Graphic+Arts+-+What+are+we+learning+today?

__**Monday, May 28th to Thursday, June 21st, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can explore a topic in Graphic Arts that is of interest to us
 * We can become a master on that topic as we explore how to use these tools indendently
 * We can use the tools we gather to create a piece of art (or pieces of art) that reflect our learning


 * __How we will learn it__**


 * I will be out of the classroom due to a death in the family. I will be back on Thursday, June 14th. Please continue to work hard on your projects. Also, the replacement teacher has been given the list of names of people allowed to leave the school to work on their projects. If you want to leave, the form must be filled out (copies available below for download) by your parent/guardian and brought back to them so they can add you to the list. I will see you next week. **

Well, this is the end! You are ALMOST there! Now Please download the following handout for your final project.



**Permission form to be out of the class, must be signed by parent/guardian**:



Don't forget to complete your ART OF THE WEEK for this week's entry on your wikispace!!

__**Tuesday, May 22nd to Friday, May 25th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning**__
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__**Tuesday, May 22nd to Friday, May 25th**__: As last week's classes were cancelled on Thursday and Friday, you are being given the rest of this week to finish up your Logos including your Facebook and Twitter pages (see last week's entries).

Also, please make sure to check everything over on your wiki and make sure everything is there. If you scan down you will see all the assignments that are due.

Next week, we will start talking about your final projects for the class. Hard to believe that there is only 20 days of school left before exam week! Remember, you have a lot of options to choose from in your final projects, so the sky is the limit!

Have a great weekend!

Don't forget to complete your ART OF THE WEEK for this week's entry on your wikispace!!



__**Monday, May 14th to Friday, May 18th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, May 14th to Friday, May 18th, 2012**__: This week we will continue to create our Twitter and Facebook pages for our logos and companies. Remember, it is up to you to decide how you are going to brand your logo. Please refer to last week entries for details. Things to think about as you create your sites:

1. What does your brand represent? 2. How will you put your logo out to the public in a creative way? Think about the pictures and art you can create.

We will see how far you get this week. If you need to go and take picture or work on something outside of the classroom, please make sure to check with me. I have materials available but because it is such a nice week, you may want to go and produce some of your examples outside.

**Your evaluation for this assignment will come from answering the following questions, based on what you have been looking at throughout this unit. Please create a page on your wikispace called "My Logo" and have a link to your Facebook or Twitter site included on that page.**

Here are the questions you need to answer on your page. Please be as detailed as you can (full and complete sentences):

1. Please upload a picture of your logo to the page. 2. Please have a link to your Facebook or Twitter account posted to the page. 3. What is your product? 4. What does your logo represent? 5. Who is the target audience (main people that will buy your product) for your logo and why did you choose them? 6. What type of personality (feeling, mood) did you give your FB or Twitter site? Why did you go with this? 7. How did you get your logo out to the public? What did you rely on? 8. What did you find difficult about this project? 9. What did you enjoy about this project? 10. If you were to give yourself a mark (percentage wise) where would you rank yourself? Why?

Have an awesome weekend!

__**Monday, May 7th to Friday, May 11th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Monday, May 7th to Tuesday, May 10th:__** During these classes, you will be working on your personal logos for your brand. Please refer to Friday, May 4th for explanation.

__**Friday, May 11th**__: Today, we are going to take some time to examine other companies Facebook, Twitter, and other medias that they use to promote their logos and brands. We will take a look at a few examples in class and then give you time to explore some of your choice brands. Here are the ones we will look at:

Lacoste on Facebook McDonalds on Facebook Lulu Lemon on Facebook

Starbucks on Twitter Earls Restaurant on Twitter Disney World on Twitter

1. How their page is setup (look at where logo is place, cover art, etc.) 2. Their "About" section (what information is included) 3. Pictures and videos they include on their FB and Twitter sites 4. What they tweet about on Twitter and post on FB
 * While you are looking through, I would like you to make note of the following**:

We will be spending most of Friday's class looking at different companies' sites to see how they use their logo and brand. Next week, you will begin piecing together how you are going to create your own FB site and your own Twitter site for your logo and brand. Think about some ideas that can work with in order to show of your logo.

Have a great weekend! :)

Don't forget to complete your ART OF THE WEEK for this week's entry on your wikispace!!


