Week 2, Day 5

Video Lectures:
Using Fetch FTP to upload files to an online server
and
explanation of layers in robo demo shown below



Plus, here is my quick example of the suggestions I was talking about on Mike Blake's blog:

Day 4

Hello,

A couple of new recordings:

gradients Illustrator CS4
Illustrator gradients applied
added texture photoshop
reflections and displacement maps

keep up the good work.

Day 3

Hello All,
Some great work from many of you.
Here are some new recordings in response to Mike Blake's questions:

saturation adjustment layer and mask

texture grain

using masks for woodcuts etc...

I intend to do one for Mike Ferris on random texture as well.
I will look into giving you all access to all of last year's recordings to help locate things like Jake Gorman mentioned with blending. Please let me know how you like the newer style recordings as opposed to the older Adobe Connect method.

As always watch for new comments on each other's blogs.

--David

Dig Studio Day 2

Hello All,

I am trying out a new recording tool.
You can view a recorded lecture on using the blob brush in Illustrator CS4 here:
blob brush
You will need to use the password: digstudio

I have commented on several blogs today. Be sure to read eachother's blogs
Tifani
Gail
Ferris
Gorman
the singing ninja?

Digital Studio Techniques Day 1

Hello,

If you have made it here you probably know what is going on. There is a blog list on the right here that shows the blogs that I know of for our class members in Digital Studio Techniques. I am still missing four of our members. Please get me your blog. You are required to participate as a community. Read each other's blogs and post comments, suggestions, critiques. Other than Blackboard and the official announcements this is where I class happens.

Please notice the Delicious Tag roll on the side bar as well. I will post a link to a video recording on how to get that done. If you think you know how to do stuff just go to http://delicious.com/ and sign up. Once you have a delicious account you will log in and go to Settings/Blogging - Tagroll/(copy the script from the window) go to your blog click on Settings/Layout/Edit Layout/Add a gadget/HTML-Javascript/Now paste the code you copied from delicious into the field. And voila! you should now have a tagroll on your blog. Delicious is totally cool and really helps other people follow your web research. You can use it as a tool to find highly recommended art and design pages too from other people that are interested in the same things that you are.

Intro to Graphic Design and Illustration - Day 1

I have made a new blog for my Introduction to Graphic Design and Illustration
classes this fall at the University of Central Missouri. You can follow our course progress and view student blogs through the blog here:

http://ucmintrof09.blogspot.com

The first day's post is a detailed process on setting up their own blogs and online tools for class.

These include setting up a Gmail email account and thereby a Google account, a Picasa web album, and Delicious social bookmarking.

Studio Art Online Course

I have just completed teaching a 6 week online studio art course.
I think that it worked very well. This blog was created for that course. I had all of my students create their own blogs, you will find links to their sites in the sidebar. The course was titled: Digital Studio Techniques. Because all of our work had a digital end product to it we were able to easily share our work. A blog is a very easy way to post images. Another advantage of the blog format is that a student is forced to write/talk about their work at the same time. I love the way that a blog also provides a forum where peers and professor can comment on the work. It is a great way to create a real community among the students, similar to the way a group studio works. Many students either are not used to commenting and critiquing in class or are too shy to do so. The online format also allowed students to work whenever they could. I believe that I got far more working hours out of my students than I ever do in a face-to-face class. Lectures and demonstrations were recorded using Adobe Connect software and posted online. These lectures allowed me to record my screen and voice while I worked in applications to demonstrate techniques. We also used FTP programs to upload final, high resolution images, to a server. I hope that this course has jump started my students into an independent art and writing production process.