Unit Zero > Setting up
Start!
Jan 13 + Jan 15
Introductions
Drawing in Illustrator
Tip: The pen tool in AI /// Exercise: Warmup exercises
(No class on MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 20
Hope
Jan 22
Shepard Fairey
Street art
Tip: Clipping masks in AI /// Exercise: Fairey-inspired selfie
Code
Jan 27 + Jan 29
Saving out assets
J465 on the Web
Tip: Preparing web assets /// Exercise: HTML sample page
Style
Feb 3 + Feb 5
Customizing type and color
Adding unique style rules
Tip: CSS backgrounds /// Exercise: Publishing your home page
Unit One > Logo
Brand
Feb 10 + Feb 12
Logo development
Gestalt in logo design
Tip: Pathfinders in AI /// Exercise: Business logo
Identity
Feb 17 + Feb 19
Critiquing
Icon design
Tip: Designing with symmetry /// Exercise: Rapid-design logo
Logo project due at the beginning of class on Monday, Feb. 24.
Unit Two > Influence
Movements
Feb 24 + Feb 26
GD: 150 Years in 15 minutes
Constructivism
Tip: Warps and halftones /// Exercises: Pop Art Hero, Constructivist postcard
Film
Mar 3 + Mar 5
Movie posters
Minimalism
Tip: Brushes in AI /// Exercise: Minimalist movie poster
Type
Mar 10 + Mar 12
Objective vs. subjective type
The album cover
Tip: Pattern brushes /// Exercise: Best of ’24 LP cover
(No class during Spring Break, March 16-23)
Texture
Mar 24 + Mar 26
Tactile qualities
Photoshop filters
Tip: Making textures in PS /// Exercise: Nightclub texture poster
Influence project due at the beginning of class on Monday, March 31.
Unit Three > Concept
Cover
Mar 31 + Apr 2
Book design
Thematic strategies
Tip: Altering linework in AI /// Exercise: Book cover
Illo
Apr 7 + Apr 9
Brainstorming
Centerpiece design
Tip: InDesign reminder /// Exercise: Vinyl boom feature page
Format
Apr 14 + Apr 16
Designing spreads
ASFs
Tip: InDesign next level /// Exercise: Vinyl Boom magazine
Conceptual project due at the beginning of class on Monday, April 21.
Unit Four > Animate
Motion
Apr 21 + Apr 23
Adding sound and movement
After Effects
Tip: Animated handwriting in AE /// Exercise: Design Decade
Finishing
Apr 28 + Apr 30
Adding sound and movement
After Effects
Tip: Media queries
The animation project is due at 11:59PM on Monday, May 5 .
The final portfolio project is due at 11:59PM on Wednesday, May 7.