Multimedia 11/30

I know many of you had difficulty with illustrator. If you check the previous post, I've added some new resources that might prove useful to you. If your interested in trying illustrator more, you're welcome to give them a look.

Did you post the difference between vector and pixel based imagery below as well? Alot of you mentioned resolution dependent and independent. That sounds so technical. While technical language is great, can you explain to me what that means? Language is only useful if you know what it means.

After that, you may work on your final project for this class. It should take you the majority of the last couple weeks of the semester. We will discuss it in class. If you have any confusions regarding it, let me know and I will explain in greater detail.

Examples of artist/photographer features are below (click to enlarge). These images are taken from magazines. The artist features range from a brief single page to sometimes more than 10 pages. Before you begin playing in Pages (use canvas mode), we have a few things to discuss regarding the project.

You will be creating your own Artist Feature/Showcase document. It needs to be a 2-page spread, with at least 3 images. In order to do so, we will follow a simplified variant of the design cycle. This may seem new and unusual, but we actually basically followed this for your pages project.

What images do you use in the two page spread?

Through whats left of the year, you are to choose an interest of yours in the digital art/multimedia realm to continue experimenting with.

Possible Areas of Independent Project:

- Photo Manipulation (Photoshop or iPhoto)

- Vector Based Artwork (Illustrator)

- Typography (including text/layout design or kinetic typography)

- Digital Artwork (Photoshop or Illustrator)

Have another idea? Happy to hear it, just let me know what you're proposing.

Focus in an area of your choosing, trying different things, experimenting with variations, improving your skill, etc.

Culture Shapers: Digital Media Winners

Need inspiration? Examples of High School Student Works from Texas. If you notice the drop down menu on the left side you can look at previous years winners too.