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-You must use Illustrator or Photoshop
-School Appropriate
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Last Day of Class

Final Exam Scheduled

I am putting Quarter portfolio grades in now.

For the Final, make sure:

*You come on time!
*You can make a silly GIF or meme in class
*Or do whatever you need to do for other finals
*You are ok with maybe helping us clean?

Finishing up VAT!

Looking for extra credit opportunities to get at A+? Check out the challenges on this site!
https://www.designcrowd.com/community/


Your montage was to demonstrate:
Combination of at least three images
Creation of a believable setting
Creation of a strong composition using Rule of Thirds, Framing, etc.
Creation of believable lighting, color, shadows and highlights
Creation of interesting textures, vignettes, overlays etc.

How much of this timelapse video techniques do you recognize?

Last Monday of School!

DID YOU ORDER A YEARBOOK!? Are you sure? Check with me and I can look you up! This is the LAST week to order! There are NO late orders and we don't order extra!

And remember-TOMORROW is the due date for the Portfolio Review!

Compare yours to mine ONE LAST TIME!!!

Let's continue with the Montages.
Have you tried to:
Adjust colors on the individual layers?
Used Warp/Perspective to change angles?
Used paintbrush to add shadows or highlights?
Used burn or dodge tool to darken or lighten?

Have you found your Rising Artist Show VAT work? Take it home!!!

Final Portfolio Review!

LAST Portfolio last check (End of semester Spring 2017)!

If you want a B for Quarter Two portfolio:

1 Geofilter Mockup

1 Photoshop Tablet drawing

Monogram Thumbs Step 1 (min 12 designs, 16 for extra)

Monogram Roughs Step 2 (min 3 designs)

Monogram Final Step 3

Moment photo shoot contact (24 images at least 18 new for extra)

Moment Collage (2)

Identity Reflection

Vector Practice / Silhouette Mask profile

Sticker or sticker page

Photomontage practice (bird)

New Meaning Reflection

If you want an A for Quarter have all the above AND at least SIX of the following...

Extra Geofilter Mockup

Extra Photoshop tablet work

More than 16 monogram thumbnails

Extra Final Monogram Step 3 page

More than 24 NEW shots on Moment Contact Sheet

More than 2 Moment Collages

New Cover page with Monogram at start of portfolio

Extra vector/ profile mask silhouettes

Extra sticker designs

Extra Birds or other Photoshop practice

A+??

Make sure you have extra work (practicing your skills- GOOD work) for each project/unit.

• Tablet Drawing (Photoshop brushes)
• Geofilter mockup
• Monogram Design (Illustrator)
• Moment Photography (Digital Photography + editing)
• Moment Composites (Combined design + photo)
• Photo Masking (Illustrator)
• Vector silhouettes (Illustrator)
• Photoshop montage practice - other than bird (Photoshop)
• New original cover page with own work

Make sure your portfolio LOOKS great- all matching colors, fonts, layout, etc.

Building a Montage

Portfolio needs to be complete by NEXT  TUESDAY.. That's when I will begin to grade for the quarter

Click HERE to see the requirements for the Final Portfolio Review!!



Continue to build Montage
Need BACKGROUND
Need SUBJECT
Need INTEREST
Need DEPTH (shadows, lighting, etc)
Need UNITY (colors, vignettes)

Photo Montage

Google image search (modifications allowed, large size)
Pexels


1. Open Photoshop
2. File/New  4x5 inch file, 300 resolution
3. File/Place in an image for a background. *Rasterize the layer
4. File/Place in additional images to add new layers. *Rasterize the layers
5. Use masks, erasers, pen tool selections, etc to cut and paste images.
6. Use Image/ Adjustments to harmonize colors
7. Use paint tools to add shadows and highlights
8. Use Adjustment Layers and filters to change overall image.