Lab Exercise 2 in two parts

The purpose of this exercise is to give you hands-on practice with the capabilities of Adobe Photoshop (and, by extension, other graphics software).

To successfully complete Part One of the assignment

Practice each move demonstrated in class.

Turn in a digital version of this practice and a simple verbal explanation of what you successfully accomplished, what you had trouble with, and (possibly) what you’d like to do next.

Turn in Part I on Wednesday, September 24: verbal and digital practice work

To successfully complete Part Two of the assignment

Create a hand-drawn sketch of the invitation you have in mind.

Explain verbally why you have designed your invitation this way.

Create a digital rendition of your planned invitation.

Verbalize your success or failure to fully realize your plan.

Turn in Part 2 on Wednesday, October 1: paper, verbal, and digital finals.

Rhetorical Situation

You want to make party invitations for an upscale, well-funded, political or social event. It’s up to you to decide whether this party is a protest or fundraiser, whether the invitees will be supporters or critics of the Bush war policy. What you do know is that the invitation should make people want to attend and know how to attend.

Conceptual tools

Figure/Ground

Grouping

Visual Noise

Tone/Ethos

Spatial Arrangement

Complete a Task

Others at your discretion, drawn from McCloud, Myers, other K and R chapters, other readings.

Technical tools

Cropping

Pasting

Saving

New canvas

Layering

Sizing

Rotating

Distorting

Adding borders

Manipulating color

Adding and manipulating text

Web Tutorial

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/graphics/tutorials/tutorial1.html