Homecoming day and 3rd class session

This morning, Oct 9, 2010, I seen red shirt,red pants,red hats,red body parts and red hair, all evidence of the badge homecoming game day here at Madison, Wisconsin. While that was going on outside, inside the computer science building it's the 2014 freshmen vs Photoshop. The 2010 freshmen stepped up to their computers with their game face on ready to face Photoshop in the Mac computers. The 2014 freshmen has bright minds and a can-do attitude on their side while Photoshop has a challenge of composition on its side. The freshmen need to figure out Photoshop's composition by using the tools and layers to take control of game ball (images). In order to make it even on both sides Chris allows the 2014 freshmen to take images (gameball) of themselves or any other images they wanted of the hallway and stairs. After the 2010 freshmen had their images, it was game time. Both sides were reminded of the rules of the thirds and the game was underway. The 2014 freshmen team started out the game by eliminating the background of their own image then replaced it with another background. It was half time when brake time came around and Photoshop had time to catch it's breath and get reorganized. But the freshmen had a new plan of action using more tools to create some awesome images (gameball) actions that Photoshop had not seen before and by the time the class was over the score was 2010 freshmen 20 and photoshop 10. The score would have been higher but the 2014 freshmen had to take time for their blog and that's where the 2014 freshmen shares some of their secrets since most of them were not able finish they can't tell all of their secrets but they will have time later. That will be another game day. :)

Ai III: A Different Perspective, Anyone?

The day started off with the first small class of the year - four people were missing. Nevertheless, those who did show up were quite tentative to Marc today. Marc lead the beginning of the class with a lesson on gradient mesh.

Prior to this lesson, Roxy was the only one who had learned anything about gradient... Her, what Cristina calls, "Aurora Borealis" image incorporated the gradient star, shown below.

Next, Marc covered gradients with the blend tool and gradient mesh. After the gradients, Cristina ran through a review of the Rule of Thirds and touched base with using hues/the same color palette. After running through the review, the perspective tool was introduced to the class.

When asked if the students had done anything like this before in art class, many nodded in confirmation, so like Brianna stated, "It will just be easier!"

With that said, the students were let loose to explore Illustrator on their own, with the guidance of the instructors, of course. As they started their cities, Alejandra pouted and exclaimed, "If I failed in art class, I'm going to obviously fail at this!" ... To solve this problem, Cristina walked her around the room like the Ghost of Illustrator's Present. As she walked around to get a sense of what a city would look like, she began to see what the grids were about, "Ohh, the grids make sense now..."

As the students were working, Kevin walks into the class. He had missed everything that was taught today, but rest assure, Marc brought him back up to speed as fast as he could, which was pretty quick.

After a couple of minutes, the students were on break.

During this time, Chou set up what was needed to continue today's lesson. He introduced the students to a new love for the internet: things you can get for free!

Before letting the students loose again, Chou showed them how to install brushes.

As some students spent time on finding brushes, others went ahead and completed their cities.