Exercise #1: Design Concepts (image research)
Find a digital image example of the following design concepts:
(You can use your own photography or design work or search online for copyright fair use images):
- Color: Saturation
- Color: Desaturation
- Color: Mono Chromatic (one color, not black and white)
- Contrast: Low
- Contrast: High
- Design: Lines
- Design: Texture
- Design: Pattern
- Subject: Shape
- Subject: Scale (try searching for "forced perspective")
- Composition: Symmetrical
- Composition: Asymmetrical
- Composition: Diagonal
- Composition: Rule of 3rds (do not use an image with a grid)
- Artist: Choose an Artist image example of your choice
These images can be .jpg, .gif, .png (web formats)
Rename all image files: (Do Not change the original file extension)
1_lastname_saturation.jpg
2_lastname_desaturation.jpg
3_lastname_monochrome.jpg
4_lastname_lowcontrast.jpg
5_lastname_highcontrast.jpg
6_lastname_lines.jpg
7_lastname_texture.jpg
8_lastname_pattern.jpg
9_lastname_shape.jpg
10_lastname_scale.jpg
11_lastname_symmetrical.jpg
12_lastname_asymmetrical.jpg
13_lastname_diagonal.jpg
14_lastname_ruleof3rds.jpg
15_lastname_artist.jpg
Place all images in a folder:
lastname_e1
As you are working, keep a back-up either a Cloud Account or USB or External Hard Drive
When completely finished:
- ZIP the folder and upload to CANVAS
Searching for Images with No Copyright Restrictions:
Google Image search (use "tools", usage rights: "Labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification")
and "more tools": show sizes. Find an image that is more than 1200px. Copy the actual large image and not the thumbnail. Thumbnails are small and will have a generic name such as "downloaded.jpg" or "images.jpg". You want to instead click on the thumbnail to then download the larger version. Google is always changing the interface for image search. It will be up to you to figure out by trial and error how to copy larger image versions to your workspace.
You can also try browsing Fair Use sites such as UnSplash . I have a list of Fair Use sites on the Resource page for you to use.
You can also use your own Photography for this exercise.