Week 1

Tuesday, September 2
+ Course Introduction: Review syllabus and class website
+ Introduction to Project 1 – Mind, Body and Soul
+ Brainstorming and sketching: Why are they so important?
Homework
+ Start to sketch and brainstorm a theme or narrative for your project
+ Bring in 3 ideas with supporting thumbnail sketches to discuss in Thursday’s class and 10-12 images (found and your own photography) for the next class

Thursday, September 4
+ Individual check-in and sketch review
+ In-class working session; Narrow down to 3 options
+ Share inspiration, resources, and tutorials
Homework
+ Continue to develop 3 options, photographing and collecting found content
+ Remember to consider the following while you are collecting content…
– The Message, What are you trying to communicate with your audience?
– Narrative, How will you communicate your message?
– Meaning and Purpose, Why is this particular message important?
– Fundamental design elements and principles (format, picture plane, figure / ground, shape, line, point,
scale, hierarchy, balance, symmetry / asymmetry, unity / variety, and rhythm)
– Color Theory and the principles of Color Interaction, i.e.

Color Relationships – monochrome, analogous, complementary, triad, tetrad, neutral, and random
Attributes of Color – hue, chroma (saturation), value (lightness)
Modes of Appearance 

Week 2

Tuesday, September 9
+ Small group critiques; share your progress with your peers and note feedback
+ Practice giving constructive feedback to your classmates
+ In-class working session; choose your direction
Homework
+ Gather all content for your Mind, Body, and Soul poster

Thursday,  September 11
+ Photoshop introduction
+ Intro to Photoshop terminologies: Images & resolution.
+ Open student images and go through “image size” qualities with them.
+ Introduce basic photo retouching, silhouetting (pen tool), and lighting effects.
+ Show tools: Pen, Crop, Stamp, Healing Brush, Selection/Marquee
+ Show pen tool tutorial
+ In-class working session.

Tutorials:
Pen Tool
-Video Tutorial

Crop Tool

Clone Stamp Tool
-Video Tutorial

Healing Brush Tool
-Video Tutorial

Selection Tool
-Video Tutorial

Design Tips & Tools
@Barnard.co
-Video Tutorials

Week 3

Tuesday, September 16
+ Small group critiques
+ In-class working session

Thursday, September 18
+ Work in class

Week 4

Tuesday, September 23
+ Full class critique
Homework
+ Work on final edits

Thursday, September 25
+ Project 1 Due; see project post for final deliverables
+ Class Critique
+ Intro to Project 2
Homework
+ Brainstorm ideas for project 2
+ Bring 5 topics to start researching during the library visit on Tuesday

Week 5

Tuesday, September 30
+ Mind, Body, and Soul Poster review (combined sections)
+ Review Project 2 (combined sections)
+ Library visit (combined sections)

Thursday, October 2
+ Review Project 2: How To Brochure topics
+ Create paper dummies/prototypes for brochure
Homework
+ Complete 2 prototype directions over the weekend to discuss in class on Tuesday

Week 6

Tuesday, October 7
+ Work In Class
+ Small group discussions
Homework
+ Start to move your prototype sketches into Illustrator
– Remember to define a working grid

Thursday, October 9
+ Illustrator Demo
+ Individual Critiques/Working Session
Adobe Illustrator tutorials
Adobe Illustrator for beginners
Creative Cloud Illustrator tutorials
Create and Edit Patterns

Homework
+ Continue to develop you layout in Illustrator
– Remember to define a working grid
+ Start to draw and create your design elements
+ Be prepared to discuss your process in class on Tuesday

Week 7

Tuesday, October 14
+ Individual meetings
+ Work in Class
Homework
+ Continue refining layout and visual language

Thursday, October 16
+ Individual meetings
+ Work in Class
Homework
+ Continue refining layout and visual language

Week 8

Tuesday, October 21
+ All class critique
– digital file review

Thursday, October 23
+ All class critique
– digital file review
Homework
+ Work on finalizing layout design
+ Print Brochure for class critique on Tuesday
(This is not optional, you must have your brochure progress printed and ready for review)

Week 9

Tuesday, October 28
+ Full class critique of printed How-To Brochure
+ Work in class
Homework
+ Work on edits from peer feedback

Thursday, October 30
+ Work in class
Homework
+ Finalize brochure design
+ Bring brochure printed and ready for critique on Tuesday

Week 10

Tuesday, November 4
+ Final class critique
+ Have brochure printed and ready for review

Thursday, November 6
+ Project 2 DUE
– Project must be printed and ready to hand in at the beginning of class
– Absolutely NO printing during class

Week 11

Tuesday, November 11
+ Individual Critiques/Working Session

Thursday, November 13
+ Individual Critiques/Working Session

Week 12

Tuesday, November 18
+ Work in Class
+ Determine Binding Technique

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+ Work in Class
+ Printing and Binding Demo

Thursday, November 20
+ Presentations of Project

Week 13

Tuesday, November 25
+ Presentations of Project
+ Finalize your Projects

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Thursday  11/27 – 11/30
[ Thanksgiving Break, No Class ]

Week 14

Tuesday, December 2
+ Last Day of Class
+ Final crit of lyric book
+ Send your Final Project to Print

Thursday, December 4
+ InDesign Preparation and Photoshop Mock Ups
+ Prep Final images for Presentation
+ Critique of Lyric Book, bring printed and bound book and upload your final digital file to the class drive

Week 15

Tuesday, December 9
+ Prep Final images for Presentation
+ Mock Ups of all 3 Projects
+ Package your Presentation (Collecting Documents – Using all Adobe Suite)
+ Last Day of Regular Classes

Thursday, December 11
+ Reading Day

Week 16

Tuesday, December 16

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Thursday, December 18
+ Final Exam Day (Pending)

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Mon 12/15 – 12/22
University-wide exam days
Final Exam: TBD