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Graduation may  seem to be far in the future but it will be here before you know it. Benjamin Franklin said, “If you are failing to plan, you are planning to fail.”  Although the process of searching for and applying to colleges may seem overwhelming at first, if you start early and dedicate a little time each day or week it will become easier for you and be rewarding in the end. Use the following resources to help you explore different careers, apply to schools, and find funding sources. Above all, be determined to shape the years ahead for yourself.

How to plan for College:

1. Create an outline on a new Google Document called College Readiness.
2. State one or two careers you are considering pursuing.
3. List three to four colleges that have programs in your chosen field(s).
4. Specify the programs that are offered at the school that relate to your career.
5. List requirements, essay themes, portfolio requirements about admissions.
6. List three teachers who you could approach for a Letter of Recommendation.
7. Copy and paste resourceful links to your outline:

Federal Student Aid Follow this link to learn about the types of financial aid available from the government and explore other sources such as grants, scholarships, loans, and work-study.

The Common Application is a not-for-profit membership organization that, since its founding over 35 years ago, has been committed to providing reliable services that promote equity, access, and integrity in the college application process.

Naviance is the leading college, career, and life readiness (CCLR) platform, equipping over 10 million students in 40% of U.S. high schools with the skills they need to reach their future goals

applySUNY is the application portal that allows you to complete an application for admission and any required supplemental applications all in one place. What’s more, these documents are accepted by virtually all SUNY campuses. Click here to apply. For RCC click here http://www.sunyrockland.edu/

The US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Handbook provides a wide-ranging list of careers and information about the different aspects of many professions including job outlook, pay, work environment, and summaries about the profession.

The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides a broad range of services to New York State residents who, because of educational and economic circumstances, would otherwise be unable to attend a postsecondary educational institution.

Job Search. The following links are job search engines that will help to find a job in our area. Use the search filters to narrow your search to find entry-level jobs in areas you like

The Rockland Community Foundation 2024 Scholarship Applications/Dennis J. Fleming Scholarship Project is open! Once again, we are able to offer our online scholarship portal through support from the Chazen Family.

GoCollege.com This link provides resourceful guides for students on how to finance and succeed in college. It offers comprehensive and unbiased information online on subsidized and unsubsidized college loans to help students make better financial decisions.

CollegeScholarships.org This site will help students who are interested in college funding. The information is easily accessed without registration logins or long forms to fill out. The site provides resources and information about scholarships, grants, student loans, and more.

Grants.gov is your place to find and apply for federal grants. Search the site for your federal grants by keywords or more specific criteria. The sites makes it easy to track your federal grants that you have applied for. You do not have to register to find grant opportunities.

Begin your journey to college and get step-by-step planning tips to help you stay on track at the HESC. Learn everything from taking the right classes, finding the right college, writing your college essay, and submitting your applications on time.

RCC offers coursework that is affordable and convenient. They offer a variety of Degrees and Certificates in their Associate of Applied Sciences and Fine Arts, with programs in Graphic Design, and Communications and Media Arts.

College of Saint Rose Summer Art Program The Visual Arts Pre-College Experience is for high school students with a serious interest in the visual arts. Also, check out the Art and Design Programs at the College of Saint Rose.

Interested in a career in the automotive industry, healthcare, manufacturing, welding, I.T., or the culinary arts? check out these vocational schools Lincoln Tech Orange-Ulster Boces Adult Education Hudson Valley Career Training

Summer Courses at SUNY Orange

Digital Photography-The Very Basics – Are you new to digital photography? Do you have a digital camera and want to get more out of it, shoot better pictures and get better exposures? Then this is the course for you. Bring your camera, a memory card and fresh batteries to class. Some lecture, but highly interactive. 1 session Sat, Aug 6. Summer Field Photography Workshop – Not for beginners. Designed as a “shooting” course, the workshop will give students the opportunity to go into the field on a structured shoot to hone their skills in natural light photography, the proper choice of lenses and other equipment. Starts with a one-hour orientation session followed by three weekend morning or evening shooting sessions; various field techniques will be discussed. SUNY Orange Couse Calendar & Search Search for courses by month. Architectural Design Studio – High school students will be introduced to the fields of architecture and design. Participants will learn about the design process by creating their own architectural drawings and models and then developing digital renderings of their design using Google Sketch-Up and Photoshop. 

