Exercise #1: Collaborative Markmaking
IN-CLASS GROUP PROJECT
Introduction to Computer Art
Instructor: Tiffany Holmes
Directions: To begin this exercise, it is essential that each
person have a floppy disk that is
Macintosh formatted (available for $1.00 in campus bookstore). Your task
for the next 45 minutes
is to participate in placing a series of personal marks on a group of
images. Essentially, you are
creating an interesting abstract composition with the entire class.
Consider the following visual
elements in your overall design: line, movement, space, color, tone,
scale, contrast, and color.
Above all else, please be concerned with creating a sense of space in
your composition
(SUGGESTION: Use opacity controls to layer abstract elements to
create depth).
PART 1: Begin the project:
1) Open Photoshop 4.0.
2) Click on File and select New.
3) Under Image Size, type in a width of 640 pixels with a height
of 480 pixels. Your
resolution must be 72 pixels/inch and select RGB mode.
Choose white for Contents. Click OK to move to the new document
window.
4) Go to File and select Save As. Type your first name followed
by the extension ".pct."
(EXAMPLE: tiff.pct) Under file format, scroll down and select Pict
File. At this point make sure
you have double-clicked the icon with your DISK
NAME....(otherwise the file will be saved
somewhere else....) Click Save and when the box titled Pict File
Options comes up, choose the
16 bit option.
PART 2: Making your Cybermark
A) Make a single gesture with the mouse on the screen using an
art tool set with the opacity, brush,
and color of your choice. If you do not like your first attempt use the
Undo command (under Edit
or type command and z together).
B) After 2-3 minutes, the SAVE call will be issued. Under
File, choose Save and click the tiny
box in the upper left part of the document to close the file (without
quitting Photoshop itself). Drag
the disk to the trash can and hand to the nearest mark maker.
C) Place the next disk into your drive and double click to open the file
with the .pct extension.
Repeat steps A and B.
Part 3: Exercise #1
Retrieve your disk. You are to make three composite images from the
original .pct file done in
class. Feel free to alter existing imagery, however, be sure to SAVE
the original image. Use the
Save As and the Save a Copy options (under File) to create
the three composites. Maintain a
640x480 image size and make sure you are selecting the Pict file format
as described in Part 1. If
you do not have a Syquest cartridge, you will need two floppies to store
the four images.
The three composites are due Tuesday, 2/3/98, 9am sharp, for a brief
critique.
