15) MUSIC ALBUM DESIGN

*DEADLINE (SKETCH): 27 MARCH

*DEADLINE (FINAL): 10 APRIL

*MATERIALS FOR WEEK 22-26: Magazines, newspaper, scissors, glue, notes (white paper for sketch), 1 bloc page, pencil.

For English/American cultural week we are going to make in the high school, we are going to work in Visual Arts with collage, designing a music album cover.

Personal vinyl collection. Look that there are also more minimal or abstract designs

• First of all, look at home if your parents have vinyls or cds to look for examples and ideas.
• Think about a music group/singer you like, she/he/they has/have to be American or English.
• Think about that artist/s, the colors he/she/they use/s, music style... this is like we worked with color and the symbolism while making the color visual maps. ¿Se puede ver la música?
• You will have to design, in a squared format, (formato cuadrado) the cover for an album (cd or vinyl). It could be an imagirany album, one redesign or a design cover for a specific song.
• You should use the collage technic, making first of all a sketch (on your notes/white page) and later the final one with collage (on a bloc page).
• At the music album cover, there should appear the name of the group/singer and the name of the album or song.
• You will also have to write (when uploading the final photo) your inspiration, what is the album/song about, what is the singer style and why did you choose that design (why the colors you used, typography...).

Videoclip de "D.A.N.C.E." de Justice, utilizando la canción como inspiración de los diseños de camisetas.

COMPOSITION

When we create something visually, we are designing to make the piece good seen. We are designing taking into account things like balance (equilibrio), visual weight (peso visual) and composition (composición). We have already worked with proportions (when we draw the mannequin).

Composition Tips from marsha devine

What is graphic design?

what is graphic design from Steve Quinn on Vimeo.

*Composition in differents arts.

COLLAGE TECHNIC

What is collage?

El collage de ies blanco amor

Collage examples:

• Self portrait using collage (examples from students)
• Exploding your minds (using the technic).
• Agamograph (optical illusion).

ARTISTS

• Richard Hamilton (collage with magazines).
• Antonio de Felipe:

(Left) Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club designed by Peter Blake. (Right) Redesign for a vinyl Beatles cover by Antonio de Felipe.

*Example for Lady Gaga and Soul (with previous sketches).

Examples from album covers using collage technic. Look that you can mix faces, forms, colors, letters, nature, drawings, photos...

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*DEADLINE (SKETCH): 27 MARCH

*DEADLINE (FINAL): 10 DE APRIL

15) COMIC

*DEADLINE: DURING 3RD TERM

All of the cinema resources we have studied before, are also used in comics. Read the next image, where you can find concepts and elements used to create comics (click on the image to see it bigger):

More info about comic:

Comic techniques from Brooke Nelson

Comic from Art Department. Departamento de Dibujo.

More info about comic in Spanish:

ELEMENTOS DEL COMIC from fperezr

In the next images you can learn how to draw characters, create body forms, create faces and expressions and create bodies with movement (click on the images to see them bigger):

ACTIVITY:

Create a comic... covid...

EXTRA ACTIVITY:

- Think about the coronavirus as a character. Of course it/she/he should be a villain.
- Your are going to create your villain on Voki, a digital tool.
- Click here to open the tool. Click on the left to change the character, accesories, background and color. You have to personalize your Coronavirus villain like it is made on Sims, for example.
- You have also to click on voice to make your character talk. Enter your message writing it down. You can make a description of your character: the name (Coronavirus), things that it/she/it loves doing, the attacks... (think about the coronavirus). You can also change the type of voice, woman/man...
- Once you have finished, click on save (down right), name it like Coronavirus + your name, click on save, click on No thanks (down) and copy URL and paste directly on the next Padlet. You can see how to post it explained with arrows in these next images:

Copy the link:

Open the Padlet above and create a post clicking on +, paste the link by clicking on the link icon, write your name, surname and course and save it:

*Examples from last year here.

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*DEADLINE: DURING 3RD TERM

14) CINEMA (shots and camera movements)

*DEADLINE 1 (VIEWFINDER): SATURDAY 13

*DEADLINE 2 (SKETCH): SATURDAY 20

(*OPTIONAL DEADLINE 3 (FINAL): SATURDAY 20)

You are going to learn about cinema.

There are different types of shots (planos) used in cinema, but also in comics. Read the next image (click on the image to see it bigger):

Now look at the next presentation using The Simpson as examples:

Shots and Angles from Rosa Fernández

*Explaining vídeo.

As you can see, shots can be really usefull, but also camera movements. They are also used in short films, films, TV, music videos... One example could be the Zoom you already know, but there are more:

ACTIVITY:

1) Viewfinder (for saturday 13):

- Your have to bring next day to class one medium doll/figure/character, your notes, ruler, pencil, colors and one bloc page.

- Create your viewfinder (visor) as a frame, to work with it as if we were filming or taking pictures of the character. It has to be 16x9 cm (one format used in television, for example).

- You can also decorate your viewfinder to make it more creative.

- Upload the viewfinder to the next Padlet.

2) Sketch (for saturday 20):

- Start working with your figure and your viewfinder.

- You will have to move the frame around your character to look for 5 different shots and 4 different angles.

- Copy what you see on your notes (draw as sketches) and don't forget to write the shot or angle you are working with.

- Upload the sketch with your shots and angles to the Padlet.

3) OPTIONAL: Final (for Saturday 20):

- Then choose 4 shot+angle to make them on a bloc page. It should be mixing one shot and one angle in a cleaner way, with ruler. Then color it.

- Upload the final one on the bloc page to the Padlet.

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*DEADLINE 1 (VIEWFINDER): SATURDAY 13

*DEADLINE 2 (SKETCH): SATURDAY 20

(*OPTIONAL DEADLINE 3 (FINAL): SATURDAY 20)