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5 06: Translations

í Translations 03 / Final
October 13, 2015

Due October 14, 2015

The master list of translations is below. All these must be in this exact order in a single PDF posted to DropBox by the start of class. Place them in the folder:

GD_2015FALL/06_Translations/FINAL PDF Translations/last_first_creature-name.pdf

Translation Master List:

  1. Original Photo: Just the original edited photograph printed on 8.5 x 11″
  2. Outline
  3. Silhouette
  4. Outline Shapes – Curves: the interior and exterior forms of the image using a thin marker
  5. Filled Shapes – Curves: Fill in the the same forms from #4 with black
  6. Outline Shapes – Angles: Do #4 with purely straight lines
  7. Filled Shapes – Angles:  Fill in the straight lines outlines as in #5
  8. Stipple: Use stippling with a very thin marker to create the image and express dark and light values
  9. Expressive Contour: Draw a single contour fat line that starts one place and expresses the form in a single unbroken line
  10. Expressive Thick: Do an expressive rendering of the image in using thick marker
  11. Expressive Thin: Do an expressive rendering of the image in using thin marker
  12. Expressive Thick/Thin: Do an expressive rendering of the image in using thin AND thick marker
  13. Hand Made: Create the image using hand made style of your choice (newspaper, collage, thumbprint, etc).
  14. Abstract & Amplify Drawn: Abstract the image by simplification and amplifying features in black pen
  15. Your Choice (must be very different from above)
  16. Curve Shapes Vector: use the pen tool with multiple curved shapes to create the forms.
  17. Geometric Shapes vector: use the pen tool with only corner points (no curves) to create form.
  18. Triangles:  use only triangle to create all forms and values using that shape. Avoid letting the shapes touch each other.
  19. Circles: use only circles (not ovals) with no overlap and space between
  20. Type Image: use large and medium size letters. Do not use words, patterns or repetitive values. Evoke the dynamism of you creature. See this page.
  21. Abstract & Amplify Digital:  amplify and simplify the creature’s features. This must express the idea and spirit of the creature using stylistic form.
  22. Halftone: Original Photo as round 25 dot half-tone
  23. Halftone: Original Photo as round 9 dot half-tone
  24. Halftone: Original Photo as line 25  half-tone
  25. Halftone: Original Photo as line 9 line half-tone
  26. Extra after 26: Add other quality translations and experiments that do not fit into the categories above here.

Assignment Due Dates

The course Assignment Due Dates policy states:

  1. You will not receive credit for any assignment passed in after the due date. If illness or other personal issues are keeping you from fulfilling an assignment, you must contact me before the assignment is due, or you will receive a zero (0%) for the missed assignment.
  2. Students are responsible for handing in any assignments due on the day of an absence.

I have been pretty lenient about this policy as you get up to speed, but we are well into the semester so this policy is in effect. Please act accordingly.

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í Abstracted Translations
October 10, 2015

The notion of ‘abstraction’ in this project is to denote an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. This means that you ignore some detail in order to amplify other details.What is is the essential nature of the creature and its physicality? What elements can be amplified? What can be sublimated? The ancient humans were masters of this capability to render animals.

Do a series of three abstractions where you create a series of images with increasing levels of abstraction and stylization.

Examples below:

cavepainting

   AcrobatScreenSnapz008 AcrobatScreenSnapz007 AcrobatScreenSnapz006 AcrobatScreenSnapz005

whale

spider

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í Translations 02 / Digital
October 7, 2015

Continue to develop your set of translations using digital processes.

Computer Translations

16. Curve Shapes Vector: use the pen tool with multiple curved shapes to create the forms.

17. Geometric Shapes vector: use the pen tool with only corner points (no curves) to create form.

18. Triangles:  use only triangle to create all forms and values using that shape. Avoid letting the shapes touch each other.

19. Circles: use only circles (not ovals) with no overlap and space between

20. Type Image: use large and medium size letters. Do not use words, patterns or repetitive values. Evoke the dynamism of you creature. See this page.

21. Abstraction: amplify and simplify the creature’s features. This must express the idea and spirit of the creature using stylistic form.

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Scan

Scan all previous hand-drawn translations. Do this as follows:

  1. Scan the translation.
  2. Enhance the contrast to sharp white and black contrast using ‘levels’  in PhotoShop
  3. Save the high-contrast scan in a ‘scans’ folder with other project files.
  4. Use the number of the translation from the project list as the file name, Please consult this page for translation numbers.

Auto-Trace

Convert your previous hand-drawn translations into vector art in Illustrator. Import each scan into illustrator and convert the bitmap image into a vector drawing using ‘auto-trace’. You will need to auto-trace the following hand translations. The numbers refer to the previous project list.

  • # 2 Outline
  • #3 Silhouette
  • #4 Outline the interior and exterior forms of the image using a thin marker
  • #5 Outline the same forms from #4 and fill in outlined forms with black
  • #6  purely straight lines
  • #7  filled straight line forms
  • #10 thick expressive rendering
  • #11 thin expressive rendering
  • #12 thin & thick expressive rendering
  • #14 Abstract the image by simplification and amplifying features in black pen

Bitmap Conversion

For translations with more tone such as a collage or finger smudge you will need to turn them into ‘half-tones’ in PhotoShop. The following will want to be turned into half-tone bitmaps and saved as .PSD files:

  • Stippling
  • Hand made style of your choice (newspaper, collage, thumbprint, etc).
  • Your Choice (must be very different from above)

New Halftone Bitmaps

22. Original Photo as round 25 dot half-tone

23. Original Photo as round 9 dot half-tone

24. Original Photo as line 25  half-tone

25. Original Photo as line 9 line half-tone

Redraw as a vector

Redraw the single contour fat line as a vector line in illustrator. Start by importing the image and drawing on a layer on top of it.

