In class Fri Nov 22nd

Virtual Space


Writers:
Donna Haraway - The Cyborg Manifesto


Artist:
Stelarc - Conceptual Art - The body is useless we are the mind.

Camille Utterback - Interactive Projection Art - The viewer activates the art

Daniel Rozen - Reactive Art







Ai WeiWei & Olafur Eliassons








Aspects of Virtuality

* what are the qualities of virtual space? what does it mean to be virtual?

* where do we see virtual space overlap society?



VR to help exten our understanding

Virtual Continuum

The Virtuality Continuum is a phrase used to describe a concept that there is a continuous scale ranging between the completely virtual, a Virtual Reality, and the completely real:Reality. The reality-virtuality continuum therefore encompasses all possible variations and compositions of real and virtual objects. The concept was first introduced by Paul Milgram.

Reality<--------------->Virtual Reality

The area between the two extremes, where both the real and the virtual are mixed, is the so-called Mixed reality. This in turn is said to consist of both Augmented Reality, where the virtual augments the real, and Augmented virtuality, where the real augments the virtual.

Reality    Augmented Virtuality    Augmented Reality   Virtual Reality

Human   Cyborg       Android         Robot

Mann's Continuum includes the level of degrees of mediation.

M = level of mediation

R = reality

V = virtual reality

Augmented Reality

Microsoft Hololens

Virtual Reality

Oculus Rift

Google Cardboard

Mediated Reality

Work on Projects
- Cut and sign your artist trading cards
- Hand in your image to be cut into wood
- Create and Print your Cookie Cutter

Sizing for cookie cutter parts

cut = 13mm tall
impression = 9mm tall
base = 3mm tall

* make sure to uncheck "Uniform Scaling' to effect only the Z-Axis

The overall cookie cutter should be big enough to make a cookie. around 4-6 inches tall/wide 



2D Printing
you can use the copy center on campus to print your ATC's.

1. Layer --> Flatten your image 
2. Save as --> pdf
3. email the pdf file to, copycenter@hartwick.edu  
4. ask them to print it full size on heavy weight paper

Work on Projects
- Cut and sign your artist trading cards
- Hand in your image to be cut into wood
- Create and Print your Cookie Cutter

In class Wed Nov 20th

How to cut things professionally
- You need an x-acto knife, a metal ruler and a cutting mat
- Keep the ruler between you and the knife
- Don't cut towards your body
- Use the ruler to protect the image area.



Work on Project 6 
- Find images for your cookie cutter
- Ask yourself, "How will this look as a cookie", "what does it mean to be a cookie, to be eaten?"
- Look for shapes without thin parts

- Show JOe what you find


Show Joe your Project 5 ideas


TinkerCad
- create an account here
- Your TinkerCad Home Page




TinkerCad Basics

Starters get help here

Placing an Object

Controlling the View 

Moving your Object

Rotate your Object

Change the size of your Object

Group Objects together

Align Objects

Lessons get info here

Learning the Moves

Camera Controls

Creating Holes

Scale, Copy & Paste

Try each of the Tinkercad starters and lessons work on the projects!

In class Mon Nov 18th

3d Design & 3d Printing

 
3d printing has been used by industry since the mid 1980's. It is used to print everything from food to guns to human tissue.

Our Makerbot 3D printers work through additive manufacturing. This is accomplished by laying down thin layers of plastic, one on top of the other, to build up a 3d structure.

Virtual models can be built in 3d software programs or captured with a 3d scanner or digital camera.



Websites
Thingiverse - free download 3d model library

Shapeways - Create and Sell 3d models

In class Fri Nov 15th

Turning your ATC's into a 9 up for Printing

How to layout one ATC nine times on a piece of 8.5" x 11" paper

1) In Photoshop File --> New to get a new document. It should be 8.5" x 11" at 180 resolution

2) Find the unprintable border. Put in "guides" marking 1/4" from the top and sides, and 1/4" from the bottom


3) Copy and past your ATC into your new file


4) Duplicate your ATC's layer and move it.  Layout 2 horizontal and 4 vertical cards as shown below.

5) Print each of your 9 up layouts twice for a total of 18 cards each. Ask for the Thickest paper they have.
* Tell the printer not to change the scale of the image.


6) Cut out the ATC's and sign the back of each card.

Where can you get prints made?
- Office Max south side
- Clark in the Mail Room
- On-line, I like Vistaprint






----------------- What you should be Working on! ---------------------

Making images for Assignment 5

* This is an exploration project. You want to try many different types of images and pick the one that has the best chance of working on the c-n-c router and is the most interesting and aesthetically pleasing. Ultimately we are limited to a 1/16" line and a solid black and white image. Line drawings work great, photo realism not so much.

You can create the imagery for this project in various ways:

1. You can use Adobe Photoshop and alter images you photograph or find online. Take a look at the "Threshold" adjustment.

2. You can draw an image and translate using Adobe Capture CC. If you do this mark out a 6x6" square and draw using a traditional Sharpie.  

3. Use Adobe Capture CC and the "shape" tool to create and image.

-If you are only using Adobe Capture you will need to try photographing lots of different subject matter under various lighting conditions.

In class Tue Nov 13th

Critique Project 4 - ATC's

What we are looking at:

- Composition (placement of visual elements in 2d space...positive & negative space, rule of thirds)

- Image - subject matter

- Line

- Shape

- Form

- Value

- Space; Positive & Negative

- Color

- Texture

- Scale

- Rhythm

- Balance

- Dominance & Emphasis

- Proportion

- Gradation

- Harmony

- Variety

- Movement

Each of these elements becomes a "signifier" to the viewer. This means from these visual elements we will try to make sense of the image. 

Digital C-n-C router

What are Vector Graphics?

Assignment 5

ART116 Fa 2019

Image in Wood:

(10 points)

description:
For this project you will be creating a high contrast BxW image that will be converted into a vector graphic and etched in wood. You can draw this image or manipulate it using Photoshop. Convert the image into a vector graphic using Adobe Capture CC. Share this file with the professor, make sure you label it with your name. Your image will be cut out of wood using the C-N-C router or Laser Cutter in the Fablab. This image can be any subject matter

Things to consider:

Your image will be cut out of a 5x5 inch square at any resolution. The drill bit is about 1/16” thick so details smaller then that need to be removed or made bigger. The image will need to be in two colors only black and white. The router will etch the black lines into the wood. The white is the wood.

What’s Due:

One vector file labeled with your name & uploaded to the "Art116 Vector Images" class Google Photos album 

Making images for Assignment 5

* This is an exploration project. You want to try many different types of images and pick the one that has the best chance of working on the c-n-c router and is the most interesting and aesthetically pleasing. Ultimately we are limited to a 1/16" line and a solid black and white image. Line drawings work great, photo realism not so much.

You can create the imagery for this project in various ways:

1. You can use Adobe Photoshop and alter images you photograph or find online. Take a look at the "Threshold" adjustment.

2. You can draw an image and translate using Adobe Capture CC. If you do this mark out a 6x6" square and draw using a traditional Sharpie.  

3. Use Adobe Capture CC and the "shape" tool to create and image.

-If you are only using Adobe Capture you will need to try photographing lots of different subject matter under various lighting conditions.

In class Mon Nov 11th

Vocabulary for upcoming critique:

What we are looking at:

- Composition (placement of visual elements in 2d space...positive & negative space, rule of thirds)

- Image - subject matter

- Line

- Shape

- Form

- Value

- Space; Positive & Negative

- Color

- Texture

- Scale

- Rhythm

- Balance

- Dominance & Emphasis

- Proportion

- Gradation

- Harmony

- Variety

- Movement

Each of these elements becomes a "signifier" to the viewer. This means from these visual elements we will try to make sense of the image. 

Work on Project 


Project 4 Due at the end of class

In class Fri Nov 8th

Work on project you ATCs

In class Wed Nov 6th

Critique Assignment 3 - Stopmotion Animation



Photoshop Day 3

Selection Tools
- making a selection
- cut, copy, paste

Move Tool

Clone Stamp

Colors

Gradient

Smudge Tool

Type Tool

Vector Tools

Resizing images in Photoshop

* Situation: you are applying for a grant or show and the application states that images are required to be1920 pixels on the largest size.
? How can you find out the current size of you image?
? How can you change the size of your image?

Go to Image --> Image Size

From this window you can see the images current size in inches, pixels, mm, or cm. You change the size and/or resolution in this window. You can also lock the proportions to keep your images from looking distorted.  


Saving Files in Photoshop

File Types
PSD - Working File: specific uncompresses file type which contains all the images information
JPEG - Finished File: universal compressed file type

All files in Photoshop need to be "flattened" before they can be saved as a JPEG.





Artist Trading Card (ATC) walk through

1) create a new 2.5" x 3.5" document at 180 dpi (resolution) --> File New
2) use "save as" to save the document 8 times as "temp-1.psd", "temp-2.psd", "temp-3.psd".....ect
3) find images on the internet and save them to your desktop. *Make sure to use the advanced search function to search for "Large" Images only
4) open your images in Photoshop and "Copy" and "Paste" them into your Template file.
5) move and alter your layers ----- Try "erasing", changing the "mode" of a layer, "selecting" and "deleting", using "adjustments" and "filters"
6) when finished save the file as a .PSD (These files will need to be "Flattened" to be saved as the final JPEG file.)




Work on Assignment 4