What are we learning today?
1. Setting Up to Print the Card (Due Today)
2. Thumbnails for the Calendar
3. Demo: Calendar Thumbnails
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Folded Card
- Research card designs
- Draw four thumbnails for the inside of the card
- Layout the card in InDesign
- Take photos for the alphabet
- Crop and resize the photos accordingly
- Add type to the inside of the card
- Create artwork for the cover in Photoshop
- Place the Photoshop file into InDesign doc
- Export the card as a PDF
- Upload the PDF to Schoology
Calendar
- Change the month & dates to fit each month
- Crop, resize & place photos for the month pages
- Add any other touches to month pages
- Place in the cover design (possibly using the lens flare) on page 1
- Place the collage on page 14
- Export the calendar
- Make a proof sheet & print it
- Adjust colors, errors as seen on proof
- Export the calendar as a Print PDF
- Upload PDF to Schoology
- Turn in physical copy of thumbnails, rough, & proof to bin
5. Review/What’s Next
Handouts: None
Period 3
What are we learning today?
1. Ad Critique #3
2. Review Turning in the Screen Print
3. Vinyl Jacket Rough & Approval Then Vector
4. Objectives to Accomplish Today:
Screen Print
- Stretch new fabric
- Choose an idea for the screen print
- Vector the image
- Scale the graphic to size (max 8”x 8”)
- Add registration marks (1” from your images top & bottom)
- Change one color to black, other to white
- Email me the file so I can create a positive
- Degrease screen
- Coat screen
- Expose screen
- Washout screen
- Patch pinholes
- Cut paper to print on
- Blockout screen
- Print the first color
- Re-block the screen
- Print the second color
- Reclaim the screen
- Mat best print
- Paperclip thumb, rough, comp & 5 good prints, place in bin
Vinyl Jacket
- Choose a band/artist and album
- Brainstorm ideas for graphics & photos
- Draw thumbnails for the cover & back
- Layout the framework in Illustrator
- Print the layout & draw rough into it
- Vector image(s)
- Take your photo of the product
- Simple background & strong lighting
- Try different angles & take extra shots
- Compose your type in Illustrator
- Add graphic(s) & photo to Illustrator file
- Print & Trim the file
- Score and glue the jacket together
- Export the file as a Print PDF & upload it to Schoology
4. Review/What’s Next