Unit Zero > Setting up
Start!
Jan 8 / Jan 10
Introductions
Drawing in Illustrator
Tip: The pen tool in AI /// Exercise: Warmup exercises
(No class on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 15)
Hope
Jan 17
Shepard Fairey
Street art
Tip: Clipping masks in AI /// Exercise: Fairey-inspired selfie
Code
Jan 22 / Jan 24
Saving out assets
J465 on the Web
Tip: Preparing web assets /// Exercise: HTML sample page
Style
Jan 29 / Jan 31
Customizing type and color
Adding unique style rules
Tip: CSS backgrounds /// Exercise: Publishing your home page
Unit One > Logo
Brand
Feb 5 / Feb 7
Logo development
Gestalt in logo design
Tip: Pathfinders in AI /// Exercise: Business logo
Identity
Feb 12 / Feb 14
Critiquing
Icon design
Tip: Designing with symmetry /// Exercise: Rapid-design logo
Logo project due at the beginning of class on Monday, Feb. 19.
Unit Two > Influence
Movements
Feb 19 / Feb 21
150 Years in 15 minutes
Constructivism
Tip: Swirls and halftones /// Exercise: Pop Art Hero, Constructivist postcard
Film
Feb 26 / Feb 28
Movie posters
Minimalism
Tip: Brushes in AI /// Exercise: Minimalist movie poster
Type
Mar 4 / Mar 6
Objective vs. subjective type
The album cover
Tip: Pattern brushes /// Exercise: Best of LP cover
(No class during Spring Break, March 10-17)
Texture
Mar 18 / Mar 20
Tactile qualities
Photoshop filters
Tip: Making textures in PS /// Exercise: Nightclub texture poster
Influence project due at the beginning of class on Monday, March 25.
Unit Three > Concept
Cover
Mar 25 / Mar 27
Book design
Thematic strategies
Tip: Altering linework in AI /// Exercise: Book cover
Illo
Apr 1 / Apr 3
Brainstorming
Centerpiece design
Tip: InDesign reminder /// Exercise: Vinyl boom feature page
Format
Apr 8 / Apr 10
Designing spreads
ASF
Tip: InDesign next level /// Exercise: Vinyl boom magazine
Conceptual project due at the beginning of class on Monday, April 15.
Unit Four > Animate
Motion
Apr 15 / Apr 17
Adding sound and movement
After Effects
Tip: Animated handwriting in AE /// Exercise: Design Decade
Finishing
Apr 22 / Apr 24
Adding sound and movement
After Effects
Tip: Media queries
The animation project is due at 11:59PM on Monday, April 29 .
The final portfolio project is also due at 11:59PM on Monday, April 29.