Spring Semester - Jan 28, 2020
Post Circle, Square & Triangle Compositions
Show, Don't Tell - 2001
Composition - Rule of Thirds, Triangular, Golden Rule
Shape and Line
Meaning of Color
Music, Color, Shape & Culture - Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom
Bottle Assignment:
History of Gin -
5 - 7 Gin Bottles from 1890 on a shelf. Design composition using Rule of Thirds or Triangular Composition, Line, Shape, Color and Light/Dark, Transparency/Opaqueness.
Character Assignments (London circa 1890) -
- Sherlock Holmes & Dr John Watson (fictional detectives)
- HG Wells (author)
- Nicola Tesla (scientist)
- Jules Verne (author)
- Teddy Rooseveldt (hunter/explorer)
- Joseph Merrick "Elephant Man" (carnival figure/strongman)
- Oliver Twist (fictional orphan/thief)
- David Copperfield (fictional character/magician)
- Edgar Allan Poe (poet)
- Annie Oakley (circus performer/sharpshooter)
- Buffalo Bill (circus performer/hunter)
- Jane Austin (author)
- Harry Houdini (circus performer/magician)
- Aleister Crowley (English occultist)
- Charles Darwin (English biologist)
- Mark Twain (American author)
- Tom Sawyer (fictional detective)
- Thomas Edison (scientist)
- Rudyard Kipling (Indian/English author)
- Guglielmo Marconi(Italian scientist)
- Bram Stoker (author)
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Game Concept Art - Introduction
Spring Semester - JAN 21, 2020
Who is Frederick Gardner?
Discuss education and work experience.
Frederick Gardner Film/TV Credits
Class Structure will be as close to a studio environment as possible.
Life Drawing
Artists will participate in Life Drawing :30 min before Call Time in the
studio. One volunteer will be asked to pose for various 3 minute poses
while the rest of the artists execute quick gesture drawings in pen and
marker, pencil or other medium of choice. The goal is to have the model
sit for 8 poses in :30 min. Life Drawing will be held every week before
the studio lecture and production time.
Life Drawing Examples:
Suggested Materials for Life Drawing:
- Small Sketchbook to fit in pocket or backpack. Paper quality is important! Moleskin Sketch Book is the best brand.
- Pencil and Pencil Sharpener
- (or) Mechanical Pencil
- (or) 30% Gray Marker and Fine Point Black Sharpie
- (or) Black, Sepia or Brown Brush Pen
The best place to shop for Art Supplies is Asel Art Store or Blick Art Supplies (online). Always ask for a student discount, usually 10%.
Asel Art stores are located all over Dallas:
Asel - Cedar Springs
Retail Store & Corp. Office
2701 Cedar Springs Road Dallas, TX 75201
Asel - Warehouse
8900 Premier Row,
Dallas, TX 75247
Asel - Plano
2929 Custer Rd. #340,
Plano TX 75275
Asel - Richardson
101 S. Coit Rd. Ste #375,
Richardson TX 75080
Asel - Arlington
618 W. Park Row Ste. C,
Arlington TX 76010
Lecture 1 - "World Building, Materials & Creating Drama"
Discuss the production design of the Book of Life. Note the difference
between the 2 worlds, wood (Land of the Living) and stone (Land of the
Dead). How do the materials affect the story and limit the characters?
Discuss the concept of the world in 1890. What are the inherent
limitations? How does the period and technology guide the story and the character
quest? Steam Power, Disease, Electricity, Revolvers, Balloons, Exploration, Bicycles, Chemistry, Psychoanalysis, Medical Operations
Assignment 1 - "Circle, Square & Triangle"
Design (3) 8 1/2" x 11" compositions using a circle, square and triangle in line or shape or a combination of the two. You may use black, white or any shade of gray. Do not use color. The goal is to tell a story or multiple stories in your composition using shape, line, contrast and composition. Save the files for your designs as jpeg files (300 dpi) on a USB drive and bring them to Game Concept Art 2 the following Tuesday for a review.
How to get Adobe Photoshop using a Student Discount or for FREE using the Free Trial:
If you want to get Adobe Photoshop for Free, Adobe gives you a couple of options.You can order Adobe Creative Cloud which includes a Free 7 Day Trial or you can order the Student/Teacher version of Creative Cloud (which includes Photoshop) for $19.99/mo. Photoshop is no longer offered as a downloadable program and is sold as a monthly cloud program for $20.99/mo. It makes more sense to sign up for the Creative Cloud using your student discount at $19.99/mo.
Here is the link to the latest Adobe Photoshop trial: Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud - Student Discount
Textbook:
- The Noble Approach by Tod Polson (& Maurice Noble)
The Noble Approach on Amazon
The Game
Watchmen 1890, Night Watchmen, Knightswatch
Scientists, Authors and Fictional Characters team up to fight the horrors of London in 1890.
Create a team of period super heroes, discover clues to the chaos in the fog, sewers and sea.
Stolen Time Machine! Who is murdering scientists?
