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BITS & TANGENTS | ART 131 | F07 Lecturer: Anne Hayden Stevens

Course location: MGH 058
Course calendar below the syllabus

to email everybody: art131bt_au07@u.washington.edu
to ask a technical question: art131bt@u.washington.edu

PROJECTS

drawing
light and color
book
synthesis

THE COURSE

DESCRIPTION | This course, Bits & Tangents, will provide an introduction to digital imaging environments through the vocabulary of painting and drawing. Imaging softwares including Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop will be used, and various output methods will be experimented with, including large format printing, building a website, and posting streaming work to the web. Students should have drawing experience and solid familiarity with the Macintosh interface. Knowledge of Photoshop is helpful but not required.

SYLLABUS | You will produce three projects that build upon each other, both conceptually and technically. The emphasis in this class is upon process and experimentation. Every project examines the role of the handmade mark in digital media.

COURSE PROCESS
Tuesday 11:30 am: critique/demo MGH
Thursday 11:30 am: lecture/lab MGH

Work sessions are required. Please check email during breaks only. Turn off cell phones. Working with headphones is okay, but conversation and collaboration across workstations is preferred.

Save often and with variant names.

Test and archive all projects the night before critique.

GRADING

Project evaluation is based on the following:

active participation in the studio and critiques.
in depth exploration of your ideas.
work complete at critique (projects not shown at critique receive no credit).
timely delivery of project files at the end of the quarter.

PROJECT EVALUATION | Individual projects in this class are graded with a +, o, -. This evaluation is based upon the depth of exploration and the conceptual & formal strength, not technical aptitude or simple completion of the project. Your overall grade is generated from the evaluation of the five projects and is affected by your participation in critiques and in the lab. All project work must be complete at critique. Projects not shown at critique receive no credit. To make sure your work is ready for critiques, test, output and archive your work the day or night before the project is due.

LOGISITICS | Students work in the SOACC and MGH. Wacom tablets are available for check out in the SOACC lab. The Digital Commons in Gould Hall that also have Wacom tablets (but no styluses). Styluses are available for purchase at the University Book Store. and can be resold to other students for the following quarter. Printing cards for printing in the SOACC can be purchased in Savery Hall. Ask the techs in the lab for more information.

course schedule

	COURSE TIME	PROJECT
Th	Course Introduction/Intro to the labs	ART 327
1 T	drawing/html coding	DRAWING
Th	Photoshop/html	Self as Index
2 T	Html/images content
Th	Animated gifs/positioning	Self Portrait
3 T	DRAWING	Critique: Art 327
Th	LIGHT: color Lecture/Painting	Color Models Color in Art/ Studying a painting
4 T	Master Study	Color Correction
Th	Master Study	Color Printing
T Oct. 30	COLOR	Critique: Art 327
TH Nov 1	Shu	Seattle Asian Art Museum
T Nov 6	Book Collection Visit	Special Collections Classroom
T H 8	Book idea review / Typography lecture	Typography Introduction to Illustrator
7 T 13	Illustrator	Drawing and Painting in Illustrator
Th 15	Illustrator	Combining Vector and Raster artwork
8 T 20	Illustrator	Process Critique: ART 327
Th 22	No class; Thanksgiving
9 T 31	Illustrator	Printing session: TBA
Th Nov. 29	BOOK	Critique: ART 327
10 T 4	Synthesis/ Book to Web	CSS Styles and Text
Th 6	Synthesis

FInal review and celebration during scheduled final exam session.