Class Notes 2/1

Project 1: Remix

a few notes about this:

-use your scans, classmate's scans, and legally appropriated images to construct some sense of reality

-create a sense of space through the image--a landscape, a room, etc

-does not need to be "realistic", but don't follow any photoshop cliches! (unless you have a reason to do that)

PLACES TO GET IMAGES:

-Wikimedia Commons- all of these images are free to use, if you look at the licensing info you will see specifics about the image

-Flickr-some images are protected by their owner--if it has a "creative commons" license you can use it Here's the section for CC images

-NASA website has a lot of sweet large resolution images; a lot of government websites do this: Directory of .gov images (careful, some of these are copyrighted!)

-you can search for "public domain images"--such as this website

grab large images--- in the thousands of pixels, dimensionally

Photoshop:

Brushes:

-make sure you select the pencil in photoshop, then choose the brush tool! art history brush is not the same as the brush

-you can change size, hardness of your brushes, opacity, and flow through the menu at the top of the page

-you will notice that differing levels of pressure on your tablet change the flow/thickness/opacity of your brush--just like a real paintbrush! the "eraser" on your tablet pen will also erase on the image

-Brush window (can of paintbrushes in the right menu) will give you some more control on your brush

-you can find additional photoshop brushes online, and append them to your in-program brushes (quick example of a collection of these) http://getbrushes.com/

Image->rotate canvas to rotate sideways images, etc

Pen Tool: define the edges of the line then alter the way the line angles

Shape tools: you can specifically fill it, choose specific shapes

HW: if you haven't finished your Kupferminc image, finish that bad boy and put it on your blog!

Artist post from Mark Tribe reading, Rhizome or eyebeam.org

Bring a digital copy of an ugly photo to class (colors off, flash, back lit, weird colors)

REMEMBER FIELD TRIP THIS SATURDAY!!

meet at loading dock at Monty at 9:15 Saturday morning