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Currency as ART

Currency as ART. Vocabulary. Currency Graphic Designer JSG Boggs Image-editing software. Think Critically. Compare and contrast the various types of artwork… Look specifically at the people, buildings, shapes, colors, type, and overall style. What is Currency?. What is Currency?.

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Currency as ART

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  1. Currency asART

  2. Vocabulary • Currency • Graphic Designer • JSG Boggs • Image-editing software

  3. Think Critically • Compare and contrast the various types of artwork… • Look specifically at the people, buildings, shapes, colors, type, and overall style

  4. What is Currency?

  5. What is Currency? • A system of money in a country in circulation for exchange • Valuable items, such as coins, treasury notes, banknotes

  6. J.S.G. Boggs • American graphic artist, 1955-Present • Hand-drawn, one-sided depictions of banknotes called “Boggs bills” • Uses artwork in performances

  7. Graphic Design • Combining words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of ideas and messages • Typography, visual arts, and page layout techniques

  8. Video Resources • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ5x2-VUGXI&list=PLlRyo5fMYmccGSXG9AXRhftKUTd3ObIa8&feature=mh_lolz • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtKSqzpj0Q&list=PLlRyo5fMYmccGSXG9AXRhftKUTd3ObIa8

  9. William Harnet • Peto

  10. Important political, cultural figure Various overlapping objects Consistent type, various sizes National flag Cultural symbol, pattern Signature Shapes repeat: rectangles Cool Color Scheme: blues and greens Value amount

  11. Project Medium = Paint.NET • Image editing software designed to create and manipulate pictures

  12. Project Criteria • Portrait (center or off to either side of layout) • Building, location, or landmark (layered behind portrait) • Cultural symbol (overlapping transparency) • Name of country, currency and amount (repeat in corners or top and bottom) • Consistent theme: color scheme, typography • Authenticity: all elements are cohesive (use effects & adjustments to blend in)

  13. Today’s Skills • Tools • Move • Cut • Copy • Paste • Rotate • Layers • Arrange

  14. File • Save As • Save in “Student ID Folder” • Name: “Practice1”, no space or punctuation marks • Save

  15. File • Save As • Save in Student ID Folder • “Practice1” • Save

  16. Tool Bar History Window Color Window Layer Window

  17. File: Save • Edit: Copy, Paste • Window: open/close tools • + Zoom in, - Zoom out

  18. File: Save • Edit: Copy, Paste • Window: open/close tools • + Zoom in, - Zoom out

  19. Create square on layer 1, (not background): Move, rotate, change size, cut in half • Create layer 2, made circle on layer 2: Move, rotate, change size, cut in half • Move Layers 1 + 2 in front and behind each other • Use Control A to Select All

  20. Importing Pictures • My Computer • Student ID folder • Select Pictures • “Add Layer”

  21. Adding More Pictures • Add Layer • Maintain Canvas Size • Shrink image down to fit

  22. Magic Wand Tool • Select specific layer • Change Tolerance • Click Delete

  23. Clone Stamp • Select layer • Hold “Control” & select color you want • Paint over area

  24. Intro to Paint.NET • Create a project folder in your student ID folder • Open Paint.NET > File > Save > name “Practice” >Save file in project folder • Using Google Images, search for pictures that relate to your currency theme • Double click the image and save/drag to your project folder

  25. Paint.NET (PDN) = Layers • Editable-able to be adapted or altered • Take up a lot of computer space • Multiple layers • Unfinished

  26. JPEG = Flat(Joint Photographic Experts Group) • Not able to be adapted or altered • Takes up little space • Flat- layers compressed • Finished

  27. Editable vs Not Editable Paint.NET Multiple Layers JPEG Flat

  28. Stamp Art • http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibits/2_virtual.html

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