Ideas for final project: METAMORPHOSIS

Here are some ideas and links....

Folded books @ http://lucianapaper.blog.com/folded-books-2/

http://dornob.com/unfolding-urbanism-3d-pop-up-paper-art-of-new-york-city/

Turkish Map fold@ http://www.greenchairpress.com/blog/?tag=turkishmapfold

"DIE CUT" is a term for machine cut outs in paper, see samples here @ https://www.google.com/search?q=graphic+designer%27s+book+designs&safe=strict&biw=1173&bih=545&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vZ5sVYP0CIr7sATHk4LICQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=graphic+designer%27s+die+cut+designs


Cool card by SAGMEISTER @http://www.sagmeisterwalsh.com/work/project/sagmeister-inc.-business-card-one/

Working with InDesign

Another program to learn about is Adobe Indesign..... It's used for laying out pages in books, magazines, even web pages. This is a great program to learn if you are looking for work- PLEANTY of jobs using InDesign are out there.....

So, here we go- 

Here is a link to a collection of info about the program, and skills you need to know. @http://digidesignone.blogspot.com/2014/12/learning-indesign.html

Book Title

Farmers Feeding Families

subtitle is

Stories and recipes from farms in northeastern Conecticut

Book size is 6 inches wide and 9 inches tall

cover images is on the server.... this image

When you are done, save it as a jpeg and copy it to the class' server.

Animation!!

Here are links to blog posts about ANIMATING with PHOTOSHOP----

Basic Set- Up @ http://wawacdesign.blogspot.com/2012/04/metamorph-animation.html

SKILLS
 
Panning  @- http://wawacdesign.blogspot.com/2012/04/panning-in-animation.html

Fade @- http://wawacdesign.blogspot.com/2012/04/changing-focus-animation-experiment.html

Blurring @- http://wawacdesign.blogspot.com/2012/04/blur-with-panning-trick.html

Sample video @ http://wawacdesign.blogspot.com/2011/02/4th-dimension-artwork.html

What's Your Idea?

Post some evidence of your CREATIVE PROCESS to your blog, by answering these questions about your work:

1. What is your "theme" or overall idea behind the  design?

2. What are the visual "clues" in your design that relate to Senegal or the program?

3. Post three or more images of your brainstorming process...... a "brainstorm map", or source images... or more...

4. Post what you have designed so far.....

Interesting Link.....

Check out some of these designs-

PLEASE READ the explanations of the designs to fully understand WHY they used those images...... What is the connection to the message behind the design?

http://africandigitalart.com/2014/10/154-contemporary-african-art-fair/