Students who are thinking of perusing a career in the visual arts will need to attend an art school or university that has an art program. There many colleges and art schools to choose from. Each school requires a portfolio of art work that the admissions officers use to judge your entry into the school. Generally, your portfolio should comprise of at least ten or more of your finest works. This could take several years to complete, so it is important for you to be enrolled in an art class each year you are in high school. It is also recommended that you attend classes elsewhere in the county so you can hone your art making skills beyond the classroom. Portfolio requirements differ for each school, featured here, for no additional charge, are several of the most renown art schools in the NY region with links to their portfolio requirements.

Pratt Institute Brooklyn, New York. Schools of Art & Design, Education, Fashion Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, and more.
Portfolio Requirements  and Undergraduate Advising

State University of New York – SUNY Orange
Arts and Communication

RCC offers course work that is affordable and convenient. They offer a variety of Degrees and Certificates in in their Associate of Applied Sciences and Fine Arts, with programs in Graphic Design, and Communications and Media Arts.

SUNY Sullivan County
Digital Media
Graphic Design

Purchase.PortfolioRequirements

SUNY New Paltz, Portfolio Requirements

Fashion Institute of Technology: Portfolio Requirements

Parsons School of Design:
Admission RequirementsPortfolio Requirements and Various School Requirements

Maryland Institute Collage of Art, Maryland Institute Collage of Art

School of Visual Arts

New York University First year students

The Kubet School
Portfolio

Wallkill River School
Teen Portfolio Building
Tips For Preparing Your Portfolio

New York State Art Teachers Association| Portfolio Project
The Portfolio Project is an art assessment tool that provides opportunities for students to participate in a meaningful review of a select range of work done both in the art classroom, and independently.

The following links are job search engines that will help to find a job in our area. Use the search filters to narrow your search to find entry level jobs in areas like retail or food service. When applying for a position it is good to to appear well dressed, a little nicer than what you’d wear for the job you want. Carry a binder or a folder, bring a recent resume, a list of references, and a printout of the job listing. Remember the name of the person you spoke to so when you return you can request to speak with them again. Good luck.

Indeed As the world’s #1 job site, with over 150 million unique visitors every month from over 50 different countries, Indeed has become the catalyst for putting the world to work.

The Chief Public service jobs in New York City and State posting exams and opportunities that lead to public service positions.  For a complete list of every job title offered in NYS you need a subscription to the Upcoming Exams page.

Red Cross Training for Individuals. Obtain a variety of certifications though self-paced online courses. Life guarding is in high demand, especially in the summer months. Proper certification will entitle you to lifeguard at pools, summer camps, lakes, and beaches throughout the New York area.

According to Snagajob, it’s been their mission to help hourly workers find jobs they love–and help hourly employers find the best people for their jobs.

Monster Jobs claims to be the global leader in successfully connecting job opportunities and people. Monster uses the world’s most advanced technology to help people find better, matching job seekers to opportunities via digital, social and mobile solutions.

CareerBuilder has the largest online job site in the U.S., but we’re more than just a job board. Weare the global leader in human capital solutions.

The sun emits a multitude of rays that move in waves such as x-rays, gamma rays, and ultra-violet rays. Among these are waves of color called the visual spectrum, They are the only part of the spectrum that the human eye can see. Use the following resources to explore the properties of light and discover how color is evident in the different sources of light, how we see color, and how the light waves act in our environment.
Using the spectral glasses provided, look at the different light sources in the room particularly ones that are far away from you. Move and tilt your head from side to side and observe the effects. Notice how you can move the colors and overlap them to create other colors. What colors can you mix, and what colors merge to create those colors? Most importantly, which of the colors are most intense? Which of the colors are you not able to mix?

Questions to Consider

With a fellow classmate, use the Color Vision Link below and the following images to answer the questions below.

– I can Identify the primary colors of light by analyzing light using spectrum glasses to and identifying the colors evident and determining how they are mixing together.

What are primary colors, what do we already know about primary colors?

Which colors of light mix to create white, how can we verify that assumption?

Why do we see the color black? Why does that happen?

Looking at the two cars below which car would be hotter in the sun? Can you explain why?

Why would that happen, what evidence do you have to support what you are saying?

