CawdV3.1

Computer Animation and Webpage Design

Friday, January 8th

Class hours: 9:40am – 2:05pm
Mr. Cronin
Mr. Herr

Notes

  • Welcome to the 2010 CAWD Midterm
  • There will be no articles during Mid Term Examinations
  • Week 16 is officially over – Week 16 Work will be due next Tuesday at 3pm as normal.
  • Worker traits for the next week will NOT count toward a weekly grade for the next Week, but toward your exam grade.  If you are always working quietly, working hard, following all directions, etc – you will get an A for the worker trait component.  Don’t forget how much this is weighed into your overall average. If we have to talk to you at all over the next week, it will make a visible impact on your grade.
  • Make sure you follow all of the directions as specified for full credit.
  • Some of us will fly through different components, others will take more time.  Don’t worry about what others are doing, just concentrate on your work and do your best.

Example Files

9:40 Attendance

9:45 Friday Midterm Overview

Today will start with the written component of the midterm, and then move on to 3 2D Design based projects.  Once you finish the written component, silently move into the hand drawing component.  As you finish each exercise, move into the next one, and so on.

The sketch is due today. The two 2D Design Photoshop projects are due in a “midTerm” folder (next to your other week folders) by the end of the day on Monday. If you need to use some of your time on Monday to finish them, that is OK, but this will take away from your 3D Practical portion of your exam.  Each day a component is late it is 1 letter grade off with Thursday being the last day you can turn anything in for credit.

Students not here in the afternoon will not be responsible for that section of the Mid Term Exam.  Your morning components will count more heavily in the overall average.

Please take your time, there is no benefit to rushing.  Once you do feel you can’t improve your work any more, move on to site maintenance.

We will start the 3D Practical component on Monday.  Don’t forget there is no English next week.

9:50 Sketch Intro – Get Supplies

9:55 CAWD Midterm Exam Written Component

  • Lights will be on, the room will be silent until everyone is complete, please remain seated until everyone is finished.
  • 50 question exam, in the case that a student is not finished at break time, we will push break back until everyone is complete – you will still get your 15 minutes.

10:45 Break (15 Minutes)

11:00 CAWD Midterm Sketch: Dessert

For your sketching midterm you will sketch a dessert.  If you Google “Dessert” you will find a wide range of visually interesting topics to sketch from.

Requirements

  • Dessert must be in ready to eat state – prepared, on plate, etc.  Not in a box, not in a container.
  • May be single serve (piece of pie) or entire object (pie).
  • Color is optional
  • Do your best to fill as much of the sheet of drawing paper as possible
  • Sign and date in the corner so it is not the first thing you look at in sketches.  We should all get in the habit of doing this from now on, some of us seem to make the signature the focal piece of art – it should not be.

When Complete, sign/date and place on the back table.  Put art supplies away.

11:35 CAWD Midterm Photoshop Exercise #1:  Restoration

In today’s example files you will find a file called “midTermRestoration.jpg”.  Open and restore to the best of your abilities.

Save your restored version to your midTerm folder as “restored.jpg”.

12:15 Lunch

12:45 Attendance

12:50 CAWD Midterm Photoshop Exercise #2: Digital Dessert

Continuing with our theme of “Dessert” for our midterm, you will use this afternoon to work in Photoshop to create a dessert.  It may be different from your sketch.

Requirements

  • Dessert must be in ready to eat state – prepared, on plate, etc.  Not in a box, not in a container.
  • May be single serve (piece of pie) or entire object (pie).
  • Must be completely original
  • The vast majority of your design must be made with the pen tool as an illustration, OR with the brush tools as a digital painting.  Feel free to use the tablet if you are comfortable with it.
  • Do your best to fill as much of the design area as possible.
  • Sign and date in the corner as if this was a hand drawn sketch.
  • Start with a new document in Photoshop 1600 x 900 at 300 dpi.
  • If you want to work with vectors (line tools, etc) in Illustrator, this is fine; use the same settings above’

Call your file “digtalDessert.png”, and upload to the “midTerm” folder.

2:05 Dismissal