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Meetings
Lecture and Lab
Assignments
Week 1 Sep 1
  • Intro to the course and participants
  • "Who am I"
  • Sample work, digital print, poster, brochure...
  • Contracts sheet - Hybrid Studio/Digital equipment -
  • Intro to Hanae Mori Art Competition (no entry fee)
  • Info - Flux09 Student Design Competition (entry fee at least $5)
  • Reading / Collect your taste
Sep 3
  • Presentation/Q&A about your item(s)
  • Photoshop basics brush up (optimize, resize, crop)
  • Image acquisition, resolution
  • more info - Hanae Mori Art Competition
  • Assignment 1 / Optimizing
Week 2 Sep 8
  • Quick Quizzes from --- Reading --- 9/1
  • more Photoshop, technique and details (layers, layer masks, selections)
  • Paper
  • Reading -- Aperture --
Sep 10
  • Intro to Basic Print / Epson R1400 & R800 / Assignment 1
  • Output Options (paper, print types, service bureaus)
  • Scanner
  • info - Aperture -
  • more Photoshop, Advanced Layers & Mask
  • Assignment 1 due
  • Assignment 2 / Scan
Week 3 Sep 15
  • Alarm system & Room Access & Check out-in system
  • about Hanae Mori Art Competition
  • Intro to Project 1 - Bitmap Image Print 3 letter-size prints or 2 large-size prints
  • more Scanner
  • Project 1 proposal
Sep 17
  • Display setting / color management
  • Large Format Print / Epson 4800 & 4000 / Assignment 2
  • Individual meetings / Project 1 proposal
  • Assignment 2 due
  • Project 1 proposal due
Week 4 Sep 22
  • Close look - Assignment 1 & 2 -
  • more Photoshop, Critical Color Correction, Channels, and B&W
  • How to make Color Test Print Strip
  • Work Session for Project 1 - Bitmap Image Print
  
Sep 24
  • Project 1 Critique - Bitmap Image Print 3 letter-size prints or 2 large-size prints
  • Intro to Project 2 - Illustration/Image Print
  • Prepare for the competition if you like... (entry fee at least $5)
Week 5 Sep 29
  • Correction Day - Follows a MONDAY Schedule / No Class
  
Oct 1
  • Intro to Page Layout / Illustrator
  • Project 2 proposal due
  • Assignment 3 / Logo, card, and letterhead design
Week 6 Oct 6
  • more Illustrator
  • Individual meetings / Project 2 proposal
  
Oct 8
  • more Illustrator
  • How to make a presentation board
  • Work Session for Assignment 4 - Hanae Mori Art Competition
  
Week 7 Oct 13
  • Assignment 3 Critique
  • Individual meetings / Project 2 proposal
  • Work Session for Assignment 4 - Hanae Mori Art Competition
  • Assignment 3 due
Oct 15
  • Assignment 4 / Hanae Mori Art Competition / Critique
  • Assignment 4 due
  • Contest due: Oct 16 / 11:59pm email
Week 8 Oct 20
  • more Illustrator
  • Work Session for Project 2 - Illustration/Image Print
  
Oct 22
  • Intro to Editorial Design / InDesign
  • Brochure design & layout
  • Intro to Project 3 - Artist Book/Portfolio Design
  • Project 3 - Artist Book/Portfolio Design Q&A
  • Project 3 proposal
  • Assignment 5 / 2 or more pages
Week 9 Oct 27
  • Project 2 Critique - Illustration/Image Print
  • Project 2 due
Oct 29
  • more InDesign
  • Individual meetings / Project 3 proposal
  • Project 3 proposal due
Week 10 Nov 3
  • Printing time - Assignment 5 / 2 or more pages
  • Individual meetings / Project 3 proposal
  • Research/Work Time for Project 3 - Artist Book/Portfolio Design
  
Nov 5
  • Assignment 5 Critique
  • Assignment 5 due
Week 11 Nov 10
  • How to make a handmade book
 If you wish, it's time to send your file to a PRINTER for Project 3!! (with rush fee?!)
Nov 12
  • Work Session for Project 3 - Artist Book/Portfolio Design
  
Week 12 Nov 17
  • Intro to Final Project
  • lecture: artist, photographer, illustrator, book design, brochure design
  • Final Project Q&A
  • Work Session for Project 3 - Artist Book/Portfolio Design
  
Nov 19
  • Project 3 Critique - Artist Book/Portfolio Design
  • Project 3 due
Week 13 Nov 24
  • Individual meetings / Final Project proposal
  • Work Session for Assignment 5 / TBA
  • Final Project proposal due
Nov 26
  • Thanksgiving Break / No Class
  
Week 14 Dec 1
  • In process Critique: Final Project for out side PRINTER
  
Dec 3
  • In process Critique: Final Project for Handmade Book
  • Work Session for Final Project
 If you wish, it's time to send your file to a PRINTER for Final!! (need to be rushed!)
Week 15 Dec 8
  • Work Session for Final Project
  
Dec 10
  • Last Day of Class / Work Session for Final Project
 
Week 16 Dec 15
  • Final Projects Critique 2:15pm - 4:00pm
  • Final Project due
    No late submission
Dec 17
  • Final Projects Critique 5:15pm - 7:45pm