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**Here is everything you need to have completed for the class, so far, this semester! I will be giving out progress reports Monday, May 7th!** __**Tuesday, May 1st to Friday, May 4th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze a companies logo to find out the story behind it and it's impact on the brand it sells
 * We can create our own unique logo that will revolve around a business that you will create
 * You can explain why you came up with the logo that you did and the brand that you are trying to sell
 * We can create an advertising campaign that will use Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to promote your brand

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Tuesday, May 1st:**__ Hope you all had an awesome weekend! Today will be your last day to work on your 3 adverisements. Please make sure to have 1 advertisement printed off and all three uploaded to your wikispace. Thank you! :)

__**Wednesday, May 2nd and Thursday, May 3rd**__: Today we are going to begin exploring the art of logo design. Every company and brand has a logo, just like we talked about with Janice Thouroughgood, two weeks ago. Today and tomorrow, I would like for you to explore 3 logos of your choice (fashion, food, vehicles, etc.), and find out the story behind them. You can use the computers, your ipod touches, your phones, to do the research and I would like for you to create a page on your wikispace called "Logo Analysis". I would like to see these things on your page:


 * 1. The logo that you choose**
 * 2. A quick summary of where the logo came from (designer? the story behind it?) A paragraph summary is fine**
 * 3. What the logo symbolizes for the company (how are people supposed to see and react to the logo when they see it?)**

You will be given a mark out of 5 for completion. Please make sure all 3 elements are looked at.

__**Friday, May 4th:**__ For the next couple of days, we are going to begin thinking about, sketching, and designing your own logo. **YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COPY AND PASTE FROM THE INTERNET AS 99% of them are copyrighted**. This has to come from you. However you want to create the logo is fine by me (sketch that we scan, internet tools, programs on the computer). The only thing you have to remember is that you will be using this logo for the next couple of weeks as you design an advertising campaign around it (more on that next week). As you create your logo I want you to think about what you are trying to sell. Think about these questions:

1. What are you trying to sell? 2. How do you want people to see your logo? (what does your brand represent)

Next week, we will continue to work on your logo and then start talking about your advertising campaign. We will be talking about using Social Media to promote your brand and you will be given the opportunity to examine and create some for the class.

Don't forget to complete your ART OF THE WEEK for this week's entry on your wikispace!!

Have an awesome weekend!
 * [[image:http://twittergeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/lacoste.png width="233" height="150"]] || [[image:http://blogs.ubc.ca/davieswu/files/2011/01/gucci-logo.gif width="147" height="157"]] || [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NIBMJ54R_uw/TZWu5M9VSYI/AAAAAAAACQo/19_cbVw9Jq8/s400/pirates_of_the_caribbean_logo.jpg width="196" height="188"]] || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Starbucks_Corporation_Logo_2011.svg/300px-Starbucks_Corporation_Logo_2011.svg.png width="147" height="141"]] ||

__**Monday, April 23rd to Friday, April 27th**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze different advertisements for effectiveness and eye appeal

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Monday, April 23rd to Friday April 27th:__** This week will be devoted to you creating your ** 3 (three) advertisements **. If you need anything from me, please let me know. As you know, the sky is the limit for what you want to create. Please feel free to choose an existing product, a made up product, or create a Public Service Announcement for a topic you feel needs to be addressed. Please remember that I will be using the following rubric to evaluate your advertisements:




 * You will have until Friday to have your advertisements completed** and we will use Monday to print off one of them in color and put it in your frame. The other 3 will be posted to your wiki under your "My Advertisements" page.

Also, there is a new website from the guys that brought you Picnik. This one is called [|PicMonkey]and it has a lot of the same attibutes as Picnik did.


 * Don't forget about your Art of the Week entry for this week! :) **

Have a great weekend! __**Monday, April 16th to Friday, April 20th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can select elements to produce a one page advertisement.
 * We can produce a series of thumbnail sketches for a variety of one page advertisements.
 * We can create and print a one page advertisement
 * We can analyze different advertisements for effectiveness and eye appeal


 * __How we will learn it__**
 * __Monday, April 16th:__** Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope you had an awesome time! Today will be your last day to work on your comic strips for this class. Please make sure they are uploaded to your wikispace. If you need some help finishing it off (putting it in book form) I will be around tomorrow. I am on a prep day but will be in the building if you need some help.

