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Tentative Class Schedule |
week 1
Monday Jan 11 |
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Review syllabus + course structure, Handout vital stat/info sheets/sign
Introduce semester projects & assignments
Lecture: Design Principles
Assignment
Order InDesign book online
Look up class web site
Bring 3-ring binder and sketchbook to class

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week 1
Wednesday Jan 13 |
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Lecture: Design process
Introduce Project 1: Magazine ad for Art department
Tutorial: Photoshop for designers (recap)
Assignment
25 sketches for Magazine ad

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week 2
Monday Jan 18 |
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Martin Luther King Day: No class

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week 2
Wednesday Jan 20 |
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Review sketches, work on refining the concept with further layout sketches
Photoshop tutorial 2: In class demo and exercise
Assignment
Finish exercise
Photograph, illustrate, scan necessary visuals

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week 3
Monday Jan 25 |
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Lecture: Text and image
Hand in Masking exercise
Review refined layout sketches
Review visuals, edit
Assignment
Write necessary copy

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week 3
Wednesday Jan 27 |
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Work on ad layouts
Assignment
Prepare a rough layout for review

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week 4
Monday Feb 1 |
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Small group review of rough layouts
Tutorial: Illustrator 1
In class work on ad layouts
Assignment
Print, mount and prepare for critique

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week 4
Wednesday Feb 3 |
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Magazine ad critique
Introduce Pacific Seminar III book cover project
Lecture: book covers
Assignment
Incorporate feedback to ad and reprint if necessary, prepare to hand in
25 sketches for PACS3 covers

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week 5
Monday Feb 8 |
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Magazine ad due
Review 25 sketches for PACS3 covers
Tutorial: Illustrator 2
Assignment
Refine 3 sketches and start obtaining visuals
Finish exercises

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week 5
Wednesday Feb 10 |
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Group review of refined sketches (I will not be in class)
Work on visuals, scan if necessary
Assignment
Create / obtain all visuals, digitise
Create rough layouts, print

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week 6
Monday Feb 15 |
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President's Day: No class

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week 6
Wednesday Feb 17 |
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Review rough layouts in preliminary critique
Tutorial: Illustrator 3
Assignment
Refine layouts and prepare for critique

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week 7
Monday Feb 22 |
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PACS 3 Book Cover pre-critique
Work on incorporating feedback
Assignment
Prepare to hand in and for presentations

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week 7
Wednesday Feb 24 |
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PACS 3 Book Cover Presentations, project due
Introduce Becoming Famous Morph assignment
Assignment
A famous person and a portrait of you that you will morph into each other and sketch out the illustrations/caricatures: 20 sketches

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week 8
Monday Mar 1 |
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Review sketches
Tutorial: Illustrator 5
Work on refining the steps and making the transformation change in equal intervals
Assignment
Digitize photo/illustration of your person and convert to vector

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week 8
Wednesday Mar 3 |
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Review vectors of your person
Continue progress on Becoming Famous
Assignment
Complete two intermediate steps

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week 9
Mar 9-11 |
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Enjoy your break

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week 10
Monday Mar 15 |
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Review Becoming Famous Morph progress
In class work on Becoming Famous
Assignment
Complete third intermediate step, print for pre-critique

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week 10
WednesdayMar 17 |
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Pre-critique
Refine all steps
Assignment
Refine all steps

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week 11
Monday Mar 22 |
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Introduce CD packaging design project
Refine all steps
Assignment
Print, mount and prepare for critique
Find an artist to create a CD packaging for, bring photos, existing CD covers and other relevant research to class

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week 11
Wednesday Mar 24 |
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Becoming Famous Morph critique
Review research on your artist
Discussion: CD covers
Assignment
25 sketches for CD cover
Incorporate feedback on Groucho, prepare to hand in

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week 12
Monday Mar 29 |
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Groucho Morph due
Review 25 sketches for CD cover
Tutorial: InDesign 1
Assignment
Refine 3 sketches

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week 12
Wednesday Mar 31 |
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Review refined sketches
Tutorial: InDesign 2
In class work on CD cover
Assignment
Create artwork for the cover, scan, clean up, place type

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week 13
Monday Apr 5 |
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Student travel day, no class

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week 13
Wednesday Apr 7 |
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Review artwork for cover, clean it up
Place typography
Assignment
Create 5 different layouts for pre-critique, print

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week 14
Monday Apr 12 |
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Pre-critique of 5 layouts for CD cover
In class work on CD cover
Assignment
Incorporate feedback and refine 1 layout

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week 14
Wednesday Apr 14 |
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Review CD cover layout, start on back and CD label
Assignment
Create a CD label and back of the cover to go with the front cover

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week 15
Monday Apr 19 |
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Review CD labels and back covers, refine
Start work on CD booklet
Assignment
Create a working grid and place sample elements in 2 page spreads

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week 15
Wednesday Apr 21 |
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Review booklet grid and 2 page spreads
Place further elements on grid, revise
Decide on headline size, placement, color
Decide on body copy size, placement, color
Assignment
Create 6 page spreads with all elements placed

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week 16
Monday Apr 26 |
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Review page spreads
Continue on booklet development
Tutorial: Interactive PDFs: InDesign and Acrobat Interactive features
Continue with booklet layout
Assignment
Print all CD materials for pre-critique, booklet finished
Create an interactive PDF of your booklet

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week 16
Wednesday Apr 28 |
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CD materials per-critique
Review interactive PDFs
Assignment
Incorporate feedback
Create a mock up of all CD materials
Prepare for final critique

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week 17
Monday May 3 |
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Final critique, CD project due,
attendance mandatory for passing the class |
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