Project 1 "Triptych Digital Montage"

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TRIPTYCH DIGITAL MONTAGE images (Project 1)
due on your BLOG by September 3rd, 10:00AM

In addition with, of course, your created blog for the
class to post the images on.

Due to LABOR DAY, the READING and
your FLASH/EXTERNAL drive will be
due the next time we meet on SEPTEMBER 10th.

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Miscellaneous info. 

****CODE TO LAB DOOR WILL BE GIVEN
ON DUE DATE-TIME TO THOSE WHO
HAVE COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT 1.****

****LOG IN FOR THE 'ART 245' ACCOUNT
ON THE LAB COMPUTERS IS "pixelforms"****

NEW WORKSHOP TIMES :

•Friday August 30th 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

•Sunday September 2nd 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

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Richard Hamilton montage (click to enlarge).

John Heartfield montage (click to enlarge).

Your first project will be to create a digital triptych montage! More directly, three separate images. A unique (and quite fashionable) way to grasp on core digital art mechanics while emulating masters of fine arts' past.

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triptych (ˈtrɪptɪk) — n 1. a set of three pictures or panels, usually hinged so that the two wing panels fold over the larger central one: often used as an altarpiece 2. a set of three hinged writing tablets 

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The dimensions at which your three images will be.

Locating this screen is as simple as finding on the

top bar IMAGE and then -> IMAGE SIZE.

Objective.

Create a series of three works of digital photographic montage in Adobe Photoshop from specific source material. You must use as your subject matter for each of the three works at minimum the same 25 scanned images. Yes 25 source images! These 25 source images are to be comprised from some combination of the following: scanned objects (flatbed scanned), images appropriated from books and magazines (flatbed scanned), and images downloaded from the Internet. At least one of the images you use must be of a word.

All images are to be found or otherwise appropriated (including the word – scan text from an original print source). Use Adobe Photoshop to creatively combine your image elements into three cohesive image compositions that will exist as a triptych. Remember, each of your images MUST include all of 25 of your source images in each composition! Consider the conceptual link between image, object and word that will be created by their combination.

Very important! Save your images with layers intact as we will be further using your image for the next project. You achieve this by simply saving the file as a Photoshop file.

Examples.

The content of your work is up to you. Consider the possibilities of Adobe Photoshop to cut, paste, resize, etc.. Scan photographs from family albums, magazines, etc.. Bring in various found objects to scan - junk, a meaningful keepsake, etc.. Pick a word or words, either scanned from text, handwritten or otherwise created outside of the computer, scan it and include the work in the image. Think about how the creative unexpected associations of disparate images and texts functions to establish new and multiple readings of the works.

Techniques,

Much of this you will learn by doing – some basics will be covered in class - Adobe Photoshop, image scanning, image sizes, resolution, etc. An open, help-you-as-you-arrive workshop run this week by myself (in wait for the future Digital Media Area Tech Staff). I will visit with individual issues.


•Friday August 30th 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
•Sunday September 2nd 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

TO REITERATE. DUE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD.

1.) Completed triptych (three images) posted to your blog! Save your files in the above noted size and resolution. Save a second set of each image, first flattening each image in the layers palette, then SAVE AS at 50% at 72dpi for web resolution - then and only then upload the images to your blog. Be sure not to overwrite your originals! If for some reason you do, don't panic and keep the file open. Hit UNDO until the image is de-layered again and save.

For clarity : You'll essentially have 'six' images. Three Photoshop files you'll keep in tact for later and three online (flat files, ex. JPG) res files to post on your blog. Make sure you include a brief paragraph/artist statement for your work.

Again : Make sure to include your artist's statement with the three images you create!

2.) Create your blog on Blogger! Include your full name in the title please! blogger.com 

TO REITERATE-ITERATE. DUE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH.

1.) [CLICK LINK] Read - The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Walter Benjamin. This is a brisk but probing reading on the current state of contemporary art dealing with ART 245's practice. How to adjust when everything we want is a click away? How to appreciate when what we have is reproduced for millions on the planet?

Write two questions for discussion! Post these to your blog! Please write intelligent, probing questions that allow for deep discussion. By that, do not simply reiterate facts. Use that college brain. See this link for some helpful advice for creating good discussion questions :

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~acareywe/discussion.html 

2.) Your flash/external drive! At least 8GB in size. There have been that size found no more expensive than $20.

Helpful Photoshop Links

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/ 
http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshop/gettingstarted/index.html 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVnza1_BlPo 
http://vimeo.com/14437441 
http://vimeo.com/15139239 
http://vimeo.com/14551877 

Sometimes, simply Google searching "photoshop CS5/CS6" will earn you immediate results. Abuse this and learn all you can about the program!