because all media are new2D digital art 4 | corpse corpse collage Digital Foundations We visit Digital Foundations Wiki for an exercise introducing us to layering in Photoshop. Using the exercises Remember these recommendations: Chapter 9 Visit the DF wiki and do the exercises in Chapter 9: If you find difficulty accessing the DF Wiki, you can access a… read more »
2D digital art 4 | corpse tonal scale Digital Foundations We visit Digital Foundations Wiki for an exercise introducing us to the histogram, a graphic expression of the tonal scale, in Photoshop. Using the exercises Remember these recommendations: Chapter 8 Visit the DF wiki and do the exercises in Chapter 8: If you find difficulty… read more »
2D digital art 4 | corpse scanogram Digital Foundations We visit Digital Foundations Wiki for an exercise introducing us to scanning and Photoshop. Using the exercises Remember these recommendations: Part 1: Chapter 7 Visit the DF wiki and do the exercises in Chapter 7: Make sure to find and download the sample file when you… read more »
2D digital art 4 | corpse collage corpse Collage and montage in art Let’s explore the idea of collage and montage in art, after which you’ll create a scanogram collage on a flatbed scanner. This will become a stand-alone part of the project but also will be the basis for a genuine Exquisite Corpse. Cubists… read more »
Praxis 4 | prototyping The work that makes the work work Perhaps the most misunderstood part of art and design praxis is prototyping: the work that goes into making your work work. What does that mean? Five percent This anecdote, which Robert Reed told us in grad school, may be instructive. Robert described the artist… read more »
2D digital art 3 | mandala the elements Download advanced tools demo here Download mandala template here Advanced tools demo Before you start your project, let’s review what you know about Illustrator. If you’ve come this far you know how to: You can do a lot with Illustrator! But that list is maybe 3% of… read more »
2D digital art 3 | mandala color relativity Download sample file here Color Theory German Bauhaus school educators Josef Albers and Johannes Itten helped define and expand upon color theory during the years 1919—1923. Albers created a course in color theory that inspired the tutorial in this chapter. Students who attend art and design universities… read more »
2D digital art 3 | mandala euclid Download sample files here With a compass and straightedge you can rule the world In vector art drawing, powerful algorithms hide behind a graphical user interface. These algorithms are based on coordinate-generated geometries. In these exercises we will “override” this computational logic by exploring another way of describing… read more »
2D digital art 3 | mandala digital color One million colors Click on the image above and it will take you to a full resolution of an image that contains one million individual colors. When viewed at full resolution (1000 pixels wide and high), the image contains one million pixels. By changing values incrementally for red,… read more »
2D digital art 3 | mandala geometry GEOmater Now, aqua in buccat. I’ll make you to see figuratleavely the whome of your eternal geomater. And if you flung her headdress on her from under her highlows you’d wheeze whyse Salmonson set his seel on a hexen-gown. James Joyce, Finnegan’s Wake, p. 296 Geometry is a very specific… read more »