__**Tuesday, April 17th**__: Today, we are going to be looking at the art of advertising. What I would like you to do is go online and find a number of print adervertisements that appeal to you. This can be ranging from everything from clothing to music to dog food to a make-up to a PSA (Public Service Announcement like texting and driving or drinking and driving). Once you find some advertisements that you can use, please upload three of them to your wikispace and answer the following questions under a page called "Advertising Analysis":

1**. What catches your eye in the advertisement? (color? image? text? etc.)**
 * 2. What kind of personality does the advertisements have? (felling of happiness, sexiness, fear, etc.) Why do you think that?**

Each one will be evaluated out of 5 marks for completion. A parapgraph will be more than enough for each.

__**Wednesday, April 18th to Thursday, April 19th**__: Today we will be beginning to create 3 different advertisements using your resrouces from photo editing. It is going to be up to to what products you want to create an advertisement for. You may even want to come up with your own product to advertise or creats a PSA (Public Service Announcement). THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! :) The things I will be looking for are Personality, Image, use of color. Please come see me if you need the cameras to take pictures with. I have them available for you! :)


 * We will be printing one of your three advertisements to put on display in the hallway. Please make sure that all three of your advertisements are uploaded to your wikisapce under the "My Advertisements" that you will create on there.**
 * Here is the rubric we will use to evaluate your Advertising Projects:**


 * __Friday, April 20th:__** Today, I am pleased to have **Mrs. Janice Thoroughgood** here to speak to us about her career in Graphic Design. She will also be talking about about creating a business package using logo design. She will be looking at these topics:
 * target market
 * Creative brief
 * Do a logo/brand comparison based on target market and brief
 * The Nike logo/brand
 * Design/look/branding for brochures, postcards, business cards, twitter, facebook, web

We will be looking at Business Promotion Packages after we finish our Advertising projects. A HUGE THANK YOU to Mrs. Thoroughgood for coming and seeing us today.


 * Don't forget about your Art of the Week entry for this week! :) **

Have a great weekend!





__**Monday, April 2nd to Thursday, April 5th**__ (Friday, April 6th is Good Friday) __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can explore various uses of cartoon images
 * We can create a simple cartoon character (your choice of design)
 * We can use call-outs to include dialogue with a cartoon character (text balloons)
 * We can product a cartoon strip of our choice

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, April 2nd to Thursday, April 5th:**__ These will be the last classes to work on your comic strip. There are some amazing piece being created and I cannot wait to see your final products! Please remember to use the rubric as a guideline (last week's entries) for your evaluation. When we return we will be looking at Magazine/Fashion Design plus looking at Business Promotional packages. I hope you all have an amazing Spring break and we will see you back here on Monday, April 16th!


 * Don't forget about your Art of the Week entry for this week! :) **

Have a great and safe vacation!



__**Monday, March 26th to Thursday, March 29th**__ (Friday, March 30th is a non-student day due to interviews) __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can explore various uses of cartoon images
 * We can create a simple cartoon character (your choice of design)
 * We can use call-outs to include dialogue with a cartoon character (text balloons)
 * We can product a cartoon strip of our choice

__**How we will learn it**__
 * __Monday, March 26th to Thursday, March 29th:__** During these classes you will be given time to create your comics. Remember, sky is the limit with how YOU want to create them. We will be able to import all of your stuff into [|ToonDoo.com] and you will be able to create your comic book, online, and be able to post it to your wikispace. Remember, we are aiming for a 15-20 panel comic, so please make sure you are planned for around those specifications.

Remember, if you need cameras, paper, pencil crayons, etc. Please let me know! :)

For those of you needing a storyboard handout to outline your comic strip, you can download them below and the rubric for evaluation:



Please remember that the evening of Thursday, March 29th and the morning of Friday, March 30th is Student Lead Conferences at Peacock Collegiate. Parents and students, feel free to come in and discuss your progress in your classes. The times are as follows:


 * Thursday evening is from 6:00 until 8:00 pm **
 * Friday morning is from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm **


 * Have a great weekend! **

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__**Monday, March 19th to Friday, March 23rd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can explore various uses of cartoon images
 * We can create a simple cartoon character (your choice of design)
 * We can use call-outs to include dialogue with a cartoon character (text balloons)
 * We can product a cartoon strip of our choice


 * __How we will learn it__**
 * __Monday, March 19th to Wednesday, March 21st:__** Today and for the next couple of classes you will be given the opporunity to begin designing your comic book character(s). Again, please remember that the SKY IS THE LIMIT with this one. You can use any computer application you wish. My hope is that this character will be the one that you use to focus your comic strip on that we will be starting soon!

