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Submitted by: Sarah Wegenast,
Aurora Middle School
9th
Grade Art
Unit Six: Computer Art
Assignment 3:
Self-portrait Collage
Date
due: ________
Total Points: 100
Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to create a
self-portrait paper collage by integrating technology with traditional
art.
Evaluation: The
assignment below will be combined with all other assignments in this unit
to determine your grade.
Instructions:
Our focus in this assignment is on the representation
of your self-portrait in several levels of color values. Your photo will
be taken with a digital camera, opened in Photoshop and changed into value
levels and 11 x 17-image size. All
colors will be cut from construction paper.
A. Image Source
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You
will need to have your picture taken with the digital camera. Stand in
front of a white wall to eliminate busy backgrounds.
B. Digital Manipulation
1.
Launch
Photoshop and open your image. You will need to download the
high-resolution image to your student folder and name it.
2.
Crop
the image of any excess. It should a vertical rectangle and not square.
3.
Go
to the Filters menu and select Artistic and Cut-out, change the levels to
8. Save and your name2.
4.
Go
to Image + Image size and change the document width to 11". You will
only need to change one dimension. Make sure the "constrained
proportions" is checked. Select inches and not pixels. Pixels are
used for web photos and we are going use this photo for print. Change the
resolution to 150. Click OK.
5.
Make
sure it is saved as a jpg file. Click on Print, Set up, and change the
document size to Tabloid 11 x 17. Change
to fast mode print. Print to the inkjet, not LaserJet. Check with me
before you print.
C. Collage
1.
Using
scissors and or the x-acto knives you are going to cut out the different
levels of color changes. Start with your overall outside perimeter of your
portrait.
2.
Trace
the edge on the color of construction paper you want as your main color.
Then start cutting and tracing the different levels of color values in the
hair, face, clothes, etc.
3.
Glue
down the levels of construction paper before you lose track of them. Limit
your color palette to 4 or 5 colors. Using one color but different values
of that color counts as 1 color.
4.
Glue
on Oaktag. Use a colored pencil to lightly shade the area around the head.
Choose one of the colors you used in the portrait. (Alternate: Glue to
construction paper in color to enhance colors chosen for portrait).
E. Criteria
for evaluation
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Computer
manipulation and collage technique
·
Art
Rubric on skill/craftsmanship/originality/requirements/effort.
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