Introduction to Digital Media
Dr. Samantha Krukowski

• Note:  It is expected that every project is the result of exploration and investment, not of fast and briefly considered ideas.  How you arrive at the things you make is as important as the things themselves, sometimes more so.  Process work for each project (sketches, tests, thoughts, rejects) should be brought to class when it is due.

1. Make, record and collect lines.  Make two lines, take photographs of two lines you see in the world, and collect two physical lines.  Make, photograph and collect many lines before you make a final decision as to which six you will choose.
2. Replicate your lines using Adobe Illustrator.

Bring all of your lines to class (you will need to print your photographs and part B.)  You should have 2 physical objects and 10 images.

Project 2:  Figure | Ground

1. Create a physical composition using only black and white paper that emphasizes the relationship between figure and ground.  The composition should begin with one form (black or white), repeated, and evolve from there.  The pattern can be consistent or change.  You should test various patterns before settling on one.
2. Using Adobe Illustrator, re-make this composition, allowing it to mutate based on the shift from analog to digital media.

Bring both compositions to class (you will need to print part B.)

Project 3:  Altered Images

1. Start with five photographs that interest you.  You may find, take, scan or download each photograph into the computer at the scale you want to work with at no less than 300dpi.  Consider many photographs before you choose the final five.
2. Change the content of each image using Adobe Photoshop so that each original image is transformed.  Think about the changes in the meaning of each image given what you have done to it.

Bring all ten images to class (you will need to print all images that start and finish as digital images.)

1. Make a collage that replicates exactly an historical collage made by one of the artists on the list we’ll provide you.  The collage should be the same scale as the original, and should be composed of the same materials (or as close as you can manage.)
2. Make a composition using Adobe Photoshop that is inspired by your physical collage.  You should be working with multiple layers.

Bring both collages to class (you will need to print part B.)

Project 5:  Image Sequence

Create ten sequential images, each 6”x6”, that when ordered tell an unusual story.  The scale, shape and design of your sequence should contribute to how the story is|might be read.  You may complete this project using any tools and media you wish.  Watch out for sequence ideas that are clichés; make something that is nuanced and that allows your audience space to fill in the gaps.

Bring your image sequence to class

Project 6:  Still Images in Motion – Stilling Life

Make a slide show out of a large number of still images -- hundreds may be required.  Using slideshow software, put these images in sequence to create a movie.  Explore issues of duration, past and present, memory, the unexpected.

Export your movie as a quicktime file

Project 7:  Stop Motion Animation – Animating the inanimate

Storyboard and create a stop-motion animation.  Invent a world full of characters, motifs, colors, textures, themes.  Use only inanimate objects.  Create a one-minute stop-motion animation.

Export your movie as a quicktime file

Project 8:  Website

Create a website (using your webspace account) that is a graphical exploration of a fruit or a vegetable.  The site’s design and structure should be inspired by your investigations into and representations of your subject.

Your website should be fully functional by class start.