__**Thursday, March 22nd to Friday, March 3rd**__: Today and tomorrow we are going to be looking at a digital form of storytelling. There is a site that I want you to sign up for, on the internet, and play with today to see what you can create. The site is called www.ToonDoo.com. We are going to be using this site for the next week so I want you all to make sure you have accounts for it. As it needs an email address, I encourage you to use the same email address that you used for your wikispaces. See what you can do with the site because over the next little while, we are going to create some comics. Have fun!

Things to try on ToonDoo:

1. Create your own Character 2. Examine the art of designing your panels 3. Expressions of characters 4. Using pictures (.jpg) within your comic 5. Using word bubbles effectively 6. Using different sizes to show depth within the panel

ALSO!!! Please try HeroMachine3 to create different kinds of characters from your comic strip! Thanks to the boys for finding that site for us!

TOONDOO

Next week, we will start designing your original comic strip!

Have a great weekend!

Don't forget to complete your ART OF THE WEEK for this week's entry on your wikispace!!




 * Assignments to be done for Friday, March 16th: **
 * 1. Personal Wikispace made **
 * 2. Photo-editing self-evaluations completed, posted to your wiki or handed in (4 in total) **
 * 3. Cover Art Design Analysis Responses completed and posted to your wiki **
 * 4. Art of the Week (Feb. 13th -17th) **
 * 5. Art of the Week (Feb. 27th - March 2nd) **
 * 6. Art of the Week (March 5th-9th) **
 * 7. Art of the week (March 12th-15th) **
 * 8. My Cover Art Project (3 uploaded to your wikispace and 1 printed off on the color printer and put in frame) **

__**Monday, March 12th to Thursday, March 15th, 2012**__ ** (Friday, March 16th is a non-student day) **
 * __ What are we learning? __**
 * We can complete a variety of sketches and images that will be incorporated to complete a cover
 * We can compose and print off a cover that we create using digital design software
 * We can evaluate the process of creating your cover art through discussion and writing samples
 * We can develop the start of a comic book character
 * We can discuss the art of a comic
 * We can can use technology in many different way to create a comic style of our choice

__**How we will learn it **__ __**Monday, March 12th to Tuesday, March 13th: **__ These two periods will be the last to work on your Cover Art assignment. Please make sure all pieces of your Cover Art and write-ups are posted to your wikispace. Please make sure to check the last two weeks and the handout for details and evaluation. Everything is there for you! :)

__**Wednesday, March 14th and Thursday March 15th**__: Who's your superhero? Spiderman? Superman? Batman? Archie? Hello Kitty? PowerPuff Girls? Sailor Moon? Farside? Calvin and Hobbes? The list goes on and on. Today and tomorrow, I am going to give you the opportunity to examine many different types of genres and styles of comic books. I have taken out quite a few comics/graphic novels from the library and will give you the opportunity to examine how the artist(s) have used their talents and skills to tell a story. As you are working your way through the comics, take note of the following:
 * Layout of the story in a specific way
 * Emotions displayed by the characters (angry, happy, sad, etc.)
 * How movement is shown (different lines and gestures) For example, if a character is waving, there might be lines indicating movment
 * Quality of detail (is the highlight of the comic the writing or the graphic design). What stands out the most?
 * How is depth used to show distance between characters and objects?
 * How are the backgrounds used to create a mood or an emotion in the character?

Next, we are going to give you the opportunity to design your own comic book character in anyway that you want to. You can use the computers. hand drawn (which we can scan into the computers), or if you would like to design your own costume and take some pictures, that would be amazing! The character could represent you or just something from out of your imagination. SKY IS THE LIMIT! Next week, we will be looking at a different ways to present a comic strip and then it will be up to you to create a comic strip of your choice, from scratch. We will be working on writing and design during these classes.