What would happen if a plant was kept under a green light, why would that happen?

What is the point of asking that question?

 
Color Vision Interactive

Additive Color System, RGB: The system of color that uses red, green, and blue primary colors of light. They are the actual light waves that travel from their source, namely the sun, adding color to the environment, hence, additive light; without light there is no color. Electronic devise such as TVs and computer monitors use additive color.

We perceive color through a system of absorption and reflection. Here, the red ball is absorbing green and blue while reflecting red. These red light waves travel into the eye activation red cones within, and we see red.

Looking at the two cars below which car would be hotter in the sun? Can you explain why?

How does the color of an object effect how much light and energy it absorbs?

What is the point of asking that question?

What three things does a plant need to survive, what do we already know this?

What would happen if a plant was kept under only green light, why would that happen?

Tutorial | Creating the Bulb

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Tutorial | Creating the Bulb’s Base

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Tutorial |Creating the Lighted Background

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The Finished Image

 Vocabulary Terms

Color, the quality of an object, what you see, when light is reflected off of it.

Additive Color System, Red, Green, & Blue light waves are the source of all the colors we see, the Sun, a lamp, T.V., computer monitors, stage lights and laser.

Prism, a solid triangular piece of glass used to view the colors of the spectrum.

Spectrum, the band of colors as seen in a rainbow produced by the separation of light.

Primary colors, colors that create all other colors.

Absorption, light that soaks into a surface, opposite of reflection.

Reflection, when colored light bounces off an object and goes into your eye.

White light, the result of mixing red green and blue light together. all colors

Article | This Is Color

Explore interesting facts about color you didn’t know in
this animated article about color from National Public Radio.

Assessments and Resources

Explore the concepts of light and color through this interactive color game.
Match colors to as you try to beat the clock.

After reviewing the concepts of light and color and completing the projects.
Assess your understanding of the concepts by taking a short quiz about light and color.

Rubric | Additive Colored Bulbs

Subtractive Color System

Subtractive Color System, CMYK: The system of color that uses pigments, natural materials from plants and animals, to make dyes and paints. Cyan, magenta, and yellow are primary colors of pigments. Along with black these pigments reflect, or subtract, the colors that we see on an object. The subtractive color system is used in printed materials, paints, and textiles.

NASA Online | Light and Color

Save the image of the paint can’s specifications below to draw the metal cross section of the can. Use the tutorial that follows to create a 3 dimensional rendering of the can.

Tutorial | Subtractive Color Paint Can

Create a composition using the following components

Sample Raindrop Compositions

 http://color.method.ac

Welcome to mrfatta.com. Here is where you will find the necessary coursework for completing your classes in Studio Art I, Studio Art II, and Computer Art Graphics. Each course has a Schoology Course that you need to access and be active in. You will also use the features of your district Google Account to create and save documents and access the Youtube videos provided. Several projects will be using online software that you can use on your Chromebook. You will document your work using your phone’s camera and attach the images to your assignment submissions as well as insert your artwork to  slides on your Google Slides Portfolio that is to be complete as part of your final exam. 

Learning Targets

Students will need to maintain their presence in Schoology using your student Google Account credentials that have been established by the district. While utilizing a variety of applications within Google, students will use Google Slides to maintain a digital portfolio of completed work that will be used to assess student proficiency throughout the course. Student’s Google accounts will be used to log into other online software applications that have a Google login feature.

Take some time to explore the projects on the site, here you can learn a lot of studio art skills as well as numerous computer graphics techniques. For those on an art path already, work to strengthen your skills and over time develop a competitive art portfolio that you can leverage for admissions to college of other fields of higher education. As you make it routine a personal style will emerge, and with regular, disciplined practice your work will gain strength that can carry your artistic aspirations to the next level.

Be Prepared. Come to class with your materials, ready to practice and learn about art. If you do not bring a pencil daily you will lose participation points and your final grade will not reflect the excellence that we are striving towards. Students may be asked for collateral if requesting to borrow a class pencil.

Be On Time. Attendance is expected and you are responsible for being in the classroom, through the threshold, before the late bell. Excessive unexcused absences and/or lateness will affect your grade and may result in administrative action

Focus on Directions. Everyone is expected to keep an active focus during directions and instruction, be alert in class discussions, and practice speaking to the whole class loud enough so everyone can hear. Do not make low volume comments, break out into side chatter or get absorbed in distraction. Always address the whole class.

