We will continue on with our Exposure Triangle discussion and focus on how APERTURE affects our photos and what it does for us creatively. CLICK HERE for the presentation. We also need to make sure we are considering COMPOSITION. We talked about FILL THE FRAME but there are some other guidelines to consider using depending on your photo. Click here - RULES OF COMPOSITION Next I want you to try to create the images in this APERTURE MINI PROJECT.

We will continue on with our Exposure Triangle discussion and focus on how shutter speed affects our photos and what it does for us creatively. CLICK HERE for the presentation. Next I want you to try to recreate the images in this SHUTTER SPEED PROJECT .

We are going to start our venture into Photography. In Digital Arts, you will learn not to simply "take pictures" but instead how to "make a photograph". There is an art and a science to it. But, before we get the cameras in our hands there is some things we need to understand about them. CLICK HERE for our intro into Photography and the Exposure Triangle - we will use this presentation for your whole DA Career. As we go through the presentation above, we will pause to work

If you would like to continue with AFTER EFFECTS, you can work on THIS PROJECT. If you would like to try out FRAME BY FRAME/DRAWING based animation, I will go through a demo with you separately. If we have too many interested people (15 iPads max), we will have a draw.

CLICK HERE for our next animation project.

We are going to work together and create something like THIS . We will be using our basic animation skills - POSITION, ROTATION, SCALE - along with some new techniques - GREEN SCREEN/KEYING, SOUND EFFECTS, MUSIC. Get ready to follow along... CLICK HERE FOR THE FILES YOU NEED

We are going to move into Animation next. CLICK HERE for an introduction.   We are going to move a form of animation called "Motion Graphics". Our main software is called Adobe After Effects, so we will start with an intro into using that. Task 1 - Mario Maze - Together Task 2 - Maze & Pinball CLICK HERE FOR THE FILES WE NEED

CLICK HERE for our exploration with 3D design.

CLICK HERE for your next project.

CLICK HERE for our next project.

We are now venturing into our Technical Design part of the course. WHAT IS TECHNICAL DESIGN? Our first task is going to involve PLAN VIEW DESIGN. CLICK HERE for our project.

For our last vector project, you have a couple of choices... VECTOR CHARACTERS VECTOR SCENE SELF BRAND GEOMETRIC PORTRAIT VECTOR PORTRAITS LOGO PARODIES ANOTHER IDEA? Run it by me...

Wish you were here! Our next vector project is SKYLINE POSTCARDS. CLICK HERE.

What's the difference between a BRAND, a LOGO and an ICON? CLICK HERE for a video. CLICK HERE for a brief intro into Branding. CLICK HERE for your "Company Rebrand" assignment. Done early? Try this... LOGO PARODIES.

CLICK HERE FOR A BONUS PROJECT

CLICK HERE for our next Vector Project.

Our next tools some of the most widely used tools across all forms of design. The PEN TOOL, ANCHOR POINT TOOL and BEZIER HANDLES can be found in all areas of Digital Arts as actual elements of design as well as controls for different settings such as graph editors in video and animation. There are many approaches to using these tools. We will show you an approach that tends to work best with beginners. Always use Shape Tools first if you can before resorting to the Pen Tool.

Let's dive into VECTOR Design... Let's start with talking about the main difference between VECTOR & RASTER images. Then, we will do an intro into Adobe Illustrator - we will start with some very basic tools like... BASIC SHAPE TOOL BLACK ARROW MOVE, SCALE, ROTATE COPY, REFLECT WHITE ARROW FILL & STROKE LAYERS Using these tools let's make a Pepperoni Pizza, Snowman, "Southpark Style" character. Next, we will introduce another tool to really maximize the use of these tools...

This is your introduction, your first step on the path, your foot in the water, when its comes to Digital Arts & Design at Hunting Hills...