__**Friday, March 16:**__ **Non-Student Day! Enjoy your sleep!**

Have a great weekend!
 * [[image:http://mondomagazine.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/big_bang_costumes.jpg width="350" height="234" caption="Come on boys, you know you want to try this out!"]] || [[image:http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17500000/TBBT-Costume-Contest-the-big-bang-theory-17592068-500-297.jpg width="399" height="236"]] ||

__**Monday, March 5th to Friday, March 9th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can complete a variety of sketches and images that will be incorporated to complete a cover
 * We can compose and print off a cover that we create using digital design software
 * We can evaluate the process of creating your cover art through discussion and writing samples

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, March 5th to Friday, March 9th**__: This is your last five days to work on your Cover Art assignments (please refer to last week's entries for all the information plus the handout and rubric for evaluation.) I can be flexible about giving you Monday and Tuesday to print stuff off and get them posted to your wikispaces, however I would like for all the creating to be done by Friday, March 9th **Tuesday, March 13th**. Thanks so much! :)

Please don't forget to add to your "Art of the Week" page. This week's entry should be your 3rd entry.

Have a great weekend!



__**Monday, February 27th to Friday, March 2nd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning**__


 * We can complete a variety of sketches and images that will be incorporated to complete a cover
 * We can compose and print off a cover that we create using digital design software
 * We can evaluate the process of creating your cover art through discussion and writing samples

__**How we will learn it **__ __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Monday, February 27th: **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Good morning guys! Welcome back from your Winter Break! I hope it was a good one! Today, we are FINALLY going to be starting your Cover Art designs. I CANNOT wait to see what you will be coming up with. We will be going through the assignment today and then you will be starting to come up with ideas for your three examples! We will be going over a few details, with the assignment, and your evaluation. You are going to be given two weeks to get everything completed! Let's have some FUN!



__**Tuesday, February 28th to Friday, March 2nd**__: During these days you will begin planning, taking pictures, outlining, and creating your Cover Art designs. Remember, the sky is the limit when it comes to what you want to create. Remember, take a look at different examples and how they are setup. These will be due next **FRIDAY, MARCH 9th.** Remember, you have the time! Make it worth it! :)

**Please don't forget to complete your "Art of the Week" page for this week! :)**

Have a great weekend!!!

__**Monday, February 13th to Friday, February 17th, 2012**__ __**What we are learning?**__
 * We can create a portfolio to showcase our artwork, assignments, and examples we find from other sources
 * We can view and discuss and analyze the characteristics of cover design on pieces such as CD Covers, Movie Posters, Video Game Covers, DVD Covers.
 * We can complete a variety of sketches and images that will be incorporated to complete a cover
 * We can compose and print off a cover that we create using digital design software
 * We can share our own discoveries of the art that we find, using the internet, and share them on our Wikispaces


 * __How we will learn it__**
 * __Monday, February 13th and Tuesday, February 14th:__** During the last little while, a lot of us have been trying to sign up for Posterous.com, and it let's face it, it has not been a huge success with the amount of bandwidth we are given at the school. We do need a place for you to share your thoughts, assignments and artwork as we continue through the course. Today, we are going to set up each of you with a wikispace in hopes that will help you with having a place to share all of your stuff from the class. Here is what we will do:

1. Set up a wikispace for yourself on www.wikispaces.com (I will take you through the steps) 2. Choose a layout that works for you 3. Create a profile picture for yourself (using one of the sites from last week may be of use to you) 4. Setup the following pages:


 * About Me (tell me about yourself, your family, hobbies, work, and interests. Include text, pics, and videos)
 * Art of the Week (explained below)
 * Assignments (Place for you post your assignments from the class)
 * My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (These are pages that we will add throughout the course based on the art you create)


 * Art of the Week Page : Over the past number of days, I have usually had something for us to look at at the beginning of each class (video or images) that I have found online using sites like Posterous or from things I am just finding as I am searching around the Internet. What I would like you to do, once a week, is to post something (an picture, a sketch, a video, etc.) that you find as you are online. This can be anything related to what we are looking at in class on a certain day or just from your own interests. I would like you to post your discovery to your "Art of the Week" page with a brief explanation (paragraph) of why you find it interesting.**


