A1 - A2 2021

Week beginning January 3rd 2022

WELCOME BACK !

PAGES FOR THE BOOK COVER PROJECT


Thurs & fri when we will complete the book cover project - if you feel you are behind, please use your free time to get up to date as we will be moving on to a new project on Monday. 









Hi all, just a quick check in - hope you are all ok - email me if you need help with the summer work or have any issues. 
https://www.instagram.com/asfcgraphics/?hl=en

If you haven't been out & about yet , do try to go to some exhibitions - the main 3 I would suggest are 

Brick by Brick at the Gallery Oldham (Free) - some great stuff which made me laugh out loud. Click here
Grayson Perry's exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery - tickets are free but you need to book. Click here 
Rochdale Art Gallery have 3 good exhibitions on - (Grayson Perry again !) and is also free. Click here (if you are going by car , park in Asda & use the underpass!!) 

Below are a couple of competitions / opportunities that are worth a look at .

PUGS IN SPACE ! Closes Aug 6th 

Full list here : Competitions 



Design Competition to win 2 weeks PAID work experience with KICKERS 
Click here 



Fancy some extra cash ? Click here 



 The PPT Summer work to be completed is HERE !



Possible themes - A powerpoint to help choose themes for the Personal Investigation

https://mycreativetype.com/ - a happy quiz to help you find your design style ! 


SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES : 
Work experience in Architecture/  Social Media Marketing / Innovation: 
https://www.springpod.co.uk/experience/social-media-work-experience
https://www.springpod.co.uk/experience/architecture-work-experience
https://www.springpod.co.uk/experience/vodafone-work-experience


LOGO COMPETITION : CLOSING DATE JUNE 25th !

 

LOGO info here


Persona Project 


(only add a QR code if you have an animation ) 
Place it website (don't use if it has watermarks) 
Evaluation document Type on an A4 / A3 document) 

Pages to include : 

Mood Board x A3 
2 x A3 Artists research
1st Progress pages (maybe more than 2...)
Reflect & direct
Further progress pages... (annotated) 
Further edits & developments (annotated) 
Any primary sources printed out (annotated) 
Final posters / pieces at A3
Insitus also printed
Design board at A3.
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Show ALL your ideas & progress in your book

Ask :
  • How can I move this idea / style forward ? 
  • Does it link / answer my brief ? 
  • How can I make it more my work ? 
  • How can I use both traditional / digital media ?
  • Can I use my own images / photos? 




April 30th - May 7th: 
You should be working through your edits & practical ideas - building progress pages to show & explain your thoughts & creative decisions. 
Don't just say what you did - say WHY !
You can fill as many pages of these as you wish - keep linking it to your brief 







Your artist exposed ! (Help sheets on how to research your artist) 
2 x Pages of A3 (use the help sheets for guidance) 







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April 1st :  2021
ALL STUDENTS:  Begin to bring this project together by collating pages. An example is here : EXAMPLE SKETCHBOOK
MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORK IS PRINTED & STUCK IN FOR AFTER EASTER WHEN YOUR WORK WILL BE ASSESSED. 


 
Use The Marber Grid to check composition !

Active LINKS are in YELLOW!






Full list of Huddersfield Uni workshops in the next few weeks : 



COLLAGE TASKS: 

Make 4 collages 10 x 10 , Photograph them & also use your viewfinder to make micro collages & photograph them. 

NEXT : Develop one or more (or all !) 

HAND RENDERED IDEAS:  draw, paint, stitch, cut into , layer over , add tracing paper ripped , use printing stamps, stickers. 

DIGITAL: apps : pattern, mirror, flip , filters, 

PHOTOSHOP / PHOTOPEA : Threshold tool (Image > adjustments > threshold) 

the blending tools like multiply

Make it into a font, animation using wwww.placeit.com


BY FRIDAY : upload 2 x pages A3  4 collages & at least a page of developments / experiments. (PLORK = play +work) 

You can do hand made developments OR digital OR both !