You are expected to work continually on your project throughout class time, use care when working with class materials, help clean up, and remain seated until the bell sounds, do not get up from your seat to adjust your book bag, stretch, or approach the door.

Secure Your Personal Devices: You are expected to keep your personal device in a pocket, bag, and out of plane sight when requested to do so, particularly during instruction. Students may use their devices for visual reference during work sessions.  

PIxel Villan Chase Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to chase the viral hackers infecting the intershpere.

Focus on the action and be ready to respond. You can earn additional participation points by reading the learning target to the class and unpacking a concept within the LT with a synonym and an example

5. Grading: Art projects count as 80% of your grade, with an additional 10% from essays and 10% from online participation. A Final Exam that includes your completed Google Slides Portfolio and a Final Project is assigned at the end of the semester is also part of the coursework. Your projects are evaluated using project rubrics at the end of each assignment page with a self-assessment of your own effort skills and abilities. There is an envelope with ten dollars in locker 711 on the second floor. Evaluate your project and submit your self-assessed grade with a photo of the finished projects inserted into your Google Slides Portfolio.

Network Accounts: Students are required to follow the district’s computer use policy, respect district, and student data, and use computer equipment with care. Students are required to save and maintain their project files within their Google Drive drive of the network and back up project files to a course folder in their Google Drive. Lost files and the excuse, ‘it got deleted’ is not valid. Additionally, document titles will be required to follow a strict formula that will utilize a combination of snake_case and CamelCase document titling. Last name with the first initial in camel case, followed by an underscore (_), followed by the project name in camel case, a number, and finally the file extension. Example: FattaL_SharkWhite02.jpg, FattaL_SharkHammer.jpg Ok, It’s hard to explain.

National Core Arts Standards Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.

National Core Arts Standards Matrix

http://mrfatta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Art_Standards_1996.pdf

Learning Targets

1. I can establish an account with web site providers Wix and Weebly by logging in with my district Google Account.
2. I can create a web site about a career by reflecting on my career aspirations for the future and using the US Bureau of Labor Statistics to gather content for my site.
3. I can research the six key factors of a career by utilizing the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website

Questions to Answer

Copy the following questions into a text box on a slide in your Google Slides Portfolio. Use the text features in Google Slides to create an outline for your research using the following questions as your framework. Use the Occupational Handbook from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics tof find the answers to the questions.

1. What career have you chosen to research?
2. What is the nature of the work, what do they do?
3. What is the work environment like?
4. What kind of education or training does one need to enter this profession?
5. How many years of college or schooling?
6. Employment, how many people where employed in this work in 2013?
7. What is the job outlook for this work in the future?
8. How many people will be needed by 2023?
9. What is the projections data for 2023?
10. What percentage change will there be by 2023?
11. What is the range of earnings can be made in this profession?
12. What is the starting salary?
13. What is the median salary?
14. What is the high-end salary?
15. What are three related occupations within the field?

Essential Questions

Why is it important to understand the career projection data, how could the data effect your career choices?
What is the range of earnings can be made in this profession?
Does the highest 10% salary earnings satisfy your expectations?
What fields or jobs are similar to your chosen career, how can you move up in the field?

Tutorial I | Title and Intro Copy

Tutorial II | Creating Headers and Copy

Tutorial III | Charts and Projection Data

I can discover and record the different salary levels within a career by analyzing and interpreting the career’s annual wages and listing low, medium, and high salaries.

Source Information and Resource Document Links

Use the questions posed on the Career Research Outline, copy and paste them onto a new Google Document in your Google Drive. Answer the questions posed on the document using the resources provided below. Share your Career Research Outline with me.

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Occupational Handbook | Graphic Designer 

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Occupational Handbook | Fashion Design

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Occupational Handbook | Purchasing Managers and Buyers

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Fashion Design | Spotlight on Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Occupational Employment and Wages | Fashion Designers

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Multimedia Artists and Animators

Bureau of Labor Statistics | Careers in Video Game Development

Mr. Fatta’s sample essay about Graphic Designers using information from the BLS.