 * All you need to do is one a week (you can do more if you wish). Hopefully we will be able to share a few of our findings throughout the week as you post your findings. You will be given a mark out of 5 for your postings:**


 * 5 - Image or Video is posted and written response is well thought out with great detail of why it is interesting to you**
 * 4 - Image or Video is posted and written response is somewhat thought out but seems rushed missing details**
 * 3 - Image or Video is posted and written response is there but lacking details**
 * 2 - Image or Video is posted and written response is unorganized and random**
 * 1 - Image or Video is posted with no written response**
 * NP - Nothing Posted for this week**

__**Wednesday, February 15th to Friday, February 17th:**__ For these classes, we will begin looking at the art of Cover Design. Last week, I asked you to bring in a number of examples of cover art that we can look at. This can range from CD covers to DVD covers to Video Game covers to old RECORD (VINYL) covers. What we are going to be doing is analyzing how and why the artists decided to use these types of graphics to display their work. We will look at a few examples in class and then you will be doing some analysis work on your own by choosing **THREE (3) covers** to analyze. There are some questions below I would like you to think about as your are analyzing your covers. Please respond to the questions as you are analyzing your covers.

__**Questions for Response**__:

1. What intrigues you about the cover art? What catches your eye as being creative? 2. What type of mood or feelings is created in the cover art? (think about colour, layout, fonts, text, images) 3. Does the cover art represent the overall impression of what the artist is trying to portray in the music, video game, movie? Does it fit with what it is representing? 4. Is there a story or thought being displayed in the cover art? For example:
 * If the cover art is one for **music,**can you find out if there was a reason for the way it is being represented (research it online and your thoughts)
 * If the cover art is for a **video game**, does it depict a character or something from the storyline? (research online and your thoughts)
 * If the cover art is for a **movie**, does it depict a scene, character trait, impression of genre for the movie (research online and your thoughts)


 * NOTE: If you need to take pictures of the examples you bring in (old album covers especially), please feel free to use the class cameras so that you can post them with your responses. Please get shots of all angles (front, back, and inside) **


 * There are two ways you can respond to the questions**:
 * Create a Microsoft Word file that includes the image(s) and response questions and post them to your wikispace under the "Assignments" page.
 * Post the Images and response questions right on your wikispace under the "Assignments" page.

** By the end of this week you should have the following completed so that you are up-to-date in the class :**

1. Personal wikispace made 2. Photo-editing self-evaluations completed, posted to your wiki or handed in (see last week's entries for info) 3. Cover Art Design Analysis Responses completed and posted to your wiki 4. Art of the Week (1 response) completed on your page


 * I hope that you all have an AWESOME and safe Winter Break! When we come back we will be starting to design your own cover art. You will be in charge of designing, from scratch, some different pieces based on Music, Movies, or Video Game. You will get to design the look and feel. We will be discussing this assignment when you get back so I hope you get some ideas in your head about what you might like to look at.**



__**Monday, February 6th to Friday, February 10th, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can use digital technology in the production of photographic work
 * We can develop an understanding of the impact of new technologies on the photography and graphic arts industry
 * We can develop an appreciation for photography as an art form
 * We can explore a variety of presentation formats used to display photographic work

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Monday, February 6th to Friday, February 10th:**__ This week is going to all be about exploring what you can do with the photographs that you take. Like we talked about last week, each one of us is at different levels in the types of skills and talents we have as artists. What we are going to do, this week, is look at a number of examples of online tools that you can use to enhance the photographs that you take. Throughout the semester you are going to be designing and enhancing your artwork so that it fits your creativity and your needs, that means having a number of tools at your disposal to choose from to help you out.

This weekend I went on a bit of a search and have come up with seven of what I could consider good tools to try out. What I would like to to do for the next few classes is, with the photos you took around the school, and others that you have at your disposal, is to take a look at these online editing software tools and see what you can do to enhance your photos. Your creativity is your gift with this project. All that I am asking you to do is to take the time to see what you can learn from each of them. I have given you seven to work from. If you find another one that you like to use, please let me know so I can add it to the list.

