (4,5,6)
3. The Illustrator Workspace (4,5,6)
4. Chapter 12, Introduction to Adobe Illustrator

Retouching Project Due Wednesday, February 8th.

As we complete our retouching exercises, we’ll review techniques you will be using in the self-portrait poster.

Finished Size – 11″x17″ printed in color.

Your self portrait poster must consist of all or parts of several images and is due Wednesday, February 15th.

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