Schedule:
- Elements of Design:
- Color
- Color Interactions Exercise
- Work Session: Assignments
Assignments:
- Reading: Manovich pp.2-17
- Individual Work: Assignments
Announcements:
- Weekend Movie: Transformers Last Knight, Summers Auditorium $1 w/ hawkcard
- Roberta's Gallery Workshops: Geometric Paper Wall Art, Thur Sept 28, 5-7pm
Time Wasters:
- "geist.xyz" - by zeitguised (animation/design studio)
Elements of Design
Color
Color - an element of art made up of three properties: hue, value, intensity. These properties are related to the name of the color, its lightness/darkness, and its saturation level.
When working with vector graphics, color is a primary property. Generally, there are two colors to any vector graphic path: fill color & stroke color? Color can be mixed using a color mixer, selected from swatches, selected from color guides or libraries, and more. Although one could generate any color, all colors don't necessarily work together and so developing an understanding of color's use is important to any artist/designer.
Color Interactions Exercise
The exercises that will be demonstrated in class are related to Josef Albers' Interaction of Color and follow Chapter 5 of Digital Foundations.
- Hue and Value
- Hue Interaction and Depth
- Interaction of Values and Colors
Work Session: Assignments
During the remainder of the class session, students are expected to work individually. Choose something from the list of Assignments. Assignments are designed to help explore and develop skills that are useful in creating vector graphic artwork. Take your time with the assignments and work at your own pace. Ask questions if you need help. The work should be done individually but that doesn't mean in complete isolation. The studio work time is designed to allow discussion, feedback, questions, assistance, and anything that will help support you in developing your ability to create vector graphic artwork. When an assignment is completed, it should be submitted to a D2L dropbox.