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Web Page Design is a one semester course for juniors and seniors. Students learn about design, history, and creation of web pages from the ground up. This includes aesthetic and user interface design, as well as user experience, funcitonality, and basic coding. The course does not require previous coding or web design experience, and students get a foundation in this course. Artist WebsiteFor students' first project, they created an artist portfolio website showcasing their own artwork. This was done with the Weebly editor, and could serve as an example to submit for college portfolio submissions. Type Pairing
App DesignStudents used the iPad app Adobe Comp to lay out their app ideas, complete with user interface studies, properly paired fonts, icon placement and user experience studies, and color and images finally added! Coding ChallengesCustom Coding - Tumblr Fan PageVideo Game Design is a one year course for juniors and seniors. Beginning with a brief history of gaming from board games to present computer software and mobile applications, students analyze and study digital games from an academic perspective. Through hands-on tutorials, guided lessons, and project-based learning, students learn to construct basic 2D and 3D digital games. Students learn how to create games using Unity, Unreal Engine 4, and computer programming, and to publish their games for web, Mac, PC, and Android. The students study how to guide a game from its conception, to design, through production and testing. Projects are compiled into a digital portfolio for a grade, and should be considered for potential use in college admissions processes. Text-Based, 2D, and 3D Game CreationTabletop GamesCharacter DesignPROPORTION COLLAGESTo introduce Two-Dimensional Design to the students, they were taught the Principles of Design. These are the essential rules to create a visually strong and dynamic composition. One of the first few Principles they learned were Proportion, Scale and the use of the Golden Rule. These allowed the student to learn how to work with visual space, distribution of images on the picture plane as well as play around with exaggeration of size. These examples may appear simple but they take into consideration great planning to develop an interesting and eye-catching composition. BALANCE DESIGNSIn the beginning of the year, students learned the Principles of Design. These “laws” of art marking allow an artist to create a piece of work that is visually striking and interesting to look at. These pieces of art are examples of the Principle of Balance. The students chose Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Radial, Random, Chrystographic or Formal Balance to create a basic design through the use of lines and shapes. Then, the students created value studies to determine how a limited palette of two to three colors, can create a composition which is strong and visually interesting. ORGANIC ABSTRACTIONAfter the Principles of Design, students learned how to develop a strong composition through the use of a dynamic Rhythm and Emphasis. Primarily, the students work is made up of flat two dimensional designs and do not show completely realistic representations. For this project, each student was asked to find a unique organic object, to study its shape and structure inside and out and then take all this information to create a design. After daily assignments to help them create their strongest composition with the best rhythm and emphasis, students painted them basic black and white to allow the contrast to emphasize the design. GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTIONAfter our Organic Abstraction Designs, students were taught the use of a Ruler, T-Square and Triangle. Through these tools, they focused on understanding the use of 30, 60, 90 and 180 degree angles. Instead of more natural lines, this project was made only of geometric, man-made angles as listed above. Just as the previous project, they were asked to create a strong rhythm and emphasis to create a dynamic compositional design. As for the colors, this project used black, white & now grey color which they created to allow for more complexity and diversity within the design. The students also utilized Negative Design Area, (The area around the design), along with the Positive Design Area, (The actual design.), to develop a two dimensional design which utilized the Principles of Design. PARALINE PERSPECTIVEFor the third project, students applied the rules of working with angles, (30, 60, 90 and 180 degrees), from the previous Geometric Abstraction and applied them to this first attempt to linear perspective. This form of perspective uses parallel lines to create an illusion this flat two dimensional designs may have length, width and now depth. In this project, each form created worked with a different angle. As always, a strong rhythm and emphasis was created to direct the viewer’s attention. The grey, white and black color scheme was utilized once again. Instead of placing color anywhere, they were asked to imagine a light source for each form to create a stylized highlight, mid-tone and shadow. ONE POINT PERSPECTIVEBuilding on from Paraline Perspective, students learned One Point Perspective. The difference between the two perspectives is one uses parallel lines while the other has a particular focal in one direction. Students utilized the use of a Horizon Line, Vanishing Point and Orthogonal Lines to create more realistic forms of linear perspective. After a composition of a strong rhythm and emphasis was creating, students had to use spray paint to create the values. This tricky process of spraying various values, tones and textures onto paper can be unpredictable but the outcomes create a sense of changing values and depth to the design which we did not see before. These spray painted areas were traced, cut out and glued onto the Illustration board rather than painted like in previous projects. ** Artists in the second semester had to create this project at home through Distant Learning. Although a couple were able to complete the project in the original method, some had supply restrictions, you will notice pieces painted or BW colored pencils. TWO POINT PERSPECTIVEFor the final project, students learned Two Point perspective to create a design using a strong rhythm and emphasis. The major difference between the two perspectives is either creating the perspective of a shape facing the front of it or from its corner. Another major change from previous projects is the use of color. Students were introduced to warm, cool and contrasting colors to create a sense of transitioning value through the use of colored pencils. Wire Self-Portraits Found-Object Animals Final Free-Choice Projects 2019-20 Many people aspire to learn how to paint, but few know where to begin. Painting touches the creative side of our personalities. Students have tangible expressions of their effort and imagination. The purpose of the course is to promote sensitivity to color interaction, advance technical and compositional skills, and provide a basis for creative growth and expression. This painting course is based on aesthetics, art history and the Elements of art and Principles of design. Our class answers questions like, where do I start? In this class we explore the basics of color, paint types, acrylic mediums, brushes, knives and accessories, Students learn how to set up a palette. They discover the history and basics of acrylic paint. It is my hope that through hard work and exploration students will find their own individual styles. Think of each project as a potential portfolio piece. PAINTING WITH GREY SCALEPAINTING CLASS - MAKING PAINT |
Joshua Balina | Jorge Bermeomora |
Danielle Carcich | Jessica Dennehy | Justin Dowie-McKenzie |
Cristina Fernandez | Gabrielle Girard | Hayla Hightower |
Vincent LaGrega | Gabriela Mauge | Kaitlyn Murphy |
Victoria Reshetnikov | Matthew Weinbaum |
Justin Dowie-McKenzie | Hayla Hightower | Kaitlyn Murphy | Matthew Weinbaum |
Joshua Balina | Jorge Bermeomora |
Danielle Carcich | Jessica Dennehy | Justin Dowie-McKenzie |
Cristina Fernandez | Gabrielle Girard | Hayla Hightower |
Vincent LaGrega | Gabriela Mauge | Kaitlyn Murphy |
Victoria Reshetnikov | Matthew Weinbaum |
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