Step-by-Step Tutorial

Hello Everyone,

I will be discussing the step by step process of the tutorial idea I have chosen from the last blog entry. I chose my first tutorial idea that consists of drawing a random object or figure with drawing pencils. That means that the final product will be a black and white drawing. Instead of having two seperate videos, the outline and the shading parts will be in one video. The object/figure will not a large or complicated and will most likely be a simple flower. Before I record my tuturial, I will already have my work area set up and my materials out and ready so I will not be fumbling to gather my things. This is the step by step of my tutorial:

Step 1:
Introduce myself. (0:05 mins.)

Step 2
State the topic of my tutorial. (0:05 mins.)

Step 3:
Make a few suggestions for a good work area. (0:10 mins.)

Step 4:
List the materials that will be needed for the drawing. (0:15 mins.)

Step 5:
Discuss the importance of a reference picture. (0:10 mins.)

Step 6
State the object that we will be drawing. (0:05 mins.)

Step 7:
Draw the outline. (3:30 mins.)

Step 8:
Shade the object in. (2:00 mins.)

Step 9:
Give tips on making your drawings better. (0:20 mins.)

Step 10:
End the tutorial. (0:05 mins.)

Prints and Binders

Hello Everyone,

Today in class, Mrs. Dersch brushed up on some important facts about printing projects created in the Adobe Creative Suites and identifying different kinds of binding for booklets, graphic books, etc.

Some Notes:

REMEMBER: Your print will always be darker than it looks on the screen so . . .

• Adjust colors and photos accordingly.
• Print proofs to review how your piece looks printed
• Remember your color mode -> CMYK in Print; RGB in Web

PHOTOSHOP PHOTOS!!!

Projects with bleeds (colors covering the whole entire page) should be printed on larger paper than the document on screen.

A Few Basic Bindings:

Saddle Stitch -> Staple book (book held together by staples going down the middle.)

Comb Bind -> A binding that has teeth that holds the pages together. (Pages can be rearranged, added, and taken out easily.)

Spiral Bind -> A book held together by metal wire in the shape of a spiral. (ex. a notebook)

*Buy a Bone Folder (burnisher)!

First Day in InDesign!

Hello Everyone,

Today, the class began working on our layouts in InDesign. I used the sketches I did before to help me layout the first pages of my booklet. First I had to decide how my booklet will be put together and how I will bind it. Mrs. Dersch said the most simplest way to bind a booklet is to do a stitch binding which involves stapling the pages together, so I was going to have my book in a stitch binding.

The first I did in InDesign was create my cover page. I wanted it to be simple and the text to flow easily  on it. I also wanted my booklet to be uniform so I decided to stick with one text style since Mrs. Dersch said to have a minimum of two type faces in a booklet. So I stuck with Minion Pro, a professional and readable typeface.

Next, I chose the color of booklet. I wanted the cover page to be an exact same color as the rest of the pages so I chose a simple cyan color. It not too bright for it to hurt the readers eyes and not dark to make the text unreadable. I also included an image of my drawing pencils to match the theme of my tutorial. However, I changed the opacity to a lower level to make it transparent to it won't steal all of the attention from the text.

After I was done with the layout of my cover page, I had my teacher review it. Mrs. Dersch said that it looked good, but the reflection of the flash from my camera was obscuring the picture so I made a mental note to fix that later.