Design Media 10: Menu (Pick 5 of 7)
These are all the credits that I offer. You are expected to pick and complete 5 to pass the course.
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Prerequisites:
In this credit you will learn all of the basic principles and elements of design that will allow you to craft media in an engaging, meaningful and beautiful way. You are required to craft a website in which you illustrate your ability to create a product using the the principles taught in the module.
Projects:
1. Create a website
Projects:
1. Create a website
In this credit you will learn about the design process. The ability to create and recreate a product after finding flaws or ways to improve your design is a cornerstone of making beautiful, functional products. there is only one assignment in this credit because it is assumed that if you complete other credits you will have gone through and learnt the design process naturally.
Projects:
1. Recreate the design process graphic in 3 dimensions
Projects:
1. Recreate the design process graphic in 3 dimensions
Options (Pick 3 of 5):
In this credit you will learn about the difference between Raster (pixel) and Vector (lines) art programs. If you enjoy working with photos or drawing this is the credit for you. This is the usual entry point into the course after visual composition
Projects:
1. Recreate flags in illustrator
2. Create an 8 bit piece of artwork in illustrator
3. Use photoshop to swap faces on two objects or combine two objects into one
4. Create a meme using photoshop
5. Your own choice of project
Projects:
1. Recreate flags in illustrator
2. Create an 8 bit piece of artwork in illustrator
3. Use photoshop to swap faces on two objects or combine two objects into one
4. Create a meme using photoshop
5. Your own choice of project
All of those little flash animations you see on the internet, they are made using this program. In this module you will learn the basics of making simple animations. It is recommended you attempt graphic tools first, as layers and the tools in the program are similar and easier to learn in Illustrator and Photoshop. If you like moving pictures, this is the credit for you.
Projects:
1. Create a simple falling ball animation
2. Add a simple background to your ball animation
3. Add a complex moving background to your ball animation
4. Animate a biped walking
5. Free Animation (your own choice)
Projects:
1. Create a simple falling ball animation
2. Add a simple background to your ball animation
3. Add a complex moving background to your ball animation
4. Animate a biped walking
5. Free Animation (your own choice)
Difficulty 4/5
Probably the most employable skill in my course is web design. We create all sorts of digital media in this course, but where do we put it? In an online portfolio crafted by you as a webpage. This is a 3 year project in which you will exit high school with an online art portfolio. This credit is recommended for students who plan to take 3 years of my course or want to learn the basics of coding html documents.
Projects:
1. Path your folders and set up you webpage resources
2. Craft a header in Adobe Dreamweaver
3. Creating paragraphs and some formatting rules
4. Inserting some pictures or graphics
Projects:
1. Path your folders and set up you webpage resources
2. Craft a header in Adobe Dreamweaver
3. Creating paragraphs and some formatting rules
4. Inserting some pictures or graphics
In this credit you will learn to begin modelling and animating in 3 dimensions. Whereas most media is in 2D (length and width) this module animates in length width and depth. If you look on YouTube, there are thousands of 3D videos monetized to things like nursery rhymes. Lots of money to be made in this module.
Projects 3DS Max:
1. Model a 3D snowman
2. Box model a house or a skyscraper
3. Animate a ball bouncing
4. Animate a biped/Animate your own idea
Projects in Blender:
1. Donut: The Torus
2. Donut: Modifiers
3. Donut: Working with Vertices
4. Donut: Sculpting Tool
Projects 3DS Max:
1. Model a 3D snowman
2. Box model a house or a skyscraper
3. Animate a ball bouncing
4. Animate a biped/Animate your own idea
Projects in Blender:
1. Donut: The Torus
2. Donut: Modifiers
3. Donut: Working with Vertices
4. Donut: Sculpting Tool
This credit has you sculpting in a 3D environment and realizing the product in real time and space using a 3d printer.
Projects:
1. Sculpt a hollow rubix cube
2. Sculpt and print a keychain
3. Sculpt and print a chess piece
4. 1st print from Thingaverse
Projects:
1. Sculpt a hollow rubix cube
2. Sculpt and print a keychain
3. Sculpt and print a chess piece
4. 1st print from Thingaverse