VECTORIZE!

Assignment Brief:                

Create a large, wearable, neck-piece using illustrator and the vinyl cutter. Your piece must have at least two colors and must have be turned in with a photograph of it being worn, an image of the pre-cut vector art and the actual file used for the cutting. Your piece must cover at least 1/4 of your body.  (Exp: Neck + chest, Arms + hands, Legs + feet etc)

*Before next class!!!! start collecting images.  Do your research.  You will need at least 10 source images we will look at together in-class!!!  Take some photos of yourself to paint on top of.   

Learning outcomes:          

Students will learn Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and the use of the vinyl cutter to make a wearable that will then be documented through the use of digital photography. Sourced imagery will be editing/prepped using Photoshop and Illustrator. 

Skills list:                                                     

Digital photography: SLR versus point and shoot, resolution, processing RAW files.

                                                 

Photoshop: 

Importing images, editing images using effects, images adjustments, re-sizing, layers and file formatting

                                                      

Illustrator: 

Importing images, Image tracing, vector shapes, brushes, scatter brush, layers, re-sizing and layout tools

Operating a vinyl cutter

                                                    

Preparing paper models

Concept:                                

In our relentless consumer culture how can the temporary bring attention to the sentimental? How long does jewelry need to last to be

impactful?

Research:                               

iconography, cultural identifiers, tattoos, branding and fashion

Alexander Calder

Art smith

Margaret de Patta

Otto Kunzli

Ashley Rebecca Hannon

Uli Rapp

Lise Lefebvre

Agnes Larsson

Kerianne Quick

Lauren Kalman Naomi Filmer

Sarah Turner

Tine De Ruysser

Alexander McQueen

Iris van herpen