INDESIGN

Change Workspace to “Advanced”
Make a new document: FILE>NEW (CMD+N)

• Size: 9" x 12"
• Check "facing pages" checkbox
• Number of pages: 5
• Margins: .75" all around
• Bleeds: .25" all around
• Slugs: none

Colors

• Make a swatch. When you double click on the swatch and change the color, that color will change throughout your entire document.
• When you make a swatch, you may change the tint of it. This means that it will add more white to the color, making it lighter. 

Images
Linking/placing images: FILE>PLACE (CMD+D)

VIEW>DISPLAY PERFORMANCE>HIGH QUALITY DISPLAY
Makes your system run a bit slower, but your photos show up high quality.

Fitting
OBJECT>FITTING>FIT FRAME TO CONTENT
This makes the frame fit the image if you have changed it around. 
Resizing (SHIFT+CMD+drag bounding box)

Placing into a shaped frame:

1. Make the shape. 
2. Copy your image. 
3. Then go to EDIT>PASTE INTO

Rotating (R on the keyboard) or the rotation tool in the tools palette.

Updating a link (image) in InDesign after it has been changed in Photoshop: Click on the update link button on the bottom right of the links palette.

Type

You must make a text box for all copy.

Leading: The amount of space between lines of text.
Kerning: The amount of space between individual letters.

Changing typestyles
Highlight the text you want to change, then highlight the type in the selecting space. Arrow up or down and your selection will change.
Use the align tool (top right of the workspace)
Preview mode (W)
Arrange (OBJECT>ARRANGE>)
Bring to front: Shift + CMD + ]
Send to back: Shift + CMD + [
Bring forward: Shift ]
Send backward: Shift [

Parameters:
Limited Color Palette: So that the various banners are unified as a set, use white, blues, silver (grays), and gold/copper. You may use a minimal amount of one other hue (such as violet) as an accent.

After sketching on paper, draw the design in Adobe Illustrator, then use Photoshop (300 ppi) to add painterly effects, lighting effects, and textures. You may include similar collaging techniques as you did in the Fish designs (Copy - Paste Into).

You may incorporate your designs or patterns from one or more of your previous projects into this new design.

Objectives:

• Convey an abstract feeling/mood through your selection, creation and arrangement of shape and color.
• Apply skills with tools and techniques of Illustrator and Photoshop together
• Create strong visual impact

Materials:

• FIRST, Adobe Illustrator for drawing
• THEN, Adobe Photoshop for painterly effects, lighting effects, and textures
• FINALLY, Adobe Illustrator for typography

Grading Criteria:

• Expressiveness (“Flavor” of the natural world in winter)
• Design (Visual Impact)
• Technical Quality
• Personal Investment

To Start:


1. Study photos and art about winter for reference and inspiration, including the images on this blog. Do some additional research for visuals. DO NOT COPY.

2. On paper, draw to develop your design. Create at least a few thumbnail sketches and some color studies using color pencil. In designing, consider the relationship of positive and negative space, visual movement, and other principles of art to create a strong composition.
You may use the this worksheet for a larger drawing or this thumbnail sketch worksheet.

3. In Illustrator:
Create a New Document
        File -- New Document
        Size: 12 inches wide x 18 inches high
        Orientation: Portrait
Use the pen tool to draw, based on your best sketch. You may even scan or photograph your pencil sketch, and trace over it using the pen tool in Illustrator.

4. Open the EPS in Photoshop. When the dialogue box comes up, be sure to change the resolution to 300 ppi and the color mode to RGB. The size should be at least 12 x 18".
Add painterly effects, layer styles, lighting effects, and textures.
Flatten and save as a TIFF.

5. Back in Illustrator, use the Character and Type palettes to incorporate quotes about peace, love, and community into your design, integrating words and image.

Save as EPS, TIF, and JPG files: "winter yourlastname.eps", etc.