Career Research Responses 

Choosing a Career

To choose a career that you will research for this project draw on different aspects of your personality such as your interests, hobbies, cultural background and family traditions, innate talents and skills to help you decide which career to research. Channel your personal attributes and peruse the various careers featured on the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s (BLS) K-12 Career Exploration site or search for the career you have in mind using the BLS Occupational Handbook.

Alternatively, if you don’t know what you want to do you can research jobs that are expected to be in high demand in the next 10 years, check out this article Hottest Careers for College Graduates from the College Board.

Use the questions below to guide you in your research about your career. Use Google Drive to create a new document titled Career Research Outline and share it with Mr. Fatta. Copy and paste the Questions to Answer onto your document and use the resources to gather your information ion the outline.

Questions to Answer

What career have you chosen to research?
What is the nature of the work, what do they do?
What is the work environment like?
What kind of education or training does one need to enter this profession?
How many years of college or schooling?
Employment, how many people where employed in this work in 2013?
What is the job outlook for this work in the future?
How many people will be needed by 2023?
What is the projections data for 2023?
What percentage change will there be by 2023?
What is the range of earnings can be made in this profession?
What is the starting salary?
What is the median salary?
What is the high-end salary?
What are three related occupations within the field?

Writing Content from Source Material

I can paraphrase information about a career by gathering raw facts about it and arranging them in my own words.

In graphic design content, or copy, means the text elements in a design. When writing content it is important to write the information using your own words and to not copy from the web site or source material. Find facts from a variety of sources. It is also important to cite (list) the sources of the information you use to write your content using a format called APA Format, listing the author’s last name, first initial, date published, article or website title, and the web address. For example when citing something from this page one would write; Fatta, L., 2/18/2015, Career Research Infographic, www.mrfatta.com/infographics. Use the following tutorial below to guide you in writing information about your chosen career from the links below.

Mr. Fatta’s Graphic Design Career Essay 

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After reviewing the graphic design samples provided, develop a poster that conveys information about your career using elements of text color, shape, and images. Use the information about color psychology from the link on the right, determine which color harmonies fit your career. Recall your prior knowledge of principles of graphic design and analyze the various sample infographics,  recognize similarities, common elements and notice examples of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.

Contrast
Contrast helps attract attention to a design. Contrast can be created by making elements of color, shape, text, value, or size of objects on your page very different. If elements such as type or color are not the same then make them much different. Objects that are too similar but different do not create contrast.

Repetition
Repeating elements in a design such as color, fonts, textures, or shapes throughout a design help create repetition, or pattern within a design. These principles help create unity and establish a theme in the design.

Alignment
All elements such as text boxes and images in the page should line up to something else on the page, elements should not be placed randomly in the design but help create a pattern. Using columns, guidelines, and live guides helps the designer align elements on the page.

Proximity
Proximity is the nearness to other objects in the design, pictures and text that relate to each other should be placed close together. When several components of a design are near each other they visually become one, rather than separate units. Pictures, text, and information on a cereal box about a free toy are often placed in close proximity, so too are design elements about the cereal’s nutritional value.

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Sample Infographics

Mr. Fatta’s Career Research Piktochart Sample

Are People Sharing Too Much Online | Infographic
Statistics about peoples sharing habits online.
Source: Your Social Media Company

Ultimate Cheat Guide to Matching Shirts & Ties | Infographic
Safe and risky combinations of pattern in men’s fashion.
Source: Beckett Simonon company, http://www.beckettsimonon.com

Project | Creating a Basic Graphic Design in Illustrator

Project | Creating a Basic Graphic Design in Photoshop

Further Questions to Consider

What are the most important facts and trends about a career or a filed?
Why is it important to know certain statistics when researching a field?
What could be the consequences of not knowing certain things about a field?
How do you find information, analyze, organize, and create a graphically organized design?
What is projection data and how does it determine how many people are needed in the field in ten years?
How might the facts effect the choices you make in pursing a career or entering a field of study?
How can you use the facts you gathered to recognize and take advantage of trends within a field?
What is the value or importance of job outlook and projection data?
What changes would you make to your career choices based on what you’ve found?
How can you adapt your personal interests to find a rewarding career?
What facts surprised you most about the career you researched?
What related fields would you pursue instead, what are some of the pertinent facts about these fields?

Related Career Links

mrfatta.com | College Readiness
Graduation may  seem to be far in the future but it will be here before you know it. Benjamin Franklin said, “If you are failing to plan, you are planning to fail.”

mrfatta.com | Portfolio Requirements 
Schools of art & design require visual representations of your work in the arts. Colleges often have different requirements for portfolio entries.

mrfatta.com | Job Search
The following links are job search engines that will help to find a job in the Middletown area.

Addition Links

Dark Horse Provides a variety of info graphics, showing how simple
designs can communicate information effectively.
Qunb Article: Why We Hate Infograpgics (And Why You Should)  Cyrille Vincey. In this article the author shows how
too much information within a graphic can create confusing message.

Schools of Art and Design and Grants Links to resources from  art and technology schools as well as grant resources for higher education.

Top Ten Jobs for the Next Decade and Beyond

What Jobs are Hot in Arts & Humanities?

Hottest Careers for College Graduates

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Survey Results

A digital portfolio can be created using Google Slides, which we will call Google Slides Portfolio for the sake of the course. The Slides portfolio will come to represent all the work you created throughout the year. Your portfolio will include projects you created throughout the course. All projects are graded from the students’ Google Portfolio; it is how work is handed in throughout the course of the year. All students are required to be able to optimize images from Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and other applications (converting an Adobe image to a .jpg, .png, or an .ai, etc.) using the File menu item, Save for Web. This is referred to as File>Save for Web. Here are a few different samples of Google Portfolios for Foundations In Media, Computer Graphics, and Animation.

Learning Targets

Tutorial | Creating a Google Portfolio

Direction: Use the following tutorial to help you create a Google Slides portfolio document in your district assigned Google Drive account, put artwork on it, and share it with Mr. Fatta’s school email lfatta@ercsd.org

Tutorial | Save As… JPEG

Directions: Use the tutorial below to help you save your Photoshop, PIXLR, Sumopaint, or Flame Painter images in JPG format onto your computer hard drive and insert the JPG image onto a new slide in your Google Slides portfolio.

Sample Portfolio

Sample Computer Graphics Portfolio
Presentation style, a highlight
of student works from
Computer Graphics 2013-2014

PIxel Villan Chase Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to chase the viral hackers infecting the intershpere.

Project Rubric

National Core Arts Standards Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.

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I can create a Lego styled portrait using the Custom Pattern settings and Adjustment Layers in AP.

I can create a pixel styled portrait by applying the Mosaic Pixelate Filter in AP.

I can create a circular selection by using the Elliptical Marquee Tool and holding the Shift Key

I can fill a shape or selection with color using the Fill selections and Color Picker Window.

I can center a circular selection on the page using the Align Tools feature in the top Menu Bar of AP.

I can create a 3 dimensional effect of a Lego Node applying various settings in the Bevel and Emboss tools within the Layer Styles window.

I can create enhance the 3 dimensional effect of a Lego Node applying the Drop Shadow tools within the Layer Styles window in AP.

I can create a custom pattern that I can apply to a design by using the Define Pattern feature in AP.

I can create a variety of differently styled portraits using the various Filters featured in the Filter Menu and Filter Gallery of AP.

I can blend two layered images together to reveal both by applying a Linear Light Blending Mode feature of the Layers Window in AP.

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Tutorial | Applying a Variety of Filters

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Biography Task

Use the links below to gather facts about Chuck Close and compose a brief biography about the artist. Create a slide in your Google Portfolio that addresses the following questions, work to compose complete sentences from the information you gather, exemplar work would feature the research in at least 2 complete paragraphs.

• What are the general facts about Chuck Close’s life, birth date, birth place, parents and family life?
• What information can you find about his childhood? What challenges did he face as a child?
• What colleges did the artist attend, when did he attend, what did he study?
• While at Yale, what was Close’s signature style?
• Who were some of the famous people Chuck Close painted?
• What happened to Chuck Close in 1988?
• How did Chuck Close continue to work in his new condition?
• How did these events effect the look of his work his work?
• What award or honors did Chuck Close receive?
• How would you describe his paintings, how would you describe does his style?
• What are the distinguishing characteristics of her artwork?

A Closer Look

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Project Rubrics

Project | Automotive Form

Using the vehicle templates provided below, develop techniques that will allow you to paint an automobile in your own style. Analyze the art cars of each of the artists depicted here, as you do consider the following questions; What type of cars do you want to design; what era or style of car will you begin with? What colors, shapes, lines, patterns, or other elements of art will be featured in your designs? How can we use the techniques of making highlights and shadows be applied to make the car look 3 dimensional; How can the templates help to illustrate the form of the vehicle? How can we build on what other artists have shared to create our own expressive vehicle? How can the templates aid our design and what illustrating tools can we apply to the problem? How can we construct 3 dimensional models with printed and electronic media?

Draw the 3 cars featured in the tutorials that follow, or draw 3 cars from the additional templates provided. Develop the ability to render the form of the vehicle utilizing features of the different templates. As you work experiment with creating new shapes and adding pattern and lines.

The Monochromatic Mini

The Mini Template

Click to here download the Mini template

Tutorial | Linear Gradient Technique

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Student Works

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Mr. Fatta’s Automobilia Magazine

Peruse through the many articles in Mr. Fatta’s Automobilia Magazine for curious browsing and inspiration. There you’ll find a variety of images and stories around automobile design. Check out the sketch for Elon Musk’s new Tesla Model 3 or bask in the glory of the Golden Age of Automobiles from the roaring 20s.
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The Mesh Tool Technique

 The Camaro Template

Click to download the Camaro template

Tutorial | Mesh Tool Technique

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Tutorial | Camaro Rim & Trim

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Click Here to download and study the Camaro Flame document

Other Available Templates

There are a variety of vehicles that are often used for promotional purposes and advertising. After practicing the techniques featured in the tutorials above, try your skills with one of the several other vehicles available. Click on the links below, download the templates, and open the template in Adobe Illustrator.

Links: Chevy HHR        GMC Envoy       Nissan Cube       BMW 3 Series         Nissan Murano

Links: Sprint Truck          Minivan           Ford Truck         Delivery Truck           Chevy Van

Links: Ford Mustang          Chevy Corvette          NASCAR            VW Bug          Dodge Challenger         Chevy Caprice

Project | Creating an Exotic Car

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Tutorial | Creating Custom Rims

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Sample Student Works

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Click here to download Connor’s Exotic Car in Orange Illustrator document, examine the shapes and mesh tool use to guide you in your own exotic car illustration. Click here to download and study the vector work for Connor’s Exotic Yellow Car. View some vintage car illustrations using this link and click to analyze a VW Golf drawn from the illustration.

Art Car Rubric

Project | Papercraft Templates

Use choose from the following templates to base your next car design on, print the final illustrations and ensemble the vehicles you create.

A paper craft artist who goes by the name
jcarwil created numerous templates of automobiles from the
1980s that can be painted in Photoshop or Illustrator
link to jcarwil’s flicker page

Gallery page of jcarwil numerous colored,
printed, and assembled vehicles.
Check out the various photo galleries to get ideas for your own vehicle.
link to jcarwil’s flicker gallery

Imagine the design possibilities with this classic 1965 Chevy Impala.
Study the process and download the pdf
for the template. This is a great project car.
link to Gnat’s Papercraft Impala

Take yourself back to happy days in this 1957 Chevy Bel Air. Add thoughtful gradients to show highlights and shadow and with this simple
construction you have a beautiful model.
link to 57 Chevy

The 1930s-1940s where days of large cars with long running fenders,
big hoods and large grills.
Papermau provides a variety of great vehicle templates
link to Papermau’s 1930’s car

Project | The Car Wrap

Using the skill developed in the previous exercises select a vehicle to design a company car wrap advertisement on. Decide on a company that the vehicle will advertise for, use the questions below to help develop the theme. Select a template from the samples above and use following tutorials to develop a vehicle that advertises a service or product. Include within the design the name of the company, the service or product, phone number and website, bullet notes, and images to build the theme.

Given your personal interests and skills, what kind of company would you dream of owning?
What kind of service or product would your company provide?
Who would be the target audience for your company?
How do you suppose advertisers create adds on automobiles?
What type of car would you use to advertise your company and why did you choose that type of car?
Why do you feel that color harmony works to represent your company?

Tutorial | Clipping Mask Car Wrap

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Car Wrap Rubric

Adding Custom Flame Shapes

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