Near the end of the week (Thursday or Friday), I would like you to complete four (4) of the following self evaluations for 4 of the websites that you found that you focused on the most. I would like you examine how you used them, what you liked about them, what you didn't like about them, and then rate your overall experience in learning how to use the editing tools. My hope is that over the next few months, you will be able to become experts on these sites (not to much Picnik as I know it is shutting down in April, 2012) as we continue through the course and in your personal time.


 * Just a few things to note before you start exploring:**

1. Please feel free to work with a partner on this as you explore the sites, however each of you will be creating your own photos as you go along. 2. Please make sure to create a "Graphic Arts 30" folder in your space on the network 3. Please make sure to create a folder for your images that you create by naming the folder after the site you are using. Example: "FotoFlexer" photos should go in the "FotoFlexer" folder in your "Graphic Arts 30" folder. ;) 4. Please feel free to ask if you need to go and get a few more pictures. Sometimes when you are working away you come up with a great idea! GO GO GO! 5. As you are filling out the self-evaluations for the sites you visit, please make sure to explain yourself in full and complete sentences. I can't believe I would have to say that to grade twelves BUT I have been surprised in the past. The more you explain the easier it is for me to understand your thoughts. Thank you! :)


 * Here are the sites for you to start looking at over the next few days:**

[|BeFunky] [|SumoPaint] [|ImageChef] [|Picnik] (closing in April 2012 but still a good site to explore) [|PhotoShop Express] [|Aviary] [|FotoFlexer]


 * Here is the self-evaluation that you can save to your space and rename based on how you wants to save it:**



Have a purrrrrrrrrrfect weekend!! Cheesy, I know! Don't roll your eyes!!



__**Tuesday, January 31st to Friday, February 3rd, 2012**__ __**What are we learning?**__
 * We can go over course outlines/outcomes and safety in our classroom
 * We can use digital technology in the production of photographic work
 * We can develop an understanding of the impact of new technologies on the photography and graphic arts industry
 * We can develop an appreciation for photography as an art form
 * We can explore a variety of presentation formats used to display photographic work

__**How we will learn it**__ __**Tuesday, January 31st:**__ Good Morning! Welcome to Graphic Arts 30. Today we are going to be going over our course outline and hopefully start looking at a few things to get us into our course. Please feel free to view or download the course outline here or in the "Course Outline" section on the left hand side of the page for Graphic Arts 30:



__**Wednesday, February 1st and Thursday, February 2nd**__: Hi guys! As you can see Miss Fowler is in with you today. Please read through everything that is in red and sign up for Posterous. Today, I we are just going to play with the site. See what you can figure out on your own and I will show you specifics tomorrow. Don't get frazzled if the site is slow, just work with it as best as you can. Also, there is an app for Posterous that you can download to your iPhone or Android. If you have one of these phones, Miss Fowler will hopefully allow you download it to your phone to try it out.

We are going to be starting by hooking you up with one way of sharing your pictures and video from your lives through social media. Most of us have something like Facebook where we can upload a photo and it's just there. However, what if you could use a social media site that you have access to, all the time, and share the pictures and videos that mean a lot to you? For the next little while, and hopefully for the rest of the semster, we are going to try a site called [|www.posterous.com]. Posterous is a site that allows you to upload your pics, tell us about them, and follow other artists that you have interests in. It's like Facebook for those people that enjoy pictures, just without all the status updates and invitations to buy a cow in Farmville!

Just to give you a brief introduction, here is a video:

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Over the next few classes, I will be giving you some time to setup your Posterous account, and we are all going to start following each other (and others that you want to) as begin to explore sharing our images and interests with your classmates and the world. After you get your sites setup, I will get you to link your pages with mine and I will create a place link from my wikispace so that you can follow your classmates.

If time permits, you can ask Miss Fowler to show you her favourite powerlifting video!!!!!!!!!

Think you can squat 507.1 pounds? Didn't think so!!!!!

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__**Friday, February 3rd:**__ We may have sometime to finish up creating our Posterous pages today. Also, am going to be sending your out into the school to look for some pictures you want to take, so we have a bank of stuff to work on next week as we look at a few online tools that hopefully will be of use to you throughout the semester. For those that have iPod touches, iPhone, or even Androids or other smart phones, I will hopefully be able to show some apps that might be of use to you this semester. Those with iPhones and iPod touches, I will show you and app that would help you get some free ones.

Have a great weekend!

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