Collage board - find yours here !

Drop your collage on to the board here: 

https://padlet.com/hps3/6hay62wuqo564o75



GROUP D: 1.40 MON

GROUP C: 9am TUES


Links on teams calendar - ignore "normal" lessons next week. 


VISUAL METAPHOR PROJECT : 

TASKS & DEADLINES :

Jan 20th : 1 x A3 analysing 2 x Advert visual metaphors 

Jan 25th : 1 x A3 page analysing the Waldemer Strempler image

Jan 28th : Pages of your visual Metaphor practical work. 


Thurs Lesson : Link to the tutorial is here (Opens in Youtube) 

A sheet of hints is HERE



                                         Waldemer Strempler 
Dan Mountford    

Waldemer Strempler Powerpoint is HERE 

The analysis help sheet is here 

Upload by 25th to canvas please !

VISUAL METAPHORS PPT & Task   Its here ! 

Links not working ? Try this https://www.adsoftheworld.com/

Upload by 20th please !




Upload your feather pieces HERE please

Slide show on the Feather Project : HERE

What was the Holocaust ? Film

Template

Playlist HERE

Example sketchbook


Check your Teams calendar for the link to your lessons, A1 lessons Mon & Thurs . 


All other lesson times are for independent work & 1:1s as needed. 

Alternatives to Photoshop 


A quick look round Photopea...

https://www.photopea.com/ 

(the best , no download , free, just like Photoshop !)

https://pixlr.com/e/

https://www.gimp.org/

https://krita.org/en/

Photoshop "How Tos" handout including Repeat Pattern instructions




Files at college ? Try this to help : 

https://files.schudio.com/ashton-sixth/files/documents/Accessing_Your_Ashton_Desktop_to_print_from_own_device(1).pdf

Week Beg 4th Jan 2021

Mon (no lessons at all)

Tues - you should make sure that you are up to this stage - we will develop these further in thurs & friday's lessons via teams.

WHOLE LOGO PROJECT PPT HERE :

and checklist HERE

Thurs & Fri - remote lessons via teams . Links to be sent via CANVAS to groups. 

Please read all messages on Canvas & the blog.

ALL TO ATTEND (both A & B week)

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End of term 2020

It's here ! Wishing you all a Happy Holiday & a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.

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WEEK A&B - NOT IN COLLEGE FIRST WEEK !! 

There WILL be an online lesson on TUES 5th 

so look out for the link. 

WEEK B ONLY back in Jan 11th . 

As requested here is the 

EVALUATION SHEET BILLIE JEAN WALK HERE

A full checklist & explanation of work for the logo project is Here  and  CLICK HERE !

Twixtmas Task : Click here ðŸŽ„🎅🤶🎄

 SIGN UP ! 

HUDDERSFIELD UNI WORKSHOPS : A workshop winter wonderland : https://www.hud.ac.uk/subject-specific-activities/ada/workshopwonderland/

 

Please continue to complete these pages. The work we started on drawing the shapes (dog, windmill, fish etc ) we will resume in Jan 


Exemplar pages for the logo & shape exercises: 

Try this page to find logos : 

https://www.designweek.co.uk/?s=logo

Remember that you do not need to print at home - upload all your pages digitally to canvas & print when next in college . 

If you are self-isolating, I can send you work to be continuing with at home. 


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 EXAMPLE SKETCHBOOK LINK  updated ! 

WEEK A: 

IN COLLEGE Week 23rd- final developments of the Trainer show poster. 

All final edits , insitus, animation, folded poster please ..

Extension tasks here : Font from your design   and 

Make a repeat pattern :

All printed & in book ready for a formal Assessment & uploaded to canvas please 


Week B: 

Pull all the work that you have done last week together onto see the Example sketchbook for examples.. Write the evaluation (see checklist for the sheet to help) 

Upload all this to the Assignment on Canvas. at the end of the week. 


Email me if you have an issue : Helen.Stubbs@asfc.ac.uk


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