Week Twelve - Storyboarding

Week Twelve – 11/19/14

• Critique on Typography and Logo assignments.
• Introduction to Storyboarding.

In-Class:  Storyboarding Assignment.Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.  Storyboards are the equivalent to time-based media as thumbnails are to 2D and 3D arts.

Utilizing strong positive and negative space and a broad range of value and color, storyboard and complete the following story:

• Person A walks into a room and sees that it is a mess.
• Person A begins to clean up the room.
• While cleaning the room, Person A discovers some money on the floor.
• While Person A is picking up the money, Person B enters the room.
• Person B approaches Person A.
• What happens next?

Make a storyboard sheet by using thumbnails, mapping out your composition and story.  You may use pencil, colored pencils, brush & ink, pen, sharpie and/or marker.  

Click here for Storyboard examples

Homework: Transfer the final storyboarding sequence onto an 11” x 14” Bristol sheet.
*note* If you would like to create a story other than what is mapped out above, you're welcome to do so, but keep it simple. That is a template if you need some help creating a story. 

Week Eleven - Typography

 Typography Powerpoint

In-Class:  Create a design using the letters from the word “Typography.”  The letters do not have to read as a word, but rather look at the individual letter forms and make an interesting statement about Typography by using all the letters.  You can create a new image using the word or individual letter.  You should use all the other Elements of Art that we’ve gone over in class (space, line, shape, value, texture, & color) to enhance the design.
Do a sheet of thumbnails to work out your composition before beginning your final design.  This design can be used as preliminary work leading into the homework assignment.

Homework:  Logo Design:
Using Typography and any of the Elements of Art that apply, design your own Logo for a T-shirt.  You may use whatever format, method, and media that suits your design the best, however, the design should use the full Bristol page.
Be prepared to discuss your Color scheme, Format, and Basic Ideas for your Design.

Week Ten - Color Theory

 - Intro to Color Theory
- Warm and Cool Color Wheels
- Light vs. Shadow
- Atmospheric Perspective


Color Theory (This Power Point will explain some basic concepts of color theory)

Warm and Cool Primaries
 There are cool and warm versions of each primary color. You can create two separate color wheels with each, one warm and one cool. Sometimes mixing a warm blue with a cool yellow will give you a muddy green. To create a bright green, try using a cool blue and a cool yellow.

 Double Primary Color Wheel

Color of Light vs. Color of Shadow

Shadows are typically the complimentary color of the light. Using the light is warm and the shadow is cool. On a sunny day in the winter, the light will be warm and yellow or orange. This means the shadows will be cool and blue or purple.

Atmospheric Perspective

As objects recede in space, the colors typically become lighter and cooler. This affect that the atmosphere has on the way we perceive color is usually seen with objects FAR away in space, like what can be seen in a landscape.

In-Class:  Complete a Color Wheel(s) using colored pencils and/or markers. This should look like the color wheel at the top of this post. The outer ring is for the primary, complementary, and tertiary colors.  The middle ring is for shades (you add black to the colors).  The inner ring is for tints (you add white to the colors). Since you probably don't have a large selection of colors to work with, don't be concerned with making both a warm and cool color wheel. Just use the primary colors you have to complete a single color wheel.

Homework Assignment:  Create and incorporate a new layer onto your Overlay Assignment using Color, or start a fresh drawing using color – use colored pencils and/or markers.
Colored Pencil Example: