DAy 10

Purpose of life

[10min 40sec]

 
 

Saving your images as jpgs

1- Flattening your image

Layer --> Flatten Image

 - it should say "background' as the only layer in Photoshop

2- use 'Save As' to save the file

File --> Save As --> jpeg

 

3- Name your file and hit 'Save'

 

4- in the JPEG Options box choose the following:

5- Hit OK

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Augmented Reality with Artivive

download the app!

 

 

 

 

 

example jvonstengel.com

Getting your ATC set up for Augmented Reality

 

* How to split an image into 6 layers
 
Step 1 - Open your flattened artist trading card in Photoshop. This will be your background(trigger) image in Artivive.
 

Step 2 - Duplicate the base layer to create a copy on a second layer. Use the 'eraser tool' and/or the selection tools to delete the aspects of the image that you don't want to see on that plane. You can also use blend modes.

Step 3 - Repeat 'Step 2' until you have six total layers

Step 4 - Save your image as a PSD file

Your Artivive AR can only contain seven layers in total. A background(trigger) image and six other layers.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  

 

Project 3 Due!

Upload your 8 artist trading cards the the shared Google Photos album "Art 116 Artist Trading Cards SP23-1"

 

Second due date: day of the final

Layout your artist trading cards putting 8 cards on one 8.5x11".  Print each of your two best cards twice so you have 16 cards of each. Cut out the cards and sign them. Have them ready for the day of the final.

Critique Artist Trading Cards

Vocabulary to use in the critique

Line 

Shape

Color

Form

Value 

Texture 

Space

 

 

 

Work on Projects

Day 9

 Work on Assignments

Creating an Artist Trading Card (ATC) in Photohsop

 
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".....

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. You should have 3 persons,places, and/or things, 1 texture and 1 layer of color.

5) move and alter your layers ----- Try "erasing", changing the "blend 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.)

Assignment 3

Artist Trading Cards

description:

For this project you will be creating 'Artist Trading Cards' also known as ATCs. The creation of ATCs by artist comes from a long history of artists trading small samples of their work with other artist or were sold to make a little extra cash. They were very popular with Impressionistic era artists. The cards are generally 2.5" x 3.5" big and are either unique or are created in small editions.

example links:

ATC Wike

ATC collection

 

whats due:

- 8 different Artist Trading Cards, 2.5" x 3.5" in size at 180dpi.

- Each card shows examples of your ability to manipulate images using Photoshop

- Each card should have a total of at least 5 layers. 3 layers of persons, places, and/or things, 1 texture layer and 1 layer of color.

- All your cards files need to be uploaded as flattened 'jpegs' to the Google class assignment album.

 

What should you do?

This is an open project. Be creative, express yourself. Find your style, create something retro-cool, urban chic, surreal abstraction, whatever, just create 8 images you are proud of.

 

 

First due date: Mon Feb 27th end of class

Your 8 images uploaded to the class Google Albums. Label your card files with your first and last name and a number.

Example - joevonstengel-1.jpg, joevonstengel-2.jpg. Save as JPEG file format.

 

Second due date: day of the final

Layout your artist trading cards as 8 ups. Print your two best cards 16 times each. Cut them out and sign them. Have them ready for the final

Day 8

 

Review Vector Images

It's ok to fail, you just forgot

[15 min 08 sec]

 

 

Artificial Arm

 [4min 49sec]

 

 

Robots

[10min 6 sec]

 

 

 ----------------------------------------------------

 

Photoshop Day 2

 

Image Resolution

Photoshop is a "bitmap" based image editor. This means images are broken down into tiny squares called pixels. These pixels are measured on the X and Y axis.

When we want to print an image we need to think about the images resolution. Resolution is described by how many pixel there are in one inch.

180 dpi - lowest printing resolution

300 - 600 dpi - professional printing resolution

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 uncompressed 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.

 

 

 

Useful Tools

• Move Tool

• Clone Stamp

• Colors

• Gradient

• Smudge Tool

• Type Tool

• Vector Tools

 

 

Selection Tools

- making a selection

- cut, copy, paste

 

 

 

Finish up Project 2 

- crop your image

- adjustments --> threshold  

- erase excess image info

- flatten the image 

- Image --> Image Size, make the longest dimension 800 px

- save as a jpeg

- convert into an SVG

- show professor

 

 

 

Creating an Artist Trading Card (ATC) in Photohsop

 
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".....

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. You should have 3 persons,places, and/or things, 1 texture and 1 layer of color.

5) move and alter your layers ----- Try "erasing", changing the "blend 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.)

 

 

Assignment 3

Artist Trading Cards

description:

For this project you will be creating 'Artist Trading Cards' also known as ATCs. The creation of ATCs by artist comes from a long history of artists trading small samples of their work with other artist or were sold to make a little extra cash. They were very popular with Impressionistic era artists. The cards are generally 2.5" x 3.5" big and are either unique or are created in small editions.

example links:

ATC Wike

ATC collection

 

whats due:

- 8 different Artist Trading Cards, 2.5" x 3.5" in size at 180dpi.

- Each card shows examples of your ability to manipulate images using Photoshop

- Each card should have a total of at least 5 layers. 3 layers of persons, places, and/or things, 1 texture layer and 1 layer of color.

- All your cards files need to be uploaded as flattened 'jpegs' to the Google class assignment album.

 

What should you do?

This is an open project. Be creative, express yourself. Find your style, create something retro-cool, urban chic, surreal abstraction, whatever, just create 8 images you are proud of.

 

 

First due date: Mon Feb 27th end of class

Your 8 images uploaded to the class Google Albums. Label your card files with your first and last name and a number.

Example - joevonstengel-1.jpg, joevonstengel-2.jpg. Save as JPEG file format.

 

Second due date: day of the final

Layout your artist trading cards as 8 ups. Print your two best cards 16 times each. Cut them out and sign them. Have them ready for the final

 

Day 7

Review Vector Image Product

 

 

More Biobots

The field of Biobots is relatively new and has a variety of ideologies from animal brains controlling robot bodies, animal bodies being connected to electronics and new lifeforms being designed with new technologies.

 

 [3min 13 sec]

 

 

[?min ?sec]

 

 [4min 54sec]

 

 

Photoshop Day 2

 

Image Resolution

Photoshop is a "bitmap" based image editor. This means images are broken down into tiny squares called pixels. These pixels are measured on the X and Y axis.

When we want to print an image we need to think about the images resolution. Resolution is described by how many pixel there are in one inch.

180 dpi - lowest printing resolution

300 - 600 dpi - professional printing resolution

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 uncompressed 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.

 

 

 

Useful Tools

• Move Tool

• Clone Stamp

• Colors

• Gradient

• Smudge Tool

• Type Tool

• Vector Tools

 

 

Selection Tools

- making a selection

- cut, copy, paste

 

 

 

Creating an Artist Trading Card (ATC) in Photohsop

 
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".....

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. You should have 3 persons,places, and/or things, 1 texture and 1 layer of color.

5) move and alter your layers ----- Try "erasing", changing the "blend 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.)

 

How to Finish Project 2 Vector image

- Open an image of your drawing in Photoshop

- crop your image

- adjustments --> threshold  

- erase excess image info

- flatten the image

- save as a jpeg

- convert into an SVG

- show professor

 

 

 

Assignment 3

Artist Trading Cards

description:

For this project you will be creating 'Artist Trading Cards' also known as ATCs. The creation of ATCs by artist comes from a long history of artists trading small samples of their work with other artist or were sold to make a little extra cash. They were very popular with Impressionistic era artists. The cards are generally 2.5" x 3.5" big and are either unique or are created in small editions.

example links:

ATC Wike

ATC collection

 

whats due:

- 8 different Artist Trading Cards, 2.5" x 3.5" in size at 180dpi.

- Each card shows examples of your ability to manipulate images using Photoshop

- Each card should have a total of at least 5 layers. 3 layers of persons, places, and/or things, 1 texture layer and 1 layer of color.

- All your cards files need to be uploaded as flattened 'jpegs' to the Google class assignment album.

 

What should you do?

This is an open project. Be creative, express yourself. Find your style, create something retro-cool, urban chic, surreal abstraction, whatever, just create 8 images you are proud of.

 

First due date:

Your 8 images uploaded to the class Google Albums. Label your card files with your first and last name and a number.

Example - joevonstengel-1.jpg, joevonstengel-2.jpg. Save as JPEG file format.

 

Second due date: day of the final

Layout your artist trading cards as 8 ups. Print your two best cards 16 times each. Cut them out and sign them. Have them ready for the final

Day 6

 

-----------------before class---------------

 

Don't forget to upload your image to the "Visual Diary" before class.

 

-----------------in class with professor--------------- 

 

 

 

Scientists Say Your “Mind” Isn’t Confined to Your Brain, or Even Your Body

Exploring how the mind extends beyond the physical self.

“the emergent self-organizing process, both embodied and relational, that regulates energy and information flow within and among us.”

 

 

Example of Exponential Change

 

 

 ----------------------------------------------------

 

 

Finding Images on Google to use in Photoshop

* use the "Tools" select "Size" and choose "Large"

* only use images that are at least 1000 pixels on the smallest side

- After you choose an image "control" click on the image and choose "open image in a new tab"

- navigate to the new tab and drag and drop the image onto the desktop (or "control" click and choose "download image", save it to the desktop)

------------------------------------------------

 

 

 

Bringing images into Photoshop

 * Drag and Drop the JPEG or PSD file onto the photoshop icon in the 'Dock'

- once open in Photoshop use "command"+"a" to select the entire image.
- use "command"+"c" to copy the image - navigate to the template you want to put the image onto
- use "command"+"v" to paste the image

------------------------------------------------

 

 

 Photoshop - Day 1

Creating & Manipulating Images in Photoshop

Menu
File -- New / Open / Save / Save As
Image -- Image Size / Canvas Size / Canvas Rotation

Layers
- new layers
- layer visibility
- blend modes
- opacity
- changing layer position

------------------------------------------------

Project 3

Artist Trading Cards

description:

For this project you will be creating 'Artist Trading Cards' also known as ATCs. The creation of ATCs by artist comes from a long history of artists trading small samples of their work with other artist or were sold to make a little extra cash. They were very popular with Impressionistic era artists. The cards are generally 2.5" x 3.5" big and are either unique or are created in small editions.

example links:

ATC Wike

ATC collection

 

whats due:

- 8 different Artist Trading Cards, 2.5" x 3.5" in size at 180dpi.

- Each card shows examples of your ability to manipulate images using Photoshop

- Each card should have a total of at least 5 layers. 3 layers of persons, places, and/or things, 1 texture layer and 1 layer of color.

- All your cards files need to be uploaded as flattened 'jpegs' to the Google class assignment album.

 

What should you do?

This is an open project. Be creative, express yourself. Find your style, create something retro-cool, urban chic, surreal abstraction, whatever, just create 8 images you are proud of.

 

First due date: Beginning of class

Your 8 images uploaded to the class Google Albums. Label your card files with your first and last name and a number.

Example - joevonstengel-1.jpg, joevonstengel-2.jpg. Save as JPEG file format.

 

Second due date: day of the final

Layout your artist trading cards as 8 ups. Print your two best cards 16 times each. Cut them out and sign them. Have them ready for the final

Day 5

-----------------before class---------------

 

Don't forget to upload your image to the "Visual Diary" before class. 

-----------------Topic of the Day--------------

 When the Virtual meets the Physical: Bio Bots

 “These are novel living machines,” Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research, said in a statement. “They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It’s a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism.”

[2min 02sec]

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

What is Virtual Space?

 

 

The Fabrication Lab (FabLab )

3D Printing

Glowforge Laser cutter/engraver

Digital C-n-C router

[4 min 36 sec]

[13 min 35 sec]

 

 

What are Vector Graphics?

Vector graphics are a purely virtual form of drawing. It is mathematically based.

There are many file types that support vector graphics. 

 

The most common file type is the SVG (scalable vector graphic).  All the digitally based production technology in the FabLab, like the Laser Cutter, C-N-C router, and 3D printers utilize the SVG file type.

Hand Drawn

 

Vector Graphic

 

Image translated into a vector and laser etched into cherry plywood

 

 

 

Project 2

[Assigned - MOn Feb 13th ]

[Due - Mon Feb 20th]

Laser Cut Vector Design

description:
For this project you will be creating a BxW drawing that will be converted into a vector graphic and etched into wood or plastic

1. Using a sharpie or other marker create a pattern, drawing or abstraction, in a 5" x 5" square on a piece of white paper.

 

2. Repeat the process six times

 

3. Take a photo of each drawing. 

4. Upload the file to the class "Art116 Vector Images Sp23-1" Google Photos Album

5. Participate in the group critique

 

6. Convert the image chosen in the critique into a vector graphic using this link

 

Things to consider:

The image needs to be two colors only, black and white. The laser will etch the black lines into the material. The white is the material itself. Lasers burn the material. In the case of wood it leaves it looking dark and burnt. Plastic looks frosted.

What’s Due:

Six image files up in the class 'Art116 Vector Album FA22-2' in Google Photos 

 

Work on Projects

Day 4

-----------------before class---------------

 

Don't forget to upload your image to the "Visual Diary" before class. 

-----------------Topic of the Day--------------

 

Will virtual and augmented reality move us into the knowledge age? by Zenka

[15:18]

 

 

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Upload your 5 favorite creations in Adobe Capture to the Google Photos album "Art116 Assignments S23-1"

 

 

Review Project 1!

 

 

Abstract Art

Abstract art is art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead use shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect. from the Tate

 

 

Wassily Kandinsky, untitled (study for Composition VII, Première abstraction), watercolor, 1913

 

 

 

Non Objective Art

 Non-objective art is abstract or non-representational art that does not attempt to represent any object or scene in nature

^[1]

^[2]

. It is usually geometric and aims to convey a sense of simplicity and purity

^[2]

. Nonobjective is defined as not objective, meaning it does not represent objects known in physical nature

^[3]

^[4]

^[5]

 

Geometric

Abstract Art

The pictorial language of geometric abstraction, based on the use of simple geometric forms placed in nonillusionistic space and combined  into nonobjective compositions, evolved as the logical conclusion of the Cubist destruction and reformulation of the established conventions of form and space. Initiated by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in 1907–8, from The Met

                   Piet_Mondriaan,_1939-1942_-_Composition_10

Project 2

[Assigned - Mon Feb 13th]

[Due - Mon Feb 20th]

Laser Cut Vector Design

description:
For this project you will be creating a BxW drawing that will be converted into a vector graphic and etched into wood or plastic

1. Using a sharpie or other marker create a pattern, drawing or abstraction, in a 5" x 5" square on a piece of white paper.

 

2. Repeat the process six times

 

3. Take a photo of each drawing. 

4. Upload the file to the class "Art116 Vector Images SP23-1" Google Photos Album

5. Participate in the group critique

 

6. Convert the image chosen in the critique into a vector graphic using this link

 

Things to consider:

The image needs to be two colors only, black and white. The laser will etch the black lines into the material. The white is the material itself. Lasers burn the material. In the case of wood it leaves it looking dark and burnt. Plastic looks frosted.

What’s Due:

Six image files up in the class 'Art116 Vector Images SP23-1' in Google Photos 

 

 

 

Work on Projects