 

Due Monday, March 30

  1. One PDF with 25 translations all positioned in the same place and scale.
  2. One folder with all of the translations as separate files.
  3. Translations number 16-25 printed and trimmed to 6″x6″
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B Example Translations
September 30, 2015

Original Twelve Types of Translations

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Single Line

AIGA_Salon_des_Refuses_Flyer

Geometric Stylization

translations8

 

Simple

translations7

Enhanced Stylization

translations2

Enhanced Stylization

 

translations5

Enhanced Stylization

translations6

Complex Stylization

translations9

Abstracted
translations4

 

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í Translations
September 30, 2015

1

Search the web for a living creature from the natural world that is completely within the frame of the photograph. This includes mammals, fish, birds, plants, anything…perhaps with the exception of bacteria which are a bit small.

2

The image must be at least 1000 pixels in height, width or both.

3

This image must be in a natural environment and must not be silhouetted on a white background.Do not choose celebrities or other syndicated consumer imagery. The image should be raw.

4

Carefully cut the image out from its background and save it as a PhotoShop document with transparency (PSD).

5

Adjust the contrast of the image until you have a strong mix of lights, darks and mid-tones. Don’t blast out the detail. Preserve as much detail as possible.

6

Place in the middle of a 6 x 6″ square in illustrator. The image must fit within the square and be enlarged within 1/2″ of the frame. Outline the dartboard with a thin (.5 pt) black line.

7

Print the image out on 8.5×11″ paper.

 

Translations of a Single Image

  1. Just the original edited photograph printed on 8.5 x 11″
  2. Outline
  3. Silhouette
  4. Outline the interior and exterior forms of the image using a thin marker
  5. Outline the same forms from #4 and fill in outlined forms with black
  6. Do #4 with purely straight lines
  7. Fill in the straight lines outlines as in #5
  8. Use stippling with a very thin marker to create the image and express dark and light values
  9. Draw a single contour fat line that starts one place and expresses the form in a single unbroken line
  10. Do an expressive rendering of the image in using thick marker
  11. Do an expressive rendering of the image in using thin marker
  12. Do an expressive rendering of the image in using thin AND thick marker
  13. Create the image using hand made style of your choice (newspaper, collage, thumbprint, etc).
  14. Abstract the image by simplification and amplifying features in black pen
  15. Your Choice (must be very different from above)

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Single Contour Examples

AIGA_Salon_des_Refuses_Flyer

Computer Translations

  1. Using the pen tool in illustrator translation the photograph into solid organic shapes (no lines).

Parameters

Color: This is a black and white assignment only. NO COLOR.

Dimensions: All images inside 6″x6″  thin line square in the exact center of an 8.5 x 11″ sheet of paper. DO NOT TRIM.

Placement: All images must be in the exact place inside the square. Do not move the image around.

Scale of Image: All images must be the exact same size in all translations.

Material: All work must be done in extra fine and thick black marker.

Craft: Work neatly without smudge marks.

 

Due Monday, October 5

15 translations of one single image neatly drawn on centered 6″ x 6″ squares on a 15 different sheets of 8.5×11″ paper

Due Wednesday, October 7

The revised fifteen hand-drawn translations and one computer translation.

16 translations of one single image neatly drawn on centered 6″ x 6″ squares on a 16 different sheets of 8.5×11″ paper.

One PDF with all translations scanned and positioned in the exact same place in each dartboard.

 

 Translations 2

Scan
Scan all Previous designs and place in one Illustrator document.

  1. Triangles Simple:  Use a triangle to create all forms and values using that shape. Avoid letting the shapes touch each other.
  2. Triangles Complex:  Use a triangle to create all forms and values using that shape. Use smaller triangles.
  3. Circles Simple: simple without overlap and space between
  4. Circles Complex: complex with overlapping white and black.
  5. Curvy high contrast vector / simple
  6. Curvy high contrast vector / complex
  7. Geometric vector Simple
  8. Geometric vector Complex
  9. One type illustration: use large and medium size letters. Do not use words. Evoke the dynamism of you creature

Due Monday, March 30
9 Translations printed, trimmed and ready to hang
(you do not need to print the hand drawn ones yet…)

  1. Triangles Simple
  2. Triangles Complex
  3. Circles Simple
  4. Circles Complex
  5. Curvy high contrast vector / simple
  6. Curvy high contrast vector / complex
  7. Geometric vector Simple
  8. Geometric vector Complex
  9. One type illustration

translations_samples

 

 

 Translations 3

Due Wednesday, April 2
All final Translations. Printed 6″ x 6″ and trimmed submitted in a manilla envelope.

  1. outline
  2. silhouette
  3. straight lines
  4. thin marker: outline the forms
  5. thin marker: fill in outlined forms
  6. expressive rendering
  7. different expressive rendering
  8. different expressive rendering
  9. hand made style of your choice
  10. Single contour line
  11. Triangles Simple
  12. Triangles Complex
  13. Circles Simple
  14. Circles Complex
  15. Curvy high contrast vector / simple
  16. Curvy high contrast vector / complex
  17. Geometric vector Simple
  18. Geometric vector Complex
  19. One type illustration
  20. Stylized Translation
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